Freelance Contract For Video Producer Small Indie Film
Freelance Contract For Video Producer Small Indie Film
(1) ____ VIDEO CO. (Company Number: ), a company incorporated in Singapore with its registered office at
______(“The Company”), email address _______________;
AND
(2) _____(NRIC No.ending ____), of _______ (the “Contractor”), email address janelau.col323@gmail.com
1. Provision of services
The Contractor agrees to provide to the Company the Services of PRODUCER, CASTING DIRECTOR,
LOCATION MANAGER, PRODUCTION MANAGER, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, and ART DIRECTOR, for the video
‘REUNION’, and shall in connection with the provision of such Services carry out such instructions and
directions as may be issued by the Company from time to time in every respect to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Company and in compliance with any relevant industry standards and all applicable legal
and regulatory requirements, and without undue disruption to the business and operations of the
Company.
2. Payment
The Contractor’s fee will be SGD$2,500/- and will be payable as follows by cheque or bank transfer on the
due dates.
● $1,000 for Producer’s fee, of which the Contractor shall give 50% discount - due within 30 days of
completion of filming
● $500 for Casting Director’s fee - due within 30 days of the first day of filming
● $500 for Location Manager fee - due within 30 days of the first day of filming
● $500 for Production Manager’s fee (covers 2 shoot days) - due within 30 days of completion of
filming
● $500 for Assistant Director’s fee (covers 2 shoot days) - due within 30 days of completion of filming
● $500 for Art Director’s fee, which shall be waived
3. Entire Agreement
This Agreement embodies all the terms and conditions agreed upon between the Parties hereto as to the
subject matter of this Agreement and supersedes and cancels in all respects all previous agreements,
representations, understandings and undertakings (whether written or oral, express or implied) as between
the Parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.
4. Variation
No amendment or variation of this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by or on behalf
of each of the Parties.
5. Confidentiality/ Non-disclosure
The Parties may receive, in the course of this Agreement, information which is confidential or which
constitutes trade secrets with respect to the operation and business of the other Party. Such information
may include, business plans, financial information, customer data, computer programs, proprietary
software or information regarding other projects (“Confidential Information”). Neither Party shall disclose
the Confidential Information to any third party, except to employees, professional legal advisors and
accountants of the parties on a “need-to-know” basis. The confidentiality obligations shall not apply if the
Confidential Information becomes generally available to the public through no fault of the Parties, or if
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disclosure of such information is required for the proper performance and discharge any Parties’
obligations and responsibilities under this Agreement or by virtue of any law or a Court order.
All copyrights, performance rights and/or other intellectual property rights subsisting in or in relation to
deliverables created by Contractor for these Services, if applicable, shall belong to the Company. In
consideration for the fees payable under this Agreement, Contractor hereby assigns the aforesaid
Intellectual Property Rights to the Company.
7. Force Majeure
Any circumstance beyond the reasonable control of either party, which delays, interrupts or prevents a
Project from taking place, is defined as “Force Majeure”. Such circumstances shall include but are not
limited to epidemic, pandemic, Act of God, explosion, flood, lightning, rain, storm, tempest, fire or accident;
war or threat of war, terrorist attack, breach of peace, insurrection, strike, picketing, lock-out or civil
disturbance; acts, restrictions, regulations, by-laws, prohibitions, demands or measures of any kind on the
part of any governmental, parliamentary or local authority, including but not limited to governmental
requisition; and/or sabotage, machinery breakdown or power failure not due to either party’s fault.
Upon the occurrence of any Force Majeure event, each party shall for the duration of such event be
relieved of any obligation under this Agreement as is affected by the said Force Majeure event, provided
that the provisions of the Agreement shall remain in force with regard to all other obligations under the
Agreement which are not affected by such Force Majeure event; and each party shall resume its full
obligations under the Agreement upon it becoming aware or notified of the cessation of such Force
Majeure event, unless terminated by either party in accordance with the terms of the Agreement.
