Quote:

There are two sides to every contract. BOTH sides have to COMPLETE their end of the "bargain" for the contact to be settled.



Don’t know if the world you are looking for is
"settled"....more like void....as in a contact would be void or invalid.

But misterz has a point to some degree...I never understood why the PW's would fully complete all of the necessary paperwork prior to them being paid.

Most legit jobs...when you get your payment in whatever form you would sign off on it...or initial it...thus stating that you actually received it.

Totally withstanding the argument of ID verification initially for general 2257 regs but to sign the release before being paid in full is just nuts....

If I was in a producers shoes I would rather not have any of these types of controversies hanging over my head...especially on the avenue of rates, pay or trying to dupe an unsuspecting PW into an unscheduled or altered at the last minute scene.

This is the way you get negative (exceptionally bad) press quickly.

The conclusion I would suggest to keep yourself out of hot water is to get a Copy of their ID's, Copy of their AIM test and have them fill out the model release up to their signature....after the shoot is done and the model gets paid she/he signs the release...something just like out of the cold war trading prisoners between east and west Berlin.