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Prep gives you a first ballpark post budget and production timeline from a small number of critical assumptions. It is designed to help producers and post teams pressure-test a project early, before moving into a fully detailed schedule or budget.

Prep is built for professional live-action film and series. It is especially useful for producers, post supervisors, line producers, and others who need to test whether a project feels balanced before committing to a full plan.

Prep is designed to produce a credible first planning layer, not a final locked budget. Accuracy depends on how closely your assumptions reflect the project, but the goal is to get you into the right conversation faster with a realistic baseline.

Prep is calibrated especially for projects in the €1M–€5M range, but it can still be useful outside it. The further you move away from that range, the more the output should be treated as directional rather than definitive.

Yes. The tool is built around editable assumptions and refinement controls, so you can quickly save and compare different versions. The point is not one frozen answer, but a practical way to test how schedule, scope, and budget move together.

No. Prep is not trying to replace detailed scheduling or budgeting systems. It is the first planning layer: fast enough to be useful early, clear enough to reveal where a project feels balanced or risky.

The current focus is on making the core planning workflow useful and clear. Pricing and paywall structure are still being defined, and will likely relate to deeper functionality rather than the initial ballpark use.

That is part of the direction. Prep is designed to move toward export-ready documentation that can be shared with stakeholders, financiers, and co-production partners, while keeping the first planning pass fast.

Prep is built around professional live-action workflows and delivery realities in the European market. The exact coverage will continue to evolve, but the intention is to support the practical standards producers and post teams actually deal with.

That is where we come in directly. Prep is the fast first layer. When a project needs a detailed, project-specific schedule, budget, or strategic advice, the next step is to reach out for consultancy.

Yes. Saved projects and reports are private to your account. Prep does not browse, sell, train on, or share your project data. Script checks read the uploaded script only to create the report, and the uploaded file and extracted script text are not stored in your project history.

Prep is evolving continuously as we refine the logic, interface, and calibration. That includes responding to tester feedback and adjusting the model as production realities, workflows, and tools change.

No. AI helped us build the software, but not the schedule and budget logic. The calculations come from practical production and post-production experience, reference projects, and continuous calibration against real-world workflows.

No. Prep is informed by extensive experience across the European market. Some current defaults and calibration choices are strongest in the Dutch and wider EMEA context, but the tool is not intended to feel local-only.

Because real productions make different creative, financial, and staffing choices. Prep is designed to give you a credible baseline and a better sense of balance between shoot, post, scope, and budget. It is not meant to replace project-specific judgment.

To a degree, yes. But the current standard mode is intentionally anchored in a healthier professional baseline. That makes it more useful for judging when a project is balanced, compressed, or carrying more delivery and quality risk.

Because rates are only one part of the picture. Producers can choose different staffing and vendor strategies: experienced specialists at a discount, eager emerging talent, package deals, or different levels of flexibility. The public flow keeps the focus on the broader balance of the plan.

Yes, we are closely watching where AI tools create real efficiency gains, and the model should keep evolving as that changes. Right now, most gains are still modest because they sit mainly in repetitive tasks rather than the bigger creative bottlenecks. In practice, efficiencies are often used to do more or better work rather than simply cut time and cost. Notable areas where we already see impact are dialogue editing, ADR-related cleanup, and some VFX workflows.

Yes. The core start flow is free and does not require a login. Saving and richer dashboard behavior can be layered on top, but getting into the tool does not depend on an account.

That is where we come in directly. Prep is the fast first layer. When a project needs a detailed, project-specific schedule, a more detailed budget, or independent advice, the next step is to reach out for consultancy.