Filmclusive Encyclopedia
Pre-production
Film production roles, equipment, workflows, and terms.
Company-move plan
A logistics plan for relocating the shooting company between locations during a workday.
Competent authority
The government body designated to administer and certify an official co-production arrangement.
Completion bond
A guaranty arrangement intended to protect financiers against specified risks that a production will not be completed and delivered.
Completion guarantor
An entity that assesses, monitors, and may guarantee completion and delivery under agreed budget and schedule conditions.
Concept
The central dramatic or factual idea from which a screen project is developed.
Concept art
Exploratory artwork used to develop and communicate environments, characters, objects, mood, or visual problems.
Conditions precedent
Specified requirements that must be satisfied or waived before a contract or financing obligation becomes effective.
Construction drawing
A detailed drawing issued to fabricate, assemble, or install scenic or production elements.
Contingency plan
A prepared response for weather, access, equipment, personnel, safety, or schedule disruption.
Continuity bible
A controlled visual and written reference for story chronology, looks, props, sets, injuries, and recurring details.
Copyright report
A legal or clearance report documenting copyright ownership, registrations, licenses, and unresolved issues.
Cost code
A budget or accounting identifier used to classify production commitments and actual spending.
Cost report
A periodic accounting report comparing budget, actual costs, commitments, and projected final cost.
Costume breakdown
A script analysis mapping each character’s wardrobe needs by scene, story day, action, and continuity.
Costume change plot
A timed record of performer costume changes and the locations, crew, and sequence needed to execute them.
Costume test
A photographed or filmed fitting used to evaluate wardrobe design on the performer and through the camera system.
Cover set
An alternate interior or protected location scheduled so production can continue when weather or another condition prevents planned exterior work.
Crew deal
The agreed employment terms for a crew member, usually documented in a deal memo and longer-form agreement.
Crew list
A working directory of crew names, departments, roles, contacts, and scheduled involvement.
Customs manifest
An itemized declaration of equipment or goods crossing a border for production use.
Dailies workflow plan
A document defining how daily picture and sound are synchronized, processed, reviewed, secured, and distributed.
Data workflow plan
A detailed plan for offload, verification, copies, naming, metadata, transfer, access, retention, and recovery.
Data-management plan
A written plan for media naming, copies, checksums, storage, access, and retention.
Day out of days
A cast scheduling report that shows work, travel, hold, and other engagement statuses by production day.
Deal memo
A preliminary written summary of agreed engagement terms pending a long-form contract.
Deferment
Compensation or another amount contractually postponed until specified financing or revenue conditions occur.
Delivery schedule
A milestone plan for supplying masters, versions, metadata, artwork, legal documents, and other contracted materials.
Director agreement
A contract engaging a director and defining services, compensation, credit, rights, and working conditions.
Distribution guarantee
A distributor’s contracted minimum payment or commitment associated with specified distribution rights.
Distribution territory
The geographic market in which specified exploitation rights are licensed or retained.
Distributor
An entity acquiring rights to market and make a screen work available within agreed media and territories.
Doubles breakdown
A planning record identifying photo, body, stunt, stand-in, hand, or other double requirements.
Elevator pitch
An intentionally brief project pitch communicating the hook, form, audience, and reason to engage.
Episode grid
A table mapping plots, characters, themes, and turns across episodes.
Episode outline
A prose or beat-level plan describing an episode’s story progression before full scripting.
Equipment cross-rental
A rental obtained by one supplier from another to complete a production package.
Equipment list
A planned inventory of camera, lighting, grip, sound, power, and specialty equipment for a production.
Equipment prep
A scheduled inspection, assembly, configuration, labeling, and test period before equipment goes to set.
Equity investment
Capital contributed in exchange for an ownership interest or defined participation in project returns.
Errors and omissions insurance
Liability coverage addressing specified claims arising from a production’s content and rights clearances.
Errors and omissions report
A clearance and legal-risk record prepared to support errors-and-omissions insurance review.
Exclusivity
A contractual restriction on specified competing services or appearances during a defined period and scope.
Exhibitor
An operator that presents completed screen works to audiences, traditionally a cinema owner or operator.
Filming notice
A posted or delivered notice identifying authorized filming, timing, impacts, restrictions, and production contact information.
Final co-production approval
Post-completion certification that an official co-production satisfied the arrangement as actually made.
Finance plan
A document identifying the sources, amounts, timing, and conditions of money expected to finance a production.
First refusal
An arrangement requiring a performer to offer availability to one production before accepting conflicting work.
Fitting day
A scheduled period for wardrobe, prosthetic, hair, makeup, or equipment fitting before performance work.
Fitting schedule
A coordinated calendar for performer costume, hair, makeup, prosthetic, or equipment fittings.
Floor plan
A scaled overhead drawing showing the layout and dimensions of a set, stage, or location.
Format document
A document defining the repeatable structure, rules, tone, and production engine of a program.
Freight forwarder
A logistics provider arranging transport, documentation, consolidation, and customs coordination for production freight.
Fringes
Employer-side payroll and benefit costs added to wages under law, agreements, insurance, or company policy.
Gap finance
A loan secured primarily against estimated value in unsold distribution territories or rights.
Genre
A recognized storytelling category associated with audience expectations, conventions, tone, and market positioning.
Graphics clearance log
A tracker for the rights and approvals of signs, artwork, packaging, screens, documents, and branded graphics.
Greens plan
A plan for selecting, placing, maintaining, and removing living or artificial vegetation.
Gross receipts
Revenue received from exploiting a screen project before deductions defined by the governing agreements.
Guardian coordination
Production planning with a minor performer’s parent, guardian, or legally required responsible adult.
Hair and make-up breakdown
A scene-by-scene plan for character hair, cosmetic, prosthetic, injury, aging, and continuity requirements.
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