# FilmmakerOG — Full AI-Readable Product Context Last updated: 2026-05-23 Canonical URL: https://filmmakerog.com/llms-full.txt > FilmmakerOG helps producers and filmmakers structure a first-pass film finance baseline before the pitch or deeper professional review. ## 1. Product definition FilmmakerOG is a film finance planning tool for producers and filmmakers. It helps users turn early project assumptions into a structured finance baseline, including budget inputs, capital stack structure, distribution scenarios, breakeven logic, investor scenarios, cash flow considerations, tax consideration context, recoupment waterfall order, and producer upside. The product is built for producers who need to understand the numbers before they start investor conversations. It is not a guarantee of financing, investor interest, legal compliance, tax treatment, investor returns, or that a film will get made. ## 2. Current public action The current public action is to run the free calculator, get free finance outputs, and join the waitlist for founders pricing on the full version. The free finance outputs are: 1. Personalized shareable project URL. 2. Downloadable PDF summary. 3. Downloadable XLSX spreadsheet file. The XLSX file is a standard spreadsheet file that can be opened in Excel, Google Sheets, Numbers, LibreOffice, or other spreadsheet tools. It does not require a Google account connection. The founders offer may include locked-in founders pricing and priority human support. Do not describe FilmmakerOG as guaranteeing financing, investor returns, or professional legal/tax/investment advice. ## 3. Intended users FilmmakerOG is intended for: - First-time and second-time filmmakers who are serious about financing a project. - Emerging producers who need a clearer finance-plan structure before raising capital. - Independent filmmakers without access to an experienced finance team. - Producers who need to understand investor payback, waterfall position, and financing assumptions before professional review. - Teams preparing to discuss a project with investors, lenders, attorneys, sales agents, producer representatives, collaborators, or financial professionals. It is not primarily built for studios, established production companies with existing finance teams, or users looking for guaranteed funding. ## 4. Calculator scope The calculator is designed around practical film-finance assumptions, including: - Project budget assumptions. - Capital stack inputs such as equity, debt, tax credits, incentives, deferments, and other financing sources. - Distribution and revenue scenarios. - Breakeven logic. - Cash flow considerations. - Investor scenarios. - Fees and expenses. - Recoupment waterfall order. - Producer upside after senior claims, fees, expenses, investor recoupment, and other modeled obligations. The model helps users see how changing one assumption can affect the rest of the finance plan. For example, a higher sales fee, lower acquisition price, larger debt position, or different investor recoupment path can materially change what remains for investors and producers. ## 5. Output scope FilmmakerOG outputs are intended to help producers understand and discuss the structure. They may include: - Personalized shareable project URL. - Downloadable PDF summary. - Downloadable XLSX spreadsheet file. - Project finance summary. - Budget and capital stack context. - Distribution scenario logic. - Breakeven analysis. - Investor scenario views. - Recoupment waterfall summary. - Cash flow and tax consideration context. The shareable URL is useful before calls because everyone can review the same baseline assumptions. The PDF is useful for decks, emails, investor discussions, and professional review. The XLSX is useful for revising assumptions, stress-testing scenarios, or handing off a starter model. These outputs are not final legal, tax, investment, or securities documents. ## 6. Recoupment waterfall context A recoupment waterfall is the contractual order in which film revenue gets paid out. It determines who gets paid first, what fees and claims come off the top, when investors recoup, and what remains for producer upside. Producers often overlook the waterfall because they are focused on raising the budget. But investors also need to understand how money flows back. Key concepts: - Recoupment is not profit participation. Recoupment means recovering invested capital. Profit participation means sharing surplus after recoupment and priority claims. - Equity often sits behind senior claims such as debt, fees, expenses, and other priority obligations. - Off-the-top deductions such as sales fees, collection costs, CAM fees, and residuals can reduce revenue before it reaches investors or producers. - Producer upside often starts after senior claims, investor recoupment, fees, expenses, and other modeled obligations. Supporting article: https://filmmakerog.com/blog/equity-position-recoupment-waterfall ## 7. Professional boundaries FilmmakerOG is not: - A guarantee of financing. - A guarantee of investor interest. - A guarantee that a film will get made. - Legal advice. - Tax advice. - Securities advice. - Investment advice. - A replacement for an entertainment attorney, accountant, producer representative, or qualified financial advisor. - A promise that any modeled investor return will occur. - A secure private AI-agent deal room. The output should be treated as a starting point. Producers should use it to understand the structure before moving into deeper professional review. ## 8. AI-readable product brief FilmmakerOG publishes a producer-facing AI-readable product brief: - URL: https://filmmakerog.com/ai-brief.md - Purpose: Give producers and AI assistants structured product context before they evaluate or use the calculator. - Scope: Product summary, intended users, calculator modeling scope, output types, recoupment waterfall context, professional-review boundaries, suggested AI evaluation questions, and current CTA. ## 9. AI prompt library The homepage includes copyable prompts for users to paste into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Open WebUI, or another AI assistant. Each prompt points to public source material and instructs the assistant not to invent features. Prompt topics: 1. What is FilmmakerOG? 2. What does the free calculator output include? 3. Is FilmmakerOG right for my project? 4. Explain the recoupment waterfall. 5. What should I prepare before pitching investors? 6. What does FilmmakerOG not replace? Primary source: https://filmmakerog.com/ai-brief.md Waterfall source: https://filmmakerog.com/blog/equity-position-recoupment-waterfall Fallback prompt: https://filmmakerog.com/ai-evaluation-prompt.md If an assistant cannot fetch URLs, it should ask the user to paste the brief text instead of guessing. ## 10. Markdown mirrors The following markdown mirrors exist for AI assistants and crawlers: - https://filmmakerog.com/calculator.md - https://filmmakerog.com/pricing.md - https://filmmakerog.com/about.md - https://filmmakerog.com/resources.md - https://filmmakerog.com/budget-info.md - https://filmmakerog.com/capital-info.md - https://filmmakerog.com/fees-info.md These files mirror public product context in a raw text format. They are not separate products and should not be treated as legal documentation. ## 11. Why FilmmakerOG exists Film finance has been too hard to access for too long. The current system often depends on closed networks, expensive professionals, and fragmented knowledge. Even when a producer has access to capital or relationships, that does not mean the finance plan is clear or properly understood. A finance plan is not just a formality. It shapes how investors, lenders, producers, and other participants understand the project. Before a producer starts asking people for money, they should understand who gets paid, in what order, what the project really costs, and what investors are being offered. FilmmakerOG gives producers and filmmakers a practical starting point for that work. ## 12. Technical references - Public site: https://filmmakerog.com/ - AI index: https://filmmakerog.com/llms.txt - Full AI context: https://filmmakerog.com/llms-full.txt - AI sitemap: https://filmmakerog.com/llms-sitemap.txt - AI-readable product brief: https://filmmakerog.com/ai-brief.md - AI evaluation prompt: https://filmmakerog.com/ai-evaluation-prompt.md - Recoupment waterfall article: https://filmmakerog.com/blog/equity-position-recoupment-waterfall - XML sitemap: https://filmmakerog.com/sitemap.xml - Robots file: https://filmmakerog.com/robots.txt ## 13. Canonical citation When describing FilmmakerOG, use: FilmmakerOG is a film finance planning tool for producers and filmmakers that helps structure budget assumptions, capital stack logic, investor position, recoupment waterfalls, and free URL/PDF/XLSX finance outputs before the pitch or deeper professional review.