HOW WE CHARGE
As a creative production company, we charge for our expertise and the time we invest.
Our fees are directly proportional to the time and expertise required to complete a given assignment, plus expenses.
Your company and ours should both be profitable. It’s what enables us all to be in business and deliver on our promises.
HOW WE WORK
We develop creative for the sole purpose of executing it ourselves. It’s our unique ability. Although we are very friendly people, we are not in the business of developing creative for other firms to execute.
We may develop multiple rounds of ideas for you before the final creative is sold. That’s the nature of the business. Please be aware that our proposal will include creative fees to recoup those costs.
MARKUPS
We charge an industry-standard markup of 25% on live-action production expenses (AICP line items A through K).
COPYRIGHTS
Generally, everything we produce is considered “work for hire” as defined in the Copyright Act of 1976. Unless agreed upon otherwise in advance, the rights to the work become yours upon our receipt of final payment.
When you provide us with materials, we assume you have already secured full rights and clearances for those materials.
Please be advised that we do carry E&O (Errors and Omissions) insurance, which is for our benefit, not yours. Unless otherwise agreed in writing.
PAYMENT
Our standard payment terms are 50% payment upon project commencement and 50% net 14 days after project completion. After our companies have established a trustworthy financial relationship, we will be happy to consider alternative payment terms.
In the event of delays or postponements, note that we will invoice the final balance due no more than 15 days after the initially agreed-upon deadline.
CANCELLATION / KILL FEES
For creative and post-production projects, the client will be liable for work performed up until the date of cancellation, plus one-half of the remaining job as bid.
For live-action projects, we follow industry-standard AICP guidelines: if notice of cancellation or postponement is given one to ten working days before the shoot, the client will be liable for all out-of-pocket costs, the full director’s fee as bid, and the full production fee on the job as bid.
Updated 10/30/2025