8. Notices
Any notice to be given under the Agreement may be given to the relevant party at its email address set out
in the beginning of this Agreement. A notice or demand required to be given under the Agreement shall be
deemed to be served, if personally or electronically delivered, at the time of delivery.
9. Liquidated damages
Without prejudice to the Company’s rights above, but in the event of the Company accepting late
performance of Services from the Contractor, the Company reserves the right to require the Contractor to
pay or to deduct from the Contract Price liquidated damages (and not as a penalty), a sum to be calculated
at the rate of one-half percent (1/2%) of the Contract Price for the late performance of the Services or one-
half per cent (1/2%) of the cost of the Services for each day which may elapse between the date of
performance originally agreed to by the parties and the actual date of performance, up to a maximum of
ten per cent (10%) of the Contract Price for the delay of the performance of Services.
The Contractor acknowledges and agrees that the sum stipulated above constitutes a genuine pre-estimate
by the Contractor and the Company of the potential loss that would be suffered by the Company resulting
from or in connection with the Contractor’s late delivery, taking into account all relevant considerations,
including without limitation the disruptions caused to the Company’s operations and the possible costs in
sourcing for substitute sources before the late delivery was effected.
The parties agree that in the event of any dispute arising out of or in connection with this contract,
including any question regarding its existence, validity or termination, they will attempt in good faith to
resolve the dispute through mediation at the Singapore International Mediation Centre (“SIMC”), in
accordance with the SIAC-SIMC Arb-Med-Arb Protocol for the time being in force. Any settlement reached
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in the course of the mediation shall be referred to the arbitral tribunal appointed by SIAC and may be made
a consent award on agreed terms.
In the event that mediation fails, the dispute shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration
administered by the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC”) in accordance with the Arbitration
Rules of the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (“SIAC Rules”), which rules are deemed to be
incorporated by reference in this clause. The seat of the arbitration shall be Singapore, the Tribunal shall
consist of three (3) arbitrator(s), and the language of the arbitration shall be English.
Either the Contractor or the Company may at any time terminate the provision of any or all of the Services
without cause by giving to the other party not less than one month’s notice in writing.
Either the Contractor or the Company shall be entitled to terminate this agreement with immediate effect
in respect of any or all of the Services by giving written notice to the other party if: (a) the other party fails
to pay any undisputed amount due under this agreement on the due date for payment and remains in
default not less than thirty (30) days after being notified in writing to make such payment; or (b) the other
party commits a material breach of its obligations under this agreement and (if such breach is remediable)
fails to remedy that breach within a period of thirty (30) days after receipt of notice in writing requiring it to
do so; or (c) the other party suspends, or threatens to suspend, payment of its debts or is unable to pay its
debts as they fall due or admits inability to pay its debts or is deemed unable to pay its debts; or (d) the
other party is subject to any liquidation, winding up or reconstruction event; or (e) the other party ceases,
or threatens to cease, to carry on all or substantially the whole of its business; or (f) there is a change of
control of the other party; or (g) any Force Majeure Event prevents the other party from performing its
obligations under this agreement for a continuous period of thirty (30) days provided that where applicable
the agreement shall only be terminated in respect of the Services affected by the Force Majeure Event.
All records and other materials received by either Party which belong to the other Party shall be returned
upon termination or expiry of this Agreement. The obligation of confidentiality shall survive the termination
or expiry of this Agreement.
The Contractor’s total liability arising under or in connection with this agreement, whether arising in
contract, tort (including negligence) or restitution, or for breach of statutory duty or misrepresentation, or
otherwise, shall in all circumstances be limited to fifty (50) percent of the sum of the total Contract Price.
Neither party shall have any liability for breach of this Agreement for (whether actual or prospective) any
loss of expected future business, exemplary damages or consequential or indirect losses.
A person who is not a party to this agreement shall have no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third
Parties) Act (Cap. 53B) to enforce any of its terms.
Signed: