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Invoicing for film and TV freelancers.
Log day rates, overtime, and per diems for every show you work on, then send a branded PDF in under a minute.
Free while Caley is in beta. No card required.
Afternoon, Tim
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Total revenue · 2026/27
£0.00
+6.3%vs last month
Paid
£0.00
3 paid invoices
Outstanding
£0.00
3 unpaid
Average invoice
£0.00
per invoice
Invoice status
Draft
117%
Sent
117%
Paid
350%
Overdue
117%
Top shows by revenue
1
House of the Dragon Season 22
Bridgerton Season 33
Stranger Things Season 54
The Last of Us Season 25
The Crown Season 6The problem
Freelance invoicing wasn't built for how film crew get paid.
Generic invoice templates assume one rate and one client. A shoot never works that way.
- 1
Every show pays differently
Day rate, per diem, and overtime terms change from client to client, sometimes show to show.
- 2
Overtime has two rates, not one
1.5× and 2× need separate tracking — a flat hourly rate gets the maths wrong.
- 3
Work and travel per diems aren't the same line
Lump them together and the total stops matching what was agreed.
- 4
Nothing chases a late client
A generic template doesn't know an invoice has gone quiet.
1
Every show pays differently
Day rate, per diem, and overtime terms change from client to client, sometimes show to show.
2
Overtime has two rates, not one
1.5× and 2× need separate tracking — a flat hourly rate gets the maths wrong.
3
Work and travel per diems aren't the same line
Lump them together and the total stops matching what was agreed.
4
Nothing chases a late client
A generic template doesn't know an invoice has gone quiet.
Built for how crew actually get paid.
Here is the invoice a gaffer sends after a fortnight on a shoot, and what it takes to make it in Caley.
- 1
Pick the show and the client
Your address, banking details, and the client's rates are already on file. Nothing gets retyped.
- 2
Log the days
Six shoot days and two travel days. Work and travel per diems are held separately, so each day gets the right one.
- 3
Add the overtime
Three hours at 1.5× and one at 2×. Enter the hours and the date; Caley prices them.
- 4
Send the PDF
Numbered, branded, totalled, with your bank details on it. Download it or email it from the invoice page.
INV-2025-042
The Crown Season 6 · Netflix Studios
- Shoot days
- 6 × £500.00
- £3,000.00
- Per diem, work
- 6 × £45.00
- £270.00
- Per diem, travel
- 2 × £30.00
- £60.00
- Overtime
- 3h at 1.5×
- £225.00
- Overtime
- 1h at 2×
- £100.00
- Expenses
- Train, parking
- £86.40
Total£3,741.40
Twelve hours on set. Ten minutes on the invoice.
Everything a shoot throws at an invoice.
Day rates, overtime, per diems, expenses, and the PDF at the end of it.
Professional PDFs
The last thing a client sees is your invoice. Caley makes it a branded PDF worth paying on time.
Custom brandingInstant downloadAuto-calculation
Overtime
Log the hours and the date. Caley applies the 1.5× or 2× rate and adds it to the invoice.
3h at 1.5×£225.00
What you're owed
Billed, paid, and outstanding across every show, on the dashboard.
- Outstanding
- £4,120.00
- Paid this month
- £8,450.00
Clients and rates
Save each production company with its own day rate and per diems. Bill in GBP, USD, EUR, CAD, or AUD.
- Netflix Studios
- £500 / day
- Kelvin Row Films
- £475 / day
Expenses
Add travel, kit hire, parking, and anything else you fronted, as its own line on the invoice.
Train, parking£86.40
Built-in assistant
Skip the forms.
Tell Caley what you did on the job. It drafts the invoice, runs the maths, and hands it back for you to check.
- Create a full invoice from a single sentence
- Ask what you're owed, who's late, and which client bills most
- Update a draft: add overtime, expenses, or notes
- Runs on Claude, from Anthropic
Caley Assistant
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Invoice Netflix Studios for The Crown: 5 shoot days plus 3 hours overtime
Drafted for Netflix Studios: 5 days at your day rate, plus 3 overtime hours at 1.5×. Have a look before you send it.
INV-2025-043 · DraftNet 30
5 shoot days£2,500.00
3h overtime (1.5×)£225.00
Total£2,725.00
Add £86.40 for the train and parking.
Added as an expense line. The draft is now £2,811.40.
Ask anything about your invoices…