31 The Contract. (1/2)

Any model dreams of signing his or her's first modelling contract. Whether it is a small agency or an international one, every agency has their own unique contract. It may differ from agency to agency. There are various types of contracts. A mother agency contract. An exclusive contract. A non-exclusive contract.

A Mother agency contract is mostly favoured by small to medium tiered agencies. Such agencies promote their models to bigger, international agencies. The cut they take from the job is included in the cut the bigger agency deducts from the model'searnings. So the model doesn't have to pay extra.

An exclusive contract when signed, the model cannot sign with other agencies or find his own work. But the resources given by the agency are the best. The promotion given to such a model is something that can only be dreamt by a non-exclusive contract model.

A non-exclusive contract is just the opposite of an exclusive contract.

Logan and Jenkins were seated at the table, with a contract from Starlight Fashion agency in front of them. Starlight Fashion agency was a mid tiered agency, hence the contract given was a mother agency contract.

According to the contract,the agency would promote Logan to higher markets with considerable resources. The contract was for a period of 4 years. The agency will get Logan atleast 10 gigs a year, from which agency will get a commission of 10%. The commission of 10% will be inclusive of the mother agency and other agencies they promote Logan to. The contract included a non disclosure agreement and also included behaviour clause. According to this clause, Logan had to maintain his image in public and not do or say anything to defame or harm the agency's perception in public. What was surprising was that, the agency had included a signing bonus of two thousand dollars. This was a rare thing for such a novice model. Ofcourse the contract also included the one month training period.

Everything about the contract was satisfactory to Logan. There were no ambiguous sentences nor anything that seemed odd. The only thing that bothered Logan, was the time period of the contract. After checking everything Logan and Jenkins arrived in the Amanda's office. The office had a pleasant and peaceful ambience. Behind a mahogany table, sat Amanda going through some documents. She greeted them both and said:” Is the contract to your liking Logan? I think the agency has been quite generous towards you.”

”For a newbie like me, this is quite a satisfactory contract Amanda. I am fortunate to have been scouted by you.”

Jenkins said,”Amanda, we like the contract overall. The only problem is the contract period. We would like to have it changed to 2 years. Also my client will be starting school next year. So the agency must adjust his job accordingly. Other than that we have no objections.”

Amanda had been in plenty of contract negotiations and had seen plenty of worthy modelsso she understood Logan's though process. She knew Logan would soar high in to the sky.

She gave it a thought and said,” I already know that Logan would be starting school next year, so you don't have worry about his schedule. That will be under my supervision. As for the time period, we'll change it it to 2 years but the commission will be raised to 15%. How about that?”

Jenkins looked at Logan to whom Logan gave a nod.

”We have a deal then.”