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:
| C101 |
Script |
$49,201 |
| C102 |
Original Treatment |
$22,114 |
| C103 |
Treatment from Script Mat. |
$14,761 |
| C104 |
Script from Treatment |
$31,937 |
| C105 |
Rewrite: |
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a) by the original Writer |
$24,098 |
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b) by another Writer |
$31,937 |
| C106 |
Narration |
$17,198 |
| C107 |
Polish |
$7,369 |
| C108 |
Third Draft (Optional, when Writer has been contracted and paid for a Full Script under C101) |
$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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