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• Trust Deeds
• Collection Agreements
• Audit advice
Once the distributor has recouped its advance, all its commissions
and expenses, the balance is called "distributor's net"
which is payable to the producer and is, in effect, "producer's
gross".
Producer's gross is applied in paying the sales agent's fees
and expenses and thereafter recouping the cost of production
and interest, the payment of deferments and ultimately the
distribution of net profits.
If one financier/distributor has financed the film, it is
likely that that party will be the one administering the so
called "producer's gross" and ultimately net profits;
however, there are independent organisations such as National
Film Trustee Company Limited which renders an independent
collection service and/or trustee service to independent producers.
It is worth remembering that a film copyright is a 70 year
revenue producing asset, and an efficient collector and administrator
of those revenues, and one that is likely to survive for 70
years is essential for the full realisation of a film's commercial
potential.
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