From first shoot-day to final wrap. Manage compliance, payroll, and governance with cinematic precision and Hollywood-grade security.
Navigate your entire studio at the speed of thought. The global command bar puts every production, document, and compliance check a few keystrokes away.
Backlot Office replaces fragmented tools with a single, high-fidelity system that flows with your production, not against it.
Import schedules, define roles, and establish budget guardrails in seconds.
Automated deal memo validation and union-rule tracking across the entire crew.
Daily call sheets, permit binding, and tamper-evident audit ledger logging.
Consolidated deliverables, payroll exports, and automated wrap packages.
— Head of Production, Global Studio
Direct mapping to ADP, Cast & Crew, and Paychex. Automated penalty calculations and rule-ready exports.
Every version, every signature, and every document stored in a tamper-evident hash-chained ledger.
Capture project-level knowledge and reusable compliance playbooks to build your studio’s edge.
Streamlined workflows for smaller productions without sacrificing data integrity or audit guarantees.
Enterprise-grade identity management and automated provisioning for large-scale organisations.
Interactive builder with real-time compliance pre-flight. Catch violations before they cost you.
WHAT IS INSIDE
Backlot Office is not a single workflow tool. It is a coordinated operating layer that connects people, legal, compliance, daily execution, payroll, and evidence management around the same production record.
Crew onboarding, role assignment, and identity continuity from prep to wrap.
Create, validate, and manage deal memos with fewer downstream surprises.
Operational guardrails that surface risk before shoot day and before payroll.
Manage daily execution against the same source of truth used by legal and payroll.
Move from production activity to payroll-ready outputs with less manual cleanup.
Keep critical documents and operational history in a defensible record system.
WHY BUY BACKLOT OFFICE
This platform is built to protect schedules, margins, and reputation. It reduces operational noise while increasing control over the workflows that matter most to production leadership.
Backlot Office helps teams catch compliance and documentation gaps earlier, before they become delays, penalties, or rushed manual fixes.
Operations, legal, and payroll work from the same production record, reducing duplicate entry and back-and-forth reconciliation.
Document history, approvals, and activity trails are captured as part of normal work, so reporting is easier when scrutiny arrives.
Run lightweight workflows for small teams and expand governance controls as your slate, partners, and risk profile grow.
PRICING AND PAYMENT
Pricing is anchored to operational value: faster setup, fewer compliance misses, shorter payroll closeouts, and cleaner audit readiness. Choose a plan based on production volume and governance complexity.
For smaller teams that need production discipline without enterprise overhead.
For multi-show operations that need standardized workflows across departments.
For networks, streamers, and global groups with advanced governance requirements.
Built for the Global Studio
From independent shorts to multi-season episodic content, Backlot Office provides the governance and scale required by the world's leading production entities.