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The Playbook · Free · 34 pages

The method, given away.

Everything the software encodes, written out so you can run it by hand. No email wall, no drip sequence, no gated chapter three. If you implement it with a spreadsheet and never buy Slatebook, the Playbook did its job.

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Contents · click to expand

01The record principle

Why the booking has to be the single source, and what breaks the moment a value is retyped somewhere else. The argument that everything after this chapter depends on.

02The twelve-point check

The pre-production checklist in full, with the reasoning behind each item and who should own it. Copy it into whatever you use today.

03Kit lists that surface clashes

How to structure an inventory so a double-booking is visible in pre-production. Asset IDs, standard kits, and why “the FX6” is not a specific enough noun.

04Costing a shoot day

Building a day rate from real cost rather than what the last company charged. Includes the overtime maths most event quotes get wrong.

05Call sheets that cannot lie

What belongs on a call sheet, what belongs on a schedule, and the four things only a producer can add. Template included.

06Working with freelancers well

Holds, confirmations, cancellation terms and payment timing — the operational habits that get you first call on the crew you want.

Extract · Chapter two

The twelve-point check

  1. 01Brief approved in writing
  2. 02Quote approved, revision numbered
  3. 03Purchase order received
  4. 04Crew confirmed, not held
  5. 05Location confirmed with access and parking
  6. 06Public liability checked against the date

Nothing on the list is clever. The value is that it is the same twelve every time, and that someone owns each one by name.