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CREW DEAL MEMO

PRODUCTION TITLE:_____________________________ PRODUCER:


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EMPLOYEE:___________________________________ DATE:
_________________________________________

ADDRESS:__________________________________________
PHONE:________________________________________

ADDRESS:__________________________________________ SOC. SEC.


#:_____________________________________

LENDER (if loanout): __________________________________ FED. ID# (if


loanout):______________________________

POSITION/DEPT:___________________________________ APPROX.
START:________________________________

EMERGENCY CONTACT:____________________________
PHONE:________________________________________

ADDITIONAL
TERMS/PROVISIONS:_______________________________________________________________________

SHOOTING DAILY RATE: $__________________________ / HOURS _________

TRAVEL DAILY RATE: $__________________________

KIT RENTAL: __________________________________________

OTHER EXPENSES, ALLOWANCES, AND/OR REIMBURSEMENTS:


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TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1. EXECUTION/SERVICES: This Agreement is expressly conditioned on Employee‘s execution of this Agreement.


Employee hereby agrees to render all services as are customarily rendered by persons rendering similar services in
connection with a commercial production in the United States film and television industry.

2. RATE/TRAVEL TIME: Employee is hired on a daily basis. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement and/or any
exhibits attached hereto and executed by Producer (if any), Employee shall not be entitled to, and shall not receive any
additional compensation, overage compensation, or contingent compensation for any services rendered by Employee
hereunder (whether during the development, pre-production, production or post-production phases or otherwise) or with
respect to Producer’s use and exploitation of the services, and/or all of the results and proceeds therefrom (including,
without limitation, the Picture and all copyrights therein and otherwise), or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, no
overtime payments of any kind will be permitted without Producer’s prior written approval and holidays not worked are not
paid. No "forced calls" will be permitted without Producer’s prior written approval. Oral understandings of any kind are
not binding.

3. PAYMENTS: Employee payments will be made no more than 45 days after date of invoice.
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4. MEALS & MEAL PENALTIES: Offset meals will not be reimbursed by Producer at any time, without prior
authorization by the Executive, Supervising or Coordinating Producers. Meal Penalties WILL NOT be paid without prior
authorization by the Executive, Supervising or Coordinating Producers.

5. PURCHASES/RENTALS/EXPENSES: All purchases and rentals must be accompanied by Producer's purchase order
or check request. Producer will reimburse only those petty cash expenses accompanied by original receipts. Producer is
not responsible for incidental expenses incurred by Employee or Lender. Box or other authorized rental payments will be
prorated for any partial week worked. A complete list of items included in rental shall be attached as an addendum to this
Agreement. Car Allowance, box or kit rentals/living allowance in excess of I.R.S. guidelines is subject to 1099 reporting.
Employee acknowledges that Producer is not responsible for any loss and/or damage to any personal property rented to
Producer UNLESS the proper documentation is provided (i.e. loss/damage report and documentation on production report
on day of occurrence). Employee is responsible for all recoverable items purchased, and these must be reconciled with
the Accounting Department during wrap. All recoverable items will be collected at wrap.

6. HARASSMENT: Producer is opposed to and prohibits any Employee from harassing another Employee or employees
on the basis of race, color, gender, sexual orientation, religion, age, pregnancy, national origin, disability, or medical
condition, or marital status, all as defined by applicable law. Prohibited harassment includes, but is not limited to, slurs or
other types of behavior which substantially interfere with a reasonable Employee or employee’s work performance by
creating an intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. Producer considers any form of prohibited harassment to
be a serious matter. Violators of this policy are subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination. No
employee or supervisor shall in any way retaliate against another employee for making in good faith a complaint of
harassment or for participating in an investigation by the Producer regarding harassment.

7. OWNERSHIP: All of the results and proceeds of Employee’s services hereunder (the “Proceeds”) are a “work made
for hire,” specially ordered by Producer for use as part of a motion picture or audio-visual work and to the extent that the
Proceeds are not deemed a “work-made-for-hire,” Lender and Employee hereby assign, in perpetuity and throughout the
universe, all rights in and to the Proceeds to Producer, including the right to make any changes. Accordingly, Producer is
the sole author and owner of the Proceeds, and Employee and Lender hereby waive all moral rights.

8. CREDIT: The decision whether to afford Employee credit shall be at the sole discretion of Producer. If given, screen
credit shall read_________________________________________. All other aspects of any credit to be accorded to
Employee shall also be determined by Producer in its sole discretion. Any casual or inadvertent failure, and any failure of
persons other than Producer or because of exigencies of time, to comply with the provisions of this paragraph shall not
constitute a breach of this Agreement.

9. DAMAGES/EXCLUSIVE REMEDY: In the event of a breach by Producer, Lender and Employee’s sole remedy shall
be an action at law for damages. In no event shall Lender or Employee be entitled to equitable or injunctive relief.

10. PHOTOS: No personal photography is permitted on or around the set with out permission. Employee shall not,
directly or indirectly, issue or disseminate nor permit others to issue or disseminate any information (written or otherwise)
concerning Producer, the Picture, Employee’s services, or any person/entity connected therewith, without Producer’s prior
written consent.

11. PETS: Absolutely no pets or animals shall be permitted on the set, or in accommodations provided by Producer while
on location.

12. FCC: Lender and Employee warrant and represent that neither Lender nor Employee will pay or agree to pay any
money, service or other valuable consideration, as defined in the Federal Communications Act, for the inclusion of any
matter in the Production and that neither Lender nor Employee has accepted nor will accept or agree to accept any
money, service or other valuable consideration (other than payment as specified hereunder) for the inclusion of any
matter in the Production. Lender and Employee will, during or after the completion of services hereunder, complete
standard Federal Communications Act report forms promptly upon request.

