A Videographer usually reaches for a Service Agreement when for a defined project with a clear start, deliverables and end. This free template does one job well: it defines the scope, timeline, payment and ownership for a one-off 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 Service Agreement rather than something looser, because for open-ended ongoing work — use a retainer instead. 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.
SERVICE AGREEMENT — VIDEOGRAPHER
1. PARTIES
This Service Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Videographer. Together they are the "Parties".
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The Provider will deliver a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution for an event film or a branded promotional video. The agreed scope is: ____________. Anything not listed here is out of scope and is quoted separately before work begins.
3. TIMELINE
The Provider will start on ____________ and aim to deliver by ____________. Timelines assume the Client supplies everything needed on time; Client delays move the delivery date by the same amount.
4. FEES & PAYMENT
The fee is $____________. Payment terms: a booking deposit, a shoot-day payment, and the balance before final delivery. Invoices are due within ____________ days. Late payments may pause work and accrue interest at ____________% per month.
5. REVISIONS
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions. Additional rounds, or changes such as additional edit versions, formats or revision rounds beyond the agreed deliverable, are billed separately.
6. OWNERSHIP & IP
On full payment, the Client owns the final delivered a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution. The Provider keeps ownership of tools, templates and any licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights until paid, and may show the work in a portfolio unless agreed otherwise.
7. TERMINATION
Either Party may end this Agreement with ____________ days' written notice. On termination, the booking deposit is non-refundable and covers pre-production already done, and the Client pays for all work completed to that point.
8. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
9. APPEARANCE RELEASE
Everyone appearing on camera consents to being filmed and to the agreed usage. The Client confirms it has obtained this consent.
10. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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 Service Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Videographer. Together they are the "Parties".
The Provider will deliver a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution for an event film or a branded promotional video. The agreed scope is: ____________. Anything not listed here is out of scope and is quoted separately before work begins.
The Provider will start on ____________ and aim to deliver by ____________. Timelines assume the Client supplies everything needed on time; Client delays move the delivery date by the same amount.
The fee is $____________. Payment terms: a booking deposit, a shoot-day payment, and the balance before final delivery. Invoices are due within ____________ days. Late payments may pause work and accrue interest at ____________% per month.
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions. Additional rounds, or changes such as additional edit versions, formats or revision rounds beyond the agreed deliverable, are billed separately.
On full payment, the Client owns the final delivered a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution. The Provider keeps ownership of tools, templates and any licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights until paid, and may show the work in a portfolio unless agreed otherwise.
Either Party may end this Agreement with ____________ days' written notice. On termination, the booking deposit is non-refundable and covers pre-production already done, and the Client pays for all work completed to that point.
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.
If the agreement does not name exactly what a finished edited video in the agreed length and resolution is included, clients requesting the raw footage or extra edited cut-downs for free follows. List the deliverables line by line.
Without a revision limit, additional edit versions, formats or revision rounds beyond the agreed deliverable quietly becomes unpaid work. Fix the number of rounds in writing.
Say that licensed music, on-camera release forms and footage-reuse rights only pass on full payment, or a Videographer loses all leverage once the files are out.
Use it for an event film or a branded promotional video — a defined job with a clear end. For continuing month-to-month work, a retainer fits better.
Yes. It fixes your fee and terms, which for videographers is usually a booking deposit, a shoot-day payment, and the balance before final delivery.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this Service 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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