points

[ALLWritety]

I sometimes see in requests for scripts that " 2 points" will be given. Not that i am even at this stage but i want to understand this. This is a genuine question. (may be it is a newbi Q but i haven't found out what this means so I am asking here!)

1) What does "give points" mean? What are points?

2) Who gets the points - writer, director, producer, all of these?

3) Is there a prize or something?? 25 points win a bottle of coke, 50 points win to tickets to see a moive 100 points get an autographed photo of a star? What is the end goal of getting points?

Anything else about "points"?

Thanks
Kev

[icerose]

Can't say I have ever seen that, so I have no idea. The only thing I can think of is WGA membership requires X amount of points to be considered eligable for membership, but I didn't know requests were considered points. I thought options and sales with actual money exchanged were the only ones that counted.

[ALLWritety]

Can't say I have ever seen that, so I have no idea. The only thing I can think of is WGA membership requires X amount of points to be considered eligable for membership, but I didn't know requests were considered points. I thought options and sales with actual money exchanged were the only ones that counted.

Yes i meant that:
When a script is requested AND optioned or the Prod Co has bought it then they give points NOT at the request stage but once the deal is done.

Kevvers

[MrJayVee]

They mean percentage points. If/when your script is purchased, you'd get 2% of the budget. (So if the budget is one million dollars, you'd get $20,000.) Actually, 2% is a little on the low side. Somewhere between 2-5% is typical.

[ALLWritety]

Thanks Ice & JayVee