Understanding the legal aspects of screenwriting rights is crucial to protecting and exploiting creative work within the series industry. This three-day course provides you with the tools to enhance your legal knowledge and, through practical exercises, to defend your screenwriting rights and negotiate with potential partners.
objectives
- Understand the principles of contract law
- Understand authors’ rights and copyrights systems, and the different types of agreements and contracts for screenwriters in the European series industry
- Experience and learn how to negotiate screenwriting rights, and how to read and draft major contractual clauses.
method
- Lectures on contract laws and contractual practices
- Learning by doing: case studies and negotiation simulation
- Ensuring knowledge acquisition throughout the course by MCQs and practical exercises
format
- Dates : June 11-13, 2024 (three full consecutive days from 10am to 6pm – 21 hours)
- Language: Entirely in English
- Number of participants: 5 à 12 participants
- Location: Lille – France (10 rue des Poissonceaux, 59000)
Series Mania Institute can put participants in touch with a travel agency to facilitate hotel reservations in Lille, upon request in the registration form.
who can register?
European series writers (fiction, animation, documentary…) and European agents or writers representatives.
Requirements:
- No pre-existing project is needed to participate in this program.
- Participants must be over 18 years old or above
If you have special circumstances, such as a disability, please let us know so that we can discuss your needs. Contact: smi@seriesmania.com
Program
This 3-day training program covers various aspects of contract law and copyright in the series industry. Participants explore topics such as territorial application of copyright, economic and moral rights, and specificities of contracts involving intellectual property. The program includes interactive sessions such as case studies and negotiation simulations to enhance practical skills and promote effective negotiations.
Day 1 – Fundamentals
- Contract law
- Copyrights
- Specificities of Intellectual Property rights
- Case studies and knowledge check
Day 2 – Contractual practice
- Stages in the creation of an audiovisual work
- The different types of contracts and agreements
- Case studies and knowledge check
Day 3 – Application and negotiation simulation
- Tips for better negotiation
- Negotiation simulation
- Final debrief
the speaker
With over twenty years of experience in the areas of intellectual property, film and music, Laurence Benhamou is an entertainment attorney with expertise in transactional (Business and Legal Affairs) and negotiation.From working for the motion pictures studios Columbia TriStar (Sony Pictures Entertainment) and DreamWorks SKG in Los Angeles, to the law firm Paul Hastings in Paris, to opening her solo entertainment law practice, Laurence now counsels and represents producers, filmmakers, artists and entrepreneurs in all business and legal affairs aspects of their projects and assists them set-up their projects internationally.
tuition fees
1,260€ per participant (taxes included)
Tuition fees are due upon receipt of an invoice. Payment by instalments can be set up, the full amount should be paid before the start of training.
For French participants, depending on your eligibility, all training programs can be funded in part or in full by AFDAS or other funding organizations.
For other participants, we encourage you to contact local funds or writers’ guilds to inquire about potential funding.
key dates
- From March 14 to May 30, 2024: Registration
- Tuesday June 11, 2024 to Thursday June 13, 2024: Training program
registration
To register, fill in the online registration form accessible on this web page.
The rules & regulations terms must be accepted in the registration form.
Each participant will be contacted by Series Mania Institute within a week after registration, and will have to provide a CV in English and a copy of identity card or passport.
Questions ? If you have any questions, please send an email to smi@seriesmania.com
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Latest update: 2024-03-27