Build the deck, budget and audience case together. The Engine uses your materials and research to prepare a first draft, then helps you improve it through simple questions and specific changes.
Private testing comes first. Filmmaker feedback shapes the next version before public launch.
Improve an uploaded deck or build from your story. Refine the words, add your images and ask for changes on a specific page.
Let the Engine estimate a first version from your project. It marks assumptions and asks for the details that matter most.
Saved versions let you see what changed. Estimates stay identified until you have firmer figures.
Audience groups, relevant communities and comparable titles, with sources and clear distinctions between evidence and an idea to test.
Potential buyers, brands, funders and collaborators to investigate, shaped by the project and the interests they have stated.
Useful questions, missing evidence and production decisions become the next steps for strengthening your package.
Bring new quotes, team decisions and feedback back into the project. Earlier versions and conversations help the Engine build on what is already known.
Draft changes stay private. Publish live replaces the edition shown to people who already have viewing access. New Path Pictures coordinates introductions; a draft does not email itself to buyers.
Start with your idea and materials. The Engine builds a first draft, then helps you improve it with simple questions and targeted changes. Annual access and project builders are priced separately. Entry is by application.
$600.00 CAD a year
One year of the New Path Pictures Engine for your projects: a workspace, reviews, research, readiness guidance, chat and saved history. Builders are priced separately for each project. Your recorded alpha or first-slate benefits apply to the access they cover. Paid membership renews annually until cancelled; a lapse restricts access and does not delete your work. Price before tax.
$1,500.00 CAD
The New Path Pictures Engine creates a working deck from your materials, project history and available audience and buyer research. Refine the copy and design with the assistant, add photos and leave notes directly on pages. Saved versions keep your progress. Your working deck stays private until you choose Publish live, which updates everyone with existing viewing access. One project, before tax.
$2,000.00 CAD
The New Path Pictures Engine creates a first working budget from your project and available research, with estimates for the shoot, crew and other production costs. Answer a few questions or ask for a targeted change to refine it. Known rates and planning allowances are labelled; estimates are not supplier quotes or a promise that every union agreement applies. Download a branded Excel workbook and keep earlier versions. One project, before tax.
$3,000.00 CAD
Both builders for one project. Turn your materials and available research into a working deck and budget, then refine them through questions, notes and targeted changes. Add artwork, download the Excel budget and keep your saved versions. You control when the deck goes live to existing authorized viewers. Price before tax.
Existing alpha and slate benefits depend on the invitation and grants recorded for your account. Your account shows those recorded benefits. Confirm any builder discount with New Path Pictures before ordering.
Prices are in Canadian dollars, before tax.
No. Bring your idea and whatever materials you have. The builders help you create a first version, and you can say “I don’t know” when a detail is still undecided.
Your project shows the work in progress and keeps the saved results. Research time depends on the material and the questions; you can return to continue from the saved work.
They are planning estimates based on the project information and available rules. Sources, dates, assumptions and unresolved questions help you see what needs confirming as the film moves forward.
Audience and buyer research can follow a story across markets. Production and funding rules depend on where you work; the project needs to show which rules are covered and where more evidence is needed.
Questions are researched first. Unresolved issues can go to a small human review panel. Reviewed advice can help other relevant projects, while rulebook changes retain their sources and review history.
Access to the Engine is by application, and we review each one ourselves. Standard annual access: $600.00 CAD a year. Builders are priced per project: Build my deck, $1,500.00 CAD; Build my budget, $2,000.00 CAD; Build my deck and my budget, $3,000.00 CAD. Prices are in Canadian dollars, before tax. Existing alpha and slate benefits depend on the invitation and grants recorded for your account. Your account shows those recorded benefits. Confirm any builder discount with New Path Pictures before ordering.