Appendix L: Blended Production (IPA 2024-2027)

Appendix L: Blended Production

Blended Production means a program which combines live action and animation techniques.

a.	In the case of a Blended Production where fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the longest initial version of the program consists of live-action content, the Writer(s) shall be contracted under the general provisions of the Independent Production Agreement.
b.	In the case of a Blended Production where fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the longest initial version of the program consists of animation content, the Writer(s) shall be contracted under the Animation Section.

Where a program does not clearly fall into 1 a) or b) above, the Guild, the Producer and the Association, if the producer is a member, shall discuss the appropriate contracting for the program. Where the parties above are unable to agree, the matter shall be referred to a Joint Standing Committee, or, at the request of any of the parties, to Arbitration.

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