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:
| Feature Film Script Fees |
July 1, 2019 |
July 1, 2020 |
July 1, 2021 |
| C101 |
Script |
$57,652 |
$59,382 |
$61,163 |
| C102 |
Original Treatment |
$25,913 |
$26,690 |
$27,491 |
| C103 |
Treatment based on Script Material supplied |
$17,297 |
$17,816 |
$18,350 |
| C104 |
Script from existing Treatment |
$37,423 |
$38,546 |
$39,702 |
| C105 |
First Draft from existing Treatment |
$20,178 |
$20,783 |
$21,406 |
| C106 |
Second Draft from existing First Draft |
$17,296 |
$17,815 |
$18,349 |
| C107 |
Rewrite: |
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- |
- |
| |
a) by the original Writer |
$28,236 |
$29,083 |
$29,955 |
| |
b) by another Writer |
$37,423 |
$38,546 |
$39,702 |
| C108 |
Written Narration other than by the Writer of a Script or Story and Script |
$20,153 |
$20,758 |
$21,381 |
| C109 |
Polish |
$8,634 |
$8,893 |
$9,160 |
| C110 |
Third Draft (Optional, when Writer has been contracted and paid for a Full Script under C101) |
$14,414 |
$14,846 |
$15,291 |
| C111 |
A Feature Film Script may be contracted:
| i. |
as an existing Script; |
| ii. |
as a complete Script with or without right of termination; |
| iii. |
as a Script from an existing Treatment, with or without right of termination; |
| iv. |
as the following single element or components of a Script: Treatment, First Draft, Second Draft, Rewrite, Polish, Narration. |
|
| C112 |
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:
a)
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
10% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the Treatment |
25% |
| iii. |
on delivery of the First Draft Script |
35% |
| iv. |
on delivery of the Second Draft Script |
30% |
|
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OR
b) When the Producer contracts for a complete Feature Film Script without a Treatment, and with or without the right of termination, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
10% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the First Draft Script |
55% |
| iii. |
on delivery of the Second Draft Script |
35% |
|
| C113 |
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:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
10% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the First Draft Script |
60% |
| iii. |
on delivery of the Second Draft Script |
30% |
|
| C114 |
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:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
25% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the material |
75% |
|
| Documentary Feature Film Script Fees |
July 1, 2019 |
July 1, 2020 |
July 1, 2021 |
| C115 |
Documentary Feature Film Script |
$28,044 |
$28,885 |
$29,752 |
| C116 |
Documentary Feature Film Initial Proposal or Outline |
$8,414 |
$8,666 |
$8,926 |
| C117 |
Documentary Feature Film Script based on Initial Proposal or Outline* |
$23,277 |
$23,975 |
$24,694 |
| C118 |
Documentary Feature Film Rewrite |
$8,132 |
$8,376 |
$8,627 |
| C119 |
Documentary Feature Film Polish |
$4,066 |
$4,188 |
$4,314 |
| C120 |
Documentary Feature Film Written Narration |
$14,228 |
$14,655 |
$15,095 |
*which is provided by the Producer to the Writer, from which the Writer proceeds directly to a Documentary Treatment or Shooting Script without preparing a Documentary Initial Proposal or Outline (This Documentary Initial Proposal or Outline shall be appended to the contract if not contracted under this Agreement.)
| C121 |
A Documentary Feature Film Script may be contracted:
| i. |
as an existing Script; |
| ii. |
as a complete Script with or without right of termination; |
| iii. |
as a Script from Outline or Proposal; |
| iv. |
as the following single elements or components of a Script: Documentary Initial Proposal or Outline, Polish, Rewrite; as Narration without right of termination. |
|
| C122 |
When the Producer contracts for a Documentary Feature Film Script, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
10% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the Documentary Initial Proposal or Outline |
20% |
| iii. |
on delivery of the Documentary Treatment or Shooting Script |
40% |
| iv. |
on delivery of the Final Script |
30% |
| |
OR |
|
| iv. |
on delivery of the Documentary Rough Cut Narration Script |
15% |
| |
AND on delivery of the Documentary Final Narration Script |
15% |
|
| C123 |
When the Producer contracts for a Documentary Feature Film Script based on a Documentary Feature Film Initial Proposal or Outline contracted under this Agreement, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
10% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the Documentary Treatment or Shooting Script |
60% |
| iii. |
on delivery of the Final Script |
30% |
| |
OR |
|
| iii. |
on delivery of the Documentary Rough Cut Narration Script |
15% |
| |
AND on delivery of the Documentary Final Narration Script |
15% |
|
| C124 |
When the Producer contracts for a single element or component of a Documentary Feature Film Script, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
25% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the stage |
75% |
|
| C125 |
When the Producer contracts for a Documentary Feature Film Narration without right of termination, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:
| i. |
on signing of the contract |
25% |
| ii. |
on delivery of the Documentary Rough Cut Narration |
50% |
| iii. |
on delivery of the Documentary Final Narration |
25% |
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