Terms of service.

The working agreement behind every commission, written the way we work: approve the direction before anything is generated, fixed price, no surprises in the cut.

Last updated: 5 November 2026 · These terms apply to films commissioned from Afterama via afterama.ai.

The commission

• Afterama produces short vertical films — 30-second cinematic ads and 60-second brand films, 9:16 — using generative production under human direction, edit and finish.
• Your quoted price is fixed for the agreed scope. The studio rates are published on the commission section.
• A deposit of half books your production slot; it stays with the studio once work starts. The balance is due when you approve the final cut, and the masters are released the moment it clears.

Approvals and revisions

• Script and storyboard are locked with you before anything is generated. Nothing is made until you approve the direction.
• If a shot doesn't meet the storyboard you approved, we re-generate or re-approach it at our cost — part of the fixed price, never an extra.
• Every commission includes one round of revisions on the cut; further rounds are quoted before they start. A revision refines the approved direction — a new concept is a new commission.

Your materials and the timeline

• You provide your logo (vector), any product shots, brand colours and references, and confirm you have the rights to what you send us.
• The delivery window begins once we have everything and you've approved the storyboard — the timeline is never waiting on a missing file.
• Delivery is your master file plus a platform-ready file, released the moment the balance clears.

Rights

• On full payment we assign you the rights to everything we deliver; the finished film is yours to use commercially, including as paid advertising. Details are on the usage & licensing page.
• Afterama may show the finished film as portfolio work: the film, your brand name and logo may appear in the Afterama archive and as case-study material. You can decline this, or withdraw it later, in writing — before production or after delivery.

What we won't make

No copyrighted characters, no real people's likenesses without their consent, no knock-offs of other brands. Every film is built from your assets and original direction.

The honest limits

• Generative production has limits; our job is to direct around them. What we promise is the approved storyboard, delivered with craft — not a specific advertising outcome.
• Platform rules (including AI-content labels) are applied by the platforms and controlled from your own accounts; see the AI production & disclosure page.
• Our total liability for a commission is capped at the amount you paid for that commission.

Written in plain language and good faith; not attorney-reviewed. Liability, refund and governing-law provisions in particular should be reviewed by the owner with counsel before being relied on in a dispute.