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11 years ago
4 comments:
Hi Dave,
I was wondering if I could pick your knowledgable brain. I know it varies but how much would a non-name writer expect to get if a company wanted to develop their idea into a ten page treatment? I was told the BBC actually pays a lot less, sometimes only a couple of hundred, is this right? Also if two writers are working on the project does the fee get divided in two?
Thanks,
C P
Hi anon. If you mean it is the writers idea the company would first option the project. Payment does vary greatly depending on the company. The last project I had optioned was for £3000. That was for the option and to do a treatment for the first ep.
I've never heard of the BEEB paying only a couple of hundred but stranger things have happened.
If two writers bring a project to a company then the fee will generally be split in two. It's up to the writers really.
Is that what you meant? It is unlikely that a company with their own idea will comission two seperate writers on a treatment, unless the writers were a team.
Thanks, you should get paid for this.
C P
It's nada CP. When I first started out the internet was a scary place of huge mystery. A bit like Broadcasting House or Network Centre.
If I'm any kind of resource to new writers then that makes the blog worthwhile.
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