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Fees, markups & cancellation · Working

Production fee

Also called: prodco fee

ELI5

The production company’s fee for managing and delivering the production, separate from pass-through costs.

Used in conversation

“The budget needs to show production fee clearly before approval.”

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.

Connected terms

  • MarkupA markup is a percentage applied to specified costs; a production fee compensates the production company for its services and overhead under the agreed structure.
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