Hi,
I'm not really well versed in the film/tv Industry I work more in the marketing side of digital media etc. However I often shoot a lot of video (but mostly stills) mostly for small corp jobs etc usually just for the web.
I was recently ask to help out of a small project to make a TV pilot. An old friend whom I trust is the production manager. I was asked to bring video equipment ect and act as DOP for a small fee (mates rates) to help them get it off the ground and to be honest it was good experience as I have never worked on anything like this before.
Firstly yes I stupidly walked in with no contracts and really no idea how these things work. Lesson learned there. Being done as more as of a favor for a friend I really didnt even think about the contract side of things TBH. The production has received all copies of the files as well as 100s of images (BTS etc). I have retained copies of everything as well.
At this point its looking like the client will not pay. My question is with no contracts and no payment do I have any rights at all to use the footage that I have copies of or even the right to request that they not use it until its paid for?
