What up Nash! Been a minute since we worked together! I also had the opportunity to work with a Fortune 500 company with too many lawyers revising my contract, unfortunately, they had no wiggle room on licensing whatsoever requiring full total ownership and it does seem like this is a pretty standard expectation among big corporations with other commercial cinematographers I've talked to in the space (with some exceptions) but in that case is it just a matter of declining the job or not? The pay was great and it was my biggest client to date so I didn't want to lose the gig to someone else (I tried pushing back multiple times on licensing). How would you negotiate when these companies will find a different vendor who just gives them full ownership?
Yooo! So that's when it becomes real important to get them on a call and figure out why they wanted you specifically (vs. someone else). Also if you can capture and replay the vision back to them it makes them more confident that you are the one that's gonna be best for the job. In terms of the buyout clause it really depends on the contract. If it was a work for hire deal then often times they pay your day rate and you hand off the raw footage at the end of the day and that's it. But if they wanted you to edit, you have more negotiating power there. Ultimately at that point it comes down to how bad they want YOU specifically and how well you can sell them on the vision. It also depends on if you were working through an agency or direct with the client because agencies almost always want full rights because they will resell to the client lol
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What up Nash! Been a minute since we worked together! I also had the opportunity to work with a Fortune 500 company with too many lawyers revising my contract, unfortunately, they had no wiggle room on licensing whatsoever requiring full total ownership and it does seem like this is a pretty standard expectation among big corporations with other commercial cinematographers I've talked to in the space (with some exceptions) but in that case is it just a matter of declining the job or not? The pay was great and it was my biggest client to date so I didn't want to lose the gig to someone else (I tried pushing back multiple times on licensing). How would you negotiate when these companies will find a different vendor who just gives them full ownership?
Yooo! So that's when it becomes real important to get them on a call and figure out why they wanted you specifically (vs. someone else). Also if you can capture and replay the vision back to them it makes them more confident that you are the one that's gonna be best for the job. In terms of the buyout clause it really depends on the contract. If it was a work for hire deal then often times they pay your day rate and you hand off the raw footage at the end of the day and that's it. But if they wanted you to edit, you have more negotiating power there. Ultimately at that point it comes down to how bad they want YOU specifically and how well you can sell them on the vision. It also depends on if you were working through an agency or direct with the client because agencies almost always want full rights because they will resell to the client lol