The complete film deliverables checklist.
Every acquisition deal comes with a delivery schedule tucked into the back of the contract. 40 to 80 items. Video masters, audio, captions, key art, cast lists, chain of title, E&O, music cue sheets. Most producers see it for the first time about ten minutes before their attorney signs.
This is the schedule, laid out. Print it, mark it up, hand it to your post supervisor and your attorney.
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The Complete Film Deliverables Checklist
Every item a producer typically owes an indie distributor when a feature closes. Video, audio, captions, artwork, metadata, legal.
What's inside.
Seven categories, 65 items, each with the technical specs and a paragraph explaining what it is, when it's required, and where indie deliveries commonly fail QC.
Video Masters
Archival ProRes, IMF package, Dolby Vision + SDR trim pass, textless, DCP, trailer, watermarked screener.
Audio
Stereo mix, 5.1 in SMPTE order, Atmos, fully-filled M&E in stereo and 5.1, dialogue/music/SFX stems. Loudness targets per platform.
Accessibility
Caption bundle (TTML/IMSC1.1, iTT, SRT, SCC), forced narrative, CCSL, title text, foreign subs, PSE compliance.
Marketing & Artwork
Layered key art at 3840px, title treatment, production stills with IPTC, BTS, marketing trailer, EPK, featurettes.
Metadata
Cast and crew, synopsis long and short, runtime, genre, rating, language, country, year, festivals, EIDR, IMDb.
Legal & Contracts
Chain of title, E&O, copyright registrations, clearance reports, cast and crew agreements, sync and master use licenses, cue sheet, releases, Lab Access Letter.
Supplemental
Commentary, making-of, deleted scenes, outtakes, interviews, concept art, delivery manifest with checksums.
Where the specs come from.
Not from anyone's memory. Each technical requirement in the checklist was checked against the current source, cited in the PDF's footer. Nothing carried over from a 2015 spec sheet.
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