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Film and media: from script to screen

A production is only worth its chain of title. The firm advises producers, authors, directors and broadcasters at every stage: development, financing, production, distribution.

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Typical situations

  • You are developing a film, a series or a format and must secure rights from the writing stage
  • You are structuring a co-production and negotiating contributions, rights and revenues
  • A broadcaster or distributor requires a complete chain of title before signing
  • You are adapting an existing work — book, article, game, foreign format — and must acquire the rights

Chain of title, the backbone of the project

Authors’ agreements — script, direction, music —, pre-existing works, archive, works and trademarks appearing on screen: the firm builds and audits the chain of title on which financing and exploitation both depend.

Production and co-production

French and international co-production agreements, talent and crew contracts, financing arrangements: agreements that allocate contributions, rights, revenues and liabilities clearly.

Formats and adaptation

Options over existing works, audiovisual adaptation, protection and assignment of television formats: the firm secures the passage from an idea or a work to the screen, in France and abroad.

Distribution and exploitation

Distribution mandates, pre-sales, platform agreements, music clearances: every exploitation rests on verified rights and negotiated contracts.

Frequently asked questions

What is the chain of title?
The unbroken set of contracts linking the finished work to each of its contributors and to every work it incorporates. It is what financiers, insurers and broadcasters verify: the firm builds it from development, or audits it before it is required.
How do you protect a television format?
Through a bundle of protections: a detailed written bible, probative deposits, confidentiality during pitches, and tightly drafted option agreements. The firm structures the protection and negotiates your format options and assignments.
International co-production: which law applies?
The law the contract designates — which is precisely why it must be negotiated. The firm secures governing law, jurisdiction and the articulation with subsidy regimes, in French and in English.

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