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Documentary Initial Proposal or Outline provided by the Producer to theWriter.In such cases, the Writer shall receive a combined fee (in lieu of Script Feeand Production Fee) of no less than 4.5% of the Budget (or 2.25% in thecase of a Narration Script) and payable in instalments as required underArticle C508. No further payment shall be owing on the first day ofprincipal photography.Under this option, the Distribution Royalty remains unchanged (i.e.calculated in accordance with Article C11).C514Low-Budget Option for Half-Hour Television Documentary Series under$200,000The Script Fees as set out in Article C5, Production Fee as set out inArticle C10 and Distribution Royalty as set out in Article C11 do notapply to the following writing services, except to the extent specificallyindicated herein:For half-hour Television Documentary Series programs with Budgetsunder two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) per episode, the followingoptional terms may be applied:i) The Writer(s) of the Documentary Script shall receive a Script Feewhich is five percent (5%) of the Budget.ii) The Writer(s) of Narration Scripts shall receive a Script Fee of twoand a half percent (2.5%) of the Budget.iii) Upon payment of the fees in i) or ii) above, the Producer shall acquirean exclusive license for five (5) years from the date of delivery of thebroadcast-ready tape for unlimited world distribution (excepttheatrical distribution) of the program without obligation to report orpay a Distribution Royalty under Article C11.iv) Optional Rights Renewal. The Producer may elect to pay to eachcredited Writer of the program:a) fifteen percent (15%) of the Writer’s original contract fee, if paidon recording of final Narration, or at the fine cut if no Narrationrecording83