Fill and Sign the 2010 Request for Proposal Format Motlow State Community

WRITERS THEATRICAL SHORT -FORM CONTRACT DATE : _____________ 1. NAME OF PROJECT: ______________________________________________________________ (“PROJECT”) 2. NAME/ADDRESS OF COMPANY: ______________________________________________________________(“COMPANY”) ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ 3. NAME OF WRITER: ____________________________________________________________ (“WRITER”) SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER _____________________________ 4. WRITER’S REPRESENTATIVE: ___________________________________________________________ 5. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT: ฀ W-4 ฀ I-9 ฀ OTHER, IF ANY 6. COMPENSATION: A. GUARANTEED COMPENSATION (SEE 11, BELOW): $ _____________ B. CONTINGENT COMPENSATION (SEE 11, BELOW): $ _____________ C. PROFIT PARTICIPATION: IF SOLE WRITING CREDIT, _____% OF (NET/GROSS) PROCEED S; REDUCIBLE FOR SHARED CREDIT TO _____% (SEE 27, BELOW) 7. SPECIFIC MATERIAL UPON WHICH SERVICES ARE TO BE BASED, IF ANY (A COPY WILL BE SENT TO WRITER UNDER SEPARATE COVER): 8. OTHER WRITERS EMPLOYED ON SAME PROJECT OR FROM WHOM MATERIAL H AS BEEN OPTIONED/ACQUIRED, AND DATES OF MATERIAL, IF ANY: 9. COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE AUTHORIZED TO REQUEST REVISIONS: 10. COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE TO WHOM/PLACE WHERE MATERIAL IS TO BE D ELIVERED: 2 11. SERVICES TO BE PERFORMED, INCLUDING NUMBER OF STEPS (e.g., story and first draft, two rewrites and a polish) : A. FOR STEP 1: ฀ GUARANTEED ฀ OPTIONAL WRITING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS READING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS PAYMENT DUE: $_______________ (50% DUE ON COMMENCEMENT, 50% ON DELIVERY) B. FOR STEP 2 (IF APPLICABLE): ฀ GUARANTEED ฀ OPTIONAL WRITING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS READING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS PAYMENT DUE: $_______________ (50% DUE ON COMMENCEMENT, 50% ON DELIVERY) C. FOR STEP 3 (IF APPLICABLE): ฀ GUARANTEED ฀ OPTIONAL WRITING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS READING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS PAYMENT DUE: $_______________ (50% DUE ON COMMENCEMENT, 50% ON DELIVERY) D. FOR STEP 4 (IF APPLICABLE): ฀ GUARANTEED ฀ OPTIONAL WRITING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS READING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS PAYMENT DUE: $_______________ (50% DUE ON COMMENCEMENT, 50% ON DELIVERY) E. FOR STEP 5 (IF APPLICABLE): ฀ GUARANTEED ฀ OPTIONAL WRITING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS READING PERIOD: _______ WEEKS PAYMENT DUE: $_______________ (50% DUE ON COMMENCEMENT, 50% ON DELIVERY) 3 F. ADDITIONAL STEPS (IF APPLICABLE):_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 12. COMPANY SHALL PAY THE ABOVE GUARANTEED AMOUNTS DUE IF READING PERIODS PASS AND COMPANY DOES NOT REQUEST SERVICES; HOWEVER, IF THERE HAS BEEN NO INTERVENING WRITER(S), SERVICES SHALL BE DUE, SUBJECT TO WRITER'S PROFESSIONAL AVAILABIL ITY, FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED ______ MONTHS. 13. BONUS: A. For sole writing credit: $_____________ B. For shared writing credit: $___________Shared credit bonus will be paid on commencement of principal photography if no other writer has been engaged; balance to be paid on determination of writing credit. C. For “green light” or engagement of an “element”: $___________ If Writer is writer of record or is most recent writer on the Project at the time the Project is give n a “green light” by a studio or an element is attached on a pay-or-play basis, Writer shall be given a bonus of __________________________________ Dollars ($________ ) which may ฀ may not ฀ be applied against the bonus in A. or B., above. 14. CREDITS AND SEPARATED RIGHTS: Per WGA MBA. 15. EXISTING CREDIT OBLIGATIONS REGARDING ASSIGNED MATERIAL, IF ANY (SUB JECT TO WGA MBA): 16. VIEWING CUT: Per WGA MBA: Writer shall be invited to view a cut of the film in time sufficient such that a ny editing suggestions, if accepted, could be reasonably and effectively implemented. Writer shall also be invited to [ _____ ] other screenings. 17. PREMIERES: If writer receives writing credit, Company shall ฀ shall not ฀ provide Writer and one (1) guest with an invitation to the initial celebrity premiere, if held, with travel and accommodations at a level not less than the direct or or producer of the project. 18. VIDEOCASSETTE: Per WGA MBA. 19. TRANSPORTATION AND EXPENSES: If Company requires Writer to perform services hereunder at a location more than ____ miles from Writer's principa l place of residence, which is _____________________, Writer shall be given first class (if available) transportation to and from such location and a weekly sum of $________ ($______ per week in a high cost urban area). 4 20. SEQUELS/REMAKES: If separated rights,