The process
From the page to the screen, with the author.
Eight stages. The author signs four of them, and nothing moves past a signature without it.
How we use AI
Said plainlyAI is a production tool here, and we say where it is used. People write the screenplay, draw the storyboards, direct, perform and edit. AI helps render images and some supporting voices.
Nothing in a production trains AI, and no author’s book is used to teach a model anything.
Eight stages
Four signed by the authorRights
Before a manuscript changes hands we confirm who holds the screen rights, and on what terms. A clean chain of title protects the publisher, the author and everyone who ever buys the production.
Development
The studio reads the whole book and builds its bible: the story’s spine, the world’s rules, each character’s history and wants. Notes reach the author line by line, on a private page.
Casting
The author signsEach character is designed from the text: face, build, age, the way they move. The author approves every one, or tells us why not. Approved faces are locked, so they never drift between scenes.
The look
The author signsPeriod, palette, light and texture are set with the author, with a reference for every location and prop, before a single frame is made.
Screenplay
Written by people, scene by scene. Where the screen asks us to compress or invent, we say so, and the author sees it.
Storyboard
Every beat is framed on paper first: composition, lens and movement. The expensive work starts only from approved boards.
The edit
The author signsThe author sees the cut before anyone else and gives notes. We return with changes until the film is right.
Final cut
The author signsNothing is released without the author’s signature. Then delivery: masters, trailers, key art and every right on record.