Deal Point Checklist:

Co-Production Agreement (Film)

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• Co-Production Agreements

1. Purpose of Co-Production
• Name of Motion Picture
• Budget Amount
2. Term
• Conditions to moving forward, such as raising money and time limits.
3. Term After Money Raised.
• Term of years
• Life of copyright
• In perpetuity
4. Financing
• How picture will be financed (private investor, bank, pre-sell, studio, combination)
5. Fees in budget
• Producer
• Executive Producer
6. Obligations and Duties
• List who is doing what for the production of the motion picture
7. Creative Control
• Business side
• Creative side
• Final cut as between the parties
• Approvals
• Production schedule
• Rating
• Length
• Delivery date
• Editing/looping/dubbing/subtitles
8. Credits
• First position
• Separate Card/same card
• Size of type
9. Ownership of the picture
10. Distribution duties and plans
11. Fees, percentages of receipts (profits) and expense reimbursement
• Domestic
• Foreign
• Home video
• Television-pay, cable, syndication, network, etc.
• Merchandize
• Soundtrack
• All other allied and ancillary
• Will these rights be split or divided?
12. Confidentiality
13. Exclusive to the project or free to work on other projects.
• If exclusive, for what period of time.