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How to Handle the Paperwork is a self-paced course on the legal and business paperwork of an independent film. Thirteen steps take it in the order it comes due: the LLC and its operating agreement, chain of title, releases, music, crew and cast deal memos, investor documents, vendor agreements and the closing binder a distributor’s attorney reads. Every document gets the same treatment: what it does, what goes in it, what goes wrong, a sample from an invented film, and prompts for an AI assistant. A master prompt interviews you one question at a time, keeps a fact sheet and drafts on request, marking every blank. Every draft is a starting point. An entertainment attorney licensed in your state reviews it before anyone signs. Included: the How to Handle the Paperwork workbook, a file that opens in your web browser and saves as you type, a printable worksheet for every step, a paperwork checklist by phase, the master prompt on one page, a chain-of-title checklist, a release log and a closing binder index. The workbook compiles your answers into one paperwork packet to take to your attorney. Self-paced, at your own speed. General information, not legal, tax or investment advice. When the paper has to line up with a budget and a schedule, that planning is the work Goldsmith Production Services does.
You can also join this program via the mobile app. Go to the app