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Getting started

Welcome to BALAHow BALA worksRoles & accessQuickstart: your first production

Daily workflow

Triage: work only what needs youProductions: cards, calendar & archiveInside a production

Documents & signing

Kicking off intakeBuilding the roster & issuing paperSigning & evidence

Approvals & counsel

Producer approvals, by messageCounsel: escalations, redlines & playbook

Delivery & reference

The production company portalLanguage & jurisdictionGlossary

Training

BALA Fundamentals

Everything a Business & Legal Affairs lead or counsel needs to run productions confidently. Eight short lessons — about 30 minutes end to end.

Your progress

Start
  1. Orientation

    What BALA is and the one idea behind it.

    3m
  2. The lifecycle

    Retained → set up → issued → clear to shoot.

    4m
  3. Who does what

    The two seats that log in, and everyone who doesn't.

    3m
  4. Run Triage

    Work the one list of what needs a human.

    4m
  5. Set up a production

    Create it, send the kickoff note, open intake.

    6m
  6. Issue & track paper

    Generate the right agreement and follow it to signed.

    5m
  7. Approvals & escalations

    Producer sign-off by message, and the counsel queue.

    5m
  8. Deliver clean title

    Hand the production company a portal they can trust.

    3m

Progress is saved in this browser only — no account needed. Finished the course? You're ready to run a production end to end.

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