The entertainment industry is built on precision—yet behind the scenes, many production workflows remain stubbornly manual. Timecard errors, outdated union rules, delayed residuals, and contract confusion can stall a project and create compliance risk.

XR Pay automates what matters most, helping studios, production accountants, and line producers reduce risk from day one. Here's how:

1. Automated Contract Workflows
Union contracts, rate cards, and onboarding forms are complex and often misfiled. XR Pay digitizes and verifies these documents automatically—so that nothing gets missed or misclassified.

2. Digital Onboarding
Onboarding cast, crew, and vendors used to mean back-and-forth emails and wet signatures. XR Pay replaces that with templated, digital onboarding tools, reducing turnaround time and data errors.

3. Session Report Automation
XR Pay eliminates the need to build and validate session reports manually. With built-in rulesets for union pay, scale rates, and working time, the system ensures accurate generation with minimal oversight. Additionally, expert support resouces are on standby to react should complexities arise.

4. Residual Tracking and Forecasting
Tracking residuals is often a separate workflow. XR Pay integrates residual forecasting into the same pipeline—alerting teams to deadlines and payment requirements early in the process.

5. Centralized Document Hub
Lose a contract, miss a deadline. XR Pay stores all payroll and rights documentation in a single, searchable platform accessible to approved finance and legal stakeholders.

“Our goal with XR Pay was to build a system that understands both the urgency and the complexity of modern production,” says David Kramer, VP of Product at XR Pay. “By automating key tasks, we help eliminate costly errors and give producers the clarity they need to stay on schedule and on budget.”

When automation is embedded in every step of the payroll workflow, it doesn’t just save time—it protects the production.