Is this a sufficient release form for a student film?

It works fine, no one would question it, but I generally want my contracts to include broadcast. This just gives permission to film, but only implies permission to exhibit by any visual medium, now existing or not yet invented, in perpetuity, in any location throughout the universe. For a while I also had one that specified I could display the work in other universes as well, and in any time, including before the film was shot through the use of time travel.

But it's really not that strict, this one should be fine. Doesn't need to specify 'student' film since that has no real meaning, and I don't know why each blank has "the" in front of it. I can't think of what would go there for that to make sense.
 
1. Should also state that the person has the right to enter into this contract (i.e. it doesn't conflict with other, unknown agreements).
2. It needs to pay the actor some kind of "consideration" to be a valid contract. This does not necessarily need to be money.
3. You have the right not to use the actor's services.
4. The actor has no approvals over the finished product.
 
cyclone said:
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2. It needs to pay the actor some kind of "consideration" to be a valid contract. This does not necessarily need to be money.
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If the subject isn't otherwise paid a fee, 1 dollar is a common consideration paid in exchange for the release and is sufficient to make it binding.
 
Cassius said:
It works fine, no one would question it, but I generally want my contracts to include broadcast. This just gives permission to film, but only implies permission to exhibit by any visual medium, now existing or not yet invented, in perpetuity, in any location throughout the universe. For a while I also had one that specified I could display the work in other universes as well, and in any time, including before the film was shot through the use of time travel.

But it's really not that strict, this one should be fine. Doesn't need to specify 'student' film since that has no real meaning, and I don't know why each blank has "the" in front of it. I can't think of what would go there for that to make sense.
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HAHA I like your style! Yeah why limit it just to this universe? But I also think you may have missed something -- what if it were possible to travel the multiverse? We're now pretty sure that there isn't just one iteration of current reality, but perhaps infinite, and certainly many, so you want permission to exhibit this film in any one of the multiverses and indeed in any time, past, present, or future to this relative moment in the space-time continuum ;)
 
Consideration is not required. This doesn't follow the same rules as a lot of contracts, since it's licensing- which is a special form of contract. If you were obligated to use their image in something, such as working for the model, that would be different. But as it is consideration shouldn't matter. This comes from the mouth of a business lawyer I asked that to.

Although if you wanted to be sure you can put doing it for credit in the contract. Actually, that's recommended anyway just so everyone's clear on what to expect.
 
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