Curious...
Do options make it into the trades? Variety, HWR, DDP?
I'm seeing a lot of six, sometimes seven figure deals... (Jonah Hill?) but I'm not naive... I know scripts are almost always come with an "option" price in the contract first, and most people won't make money on specs until cameras begin filming. Even if they have a 600,000 against 1.1 million in contract, is the script sometimes "optioned" first? And then the reader receives payment?
I guess I'm not as familiar with the business system as I'd like to be. But I'm four scripts deep now and have been focusing on the craft more than the business end, and when I go out with the script that those in my circle seem to love, I want to be prepared.
Do options make it into the trades? Variety, HWR, DDP?
I'm seeing a lot of six, sometimes seven figure deals... (Jonah Hill?) but I'm not naive... I know scripts are almost always come with an "option" price in the contract first, and most people won't make money on specs until cameras begin filming. Even if they have a 600,000 against 1.1 million in contract, is the script sometimes "optioned" first? And then the reader receives payment?
I guess I'm not as familiar with the business system as I'd like to be. But I'm four scripts deep now and have been focusing on the craft more than the business end, and when I go out with the script that those in my circle seem to love, I want to be prepared.
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