A production write-through contract is an arrangement, specific to the
film industry
The film industry or motion picture industry comprises the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking, i.e., film production companies, film studios, cinematography, animation, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post ...
, where a
screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
...
enters into a commercial agreement with a studio that guarantees the screenwriter the right to complete the necessary rewrites of the screenplay. The screenwriter will be on the set throughout the production of the film, and will do the rewrites that a
production rewriter would otherwise do.
[A book about entertainment law is required as a proper source for this term.]
References and notes
Film production
Intellectual property law
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