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Usage, talent & commercial rights · Working

Session fee

ELI5

Payment for a performer’s work during the recording or shoot session, separate from use fees where relevant.

Used in conversation

“The session fee covers the performer’s shoot day; usage is priced separately.”

Definition

Payment for a performer’s work during the recording or shoot session, separate from use fees where applicable.

Here “Session fee” means: Payment for a performer’s work during the recording or shoot session, separate from use fees where applicable.

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.

Caution

Meaning and consequences may change by contract, collective agreement, territory or law. This entry is orientation, not legal advice.

Connected terms

  • Use feeA session fee pays for the recording or performance session; a use fee pays for exploitation of the resulting performance.
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