Film and podcasts
Everything on screen needs a paper trail
A festival, a distributor or a sponsor will ask the same question: can you show that everyone in this project agreed to be in it? If the answer is a group chat, that is the first thing to fix.
I write the releases, hosts' agreements and crew deal memos that make the answer yes, and I read what comes back from distributors before you sign.
Cast, crew and location releases
Hosts' and guests' agreements for podcasts
Chain-of-title checks
Distribution and licensing offers
In order
The paper a project needs, from script to release
Most of it can be done before the first day of shooting or the first episode.
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Step 1: The script and the idea
If it was written with someone else, or adapted from something, I check who owns it and write the agreement that says so.
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Step 2: The people on camera and behind it
A release for every person who appears and a short deal memo for each crew member, so credits, pay and rights are written down before the shoot.
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Step 3: The places and the music
Location releases for every site, and licenses for any song or sample the edit uses, cleared before you lock the cut.
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Step 4: The finished work
A rights checklist for festival submissions, and a read of any distribution, licensing or sponsor agreement that follows.
Flat fees
What each job covers
- Flat fee
Release package
Cast, crew and location releases tailored to your project, plus a short rights checklist.
Up to ten releases drafted
One review of the final package
- Flat fee
Hosts' agreement
For a two-person podcast: ownership of the name and feed, revenue, decisions and what happens if one leaves.
Agreement for two hosts
One 45-minute video call
- Flat fee
Distribution offer review
A full read of a distribution, licensing or sponsorship offer, with a markup and a summary you can use.
Written markup
Plain-English summary
One round of changes
Extra releases or longer projects are quoted in writing first. Government filing fees are separate.
Tell me what you are making
Tell me about the script or the pitch, the shoot or release date and who is involved. I will reply with a flat fee and a list of what we need.