Overview
A Crew Deal Memo documents the basic terms and expectations associated with an individual’s participation as a crew member on a production. This includes information related to responsibilities, dates of participation, screen credits, emergency contacts, and other production expectations.
Clear crew documentation is important because productions depend on well-defined responsibilities and mutual understanding between collaborators. Maintaining formal agreements helps reduce confusion, supports accountability, and reinforces professional production practices related to staffing and crew organization.
Paperwork
Instructions
The Producer must ensure that all crew members complete a Crew Deal Memo at the start of the period of employment on the production. The deal memo outlines the terms and conditions of employment (which may not be modified) and defines the screen credit(s) in the finished film.
During final delivery of paperwork, a single form is used to collect all the deal memos for assigned crew positions. To prepare for this, it is recommended that producers either:
- Organize digital scans of all the crew deal memos before starting work on the form submission, then drag each PDF into the appropriate field in the form; or
- Organize paper copies of all the crew deal memos, then take a photo of each memo using the camera feature in the appropriate field in the form.