Hi all,
I'm in the very early stages of pre-production for a project I want to shoot in the spring (very low-budget short film of about 10 minutes). I want to use a script someone else wrote (which they sent to me and would like me to produce). I am a newbie, still a student, and this would be my first narrative short outside of school. Not paying the writer (he is fine with that), and want to make some minor changes to the script. What kind of agreement do I need and how do I approach asking for changes? If you have done something like this before, would you mind sharing your experience and how you handled it? Thanks.
PS: This is not meant to be a thread discussing paying or not paying writers.
I'm in the very early stages of pre-production for a project I want to shoot in the spring (very low-budget short film of about 10 minutes). I want to use a script someone else wrote (which they sent to me and would like me to produce). I am a newbie, still a student, and this would be my first narrative short outside of school. Not paying the writer (he is fine with that), and want to make some minor changes to the script. What kind of agreement do I need and how do I approach asking for changes? If you have done something like this before, would you mind sharing your experience and how you handled it? Thanks.
PS: This is not meant to be a thread discussing paying or not paying writers.