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Videography contract template

Films, reels, and commercial video. Cuts, revisions, music, and drone.

Edit · revisions · music42 questions46 clauses6 sections

What you decide

The template asks these questions, in 6 sections. Your answers set the numbers in the document and switch whole clauses on and off.

The shoot

  • Hours of coverage
  • Start time
  • A second shooter is included
  • Drone or aerial footage is included

What the client gets

  • Finished film runs about
  • A short teaser is included
  • A highlight film is included. A short edit alongside the main film. Common on weddings.
  • A ceremony film is included. The ceremony in sequence, with minimal editorial interruption.
  • Rounds of revisions included. Two is standard. Unlimited revisions is how an edit never ships.
  • First cut delivered within
  • Raw footage is delivered too. On a separate drive or transfer, usually for an extra fee.
  • Download link stays live for

Rights and use

  • Music is
  • The client may use the images for
  • I may show this work in my portfolio. Website, social media, and submissions. Off means a private shoot.
  • Ask for a credit when the client posts
  • Include a release for appearing on camera

Money

  • Total fee. The full amount for the work described here, before any add-ons.
  • Take a deposit to hold the date. A non-refundable deposit is the usual way to reserve a date.
  • Deposit is
  • Deposit percentage
  • Deposit amount
  • Deposit due
  • Deposit is refundable. Off is standard — the deposit compensates for the date being held.
  • Balance due
  • Charge a late fee on overdue payments
  • Late fee is
  • Late fee per month
  • Late fee
  • Grace period before it applies

If plans change

  • Charge a cancellation fee. Beyond keeping the deposit. Covers work already done and the date lost.
  • Cancellation fee is
  • Cancellation fee
  • Cancellation fee
  • Applies to cancellations within. Cancel earlier than this and only the deposit is kept.
  • Allow one free reschedule
  • Notice required to reschedule

Extras

  • Travel is billed separately
  • Travel fee
  • Offer overtime beyond the booked hours
  • Overtime rate per hour
  • Anything else. Added to the agreement as a final clause, in your words.

What the agreement covers

Every clause this template can produce, in the order it appears. Clauses with a condition only appear when your answers call for them, so no document carries a term that contradicts another.

  • The booking
  • Second operatorAppears when “A second shooter is included” is on.
  • Aerial footageAppears when “Drone or aerial footage is included” is on.
  • The finished film
  • TeaserAppears when “A short teaser is included” is on.
  • Highlight filmAppears when “A highlight film is included” is on.
  • Ceremony filmAppears when “A ceremony film is included” is on.
  • RevisionsAppears when you fill in “Rounds of revisions included”.
  • RevisionsAppears when you leave “Rounds of revisions included” blank.
  • Raw footageAppears when “Raw footage is delivered too” is on.
  • Raw footageAppears when “Raw footage is delivered too” is off.
  • Download availability
  • Fee
  • DepositAppears when “Take a deposit to hold the date” is on and “Deposit is” is “a percentage of the total”.
  • DepositAppears when “Take a deposit to hold the date” is on and “Deposit is” is “a fixed amount”.
  • The deposit is non-refundableAppears when “Take a deposit to hold the date” is on and “Deposit is refundable” is off.
  • Refund of the depositAppears when “Take a deposit to hold the date” is on and “Deposit is refundable” is on.
  • Balance
  • Late paymentAppears when “Charge a late fee on overdue payments” is on and “Late fee is” is “a percentage per month”.
  • Late paymentAppears when “Charge a late fee on overdue payments” is on and “Late fee is” is “a flat amount”.
  • TravelAppears when “Travel is billed separately” is on.
  • OvertimeAppears when “Offer overtime beyond the booked hours” is on.
  • CancellationAppears when “Charge a cancellation fee” is on and “Cancellation fee is” is “a percentage of the total”.
  • CancellationAppears when “Charge a cancellation fee” is on and “Cancellation fee is” is “a fixed amount”.
  • CancellationAppears when “Charge a cancellation fee” is off.
  • ReschedulingAppears when “Allow one free reschedule” is on.
  • Circumstances beyond control
  • WeatherAppears when “outdoor” is on.
  • Copyright
  • What the client may do with the film
  • Limits on that licenceAppears when “The client may use the images for” is anything other than “any use, with no restriction”.
  • Portfolio and promotionAppears when “I may show this work in my portfolio” is on.
  • Private shootAppears when “I may show this work in my portfolio” is off.
  • Appearing on cameraAppears when “Include a release for appearing on camera” is on and “I may show this work in my portfolio” is on.
  • Consent and likenessAppears when “Include a release for appearing on camera” is on and “I may show this work in my portfolio” is off.
  • CreditAppears when “Ask for a credit when the client posts” is on.
  • MusicAppears when “Music is” is “licensed by me from a stock library”.
  • MusicAppears when “Music is” is “supplied by the client, with their licence”.
  • MusicAppears when “Music is” is “custom-composed for this film”.
  • Cooperation and access
  • Safety and conduct
  • Files and loss
  • Additional termsAppears when you fill in “Anything else”.
  • The whole agreement
  • Signaturesalways included
  • About this documentalways included

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