Film crew on location
Per diems, gear rentals and fuel, with one card for each department.
The story
Tideline Films shoots on location with crews of up to eleven people. Every shoot day used to start the same way: the producer handing out cash for per diems and paying for gear rentals on her own card.
Eleven people, one wallet
By the end of a three week shoot there were envelopes of receipts, a spreadsheet nobody trusted and a producer who was owed money by her own company.
A card for every department
Now camera, sound, art and catering each get a card with a budget for the shoot. Per diems load onto personal cards every morning and stop the day the shoot wraps.
“I used to spend the first week after a shoot chasing receipts. Now the books are closed before the edit starts.”
Priya Natarajan, producer at Tideline Films
What changed
Per diems paid in seconds instead of in envelopes
Gear rentals tracked by department and by shoot
Wrap reports ready the day after the last take
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