Cash Flow for Video Production

Crew costs, equipment rentals, and milestone invoicing don't line up. See where.

Video production companies front crew costs, equipment, locations, and post-production spend weeks before the final invoice lands. The Sprint maps your project cost timeline against your billing schedule so you know exactly when you need cash and when it arrives.

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13-week cash map
3 what-if scenarios: delayed milestone, project pause, cash bridge
72-hour delivery — pay nothing if it's late
5-min weekly update — yours to run

Pre-production costs hit before any invoice is issued

Location scouting, casting, equipment rental deposits, and pre-production crew costs all hit before a single frame is shot — and long before you can invoice.

Post-production extends the billing gap

Editing, color grading, and sound design can add 4–6 weeks after the shoot. The milestone invoice doesn't land until delivery, but the costs run throughout.

Project timing is client-dependent and unreliable

A client delays the shoot by two weeks. Your crew deposits are committed. Your billing timeline shifts. The Sprint models that delay scenario so you see the cash impact ahead of time.

Best fit

Video production companies with 2–15 staff using QuickBooks Online or Xero, with project-based revenue.

Free Assessment — No Email Required

How clear is your cash picture?

5 questions. 60 seconds. Get a personalized cash flow readiness score and your top risk areas — generated from your answers, not a generic template.

72-hour delivery guarantee. If your 13-week cash map isn't complete and working within 72 hours of submitting your inputs, you pay nothing.

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Tell us where cash visibility is breaking down

Submit the basics and Spark Cashflow will review fit for the fixed-scope Sprint offer. Delivery stays manual for now. Intake does not.

Can the model handle equipment purchases vs. rentals differently?

Yes. Equipment purchases are mapped as capital outflows while rentals are tracked as operating costs so they appear correctly in your cash model.

What if we have both corporate and commercial projects simultaneously?

Each project is tracked individually in the model so multiple simultaneous projects — with different billing schedules — are reflected accurately.