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Model and Talent Services Agreement

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An agreement between a model, actor, voice artist, or other performer and the photographer, brand, producer, or agency booking them for a photo or video shoot, runway show, promotional event, or voice recording, covering the dates, call time, and location, what the talent will do, wardrobe and makeup, content limits, the session fee, overtime, usage fee, expenses, cancellation, and the talent's permission for the client to use their image, including a parent or guardian's signature when the talent is under 18. It is not an agency representation contract, an employment agreement, or a license of the photographer's copyright, and it does not replace any work permit or trust-account arrangement applicable law requires for a minor.

What it covers

  • Parties
  • The Engagement
  • Services and Conduct on Set
  • Fees and Payment
  • Permission to Use the Talent's Image
  • Cancellation and Ending the Agreement
  • Warranties, Liability, and Insurance
  • Additional Terms
  • General Provisions

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Questions about the Model and Talent Services Agreement

The kind of engagement and the project, the date, call time, and location, what the talent will do, who provides wardrobe and makeup, content limits, the session fee and any overtime or usage fee, expenses, when payment is due, cancellation terms, and the talent's permission for the client to use the photographs, video, or recordings: for which purposes, where, and for how long.

Because that is what it is. In that section the talent gives up claims about the client's use of their image within the purposes, territory, and time period chosen in the questionnaire. Both sides should read it carefully before signing, and the talent should make sure the purposes listed are the ones actually agreed.

Yes. Answer that the talent is under 18 and a parent or guardian is added as a party who signs the agreement and confirms their authority. Additional requirements may apply to a minor's work, such as permits, limits on hours, and paying part of the earnings into a trust or blocked account; the agreement refers to them but does not replace them, so check what applies where the shoot takes place.

Choose a flat fee, a day rate times the number of working days, or an hourly rate with a minimum booking. You can add an overtime rate for hours beyond the estimate, a separate usage or buyout fee for the image rights, and the expenses the client covers, and choose payment on the day, within a set number of days of the invoice, or a 50% deposit with the balance on completion.

The client owes nothing if it cancels with the notice you set, a chosen percentage of the session fee for a late cancellation, and the full fee within 24 hours or on the day. If the talent cannot attend because of illness or an emergency, nothing is owed for unperformed services, any deposit is refunded, and the talent helps find a replacement. An optional weather clause allows one postponement for outdoor shoots.

You choose whether the client or the photographer or production company owns the copyright. The talent never owns the content under this agreement, but you can allow the talent to use selected published images in their own portfolio and social media with credit.

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