Film, TV and media production
PDF tools and e-signatures for film, TV and media production
Make dem sign contributor and location releases for set, watermark scripts for each reader, compare script revisions and send call sheets wey go open for any phone. Server jobs dey run for London and dem dey delete files within 2 hours.
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£6.99 for each user every month, dem bill am every year · from 2 users
Wetin production teams dey use am for
Built for prep, the shoot and wrap
Releases signed on set
Give contributor the release for phone or tablet make dem sign with Sign PDF, or send location releases for signature before the recce. Each release dey carry the date wey dem sign am.
Scripts watermarked for each reader
Stamp each copy of script with the reader name as watermark and protect am with password, so you fit trace copy wey leak.
Script and schedule revisions
Compare two drafts of script or schedule to see every change, without reading the whole thing two times. Changed scenes go easy to spot, so departments go only read again wetin affect dem.
Call sheets for every phone
Turn the call sheet spreadsheet into PDF and compress am, so cast and crew fit open am quick for set. Late changes fit go out as new version in minutes.
Crew deal memos and contracts
Fill deal memos for screen and send dem for signature, so una go agree terms before the first day of the shoot. Reminders go dey chase anybody wey never sign.
Receipts from the production float
Scan receipts with Macaaw Scan, wey dey read the merchant, date, total and VAT, and join dem into one file for the production accountant.
Where Macaaw fit inside production
Productions dey move fast and the paperwork no get end: releases, deal memos, scripts, schedules, call sheets and receipts. Plenty of am dey happen far from the office. Macaaw dey work for phone browser, so coordinators and runners fit get documents signed and sent from location. E fit independent production companies, broadcasters’ in-house teams and corporate video crews.
Signing your own documents, watermarking and joining dey run for the device, so scripts wey never release go stay there. Comparison, conversion and compression dey run for our servers for London and we dey delete the files within 2 hours.
Macaaw no be production management or scheduling system; e dey handle the PDFs around am. Each production fit work inside one Business workspace with roles for each person, and you fit remove crew when the job wrap. Freelance crew dey sign deal memos and releases without account.
Playbook
Watermarked script release in four steps
Every reader go get their own copy, and you go know who get which one.
Lock the draft
Export the script to PDF and compare am with the last draft to confirm the changes. Give each draft colour or date for the file name, as your production like.
Watermark each copy
Stamp copy with each reader name as watermark.
Protect am
Add password to each copy and share the password another way.
Send am
Send each reader their own copy, and save the steps as workflow for the next draft.
Business plan
One plan for the whole team
Production office, crew and post on one plan, with allowances wey una share.
£6.99for each user every month, dem bill am every year · or £9.99 every month
- 200 signature requests for each user every month, wey una share
- Reach 20 signers for each document
- 1,000 pages of text recognition for each user every month, wey una share
- 500 Office conversions for each user every month, wey una share
- Files reach 500 MB and 200 files for one task
- Members, roles, shared workflows and central billing
- UK serversServer tools dey run for London.
- We dey delete within 2 hoursFiles from our tools, or the moment you press Delete.
- UK GDPRData processing agreement dey Business.
- Audit trailEvery signed PDF get im signing certificate.
Questions
Wetin producers dey ask
Contributors fit sign without account?
Yes. Dem go sign for your device with Sign PDF, or open link for their email and sign for their own phone.
Watermark dey stop script from leaking?
No, but e dey show whose copy e be, wey dey discourage leaks and help trace am. Add password for stronger control.
We fit use am for location wey signal weak?
Signing, joining and watermarking dey run for the device once the page don load. Sending for signature and server tools need connection.
Receipts fit become expense report?
Yes. For Pro and Business, Macaaw Scan dey read receipts and build expense report as Excel, CSV or PDF.
How long una dey keep files?
Files wey tool use dey delete within 2 hours. Agreements dey stay encrypted until everybody don sign and then for 30 days.
We fit compare two versions of call sheet or schedule?
Yes. Compare PDFs dey highlight every change between two versions page by page, like call time wey dem move or new location. E dey inside Pro and Business.
The legal information for this page na general guidance for England and Wales, e no be legal advice. Scotland and Northern Ireland get their own rules, and deeds or documents wey must get witness need extra formalities.
Releases signed before the camera roll.
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