IJA CONTRACTS
2006 IJA Video Projects in Portland, Oregon
Monday, July 17, 2006 through Sunday, July 23, 2006 (inclusive)
This is an agreement by and between Alan Plotkin (PLOTKIN) and THE
INTERNATIONAL JUGGLERS' ASSOCIATION (IJA), a Delaware non-stock
corporation, of mailing address: PO Box 112550, Carrollton, TX, 75011-2550,
USA.
PLOTKIN responsibilities:
1. Create the HIGHLIGHTS/CHAMPIONSHIPS, YOUTH SHOWCASE, INDIVIDUAL
PROP/JAZZ AND JUGGLING and NUMBERS COMPETITIONS video PROJECTS including
all pre-production, event production and post production.
2. Create a two DVD set consisting of highlights of the festival including,
but not limited to, the juggling floor, workshops and stage shows, as well
as all acts appearing in the Individuals, Teams and Juniors competitions
(space permitting).
3. Create an INDIVIDUAL PROP/JAZZ AND JUGGLING video with minimal
post-production work consisting of all acts appearing in the IJA Individual
Prop Competition and Jazz and Juggling Competition(space permitting).
4. Create a YOUTH SHOWCASE video consisting of all acts appearing in the
IJA Youth Showcase (space permitting).
5. Create a NUMBERS COMPETITIONS video consisting of events in the IJA
Numbers Competitions.
6. Complete post-production work under the advice and consent of the IJA
as to content and outline.
7. Meet all deadlines as outlined in PROJECT DEADLINES schedule.
8. Accomplish these PROJECTS at his own expense such that all expenses
other than those outlined in IJA RESPONSIBILITIES paragraph below, are to
be "out of pocket" expenses to PLOTKIN.
9. Shoot all PROJECTS in mini-DV format, edit in "non-linear digital"
format, and produce a master "high quality" format for reproduction.
10. Create a thirty second promotional video segment to promote the IJA to
be included on all PROJECTS.
11. Use royalty free music exclusively on all videos with the exception of
music used to accompany performances in IJA competitions.
IJA responsibilities:
1. Pay all festival expenses including housing, food, related
transportation for Plotkin, and tape costs at approximately $2.50 per tape.
Required for project: Masters - 8 (firm); Raw - 30 (estimated); depending
on how much footage is required to satisfactorily cover the festival. Pay
up to $200 for the purchase of royalty free music CDs.
2. Provide a prominent space for display for daily raw footage and TV/VCR
combinations for such display.
3. Provide secure storage space for all equipment.
4. Provide a script for the promotional video segment.
5. The IJA agrees to indemnify PLOTKIN against all liability and expenses
caused by claims for infringement of copyright or rights of privacy or
publicity based on the making of a recording authorized by this agreement
or on the reproduction or distribution of a recording as authorized by this
agreement. The IJA agrees to obtain written consent to video recording
executed by all consenting performers and to inform PLOTKIN before event
production of the performers, if any, who have refused to consent.
MISCELLANEOUS
1. All videotape of the festival shot by PLOTKIN during the 2006 IJA
Festival, and all resulting raw footage masters and PROJECTS are the
property of the IJA, and the IJA is, and will be, the owner of the
copyright and all other rights in and to these PROJECTS
subject to such rights, if any, as may have been retained by the performers.
2. All tapes are to be returned to the IJA upon completion of the project
including all raw footage and masters. Tapes are to be sent to Alan Howard
for inclusion in the IJA Archives.
3. PLOTKIN may include portions of the IJA Festival footage in his demo or
self-promotion tapes.
4. All orders for videotapes will be solicited through the IJA offices and
none will be made to or by PLOTKIN. PLOTKIN agrees to forward all requests
for video orders to the IJA offices.
5. PLOTKIN agrees to secure and maintain replacement value insurance
coverage for damage to, or loss of, its equipment before undertaking the
PROJECT. Proof of insurance will be provided by PLOTKIN to the IJA video
coordinator before undertaking the PROJECT.
6. PLOTKIN reserves the right to provide artists who appear in the IJA
shows footage of their performances at a cost to be worked out between
PLOTKIN and the artist.
PAYMENT SCHEDULE
1. The IJA will pay PLOTKIN $7500.00. Fifty percent within two days upon
completion and delivery of all master tapes and fifty percent within thirty
days of completion and delivery of all master tapes.
PROJECT SCHEDULE DEADLINE
NOTE: All dates in this section are subject to change only by (a) events
outside of the control of PLOTKIN, including strikes, failure of suppliers
to meet contracted schedules, and the like, and or (b) by mutual written
agreement of both parties, PLOTKIN and the IJA. Any changes to the video
requested the IJA beyond those laid out in the following schedule will add
one week per revision to the related deadline without penalty to PLOTKIN.
1. CHAMPIONSHIPS/HIGHLIGHTS: The first draft will be submitted for IJA
approval by delivery to the IJA Video Director no later than October 12,
2006 and the IJA will approve or request any changes within ten days of
receipt.
2. CHAMPIONSHIPS/HIGHLIGHTS: The completed PROJECT will be delivered to the
IJA no later than November 2, 2006.
3. INDIVIDUAL PROP/JAZZ AND JUGGLING: The first draft will be submitted for
IJA approval by delivery to the IJA Video Director no later than September
16, 2006 and the IJA will approve or request any changes within seven days
of receipt.
4. INDIVIDUAL PROP COMPETITIONS: The completed PROJECT will be delivered to
the IJA no later than October 18, 2006.
5. YOUTH SHOWCASE: The first draft will be submitted for IJA approval by
delivery to the IJA Video Director no later than September 16, 2006 and the
IJA will approve or request any changes within seven days of receipt.
6. YOUTH SHOWCASE: The completed PROJECT will be delivered to the IJA no
later than October 18, 2006.
7. NUMBERS COMPETITIONS: The first draft will be submitted for IJA approval
by delivery to the IJA Video Director no later than September 16, 2006 and
the IJA will approve or request any changes within seven days of receipt.
8. NUMBERS COMPETITIONS: The completed PROJECT will be delivered to the IJA no later than October 18, 2006.
9. If the above mentioned deadlines are not met, PLOTKIN will forfeit ten
percent of his fee. This penalty will compound weekly (i.e. ten percent for
week one over deadline, twenty percent for week two, thirty percent for
week three, etc.) until the final PROJECTS are delivered (in a final form
that is satisfactory to the IJA) to the IJA's assigned representative.
However,PLOTKIN will not be held liable for any deadlines which are not met
due to any actions by the IJA as noted above in "NOTE."
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