Short Film Tools
Choose the tools for your next short film, from a free planning checklist to workbooks for budgeting, production and delivery. Created by Chris Patterson at Causeway Pictures, Belfast.
- Start free: Greenlight Checklist — a two-page PDF to review your idea, resources and next actions.
- Budget Template, £7 — one editable Excel workbook for costs, department totals and contingency.
- Starter Pack, £19 — the budget workbook plus production-planning tools for schedules, crew, cast, locations and delivery.
- Complete Toolkit, £39 — includes the Budget Template and Starter Pack workbooks, plus funding, shoot-day, post-production and festival planning.
Choose one paid pack for your needs. The larger packs include the smaller packs’ workbooks; you do not need to buy them separately for those files. Check each product’s full contents before ordering.
Digital downloads only. Download links are delivered by email after checkout. Microsoft Excel is required for the workbooks and a PDF reader for the guides. No physical item is shipped.