A Videographer usually reaches for a Deposit Agreement when to lock in a date or slot and protect against last-minute cancellation. This free template does one job well: it confirms a booking and secures an upfront deposit against a future project. It is written for how videographers actually work — around an event film or a branded promotional video, the familiar headache of clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free, and getting paid on a booking deposit, a shoot-day payment, and the balance before final delivery. Use a Deposit Agreement rather than something looser, because as the full project contract — pair it with a service agreement. Edit any line to fit your rates and terms, then send it for e-signature in a couple of minutes — no account for your client, and it is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT — VIDEOGRAPHER
1. PARTIES
This Deposit Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Videographer. Together they are the "Parties".
2. PROJECT & DATES
This deposit secures an event film or a branded promotional video scheduled for ____________. The full scope and any date-specific details are: ____________.
3. DEPOSIT
The Client pays a deposit of $____________ to confirm the booking. For a Videographer, the norm is a booking deposit, a shoot-day payment, and the balance before final delivery.
4. BALANCE
The remaining balance of $____________ is due by ____________. Delivery of a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution is made once the balance is cleared.
5. REFUNDS & CANCELLATION
The deposit is non-refundable. If the Client cancels, the booking deposit is non-refundable and covers pre-production already done. This protects the Provider against clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free.
6. RESCHEDULING
The Client may reschedule once with ____________ days' notice, subject to availability. Later changes may require a new deposit.
7. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
8. APPEARANCE RELEASE
Everyone appearing on camera consents to being filmed and to the agreed usage. The Client confirms it has obtained this consent.
9. MUSIC LICENSING
Only properly licensed music is used. Any specific track the Client requests must be cleared by the Client or licensed at the Client's cost.
10. RAW FOOTAGE
The edited video is the deliverable. Raw footage and project files are not included and are not released, avoiding clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free.
11. DELIVERY FORMATS
The final video is delivered in ____________ (length, resolution and format). Extra cut-downs or formats are quoted separately.
SIGNATURES
Signed by the Parties on the date first written above. Both Parties keep a copy. An electronic signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
Client: ______________________ Date: __________
Provider: ____________________ Date: __________This Deposit Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Videographer. Together they are the "Parties".
This deposit secures an event film or a branded promotional video scheduled for ____________. The full scope and any date-specific details are: ____________.
The Client pays a deposit of $____________ to confirm the booking. For a Videographer, the norm is a booking deposit, a shoot-day payment, and the balance before final delivery.
The remaining balance of $____________ is due by ____________. Delivery of a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution is made once the balance is cleared.
The deposit is non-refundable. If the Client cancels, the booking deposit is non-refundable and covers pre-production already done. This protects the Provider against clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free.
The Client may reschedule once with ____________ days' notice, subject to availability. Later changes may require a new deposit.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
Everyone appearing on camera consents to being filmed and to the agreed usage. The Client confirms it has obtained this consent.
Only properly licensed music is used. Any specific track the Client requests must be cleared by the Client or licensed at the Client's cost.
The edited video is the deliverable. Raw footage and project files are not included and are not released, avoiding clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free.
The final video is delivered in ____________ (length, resolution and format). Extra cut-downs or formats are quoted separately.
Signed by the Parties on the date first written above. Both Parties keep a copy. An electronic signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
A refundable deposit does nothing against clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free. Make it non-refundable so it protects the slot you held.
Set exactly when the balance is due, before a Videographer releases a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution.
Say how much notice moving an event film or a branded promotional video needs, or a client reschedules for free and you lose the date.
To lock in an event film or a branded promotional video and protect against a late cancellation, since the booking deposit is non-refundable and covers pre-production already done.
No — it secures the booking. Pair it with a service agreement that sets out the full a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution and scope.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this Deposit Agreement is a binding contract under the ESIGN Act, eIDAS and similar laws in most countries.
Point them back to the scope. Extra work such as additional edit versions, formats or revision rounds beyond the agreed deliverable is quoted separately — that is exactly what the written terms are for.
Yes. Paste it into Signr, drop the signature fields on, and send a link. Your client signs from any device with no account, and you both get a sealed, court-ready copy.
Paste the template into Signr, drop signature fields on, and send. Your client signs from any device, no account needed, and you both get a sealed, court-ready copy.
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