Crew Deal Memo 5e6q72

Your Company Here, LLC PO Box 26962 Fresno, CA 93729-6962 559.123.4567 CREW DEAL MEMO Motion Picture: Movie Title Here Person Name Here (Who you will hire) Producer (<-- Their credit name here) Address:______________________________________________________________ City, State, Zip:________________________________________________________ Cell Phone:____________________________________________________________ Email:________________________________________________________________ Social Security Number:__________________________________________________ Fixed Compensation: $5,000 for the pre-production, production, and post-production periods, and an additional $80,000 deferred. 1. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR: This deal memo is between the independent contractor (employee) named above and YOUR COMPANY HERE, LLC (Production Manager). The employee shall be considered an independent contractor for employment purposes, and as such shall receive a form 1099 at year end for wages paid. No taxes will be withheld from wages, and no social security taxes paid. 2. PAYMENT OF COMPENSATION: Wages shall be paid in equal installments on the 15th and 30th of the month in which services are performed. Services to start March 1, 2009 and to end June 30, 2009. 3. EXEMPT EMPLOYEES: Exempt employees shall not be beneficiary of additional overtime, turnaround, or other hourly payments.

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4. NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, HOLIDAYS, WORK TIME: No increased or additional compensation shall accrue or be payable to employee for the rendering of services at night or on weekends or holidays, or after the expiration of any particular number of hours of service in any period. Wages paid are for a 6-day work week. 5. MEALS: The producer will provide meals and/or food service at approximately six (6) hour intervals. 6. PERSONAL CAR: No mileage payments or car allowances will be paid. Employee is responsible for liability and collision insurance and deductibles on his personal vehicle used in conjunction with this employment. 7. ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE: The use of alcohol or drugs during the hours of employment will result in employee’s immediate termination. 8. EXCLUSIVE SERVICE: Employee’s services are on an exclusive basis to the production of MOVIE TITLE HERE for the time period required. 9. SCREEN CREDIT: Screen credit is at (credit name here)’s discretion subject to employee’s performing all services required through completion of term. 10. EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITY: Employee will be held personally responsible for purchases, rentals, and expenses not approved in advance by production. 11. “AT WILL” EMPLOYMENT: Producer reserves the right to discharge employee at any time, subject only to the obligation to pay the balance of any wages due for time worked. Employment is subject to immediate suspension, postponement, or termination without further obligation on the part of the producer, by reason of labor controversy, strike, earthquake, act of God, governmental action, regulation, or decree, or for any other customary force. 12. BINDING MEMO: The and conditions of this deal memo are binding on producer and employee and shall not be waived or altered by any method. 13. OWNERSHIP: Producer shall be the owner of all of the results and proceeds of employee’s services, including any copyright, trademark, and any other intellectual property rights in any work or property created by employee, or anyone under employee’s direction. Employee acknowledges that employee’s work is a “work made for hire” within the scope of employee’s employment, and therefore employer shall be the author and copyright owner of any work created under this memo. In the event that any proceeds of employee’s work are not considered a work for hire, then employee’s copyright to such work is hereby assigned to employer. Employer shall have the right to use employee’s name, voice, picture, and likeness in connection with MOVIE TITLE HERE, the advertising and publicizing thereof, and any promotional films thereof, without additional compensation therefore.

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14. PUBLICITY: Employee shall not directly or indirectly circulate, publish, or otherwise disseminate any news story, article, book, or other publicity concerning MOVIE TITLE HERE without producer’s prior written consent. 15. DVD: Employee will receive one DVD of MOVIE TITLE HERE upon its release to the public, and employee has permission to show the DVD in connection with seeking future employment. 16. ARBITRATION: Any controversy or claim arising out of this deal memo or any breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules of the American Arbitration Association; and judgment upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. The prevailing party shall be entitled to reimbursement for costs and reasonable attorney’s fees. INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR (EMPLOYEE) ACCEPTS ALL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. AGREED TO AND ACCEPTED:

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