Knowledge base
Guides for film & TV image approvals
Clear, practical answers on talent approvals, kill rights and getting unit stills from the set to the distributor, written for producers, publicists and stills photographers.
Talent image approvals
How cast review and sign off their stills: kill rights, approval clauses and the workflow that keeps everyone in contract.
How talent image approvals work in film & TV
The end-to-end workflow for talent image approvals: from on-set stills through cast kills to key selects.
Read guide →Kill rights explained: how actor image approval works
What kill rights are, how actors veto unit stills, and the solo vs group percentages typically written into cast contracts.
Read guide →Cast approval clauses: solo vs group kill percentages
How cast approval clauses set kill percentages, the solo vs group split, and the practical traps to avoid.
Read guide →Talent image approval software: what film & TV productions use to clear cast stills
Why productions are moving cast stills approvals off spreadsheets and into purpose-built talent image approval software, and how to choose it.
Read guide →Unit stills workflow
From the set to the distributor: how unit photography is shot, curated, approved and delivered as clean key selects.
Unit stills photography: a producer's guide
What unit stills photography is and how to run it well on set, from the photographer's role through to approvals and delivery.
Read guide →Delivering approved stills to distributors & sales agents
How to turn approved images into a clean, usable delivery package for distributors and sales agents.
Read guide → ReferencePhotography delivery specs
An example of the delivery spec we send a photographer: RAW formats, sidecars, full-resolution JPGs and file naming. Customised per production.
View reference → ReferenceFile naming conventions for film & TV stills
The naming protocol that keeps a stills set traceable: what each part of a filename means, and how to bulk-rename a shoot day in seconds.
View reference →Stills file handling & delivery
The technical craft behind clean stills: captioning, RAW vs JPG, contact sheets and the metadata and file handling that keep a set press-ready.
How to caption film and TV stills (and why captions matter)
A practical guide to captioning film and TV production stills: what to include, how to embed it and the mistakes to avoid.
Read guide →Contact sheets for film stills: what they are and how to use them
A plain-English guide to contact sheets for film stills: what they show, how they're used in the approvals workflow, and best practice.
Read guide →RAW vs JPG for production stills: which to shoot, approve and deliver
Shoot RAW, approve as JPG, archive RAW, deliver to spec: how RAW and JPG files fit a film and TV stills workflow.
Read guide →Image metadata for press stills: IPTC, captions and credits that travel
What image metadata is, the EXIF, IPTC and XMP layers, and the fields film and TV press stills need to travel correctly.
Read guide →Watermarking production images: when and how to do it
A plain-English guide to watermarking film and TV production stills: when to mark review copies, when to keep deliverables clean, and how to do it well.
Read guide →What is an EPK (electronic press kit)? A film & TV guide
A clear film & TV guide to the EPK: what an electronic press kit is, what's inside it, and how it's delivered to press.
Read guide →DAM for film & TV stills: do you need digital asset management?
Does a film or TV production need a DAM for stills? What DAM does well, where it stops, and what clears stills first.
Read guide → ReferenceWhat are RAW files?
A plain-English primer on the camera RAW format: what it holds, why photographers shoot it, and why it is never the file you publish.
View reference → ReferenceEverything you need to know about XMP files
How .xmp sidecars carry a photographer's edits and metadata alongside a RAW, and what happens when they get separated from it.
View reference →Image rights & clearances
The rights layer beneath the stills: likeness clearance, talent approval clauses and the permissions that decide what a production can publish.
Image rights and likeness clearance in film and TV
How image rights and likeness clearance work in film and TV, and how productions manage them on cast and unit stills.
Read guide →Talent approval clauses: what's typically in an actor's contract
What talent image approval clauses usually cover in an actor's contract: minimum approval percentages, solo vs group limits, review windows and scope.
Read guide →See talent approvals on your own production.
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