Printable PDF verion - Writers Guild of Canada
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SECTION C – ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AND MINIMUMCOMPENSATION BY PROGRAM TYPEARTICLE C1 – FEATURE FILMScript Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets of sixty thousanddollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.The Writer(s) of a Feature Film shall be paid at least the minimumcompensation set out below:Feature Film Script Fees 2012 2013 2014C101 Script 52,212 53,257 53,789C102 Original Treatment 23,468 23,937 24,176C103Treatment based on ScriptMaterial supplied 15,664 15,978 16,138C104 Script from existing Treatment 33,892 34,570 34,915C105Rewrite:a) by the original Writer 25,573 26,084 26,345b) by another Writer 33,892 34,570 34,915C106Written Narration other than bythe Writer of a Script or Story andScript 18,251 18,616 18,802C107 Polish 7,820 7,976 8,056C108Third Draft (Optional, whenWriter has been contracted andpaid for a Full Script under C101) 13,054 13,315 13,44864
C109 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 oftermination;iv) 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 orwithout the right of termination, the Script Fee shall be paid as follows: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%C111 When the Producer contracts for a Feature Film Script based on an existingTreatment, with or without the right of termination, the Script Fee shall beallocated 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%C112 When the Producer contracts for a single element or component of a FeatureFilm Script, the Script Fee shall be allocated and paid as follows:i) on signing of the contract 25%ii) on delivery of material 75%Documentary Feature Film Script Fees 2012 2013 2014C113 Documentary Feature Film Script 25,397 25,905 26,164C114C115Documentary Feature Film InitialProposal or Outline 7,620 7,772 7,850Documentary Feature Film Scriptbased on Initial Proposal or Outline* 21,080 21,502 21,717C116 Documentary Feature Film Rewrite 7,365 7,512 7,58765
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SECTION C – ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS AND MINIMUMCOMPENSATION BY PROGRAM TYPEARTICLE C1 – FEATURE FILMScript Fees and Production Fees for productions with Budgets <strong>of</strong> sixty thousanddollars ($60,000) or less are negotiable between the Writer and Producer.The Writer(s) <strong>of</strong> a Feature Film shall be paid at least the minimumcompensation set out below:Feature Film Script Fees 2012 2013 2014C101 Script 52,212 53,257 53,789C102 Original Treatment 23,468 23,937 24,176C103Treatment based on ScriptMaterial supplied 15,664 15,978 16,138C104 Script from existing Treatment 33,892 34,570 34,915C105Rewrite:a) by the original Writer 25,573 26,084 26,345b) by another Writer 33,892 34,570 34,915C106Written Narration other than bythe Writer <strong>of</strong> a Script or Story andScript 18,251 18,616 18,802C107 Polish 7,820 7,976 8,056C108Third Draft (Optional, whenWriter has been contracted andpaid for a Full Script under C101) 13,054 13,315 13,44864