Free video production templates.

Scope, investment, payment schedule and timeline, with a filled-in sample.

The questions to ask before you quote, and the one-page brief you write from the answers.

Twelve clauses for a production agreement, each explained, for your lawyer to check.

Retainer, coverage hours, music, a missed moment and the delivery date.

Eight emails from the first reply to the final files, ready to adapt.

Cost lines in, the client's price out, with contingency, a production fee, tax and the retainer.

Line items by phase, contingency and a production fee, with working totals.

From signing to delivery, then the shoot day hour by hour.

Shot size, movement, lens, sound and minutes, in shooting order.

Calls, location, hospital, weather and the schedule, ready to print.

Rate, hours, overtime, kit, cancellation and payment terms for one booking.

Sample wording, what each clause does and who needs to sign.

Permission to film a place, with dates, access and what happens to the property.

Camera, lenses, light, grip, sound, power and media, packed and checked back in.

Fill in the day, then print it, save a PDF or copy it as text for a group message.

Sunrise, sunset, golden hour and blue hour for any city or coordinates and date.

ProRes or your camera's data rate, to drives, cards, copies and offload time.

What a shoot day pays with overtime, a kit fee and mileage.

Added work, its price and its effect on the schedule, signed before you start.

A retainer invoice with a payment schedule, plus terms that get you paid.

Exports, captions, music cue sheet, archive and handoff, checked off before you send.

Every track you used, its license, where it may run and until when.

A trip log at the IRS rate for each date, with a CSV for your records.

Add up what your software costs a month, with every row yours to change.