J.A.D.E.By JoAnna McPhail · J.A.D.E.
The Indie Producer’s Survival Kit
The paperwork and the tools that take a production from a script to a wrapped shoot, without inventing a single document along the way. Built by JoAnna McPhail after years sitting next to the money on studio television.
Tier 1
The Document Kit
$50
14 editable Word templates for your legal, talent and scheduling paperwork.
- Cast Agreement · Crew Deal Memo
- Appearance, Minor Performer, Location and Materials & Music Releases
- NDA / Confidentiality
- Script Breakdown · One-Liner · Day Out of Days
- Call Sheet · Contact List · Petty Cash · Production Report
- Note from the Producer, How to Use guide, Start Here page, a printable Script Breakdown Sheet and the “I Have the Script” checklist
- Bonus: Script Timing & Page Counting
Tier 2
The Pro Kit
$100
Every document in Tier 1 plus the working Excel tools that keep your budget, your hires and your vendors organized.
- Everything in the Document Kit
- Excel budget: topsheet + four detail sheets, rates & fringes built in
- Excel call sheet with page totals that add themselves, plus an Excel scene breakdown
- Production Tracker: casting, crew hiring and vendors, with a dashboard
- Pre-Production Tracker: every prep task with an owner and a due date that counts back from Day 1
- Sample Production Reports: one sheet for each shoot day, block by block, where the end of one block sets the start of the next
- Resource Directory: 13 categories of real resources
- The Producer’s Notebook: 41 printable pages
- How to Use guide for the Pro Kit
Instant digital download. Microsoft Word (and Excel for the Pro Kit) needed. These are templates: have an entertainment attorney in your state look them over before anyone signs, especially the minor release.