As an Independent Filmmaker, (a.k.a. the Producer of a/your Project), you will be auditioning an independent Editor for your Project. As an independent the Editor is not an employee, nor partner, nor agent of the Producer and/or of the Production Company.
When the shooting of a Project is completed all the Investors, Producers and Directors have is a series of “takes” or “snippets of film footage”. It is not a completed Project. It is the Film Editor’s obligation to string these snippets of footage together to build the final film. Working with the Director these elements of story must be integrated with dialogue, sound effects, visual effects and music. How dynamic and creative the film becomes and the pace, the rhythm of the film, is determined in the Editing Room. Although much of the Editor’s job is mechanical, it is her/his creativity that is just as important. Film Editing is an Art.
Signing this contract the independent Editor is assigning any and all Rights to their performance over to the Producer.
This Agreement between the independent Editor and the Producer is drafted in plain English that is easy to read and comprehend. This is a four page, thirteen clause legal Agreement. The Agreement may be filled in on your computer or printed out and filled in later.
We regularly receive feedback that we have successfully drafted our filmmaker contracts to be as complete as possible for all legal situations. However, should you experience a unique personal situation requiring the drafting of a special clause, please contact us at your convenience. Otherwise, you may be obliged to find a local entertainment lawyer experienced in the film making industry who will draft any and all other clauses for your Project’s unique situation or circumstance.
This Agreement is part of the Director’s Agreement, and part of the Producer’s Agreement.
$99.00
Editor Name: ____________________________________________
(Print Names)
Producer(s) Name: _______________________________________________
Producer Company: ______________________________________________
Project Name: __________________________________________________
Project Genre: _________________________________________________
(film, music video, stage production, game show, etc)
Herein this Agreement the Independent Filmmaker is called the “Producer”.
1. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the above named and below signed Producer hereby engages the above named and below signed Editor as an “Independent Editor” to perform the services set forth herein, and the Editor hereby accepts such engagement.
2. The Editor shall be responsible for the editing of the Project. The Editor shall work closely with the Director and any other person the Producer so chooses. The Editor shall integrate the film with any and all dialogue, sound effects, visual effects and music to create the final Project. The Editor shall devote his full working hours to the editing project until the Project is completed. The Editor shall not take on any other Projects that would in any manner interfere with his full attention and time on this Project.
3. If the Editor is providing her/his own Editing Equipment note the assets on Appendix “A”. The Editor hereby warrants that her/his equipment is adequate for the Project, and that the Editing Equipment listed in Appendix “A” is of durable and suitable quality for the Project.
4. The Editor shall not sign any contracts for or on behalf of the Producer nor the Director nor the Project in any way nor manner whatsoever.
4. The Editor will commence duties on ______________, 20__ and continue until _____________, 20___. Consumption of Drugs or Alcohol before or during the Editor’s time on the Project and or creating a nuisance that interrupts the Project in any manner whatsoever will command immediate dismissal from . . . (continued)
