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retaining video film rights
I have a client wanting me to send them all of the raw footage we filmed for a project we did. We completed the project and was paid for the completed video. Nothing was stated prior to the project about raw footage.
Any advice on this? It seems to me that if you send all your raw footage to a client that you did work for, they could take it and have someone else do additional work.
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8 Replies
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No, the raw footages are yours.
They want to probably take them and give to someone
else to do further work as you speculate… Thats not
how it works.Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
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Give them copies of everything with really big timecode numbers across the bottom half 🙂
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Thats a good suggestion Mike….lol
Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956 -
Tell the client this (timecode version) is what producers always get.
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I put my logo bug under the timecode at a low opacity, then to really screw with them, I animate it very slowly across the entire project.
Steve Mann
MannMade Digital Video
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Thanks guys, grat ideas. My wife gave me a great analogy, she said that it’s like a photography studio, they always retain the proofs. This helps me a great deal. I thought I would get a different opinon than the one I had, which is hey, this is my livelihood. I make my money by filming AND editing. Why would I give them the raw product to have someone else do future edits.
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The only times they would get the original material is if it was written into the contract (talking to a lawyer is always recommended for anyone going into business for themselves) or if it was a “work for hire” job.
By that, I mean that they hired you strictly as a shooter with full intentions of doing their own editing. -
Exactly Mike !
Steve Rhoden
(Cow Leader)
Film Editor & Compositor.
Filmex Creative Media.
1-876-832-4956
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