House Rules

EVOLUM is a workshop, not a comments section. Four kinds of people work here — filmmakers, actors, investors, and supporters — and the rules below are how we keep the workshop a place where real work gets done. Read them before you post, message, pledge, or pitch.

1. Respect Everyone

Treat every member with dignity and professionalism. Harassment, bullying, hate speech, discrimination, or personal attacks of any kind will result in immediate removal. The platform exists so people can develop their work with the help of others — not so they can be torn down.

2. Keep It Real

Represent yourself honestly. Don't fabricate credits, attached talent, festival selections, or financing. Don't misrepresent your role on a project. Don't impersonate another filmmaker, actor, investor, agent, or company. Your profile, your projects, and your contributions should reflect what you've actually done and what you're actually building. Authenticity is currency here.

3. Your Work Is Yours — Theirs Is Theirs

Only upload content you own or have explicit permission to use. Uploading someone else's screenplay, treatment, music, or sides — even for "just testing the tool" — violates our Terms and gets the account suspended. The same goes for images, posters, and other reference material. When in doubt, don't upload it.

4. No Spam, No Pitch Storms

The platform exists to build real projects, not to blast unsolicited pitches at every investor on it. Keep your outreach relevant and targeted. Excessive self-promotion, chain messaging, mass DMs, or using the platform purely to drive traffic to your other channels will get you flagged. Quality of relationship over volume of broadcast.

5. Deal Room Etiquette

If you're in an Investor Deal Room or a financing negotiation, conduct yourself the way you would in a real boardroom. Read the NDA before you sign it. Don't enter rooms for projects you have no intention of backing. Commitments made on-platform are taken seriously by everyone watching — don't waste people's time, and don't pledge what you can't actually deliver.

6. Letters of Intent Are Letters of Intent

When you pledge support for a project before its drive closes, you're signaling intent — not transferring funds. We mean that on both sides. Filmmakers: don't book against pledges that haven't closed. Supporters: don't pledge to look generous if you'd back out at the moment the drive succeeds. Trust scales the whole platform.

7. No Illegal Activity

Don't use the platform for anything illegal, fraudulent, or harmful. This includes — and is not limited to — money laundering, unregistered securities offerings, distribution of illegal content, identity theft, and attempts to exploit or hack the platform or its users.

8. Feedback, Not Drama

Creative feedback is welcome here and necessary. It should be honest, specific, and constructive. Public disputes, call-outs, screenshots-on-Twitter campaigns, and personal vendettas have no place on the platform. If you have a conflict with another member, use the report function or contact madbradsmith@gmail.com. We mediate.

9. Protect Your Account

You are responsible for your login credentials. Don't share your account with collaborators — give them a seat instead. Don't let anyone act on your behalf without disclosing it. If you suspect unauthorized access, contact madbradsmith@gmail.com immediately and we will lock the account.

10. Enforcement

We may remove content, suspend accounts, or ban users who violate these rules — with or without warning, depending on severity. Repeated or serious violations result in permanent removal without refund. Our decisions are final, but we will explain them when we make them.

11. Changes

These House Rules will evolve as the community grows and as new surfaces (deal rooms, casting boards, supporter feeds) bring new patterns of interaction. We'll notify members of material changes. Continued use of the platform after updates constitutes acceptance.

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