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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.

Items
65
Categories
7
Sourced from Netflix Post Partner Portal, Amazon Prime Video partner specs, Apple TV+ Video & Audio Asset Guide, SMPTE ST 2067, and DCI standards.
01 · Video Masters
Archival master (ProRes) Required
IMF package (streaming delivery master) If streaming
Dolby Vision + SDR trim pass If HDR

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.

01

Video Masters

Archival ProRes, IMF package, Dolby Vision + SDR trim pass, textless, DCP, trailer, watermarked screener.

02

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.

03

Accessibility

Caption bundle (TTML/IMSC1.1, iTT, SRT, SCC), forced narrative, CCSL, title text, foreign subs, PSE compliance.

04

Marketing & Artwork

Layered key art at 3840px, title treatment, production stills with IPTC, BTS, marketing trailer, EPK, featurettes.

05

Metadata

Cast and crew, synopsis long and short, runtime, genre, rating, language, country, year, festivals, EIDR, IMDb.

06

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.

07

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.

Netflix Post Partner Portal
IMF, timed text, HDR, sound mix specs
Amazon Prime Video
Partner tech specs and caption requirements
Apple TV+ / iTunes
Video & Audio Asset Guide, iTT spec
SMPTE / DCI / ISDCF
ST 2067 IMF, ST 428-430 DCP, ISDCF DCNC
FCC 47 CFR § 79
US caption quality and audio description rules
Ofcom Broadcasting Code
UK PSE compliance (Rule 2.12)
ASCAP / BMI
RapidCue standardized cue sheet format
USCO Circular 45
Motion picture copyright registration

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