Logline
- Genre: Dark Comedy, Drama
- Format: Feature Film
- Setting: United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Status: Available for consideration by producers, agents, and directors.
A manipulative, dying playwright summons a gallery of former collaborators to his manor to settle old scores before taking a spectacular final bow.
Professional Reader Feedback
Screencraft Feature Competition
"The dialogue is some of the best I've encountered in a screenplay. [...] There is almost a whodunnit feel to the story, setting itself up to be another 'Knives Out' or 'Gosford Park'."
"Panic in Space" Screened at Nuées Ardentes Festival
I'm delighted that episode 5 of our web series Panic in Space (coming out this fall!) will be screened during two sessions at the Les Nuées Ardentes Festival ("The meeting of science and imagination") from June 13 to 15, 2025. This follows the audience award won at the Riom Scientific Film Festival.
Synopsis "A Thousand Years of Solitude": A space delivery driver (Guillaume Vanhille) learns that his best friend (Bob Levasseur) is an artificial intelligence... If you're interested in our series, follow us on the "Panic in Space" website and sign up for the mailing list to receive episodes for free as soon as they're released.
How to brief your video service provider?
Because most people do it very badly.
When a company needs a video, it usually goes like this:
- A poor soul, with no particular knowledge in the field, is put in charge of the project ("But yes! You made the Christmas video with the tree! It was great!")
- To prove that progress is being made, this new manager makes decisions alone or in consultation that will quickly become irreversible: format, duration, sequences...
- Service providers are then contacted. For them, these arbitrary decisions are now input data. To prove their worth, they compete... on prices.
I'm caricaturing. But we're not far off.
The flaws of this approach: the most experienced people take no part in the most important decisions on the subject they know best. And the final choice of service provider is made on the anecdotal (price), not on the essential: the value the film will bring.
(Not to mention the unnecessary stress of the person who has to decide without knowing, knowing that everyone will see the result...)
Ideally, it would go more like this:
- At the first need for what looks like video content, a minimal brief is assembled. It answers basic questions – and that's it:
- Why do you need a film?
- What problem should it solve?
- What is the budget envelope?
- This information is communicated to several service providers who can then compete on ideas, not on prices. A short phone conversation will be enough to see who you feel aligned with and which ideas make you go "Ding!"
- Go back to your real work instead of pretending to be Spielberg.
Don't forget: making a film is an artistic endeavor. Your company will benefit enormously from letting the service provider express themselves. However, it's up to you to ensure alignment of what they propose with your brand.
💡 And if it's a significant investment and you're not sure about the message or the brief? Call me and I'll take care of this step. Yes: only the brief. This is a new service I offer and you'll have peace of mind.
Narrative Strategy | Message & Content
Create Your Niche (Not Just a Box)
Bob really enjoyed his new niche.
To be identified – by your hierarchy, networks, the public – you need to be identifiable.
People need to say about you: "He/She is the person who... [unique activity]".
BUT, contrary to what is sometimes thought, this doesn't mean you have to "fit into a box," a well-defined category that doesn't suit you. No need to "truncate" who you are / what you do to meet market expectations.
You can absolutely craft the niche that you like. Make it as vast and personal as you wish.
AS LONG AS...
You are able to communicate its value to others.
This can be scary at first. When you build something custom-made, mass-produced messages no longer work. You have to take up the pen yourself. But:
- You are the expert – you built it.
- You don't have to convince everyone. A handful will suffice.
- It's so special that it will surely attract attention.
And you'll see: once you've taken the leap and tasted the custom-made, it's hard to go back.
Three-Camera Shoot for TEDxICP
Our three-camera setup for TEDxICP with Paul Chauvin, Director of Photography.
We were delighted to handle the recording of this conference, masterfully organized by the TEDxICP association of the Institut Catholique de Paris.
Featured speakers addressed the theme "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall":
- Simon Ruiz, the first French person to participate in the "Takanakui" and the "fight of friendship" following a photo report in Peru, exploring otherness and the relationship with distant cultures,
- Maxime Lambert, actor and director of the play "Le Jeu de la Vérité" (The Game of Truth), inviting us to reflect on the media's impact on the perception of truth;
- Margherita Salvatore, who questions the tyranny of image and perfection by sharing her story of overcoming eating disorders;
- Edgar de Sacy, musician and founder of the Les Nuits Blondes festival, discussing the importance of image and persona in the world of music production.
The video will be available very soon on the TEDx website.
Visions of the Future
Back in the early 90s, I confidently predicted: "You'll see, the Internet is just a fad and in ten years, no one will be talking about it!" Okay, I got that one wrong.
But regarding AI, this time, I'm sure: it's a technology with ABSOLUTELY NO future.
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Viaduc de Millau, Fondation Vuitton, China National Opera... Engineers behind some of the world's greatest civil engineering structures reflect on the future of construction.
Project Origins
Initially titled "The Great Builders of Civil Engineering," this documentary project was launched by Sophie Mougard, Director of ENPC (École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées), to preserve a living record of renowned engineers who had taught at Ponts and were nearing retirement. The primary goal: to ensure no student left the School without knowing the great names and major works associated with it.