1. Production Fees and Additional Charges
1.1 The Client shall pay to Production 2020 the Production Fee, together with all Additional Charges arising
1.2. Subject to any special conditions of payment that may be agreed in writing between the parties to this Agreement such as stage payments, 50% of the Production Fee shall be payable when the Client has made a confirmed booking in writing. The remaining balance of the Production Fee shall be payable and cleared no later than three working days prior to the commencement of filming. All payments to be made by bank transfer.
1.3 Any Additional Charges shall be paid within five days of the date of any invoice for such Additional Charges.
2. Production 2020’s production fees shall be exclusive of disbursements and expense items related to the agreed productions and editing such as messenger services, postage, overseas telephone charges, colour photocopying, photography and prints, disk or tape duplications, creation of audio and video streaming files, travel accommodation, subsistence, fax charges and similar items which will be invoiced to the client on the relevant project, or separately as necessary.
3. The client’s requirements must be clearly provided to Production 2020 in writing before commencement of work and subject only to one set of minor alterations thereafter and purchase order numbers (if applicable) must be provided in advance of commencement of any work.
4 Major alterations to a project, not agreed prior to the commencement of work, must be made subject to a further written agreement and cost.
5 A production will only be publicly released by Production 2020 once the client approves all content as complete and satisfactory and confirms this in writing.
6 The client may terminate the contract at any time by written notice of termination.
7. When a client terminates the contract, they will remain liable to pay in full for all work previously undertaken and in progress by Production 2020 unless any other written agreement is reached in advance.
8. Any monies held on account and unused will be returned subject to a 5% administration charge.
9. Production 2020 reserves the right to refuse to use, publish or broadcast any information it considers obscene or morally unsuitable or which would breach copyrights, or which is libelous, defamatory or illegal.
10. Should such a submission occur, the client will be advised which information was deemed unsuitable, and requested to amend the information. If the client can show good reason to use the "unsuitable" information, its inclusion may be considered.
11. Production 2020 cannot be held liable for loss or damage caused as a result of third party action or failure.
12. The client shall provide appropriate security arrangements for any filming outside of the United Kingdom for which Production 2020 provides crew or equipment and such arrangements shall be notified to Production 2020 in writing in advance of travel to that jurisdiction.
13. Production 2020 cannot be held liable to any party for any errors on any medium after the client has agreed in writing that the content is correct and accurate and should be posted, published or broadcast.
14. Client contracts may be modified by agreement in writing at any time to add or delete services to better fit the client’s needs.
15. If a project requires additional content this is, in effect, a contract change. An amendment will be made to the original contract and, once approved, becomes contractually binding.
16. E-mail correspondence shall be sufficient to prove changes to agreements for the form and content of programmes.
17. Production 2020 will not commence work on any project until a signed purchase order or equivalent signed document has been provided by the client.
18. In consideration of, and subject to, the final payment of full fees due to Production 2020 by the client, Production 2020 hereby assigns to the client with full title guarantee all the present and future copyright and other intellectual property rights howsoever arising in the content.
19. Any confidential or proprietary information which is acquired by Production 2020 from a client company, person or entity will not be used or disclosed to any person or entity, except when required to do so by law. If required, Production 2020 will sign and adhere to the conditions of any Confidentiality Agreement used by the client.
20. Any contract requiring Production 2020 to work to specific deadlines provided within the written agreement will be deemed to include a proviso that the clients will make themselves reasonably available to communicate with Production 2020, its servants or agents, as necessary.
21 Production 2020 office hours are 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. Monday to Friday. Studio Production hours are 8.00a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
22 Any claims must be made in writing to Production 2020 within 7 days of receipt of the commissioned product. If no claim is made within this period the client is deemed to have accepted the goods at the agreed price.
23. Should the client have cause to make any complaint about service or programmes, the complaint, if put in writing to a Director, will be acknowledged by Production 2020 within 14 days and a detailed reply will be issued to the client within a further 14 days thereafter. In cases of complaint, all relevant work together with invoice and original materials should be returned to Production 2020.
24. Production 2020 shall be under no liability if unable to carry out any provision of the contract for any reason beyond its control including (without limiting the foregoing) Act of God, legislation, war, fire, flood, drought, failure of power supply, lock-out, strike or other action taken by suppliers or owing to any inability to procure materials required for the performance of the contract. During the continuance of such a contingency the client may, by written notice to Production 2020, elect to terminate the contract and pay for work done and materials used but subject thereto shall otherwise accept delivery when available.25.This agreement will be governed by the laws of England and Wales.