Agreement - Writers Guild of Canada

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Script, the credit may be “WRITTEN BY...”. A908 Credited Writers of Excerpts shall be listed under the credit “EXCERPTS WRITTEN BY...”. A909 Where a Writer has written an adaptation from another language the Writer shall be entitled to the credit “ADAPTED BY…” as a minimum credit. A910 No other form of writing credit or subsidiary writing credits shall be permitted and no other form of credit or acknowledgment shall be accorded to a Writer without the prior approval of the Guild. The approval of the Guild shall not be unreasonably withheld. A911 Where a credited Writer is also a director or producer of a program, s/he may receive the following presentation credit “A FILM BY…”. LIMITATION OF NUMBER OF WRITERS A912 The number of Writers who may share credit for a Script in accordance with Articles A903 and A904(a), (b) and (c) hereof shall not exceed three. A913 The aggregate number of Writers accorded subsidiary writing credits shall not exceed four. A914 In exceptional cases the number permitted in Articles A912 and A913 may be increased with the consent of the Guild which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. A915 When the names of more than one individual appear in the credits or subsidiary writing credits for a production, the names of the members of a Team shall be separated by an ampersand (“&”). All other Writers’ names shall be separated by the word “and”. When Writers’ names are separated by the word “and”, the names of the Writers shall appear in the order in which they were engaged on the production. 33
POSITION AND SIZE OF CREDITS A916 The name of a Writer accorded a writing credit shall appear in lettering the height and width of which is no smaller than that used for the name of the Producer or director of the program, whichever is the larger, and on the program the writing credit shall appear for the same duration as that of the credit accorded to such Producer or director. A917 The writing credit and the subsidiary writing credit may appear on the program on the same title card. The name or names of the writers referred to in the subsidiary writing credit shall not, however, appear in lettering the height or width of which is greater than fifty percent (50%) of that used for the name or names of the writer or writers accorded writing credit. A918 Subject to the provisions of Articles A903 and A904, the Writer’s credit shall appear next to the director’s credit unless an individual producer’s credit appears between them. Only one Producer title card may appear between the Writer’s and director’s credit. For the purposes of this Article, individual producer(s) shall mean individuals as accorded the credits “Producer” or “Executive Producer” only. Examples of acceptable credit sequences are: (in head credits) (any other credit), Writer, Director Producer, Writer, Director Writer, Producer, Director (in tail credits) Director, Writer, (any other credit) Director, Writer, Producer Director, Producer, Writer When any credit is shared by sequential writers, the names of the writers shall appear in the order in which they were engaged. A919 No other written material may appear on the card with the above mentioned writing credits and no other card may interrupt the credit order set out in Article A918. 34
Page 1 and 2: INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION AGREEMENT (
Page 3 and 4: Section D: Other Production p.106 A
Page 5 and 6: Note: Capitalized words in this Agr
Page 7 and 8: Guild that for reasons of conscienc
Page 9 and 10: A113 During the period of renegotia
Page 11 and 12: A211 Daily Dramatic Serial means a
Page 13 and 14: A227 Free Television means the exhi
Page 15 and 16: A239 Pilot means the sample episode
Page 17 and 18: asic narrative, idea, or theme and
Page 19 and 20: number of complete programs, either
Page 21 and 22: ARTICLE A4 - NO STRIKE AND UNFAIR D
Page 23 and 24: or fifteen (15) business days prior
Page 25 and 26: submissions. Any time limitations p
Page 27 and 28: A526 Any time limitations prescribe
Page 29 and 30: i) the sample pages will be a maxim
Page 31 and 32: of productions based on Script Mate
Page 33 and 34: such claim shall not relieve the Pr
Page 35 and 36: A803 Story Editors’ or Story Cons
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Page 41 and 42: intended credits, described above,
Page 43 and 44: previously been submitted to the Pr
Page 45 and 46: A940 With respect to Article A9, th
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Page 49 and 50: members or SARTEC members for a min
Page 51 and 52: ight to terminate. If the Producer
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Page 55 and 56: A1113 Purchaser’s Assumption Agre
Page 57 and 58: iii) If the Producer is not a Membe
Page 59 and 60: Dues shall be made payable to the G
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Page 63 and 64: B113 a) Where a Writer originates i
Page 65 and 66: c) Should the Producer wish to cont
Page 67 and 68: v) entitlement to “Created by”
Page 69 and 70: SECTION C - ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS A
Page 71 and 72: C117 Documentary Feature Polish 3,6
Page 73 and 74: ) on delivery of the Treatment 30%
Page 75 and 76: vi) The remaining deferred compensa
Page 77 and 78: ARTICLE C3 - TELEVISION PRODUCTION
Page 79 and 80: ) based on a Story or Screen Story
Page 81 and 82: C404 Story or Screen Story 2012 201
Page 83 and 84: a) based on a Story or Screen Story
Page 85 and 86: C502 Documentary Initial Proposal o
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iv) Optional Rights Renewal. The Pr
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C604 Contributing Writers For each
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ARTICLE C7 - TELEVISION MAGAZINE SH
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3 minutes or less Each additional m
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) Script Fees: For each Script on w
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ARTICLE C9 - TELEVISION CONTINUITY
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percent (10%) of the original Scrip
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C1005 Production Fee On the first d
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$10,500,000 ($231,825 plus 2% of $5
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) Distributors’ Gross Revenue sha
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c) evidence, satisfactory to the Gu
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SECTION D - Other Production: spons
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ARTICLE D3 - DISTRIBUTION AND USE R
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World h) All of the Above World 15
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ARTICLE E2 - DEFINITIONS The follow
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E304 E305 E306 E307 E308 Grievance
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E404 E405 E406 E407 Subsequent Writ
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ANIMATION SECTION This section is s
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110 Prior to contracting an Animati
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123 No purely oral agreement shall
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oyalties or levies payable in respe
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There is no differentiation between
