Will I Own The Filmed Content?Everything You Need to Know About Rights and Footage

When you collaborate with us here at Offset Films, you aren’t just a client—you are a massive part of the creative process! We’re here to bring your story, your product, or your service to life.

Because it’s a team effort, we often get asked: "Once the cameras stop rolling and the editing is done, who actually owns the video?"

We believe in keeping things simple, clear, and fair. Here is exactly how we handle copyright, footage, and backups.

Giving You Full Ownership of Your Final Film

The short answer is: you do! Once your final payment is all settled, you will own the full rights to your finished content.

However, because we pour our film-making expertise and artistic flair into every frame, our standard terms and conditions do state that we retain the right to feature the final content in our own marketing and portfolios. We love showing off the incredible businesses we work with!

Keeping Things Confidential

That being said, we completely understand that some of the footage we capture might be confidential or sensitive. Your trust means everything to us. We will never use any content in our marketing that you deem sensitive or would prefer to keep under wraps. Just let us know, and we'll keep it private.

Want the Raw Footage? No Problem!

We are more than happy to hand over a copy of all the raw footage captured during your shoot. If you'd like it, all you need to do is provide us with a hard drive that has enough space to hold it all. We just charge a small fee of £40 + VAT to cover our time while we copy everything over for you.

A Quick Note on Film Files

It is worth mentioning that our high-end cameras shoot in a RAW format. While this is absolutely amazing for film-making—giving us total creative freedom during the editing and color-grading stages—it does mean the files are incredibly large.

If you or your team plan on working with the footage yourself down the line, we highly recommend using DaVinci Resolve for the best results.

Looking After Your Files for the Future

Once your project is wrapped, we don’t just delete everything. We will keep your footage safely backed up on our servers for 12 months, completely free of charge.

If inspiration strikes within that year and you want us to make a little tweak or change to your video, we’re happy to help! We charge a standard rate of £40 + VAT per hour for the time it takes to jump back in and implement those edits.

Talent release forms

Its also important to protect your content for the future. We have all been there, life can change, people can change role, or leave the company - which could cause an issue for the content. But we ensure release forms are signed are distributed so that content can still be used for the future.

Copyright - remove copyright claims

Its important to use content that there will be no copyright issues. We have licenses for any music or other assets we use, and we can provide paperwork in case of any copyright claim. Copyright claims can cause you content to be amended, music to be removed, demonetized, or in extreme cases can be flagged causing issues for your channel.

Got Questions?

We’re always here to assist our lovely clients whenever we can. For a deeper dive into the nitty-gritty details, you can view our full terms and conditions below - or by clicking the link down in our website footer.

Offset Films Terms & Conditions of Business 6.1.2023.pdf

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If you have any questions about an upcoming shoot or want to talk through a new project, get in contact today.

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