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Film Industry
Feature Residuals and the Mystery of SVOD
Following up on my earlier post, here’s an update on Aladdin’s residuals. Let’s look at the breakdown for 2020 Q3: Re-Use Market Amount Basic Cable $1,536 Foreign Free TV $8,071 Home Video/DVD $11,161 Pay TV $76,687 New Media — EST $11,134 New Media — SVOD $222,496 TOTAL $331,086 Note that these are total writer residuals. […]
The One with Eric Roth
Episode - 475
John welcomes legendary screenwriter Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, A Star is Born, Dune) to discuss his writing practice and how he gets in the head of his characters. We answer audience questions on how to trust your voice and approach adaptations. Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members John and Craig discuss election night […]
Feature residuals in 2020
I’ve written about residuals many times, and it’s a frequent topic of conversation on Scriptnotes. But as a quick refresher, let’s go to the definition: RESIDUALS Payments made to a film or television writer when their work is sold to another venue, such as a feature film sold on DVD, or a network television episode […]