A Videographer usually reaches for a NDA when before sharing sensitive plans, files or credentials with a client or collaborator. This free template does one job well: it keeps shared information confidential before or during a working relationship. 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 NDA rather than something looser, because as a substitute for a full service agreement — an NDA only covers confidentiality. 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.
NDA — VIDEOGRAPHER
1. PARTIES
This NDA ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Videographer. Together they are the "Parties".
2. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information shared between the Parties, including for a Videographer the material tied to licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights.
3. OBLIGATIONS
The Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information secret, use it only for the agreed purpose, and not share it with anyone who does not need it.
4. EXCLUSIONS
This does not cover information that is already public, was already known, or is required to be disclosed by law.
5. TERM
The confidentiality obligations in this NDA last for ____________ years from the date signed, and survive the end of any working relationship.
6. RETURN OF MATERIALS
On request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies.
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 NDA ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Videographer. Together they are the "Parties".
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information shared between the Parties, including for a Videographer the material tied to licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights.
The Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information secret, use it only for the agreed purpose, and not share it with anyone who does not need it.
This does not cover information that is already public, was already known, or is required to be disclosed by law.
The confidentiality obligations in this NDA last for ____________ years from the date signed, and survive the end of any working relationship.
On request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies.
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.
An NDA with no duration is hard to enforce. Set how many years the confidentiality survives after the Videographer work ends.
Tie confidential information to what really matters for videographers — licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights. Over-broad NDAs get ignored by courts.
Keep the exclusions for public and legally required information, or the NDA overreaches and fails.
Before sharing anything sensitive — for videographers, that is usually material touching licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights.
No. An NDA only covers confidentiality; pair it with a service agreement that covers the actual a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this NDA 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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