ARTICLE C1 FEATURE FILM
Script Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets of sixty thousand dollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.
The Writer(s) of a Feature Film shall be paid at least the minimum compensation set out below:
Script Fees |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
| C101 |
Script |
47,759 |
48,714 |
49,201 |
| C102 |
Original Treatment |
21,466 |
21,895 |
22,114 |
| C103 |
Treatment based on Script Material supplied |
14,328 |
14,614 |
14,761 |
| C104 |
Script from existing Treatment |
31,001 |
31,621 |
31,937 |
| C105 |
Rewrite:
a) by the original Writer
b) by another Writer |
23,392
31,001 |
23,859
31,621 |
24,098
31,937 |
| C106 |
Written Narration other than by the Writer of a Script or Story and Script |
16,694 |
17,028 |
17,198 |
| C107 |
Polish |
7,153 |
7,296 |
7,369 |
| C108 |
Third Draft (Optional, when Writer has been contracted and paid for a Full Script under C101) |
11,940 |
12,179 |
12,301 |
| C109 |
A Feature Film Script may be contracted:
- as an existing Script;
- as a complete Script with or without right of termination;
- as a Script from an existing Treatment, with or without right of termination;
- as the following single element or components of Script: Treatment, Rewrite, Polish, Narration.
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| C110 |
When the Producer contracts for a complete Feature Film Script, with or without the right of termination, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:
- on signing of the contract 15%
- on delivery of the Treatment 25%
- on delivery of the First Draft Script 35%
- on delivery of the Second Draft Script 25%
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| C111 |
When the Producer contracts for a Feature Film Script based on an existing Treatment, with or without the right of termination, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:
- on signing of the contract 15%
- on delivery of the First Draft Script 60%
- on delivery of the Second Draft Script 25%
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| C112 |
When the Producer contracts for a single element or component of a Feature Film Script, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:
- on signing of the contract 25%
- on delivery of material 75%
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