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In America there are some similar things. For instance, my current company is paying the tuition for my masters. I am expected to work for them for at least a
by timwiseman 16y ago
In America there are some similar things. For instance, my current company is paying the tuition for my masters. I am expected to work for them for at least a year after I receive the last payment or I must repay that money.
In America, I know that there are limits to the types of contracts that can be written, but I am quite comfortable with this one. They didn't have to pay for my masters, and I didn't have to let them. Even the day I graduate I can quit and start another job, I just have to repay the tuition that they gave me.
I have heard from a friend that has done some minor work in film that the film industry also tends to do something similar. If a key actor tries to walk away with the film half finished there are often very large fines involved, at least according to her.
- Psyonic 16y agoI know nothing about the film industry, but that kind of clause seems to make a lot of sense. Major actors aren't really replacable in the middle of a movie... you'd either need to find a dead-on look-a-like/sound-a-like, cancel the project, re-write the script somehow to limit that characters involvement to what has been shot so far (not always possible), or re-shoot all his/her scenes, none of which sound terribly appealing and all of which sound expensive. I'm sure you thought of those issues while writing your post, but sometimes I like to think outloud :)