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
| 2010
| 2011 |
| C101 |
Script |
$50,185 |
$51,189 |
| C102 |
Original Treatment |
$22,556 |
$23,007 |
| C103 |
Treatment from Script Mat. |
$15,056 |
$15,357 |
| C104 |
Script from Treatment |
$32,576 |
$33,227 |
| C105 |
Rewrite: |
|
|
a) by the original Writer |
$24,580 |
$25,072 |
|
b) by another Writer |
$32,576 |
$33,227 |
| C106 |
Narration |
$17,542 |
$17,893 |
| C107 |
Polish |
$7,516 |
$7,667 |
| C108 |
Third Draft (Optional, when Writer has been contracted and paid for a Full Script under C101) |
$12,547 |
$12,798 |
| 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.
|
| 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%
|
| 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%
|
| C112 |
- on signing of the contract 25%
- on delivery of material 75%
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