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What a booking looks like from your side
A studio books you through Cutvey. Here is how it goes.
| Step | What you get | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| The hold | The date on your gig list, marked as a hold | Keep it free, or tell the studio |
| The booking | A deal memo with the rate and terms | Read it, and speak up before the shoot if it is wrong |
| The night before | Your call sheet, your call time first | One tap to confirm |
| The shoot | Parking, weather, nearest hospital | Show up, check in |
| The shoot day | A timecard, if the studio uses them | Log in, out and break, or use the clock buttons |
| After | The job on your gig list | Send your invoice with the document attached |
| At year end | A 1099 from the studio, if one is due | Check it against your own records |
A hold is not a booking. You are not on a call sheet and you have no deal memo until the studio books you, and your gig list shows which is which.
Overtime, worked out
Timecards count your real hours on the studio's clock, and a night across a daylight-saving change counts its true length. The default is overtime after 10 hours at 1.5x, and a studio can set its own terms.
| Sample | Sum | Pay |
|---|---|---|
| Day rate | $800 | |
| Hours worked | 12 | |
| Overtime | 2 hours at $120 | $240 |
| The day | $1,040 |
Try your own numbers in the crew day rate calculator. Once a studio approves a card, its figures are fixed, and they land on your invoice as one line in place of that day's rate. A timecard is a sum, not payroll, and a studio is still the one paying you.
Invoices and W-9s
Every crew invoice carries its document, a PDF or a picture of it. A free crew account uploads the file. A paid or trial workspace builds the invoice in Cutvey and sends it.
If you work in the US, a studio paying you in dollars may ask for a W-9. You send it once to each studio. At year end the studio decides what to file. The IRS threshold for a Form 1099-NEC is $600 for payments made through 2025 and $2,000 for payments made from 2026. Report your income either way. More in 1099s for film crew.
What it costs you
Nothing. The free crew account has your gigs, call sheets, deal memos, invoices and W-9. It never sells you anything to see your own call time. You get it when a studio books you, and you do not need one to open a call sheet link.
Keeping your calendar straight
Mark the days you are not available. If you work for several studios on Cutvey, each booking shows up on your one list, and a studio booking you can see a clash before it happens.
Starting your own thing
Plenty of crew pick up their own client work. From your crew account you can start a 14-day trial of a full workspace, with no card. If you do not pay, you go back to your free crew account. The home is never deleted, and the trial's studio work is kept for a limited period, 60 days today, then it may be deleted. One trial per inbox.
Frequently asked
Do I need the app?
No. A call sheet opens in any phone browser. The account page works the same way.
Can I see all my gigs in one place?
Yes, every studio that books you through Cutvey shows on one list. A studio that does not use Cutvey will not show up.
Who sees my W-9?
The studio you sent it to, with the people there allowed to see crew money.
What this is not
It is not a job board, and it never asks you to pay. Studios book the crew they already know. It does not pay you: payment runs from the studio, in the way they normally pay. And the weather and the hospital on the sheet come from public sources, so they replace no official one.