For most of you out there who have done a small shot before, it is likely that you've probably asked a friend or two or three to be on your cast crew. Now, this is fine if you know and trust your friends. But if you're talking about producing a professional shot, you definitely, definitely must get yourself covered with contracts. Why? Because contracts give people a sense of accountability and responsibility. And also it gives you the info you need for the end credits later.

You see, unless that person doesn't care about his or her reputation, signing a contract is like a safeguard to let both you and the person know that hey, you agreed to do this. So if you don't show up for no reason, your dick and you just ruined your own reputation. Anyway, she has some of my sample contracts to illustrate as you can see I have two types of contracts I have my actor sign and actor agreement and a personal release form. Traditionally, your personal release would include the actor's name, address telephone number to show that they agree that their likeness and whatever paideia entitled to receive RTB use in your film. This is the same with the actor agreement. So in a way you can get away with just one of these for your short.

Now, crew contracts tend to be similar and less wordy. were simply includes basic rules and pay information as well as the rate to be received, etc. Depending on whether you're hiring a third party professional, you sometimes might need to sign additional agent documents or crew deal memos. In general though, you should try to keep the language simple if you're writing your own contracts. avoid unnecessary jargon without first clarifying them somewhere like in the beginning of the document