For Producers
How a completion bond strengthens your production and credibility with financiers.
A completion bond is not just a requirement your financiers impose. It is a tool that strengthens your production and your credibility. Here is how working with Intectus benefits producers.
Value
What a Completion Bond Does for You
Unlocks Financing
Most institutional investors, banks, and incentive bodies require a bond. It is your ticket to a wider pool of capital.
Validates Your Plan
If we approve it, an independent specialist team has confirmed your plan is realistic, a powerful signal to all partners.
Provides a Safety Net
Excess cost financing if you go over budget, plus a monitoring team available to help solve problems throughout.
Enhances Credibility
Financiers, distributors, and co-production partners take a bonded production more seriously in competitive situations.
The Journey
What Working With Intectus Looks Like
Before Production (6-9 months out)
Contact us with your project. We review feasibility and begin due diligence, reviewing script, budget, schedule, contracts, financing, team, and technology. This takes 2-3 months.
During Production
Active monitoring: daily call sheets, weekly cost reports, 1-2 set visits, regular status calls. We flag issues early and work with you to solve them.
After Production
We monitor post-production milestones and delivery. The bond remains in effect until all deliverables have been provided and accepted.
Before Production
We will ask questions. We may flag areas where the budget is too tight, the schedule unrealistic, or the financing has gaps. This is not adversarial. It is collaborative. Every issue we help resolve before production begins is a crisis you will not face during the shoot.
During Production
You provide regular reporting (which you are likely producing anyway for your financiers), and you have access to specialists who have supervised hundreds of productions. Our goal is always to help you deliver.
Q&A
Common Concerns
Common Concerns
Will the bond company interfere with my creative decisions?
No. The completion bond is about production feasibility, not creative quality. We assess whether the script can be produced within the budget and schedule, not whether the story is good. Creative decisions remain with the director and producer.
Will the monitoring be intrusive?
The reporting we require, including call sheets, shooting reports, and cost reports, is standard production documentation that most productions already generate. On-set visits are brief and focused on operational assessment.
What if we go over budget?
If the overrun is within approved contingency, it is normal management. If it exceeds contingency, we work with you to find a solution, which may include budget restructuring, schedule adjustment, or the bond covering excess costs.
Can you help us prepare documentation?
We can guide you on what is needed and flag common issues, but we do not prepare the documentation for you. The budget, schedule, and financing plan must come from the production team.
Strengthening Your Financing Package with Media Obligation Insurance
If your production relies on cash flow lending against distribution agreements or government incentives, Media Obligation Insurance can make your financing package more attractive to lenders. By insuring the receivables that back the loan, lenders face less risk and may offer better terms. This is particularly valuable for productions with complex multi-territory distribution or incentive structures.
Standalone Risk Management
Even without a completion bond, our risk management services are available independently. Expert assessment of your production plan, ongoing monitoring for financier requirements, or financial forensics, all available as standalone services.
Getting Started
Contact us with a brief description of your production: type, budget, timeline, and where you are in the financing process.
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