Ask before you ask Ben
Questions about a project, specs, deadlines or how to deliver something? Ask here first. You'll get an answer right away from the project docs, and anything only Ben can answer gets sent to him. You'll get an email when he replies.
Submit a cut for review
Cuts are submitted here, not by email, WhatsApp or text.
Your submissions
Shared logins
AOU's shared accounts you're allowed to use. Tap one to see the login. Ben is notified each time a login is viewed. Please don't share these.
Questions sent to Ben
Cuts waiting for your review
Approve to send it on to Ben, or send it back with notes.
Send AOU an invoice
Optional — you're welcome to send your own invoice the usual way instead. If you use this, it's checked against your deal memo before it goes, so it gets paid without back-and-forth.
Total: $0.00
Invoices you've sent
Log hours
For projects where you're paid by the hour. Log on the day you work and say what you did. If you worked on more than one project, add a separate line for each project — several tasks on the same project can share one line.
Media handoff
Tell your producer what you offloaded and where it went. It's compared with this project's media plan and anything that looks off is flagged. Nothing is blocked.
New deal memo
Builds the memo in AOU's house format. Anything you leave blank becomes a line the crew member fills in when signing. Making a memo also gives that person access to Ask Ben's Bot to this project.
Hourly people are required to log their hours with a description, and their invoices are checked against the log.
Default scope is AOU's camera-department wording. Rewrite it for other roles.
Memos on your projects
Brief builder
Writes a Google Doc brief from everything Ben's Bot knows about this project, files it in the project folder and shares it with the people you pick. Every brief must state the specs below — if you don't know one, ask Ben first.
Call sheet builder
Makes a Google Sheet in AOU's call sheet layout, files it in the project folder and shares it.
Crew emails you list above are added to the share automatically.
Media handoff setup
Turn handoff reports on for the whole project or just one part (a shoot, a location, a partner crew). Rules are optional: without them, reports are checked against the project's own media plan.
Add a part
Recent reports
Hours on this project
Only people paid hourly log hours. A deal memo with an hourly rate adds them automatically; you can also add someone here. People in the same group (e.g. "Blend Pictures") share one cap. You and Ben get an email at 80% and 100% of a cap.