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individually negotiated. 307 In ext
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504 Deduction from Animation Writer
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any extensions thereof) to exploit
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administration, interpretation, app
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at the time of the meeting of the J
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920 Arbitration. Within two (2) wee
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Association des Producteurs de Film
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LIMITATION OF NUMBER OF WRITERS 100
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DUTY OF PRODUCER TO NOTIFY 1018 No
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1025 The Guild shall forward notice
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writing to the Guild. The Guild sha
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c) the Producer and the Guild are n
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BLENDED PRODUCTION Blended Producti
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Please check one of the following:
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Animation Section - Schedule 2 (See
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Animation Section - Schedule 3 Term
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SCHEDULE 4 QUEBEC APPENDIX (ANIMATI
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egularly engaged in creative aspect
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f) In the event of a difficulty of
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Guild may choose to refer the matte
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ASSOCIATION DES PRODUCTEURS DE FILM
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Recognition: 2.1 The Association re
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assertion that work performed under
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8.5 Failure to reach a settlement s
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the terms and conditions of the IPA
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For CMPA Members: ____ The Producer
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APPENDIX C (See Article A704) IPA 2
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- 3 - 2. All additional terms must
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- 2 - Tentative Credit: ___________
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APPENDIX E (See Article A707, Anima
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B) Production personnel sharing cre
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APPENDIX G INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION A
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in the Production to the Distributo
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are assumed by the Distributor here
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Dated this day of , 20__ . Purchase
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Dated this day of , 20__. Purchaser
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Dated this ________ day of ________
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APPENDIX M (See Section F) IPA 2012
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- 3 - 2. All additional terms must
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We hereby certify that we are/are n
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Name of Production:________________
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APPENDIX O (See Article E102) CORPO
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APPENDIX Q QUEBEC APPENDIX (IPA) As
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A105 Subject to the provisions of A
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A401 During the life of this Agreem
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APPENDIX Q - CONT. REGULAR EMPLOYEE
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APPENDIX R Terms Pertaining to APFT
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APPENDIX S Letter of Understanding
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APPENDIX T Letter of Understanding
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APPENDIX V CORPORATE GUARANTEE MEMO
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to the date of such termination by
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APPENDIX X Letter of Understanding
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1972 Productions Inc. 1972 Producti
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Big Coat Productions for "The Rescu
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Creative Anarchy Creative Atlantic
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FU2 Productions, Ltd. For "FU2" Han
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Jury Duty Productions, Inc for "The
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Mulmur's Still Inc. North of 60 Mov
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R & R Productions (Nicky), Inc. for
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Sibling Search Productions Inc. Sla
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Thunderbird Films, Inc. for "Cather
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Part B - List of Producers Bound by
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Code2 Productions Inc. for "Smilin'
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M&R Story Productions Ltd for "Max
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Portfolio Entertainment, Inc. for "
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WRITERS GUILD OF CANADA 366 Adelaid
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ecognized specialists A106(c) 2 Wri
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interruption of sequence 1016 143 M
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Script Fee definition 215 125 minim
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BIBLE Animation Bible for APFTQ mem
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CONCILIATION Negotiation Protocol A
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definition A210, E206 5, 112 Draft
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Show Writer A904(e) 32 sharing of A
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Feature Films under $1,200,000 C204
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for calculation of Distribution Roy
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INSURANCE, see DEDUCTIONS, RISK INS
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Variety, Panel, Game or Quiz show C
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television production C413 79 telev
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to a third party A1104, 116 45, 120
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definition A242 10 division among c
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Television Magazine Format Programs
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Budget, Script Fees included in A20
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STATUS OF THE ARTIST ACT AFPTQ Appe
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USE FEE ROYALTIES see DISTRIBUTION
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