Live workshop · Mon 23 Nov · 1:00 PM EST · 90 min

the freelance
directorYour idea, on paper, in 90 minutes.

In this 90-minute live workshop you'll take the spec you keep putting off and leave with a one-page brief you can shoot: the client it's for, the finished film, what it costs, and the date you shoot.

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90 minutesLive on ZoomReplay included7-day CPM trial

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Monday, 23 November 20261:00 PM Toronto · 90 minutes live + Q&A

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Your seat includes a 7-day free trial of CPM. After that it's $200 a month unless you cancel.

The Spec Audit SheetYou fill it in live. It becomes your one-page spec brief by the end of the call.

The real problem

Your reel is full. And it's keeping you stuck.

I've worked with hundreds of working filmmakers and without fail the thing stopping them from the jobs they want is the spec they haven't made.

They usually fall into one of two camps:

They have a spec idea they've been sitting on for a year, because it never felt real enough to start.
They've made specs that went nowhere, because the spec wasn't built for one client who could hire them.

Either way, another year goes by shooting anything for anyone.

All you need to change that is one spec, built for one client, with a date on it. That's what we put on paper in the Freelance Director.

Jason Dam on set with the director's monitor

The TL;DR

Everything you need to know, in ten seconds.

It's $9. One-time. Less than lunch, and you walk out with a spec brief you can shoot. Your seat also includes a 7-day free trial of CPM, then $200 a month unless you cancel.

90 minutes, live, on Monday, 23 November 2026, 1:00 PM EST, on Zoom. Can't make it live? You get the full replay.

Built for working filmmakers who already get paid to shoot and have a project they want to make or elevate. A year or more in, already earning.

You walk out with a one-page spec brief, built live on the audit sheet: the one client, the finished film, the real budget and crew, and the shoot date.

It works in any lane. Running, automotive, hospitality, product, sport. Every spec on this page started as a passion project with no client attached.

Live attendees get 2 bonuses: my own spec brief as a worked example, and the Director's Kit. Combined value $296.

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90 minutes · Live on Zoom · Replay · 7-day CPM trial

Here's what we'll do

Four blocks. Finished on the call.

The one client.

The one brand or client this spec is cut for, named, who could hire you off the back of it.

~20 min

The finished film.

What the piece is when it's done, in one sentence a stranger could repeat. Singular, measurable, and dated.

~25 min

The reality check.

Budget, crew, access and time, worked honestly on the sheet. The spec that gets made is the one you can actually make.

~25 min

The one-page brief.

The sheet generates your brief. You leave with something you could send to a producer or a DP tonight.

~20 min

What's included

Seven things in your seat. $686 of value.

90-minute live workshopWorking session with Jason Dam on Zoom, Bryan on the Q&A. Bring your laptop and the sheet.

$97 value

The Spec Audit SheetFill it in live. By the end of the 90 minutes it has become your spec brief.

$47 value

Lifetime replayCan't make it live? Full recording, yours forever. Rewatch the block you need.

$47 value

One-page spec briefYour client, your finished film, your budget and crew, your date. Finished, on one page.

$199 value

Bonus · Live onlyJason's own spec briefThe real brief from a Tenfold spec, filled in. Filled in from a real Tenfold job, so you can copy the shape.

$199 value

Bonus · Live onlyThe Director's KitThe treatment, shot list and budget templates we use on every Tenfold job.

$97 value

7-day CPM trialA week inside the membership: the weekly live call, every module, the templates and the community, so you can start making the brief with help. Keep it for $200 a month after that, or cancel before it renews.

Included free

Total value $686You pay today$9

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Your seat includes a 7-day free trial of CPM. After that it's $200 a month unless you cancel.

Is this for you

The bouncer. Read the left side first.

Definitely not for

Beginners who've never been paid to shoot
People who want camera, lighting or editing tutorials
Anyone who won't make something in the next few weeks
Filmmakers happy doing every project solo

Definitely for

Working filmmakers, a year or more in, already earning
People with a project they want to make or elevate, now
People who'll show up to the call and do the work
People who want to work with a crew and raise their level

Proof it works

Different lanes. Different specs. Same result.

Doubledhis ROI on the first project

"I doubled my ROI on the first project. It just gave me so much confidence to say: I can apply what I'm doing to a lot of different brands within the space I'm already playing in."

Jack PollyWriter + Director · ENO Hammocks spec

Secondspec shooting, third in the works

"I've bought four different courses and CPM was by far the best and the one most aligned with where I currently am in my career."

Yves Loic KouadioDirector & DP, Loane Studio

Dysonspec, built on the system

"Film is a team sport, and CPM gave me the motivation to better my own skillset in the company of other likeminded people."

Nate ShapiroProducer, Frozen Lake Films

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Casey · Outdoor Research ↗

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Miguel · Levi's ↗

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Jack · ENO Hammocks ↗

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Tom · Jude Bellingham ↗

Adidas Originals x JD Sports spec by Nathan Francis

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Nathan · Adidas Originals x JD Sports ↗

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Judah · Rapha ↗

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Bryan · Tommy Hilfiger ↗

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Nate · Dyson ↗

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Dylan and Ornella · Head Tennis ↗

All 9 started as a passion project with no client attached. Press play.

Here's your ticket

90 minutes. $9. Walk out with a brief.

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the freelance director.

A 90-minute working session with Jason Dam. Put your spec on paper, live.

Date

Mon 23 Nov 2026

Start

1:00 PM EST

Length

90 min + Q&A

Format

Live on Zoom

Includes

Sheet, replay, trial

Bonuses

2, live only

Admit one

$9one-time

$686 value · 2 bonuses (live)

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The free week

Why there's a date on it. And what happens after.

CPM ran as an 8-week cohort for 8 rounds. Every round, more people asked for the same two things: get in sooner, and keep us around longer than 8 weeks. So the cohort became a monthly membership. More people get in, and they get us for as long as they want.

The free week is how you find out if the room works for you. You'll be on the next live call. Full access, the same room the members are in. Make a login, add a card, and nothing is charged today. Cancel with one click before day 8.

We can't let people start the trial any time, in good faith to the members already in. So it closes Friday 27 November, 11:59 PM EST. After that CPM is still there, it just starts at $200 a month from day one.

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$0 today, 7 days full access
$200 a month after, cancel anytime
1 live call every week, hot seats and topic days
72h answer on any question in the community
Day 1 every module, template and the Milanote board

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Workshop runs 1:00 PM EST on Monday, 23 November 2026. Set a reminder for your local time below.

Meet your teacher

Jason Dam.

Co-founder · Tenfold Production · Director

Back in 2019 I was shooting $200 barbershop videos in Toronto. We lost a $20K airline job to a director who already had three airline projects on his reel, and that rewired me. He didn't wait to be picked. He built the proof before the opportunity showed up.

I've watched filmmakers who were certain they needed more gear, a bigger city or a better reel come in, change almost nothing, build one spec for one client, and start getting the jobs they wanted. The workshop is the 90-minute version of how we start that.