script approval
Text sign-off power
Script approval is the contractual right to review and accept or reject a screenplay before committing to a project.
Major actors, directors, or producers negotiate this power to ensure material meets their standards: She has script approval written into all her contracts.
The term extends to any formal sign-off on written content before production proceeds.
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- revisionAltering to improve
- greenlightAuthorization to proceed
- notesBrief written records
- rewriteRevise text substantially
draft · table read · studio · producer · executive · clearance · feedback · changes · rejection · kill fee · creative control · development · pitch · treatment · coverage · polish · punch up · final