Fees, markups & cancellation · Core

Treatment fee

Also called: pitch fee

ELI5

Money paid for the work of creating a treatment.

Used in conversation

“Can you confirm the treatment fee before the director begins the next draft?”

Definition

Payment or reimbursement associated with preparing a director’s treatment.

Here “Treatment fee” means: Payment or reimbursement associated with preparing a director’s treatment. Other meanings are stored as separate sense entries and must be chosen explicitly.

Pitch context

You may hear this during a commercial brief, treatment, bid, award or pre-production process.

Why it matters: Helps interpret the brief, director treatment, bid, award, production process and campaign deliverables.

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