# Preflight a production before spending on generation

Check a commercial or VFX-heavy brief before any generation credits are spent: hard locks on products and identities, reference and rights readiness, a scoped estimate, quotes per shot, and one bounded proof of concept.

Best for: Agency and production-company briefs, hybrid live-action and AI spots, VFX feasibility checks, budget and scope estimates, and a human sign-off gate before uploads or paid renders.

Tags: preflight, readiness, feasibility, pre-production, estimate, budget, quote, scope, locks, risk, proof-of-concept, poc, sign-off, procurement, vfx

## Recommended first connections

- readiness-verdict: [objekts Production Desk](https://mcp.film/mcps/objekts-production-desk.md) — Takes a structured brief with hard and soft locks and per-element routes, and returns a readiness verdict, blocking inputs and one proof of concept; it generates nothing.
- plan-and-quote: [Cinegenta Studio](https://mcp.film/mcps/cinegenta.md) — Turns a script into scenes, cast, props and shots and returns a free itemised quote; a capped run starts only on an explicit greenlight.
- per-shot-quotes: [MaxVideoAI](https://mcp.film/mcps/maxvideoai.md) — Compares what a shot list would cost across video models and needs approval of an exact quote before any paid attempt.
- lock-tracking: [studio-state](https://mcp.film/mcps/studio-state.md) — Keeps characters, locations and shot lock status in project files, so locked references stay locked once production starts.
- budget-and-sign-off: [Airtable MCP Server](https://mcp.film/mcps/airtable.md) — Official hosted base for the budget sheet, asset clearance and approval log the producer signs off on.

## Fallbacks

- [PenShot (story-shot-agent)](https://mcp.film/mcps/penshot.md): Breaks screenplays into shot lists and generates Sora/Veo/Runway-ready video prompts.
- [FrameThrower](https://mcp.film/mcps/framethrower.md): Cinematography reference: search film stills from 5,489 films by lighting, lens, shot size, colour and mood.
- [Getty Images MCP Server](https://mcp.film/mcps/getty-images.md): Official remote MCP for searching and downloading licensed Getty stills and footage.
- [Notion MCP](https://mcp.film/mcps/notion.md): Notion's hosted MCP: search, read, and write docs, wikis, and databases via OAuth.
- [Google Drive MCP](https://mcp.film/mcps/google-drive.md): Google's official remote Drive MCP: search, read, and create files with Workspace governance.

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