SC 09THREE PRODUCTIONSIllustrative

One principle. Three scales of operation.

From the shooter-director with one camera bag to the studio with three producers. Slatewise is the same shape — the limits and the people change.

Illustrative. Real customer stories filming soon.

SCENE · ROLL AThe shooter-director who owns the kitFree fits

You shoot, you direct, you carry the bag.

You hire crew per job. You are the one who has to decide whether a day rate is actually paying for itself once the gear amortisation and the night-rate gaffer are honest in the maths.

01Catalogue your kit once. Day, 3-day and week rates, plus purchase price for break-even.

02Build a quick budget per enquiry. Drag the profit slider and see what holds.

03Borrow the lens you don't own from a company that does — at their rate, in your budget, free on any plan.

04Send the PDF. Your day rate stays in your kit; the client sees a price.

05They ask for one more round in week three. Add it as an extra; the quote you sent doesn't move.

→Most jobs fit comfortably inside the Free plan.

SCENE · ROLL BThe small crew with a regular rosterPro fits

Three to six core, and a stable of trusted freelancers.

Two jobs overlap and somewhere on the second one a gaffer slid into night rate that nobody captured in the budget. The margin is fine — until it isn't.

01Producers build budgets. Freelancers see only the shoots they are on.

02Assign crew to shoot days; the budget's day count reflows automatically.

03Track everything by status — confirmed vs quoted vs draft, at a glance.

→Pro covers the team and a busy month of projects.

SCENE · ROLL CThe established studio with a deep inventoryStudio fits

Several producers, a big gear room, a steady pipeline.

Quoting needs to be consistent across producers — same crew rates, same transport rules, same handling fees. And nothing leaks margin in the client-facing doc.

01Unlimited projects, gear and seats. White-label client PDFs.

02Standardise crew roles and transport rules across every quote.

03Lend the gear room to the outfits you work with — your rates, which only you can change, and the days they bill still count toward your ROI.

04Spin up a second workspace if you run separate labels under one roof.

→Studio removes every cap.

Not sure which one you are?

Start on Free. It is not a trial and it does not expire — 50 projects is more than most solo years. Move up when a cap actually gets in your way, not before.

Start free Compare the rate card

SC END · TAKE 1 — KEEPER

Set up before the next job lands.

About four minutes. No card. Cancel by deleting your account.

Prep the next production