QLD: SHOW ME THE MONEY

You know your script or screenplay has value – so how do YOU get what it’s worth?Too many screenwriters go into contract negotiations without enough knowledge about the rights they have created. As a result some sign away too much some try to hold onto everything. Neither position is in the writer’s best interests.This two hour seminar by multi-award winning screenwriter and producer Tim Pye will take you step-by-step through the rights you create when you write a screenplay what those rights are worth which ones you need to sell license or assign to a producer and which ones you should hang on to.You will get answers to questions like:

• What is the difference between Copyright Secondary Rights Ancillary Rights and Moral Rights?
• What is “chain of title” and why is it important?
• What are residuals?
• What does a good option agreement look like?

This seminar is free – maybe the best investment you will make this year!Places are limited so please RSVP above by Friday 12 August.This event is proudly supported by Screen Queensland

Presenter: Tim PyeTim a writer/producer and executive producer has been working in Australian television drama and comedy for thirty years. He has written edited and produced some of Australia’s most popular and critically acclaimed television series mini series and movies including Love Child The Straits House Husbands Scorched Stupid Stupid Man My Place Emerald Falls The Strip Black Jack Lockie Leonard White Collar Blue Sea Change Wildside Water Rats Fallen Angels G.P. and A Country Practice. His producing credits include Love Child Old School The Straits Changi Grass Roots Emerald Falls Love Is A Four Letter Word The Road From Coorain and The Farm. Tim was President of the Australian Writers’ Guild from 2007 – 2011 and was a member of the Australian Writers’ Guild board from 1998 – 2011. Tim has won AWGIE and AFI awards for his script writing and his produced projects have won multiple awards across the industry. In 2015 Tim was elected to the Executive Committee of Writers & Directors Worldwide in his capacity as Chairman of the Australian Writers’ Guild Authorship Collecting Society (AWGACS).