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Deal Memo
aka Deal letter
A short contract confirming an engagement — role, dates, rate and key terms — used to lock cast and crew before the full paperwork.
A deal memo is the one-page agreement that confirms an engagement: who, what role, which dates, what rate, and the key terms (credit, travel, kit). It locks a cast member or crew hire fast, ahead of the long-form contract. Producers live and die by signed deal memos, because an unsigned one means an unconfirmed booking. StoryboardCanvas Cast drafts deal memos with industry-standard clauses, tracks signed and executed status, and flips the matching budget line and the cast member's availability to confirmed the moment the memo is signed.
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Every deal memo we generate stays linked to the rest of the project — change a scene heading and the deal memo updates automatically. No re-import. No copy-paste. One project file from script to wrap.
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