Compensation

30. Compensation (Applicable to releases in Malaysia)

1) Theaterical Compensation

		LOW	MED	HIGH
A.  Original Screenplay, including Treatment		RM 10,000	RM 20,000	RM 30,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 4,000	RM 8,000	RM 12,000
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 4,000	RM 8,000	RM 12,000
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 2,000	RM 4,000	RM 6,000
B.  Non-Original Screenplay, including Treatment		RM 8,000	RM 16,000	RM 24,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 3,500	RM 7,500	RM 10,000
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 3,500	RM 7,500	RM 10,000
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 1,000	RM 2,000	RM 4,000
C.  Additional Compensation for Story included in		RM 5,000	RM 7,500	RM 10,000
	Screenplay
D. Rewrite of Screenplay		RM 10,000	RM 20,000	RM 30,000
E. Polish of Screenplay		RM 5,000	RM 10,000	RM 15,000

F. Issuance Of Contract/Deal Memo

The MBA requires timely delivery, generally 10 to 12 days, of a contract or deal memo to    the writer or the writer’s representative after agreement on the major deal points

G.  Payment Schedule

• Upon Commencement of writing services
• Within 48 hours of delivery
• Payment shall not be contingent upon the acceptance or approval by the company of the literary material so delivered

H. Script Publication Fees for VCD/DVD

Credited writers received RM 5,000 within 30 days after the VCD/DVD rights are sold  to a third party

2) Network Prime Time

		LOW	MED	HIGH
A.  15 minutes or less		RM 300	RM 450	RM 600
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 100	RM 150	RM 200
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 150	RM 200	RM 300
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 50	RM 100	RM 100
B.   30 minutes or less		RM 500	RM 1,000	RM 1,500
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 100	RM 200	RM 300
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 300	RM 600	RM 900
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 100	RM 200	RM 300
C.  60 minutes or less		RM 1,000	RM 2,000	RM 3,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 200	RM 400	RM 600
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 600	RM 1,200	RM 1,800
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 200	RM 400	RM 600
D.  90 minutes or less		RM 1,500	RM 3,000	RM 4,500
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 300	RM 600	RM 900
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 900	RM 1,800	RM ,2700
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 300	RM 600	RM 900
E.  120 minutes or less		RM 2,000	RM 4,000	RM 6,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 400	RM 800	RM 1,200
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 1,200	RM 2,400	RM 3,600
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 400	RM 800	RM 1,200

G. Payment Schedule

• The Company will make the payments within 48 hours of delivery
• Payment shall not be contingent upon the acceptance or approval by the company of the literary material so delivered

H. Teams

• The minimums are generally payable to each writer
• However, a bona fide team of 2 writers who agree, prior to employment, to be a team, may split not less than minimum
• In addition the company may employ a team of 3 writers for no less than 200% of minimum initial compensation. No individual writers may receive less than 1/3 of the above increased minimums

3) Other than Network Prime Time

		LOW	MED	HIGH
A.  15 minutes or less		RM 200	RM 300	RM 400
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 50	RM 50	RM 100
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 100	RM 200	RM 250
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 50	RM 50	RM 50
B.  30 minutes or less		RM 400	RM 800	RM 1,200
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 50	RM 100	RM 200
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 300	RM 600	RM 800
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 50	RM 100	RM 200
C.   60 minutes or less		RM 800	RM 1,500	RM 2,500
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 100	RM 200	RM 300
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 600	RM 1,100	RM 1,700
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 100	RM 200	RM 300
D.  90 minutes or less		RM 1,300	RM 2,500	RM 4,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 200	RM 400	RM 600
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 900	RM 1,700	RM ,2700
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 200	RM 400	RM 700
E.  120 minutes or less		RM 1,800	RM 3,500	RM 5,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Original Treatment/Synopsis	RM 300	RM 600	RM 700
	Delivery of First Draft Screenplay	RM 1,200	RM 2,400	RM 3,600
	Delivery of Final Draft Screenplay	RM 300	RM 500	RM 700

G.  Payment Schedule

• The Company will make the payments within 48 hours of delivery
• Payment shall not be contingent upon the acceptance or approval by the company of the literary material so delivered

H. Teams

The minimums are generally payable to each writer

• However, a bona fide team of 2 writers who agree, prior to employment, to be a team, may split not less than minimum
• In addition the company may employ a team of 3 writers for no less than 200% of minimum initial compensation. No individual writers may receive less than 1/3 of the above increased minimums

A. Rewrite

	15 min or less	RM   300
	30 min or less	RM   800
	60 min or less	RM 1,500
	90 min or less	RM 2,500
	120 min or less	RM 3,500

B. Polish

	15 min or less	RM   150
	30 min or less	RM   400
	60 min or less	RM 750
	90 min or less	RM 1,250
	120 min or less	RM 1,750

C. Long-Term Story Projection

	30 min or less	RM   100 per episode
	60 min or less	RM   200 per episode

Note: the duration is equivalent to the program aired over the network and not to actual duration of the work itself

A. Series Sequel payments

	30 min or less	RM   200 per episode
	60 min or less	RM   400 per episode

B. Telefilem Sequel Payments

120 min or less

RM   800 per sequel

C. Character “Spin-Off” Payments

Character Spin-off payments equal to the above sequel payments are payable to the writer who introduces a new character in a serial, episodic, anthology or one-time show if such a character becomes the central character in a new serial or episodic series

D.  Rerun Compensations  

To be discussed with the network first

E. Foreign Telecast Compensation  

To be discussed with Producers Associations (if the program is sold directly by the Producer)  or/and the network (if the program is sold inclusive of total rights to the network)

Note: This is totally relevant once AFTA is enforced

4)  VCD and DVD

		LOW	MED	HIGH
A.  60 minutes or less		RM 3,000	RM 4,000	RM 5,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Synopsis	RM 500	RM 750	RM 1,000
	Delivery of First Draft	RM 2,000	RM 2,500	RM 3,000
	Delivery of Final Draft	RM 500	RM 750	RM 1,000
B.  120 minutes or less		RM 6,000	RM 8,000	RM 10,000
	Installments:
	Delivery of Synopsis	RM 1,000	RM 1,500	RM 2,000
	Delivery of First Draft	RM 4,000	RM 5,000	RM 6,000
	Delivery of Final Draft	RM 1,000	RM 1,500	RM 2,000

C. Rewrites

	60 min or less	RM  4,000
	120 min or less	RM 8,000

D. Polish

	60 min or less	RM 2,000
	120 min or less	RM 4,000

5) Internet and Multimedia

	5 min or less	RM   200
	10 min or less	RM   400
	15 min or less	RM   600
	30 min or less	RM  1,200
	45 min or less	RM  1,800
	60 min or less	RM 2,400
	75 min or less	RM 3,000
	90 min or less	RM 3,600
	120 min or less	RM 4,800

6) Bonus

Subject to negotiation and as per individual contract.
(See clause 13 of SWAM’s Writer’s Production Contract)