13. DEFAULT: If Employee shall commit a felony or fail, refuse, neglect, or threaten to refuse to render services or to
fulfill Employee’s obligations hereunder for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, default, sickness,
disability, unavoidable accident, or death of Employee, Producer shall have the right to suspend this Agreement while
such event continues and/or to terminate this Agreement. If production of the Picture is materially hampered, interrupted,
or prevented due to inclement weather, an act of God, war, riot, civil commotion, fire, casualty, strike, labor dispute, act of

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any federal, state, or local authority, death, disability, or default of any member of the cast or any principal member of the
crew, or for any other reason beyond Producer's reasonable control, Producer shall have the right to suspend this
Agreement while such event continues and/or to terminate this Agreement. Producer's election to suspend this
Agreement shall not affect Producer's right thereafter to terminate this Agreement. If Producer suspends this Agreement,
Employee’s services and the accrual of compensation hereunder shall likewise be suspended (unless otherwise noted in
this agreement ). If Producer elects to terminate this Agreement, the compensation, if any, theretofore accrued to
Employee, when paid, shall be deemed payment in full of all compensation payable to Employee, and thereafter
Employee and Producer shall be released and discharged from any and all further obligations which each may have to
the other hereunder. Use of alcohol and/or illegal drugs during hours of employment is grounds for immediate termination
of this Agreement.

14. WARRANTIES: Lender and Employee represent and warrant that Lender and Employee are free to enter into this
Agreement and are not subject to any obligation or disability which will or might prevent Employee from keeping and
performing all of the conditions, obligations, and agreements to be performed hereunder; and that Lender and Employee
have not made, and will not make, any agreement or commitment which could or might be inconsistent with this
Agreement and have not done, and will not do, any act or thing which could or might impair the value of, or interfere with
Producer's enjoyment of, the rights granted and the services to be rendered by Employee hereunder. Lender and
Employee agree to indemnify Producer, any distributor(s) or licensee(s) of the Picture, and the share holders, directors,
agents, officers, employees, successors, and assigns of each of the foregoing, from any and all liability, loss, damage,
and expense, including reasonable attorneys' fees, which Producer or any of the foregoing may suffer by reason of the
use of any materials or services furnished by Employee hereunder, and/or any claim inconsistent with any representation,
warranty, or agreement made by Lender and/or Employee in this Agreement.

15. ARBITRATION. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to the enforcement, interpretation or
alleged breach of this agreement, shall be submitted to and resolved by binding arbitration in New York, New York before
one neutral arbitrator appointed in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association, and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in and enforceable by any court
having jurisdiction.

16. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION: Employee acknowledges that Employee’s engagement hereunder may expose
Employee to various confidential and/or proprietary information of Producer. In this connection, Employee agrees that
Employee shall not use or disclose any such information to any third party without the prior, written consent of Producer.
Employee further agrees that Employee shall not authorize the publication of any news story, magazine article or other
publicity relating to the Picture, Producer and/or Employee’s services hereunder, without the prior written consent of
Producer.

17. NON-SOLICITATION
Employee agrees that for two (2) years after Employee is no longer contracted or employed by the Company, Employee
will not directly or indirectly solicit, agree to perform or perform services of any type that the Company can render
("Services") for any person or entity who paid or engaged the Company for Services, or who received the benefit of the
Company's Services, or with whom Employee had any substantial dealing while contracted or employed by the
Company.

18. EMPOLYEE LIABILITY: Employee shall be liable to Producer for any Producer-owned property or equipment
damaged as a result of any misconduct or negligence by Employee, its laborers, or agents. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, Producer shall not under any circumstances be liable for consequential, incidental, punitive,
special, exemplary or indirect damages, or lost profits in connection with claims made by any party, regardless of the form
of action, or whether in contract or in law.

19. INSURANCE: Producer or Producer's designated agent, including the designated payroll company, may secure, in
its sole discretion, in its own name or otherwise health, accident, workmen's compensation or other insurance
covering Employee. Employee shall submit to such medical or other examinations and sign such applications as may
reasonably be required by Producer or Producer's designated agent to which application for such insurance is made.

20. NO OBLIGATION: Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate Producer to use Employee’s services or the Results,
in the Picture or to produce, release or distribute the Picture or otherwise exploit any rights granted to Producer
hereunder. Producer shall have fully discharged Producer’s obligations hereunder by payment of the Compensation
earned hereunder (if any).

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21. MISCELLANEOUS: This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties, and all prior agreements
between the parties have been, by this reference, merged herein. No representations or warranties have been made
other than those expressly provided for herein. This Agreement cannot be amended, rescinded, or terminated except by
an instrument in writing signed by the parties. This Agreement is to be interpreted according to the law of New York
applicable to agreements made and entirely performed therein, and the courts located in New York City, New York shall
have exclusive jurisdiction of all cases. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate Producer to use Employee’s services
or the Proceeds in the Picture; to produce, release, or distribute the Picture; to continue the release and distribution of the
Picture if released; or to otherwise exploit any rights granted to Producer hereunder. Producer shall have fully discharged
its obligations hereunder by payment of the compensation due to Employee, if any. This Agreement may not be assigned
by Employee and is assignable by Producer. Employee acknowledges that the Picture is not being produced pursuant to
any union or guild agreement applicable to Employee’s job classification.

AGREED TO BY EMPLOYEE: AGREED TO BY PRODUCER:

__________________________________ ________________________________
("Employee” ("Producer")

By:_______________________________
By:______________________________________
(Print Name)
Its:
______________________________________

Date: _____________________________ Date:


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