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This is true, unless they're in a union. A contract does not need monetary compensation to be legal -- all it needs is an agreed-upon exchange, whether goods, services, or whatever. Doesn't have to be money. An attorney recently wrote this on another forum where they discuss contracts, legal...

Just tell them what your rate is for camera work and see if they meet it. What you do for them would be "work for hire," and likely just covered under a deal memo rather than a complicated contract. Basically you need to know in the deal memo is your work and pay schedules, whether you are an...

Thanks for the info!

Hi all, I'm getting ready to send a license agreement and a certificate of authorship to a writer for signature. Does anyone know if these contracts need to be notarized or co-signed by a witness? Please don't speculate -- I'd like to hear what you've done for your contracts. Sorry such a...

Your questions seem to indicate to me that you need to learn a little bit more about business and media production before you establish a company as a legal entity. You need to know about things like contracts, taxes, unions, (if these apply where you are), work laws, insurance, lots of legal...

Hi all, Does anyone know if somewhere there is a glossary, or resource of some kind, where I can get a list of all types of "digital distribution?" I would like to know the methods available, with some kind of description. Such as: Digital streaming, digital download (is that the same as...

Sometimes it takes just resubmitting it a gazillion times and making sure that every possible position and category has an answer. Usually when you get rejected, they send an email with the reason why (albeit their reasons are usually very vague). Make sure you have a user name and login to...

Yeah, you're welcome -- I've not been happy with the contracts I find on the internet either. And I've been looking at a ton of them! Most I find are for much bigger productions and projects than I have in mind. But see, this one I posted was sent to me by a writer, so it's from a writer's...

Non-Exclusive Limited License Here is the agreement for the non-exclusive limited license that an author sent me. I'd have to make some changes because I want an exclusive limited license agreement with my author, but thought I'd look at this one as a basis to start from. It seems to weigh...

Hi everyone, a few months ago I posted questions here about how to write up an agreement to obtain rights from a writer for their screenplay (actually, it would be the rights to adapt a short story to make a screenplay). I've been working on this contract on and off all this time, and am...

Which one was that? I didn't see it.

Exclusive License of Copyright - Screenplay Hi all. I've been researching a lot, reading about contracts, and have another question about working with a writer. Has anyone here used an Exclusive License of Copyright when producing a writer's screenplay? I just want to know... if I draw up...

In the last few years, Pakistani women have worked in television as screenwriters and journalists, and been trained to operate cameras among other duties. The progress is slow, but it is happening at a grassroots level. http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?reportid=18565...

It's not political correctness -- just correctness. The terms "cameraperson" and "camera operator" include both genders, and more accurately describes the position. To have a conversation about just cameramen excludes a large portion of people who do that job. Since the OP was asking about...

Here's an interesting article about what camera operators do, and the risks of the job. It mostly talks about women in the profession and the discrimination they face. The article is related to a documentary called "Women Behind the Camera." Pretty eye-opening...

Not just "the guy." You left out one VERY IMPORTANT detail -- there are camera women too. Hence the more correct terms cameraperson and camera operator.

Hi. Just wondering how I can turn off the darn infolinks.

You're welcome! Glad to be of help.

I mostly make docs. I usually write a logline and treatment first. I find treatments very helpful -- I refer to my original treatment whenever I feel like the story has taken me astray. My treatments should help me clarify my approach to the story. I don't have to stick to the treatment to...

Questions about your agreement Was looking over your agreement and have a few Q's... My 1st question relates to the first paragraph under "Witnesseth" in Exhibit A: What if the writer never registered the work with the Copyright Office? I know he did write it and holds the copyright. Do you...