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Michel Rodrigue: The Right Transfer of Expertise is the Key of the International Formats Business. Details at Format Show 2014

9 September 2014, 11:14

International conference and screening Format Show is around the corner - the event will be held on September 15th in Kyiv (Ukraine) in the course of KYIV MEDIA WEEK 2014. 

It’s worth reminding that Format Show 2014 is honored to have Michel Rodrigue as a keynote speaker. ‘The Father of Formats’ Michel Rodrigue has over 35 years of experience in TV business, he is a cofounder of FRAPA and Entertainment Master Class,  founder of  The Format People

Learn more about Michel Rodrigue here

The expert will share some key tips with the conference audience in order to facilitate local market development and build successful TV formats industry.  

Michel Rodrigue will cover the topic: "The international formats business is all about "The Transfer of Expertise" from the original to the adapting producer". Michel is convinced that when you sell a format, you are not only selling a concept or an idea, but your expertise as the original producer which is the most important element of the format.

Article Bible Studies written by Michel Rodrigue and Justin Scroggie (Partner at The Format People Inc.) is the bright sample of Michel’s easygoing style of presenting his knowledges. Bible Studies was recently introduced to the "format people" community. With production bibles being a key deliverable in the format industry, Michel Rodrigue and Justin Scroggie argue that buyers should demand more. They answer such questions: So if you are a buyer, what should you expect from a bible? And if it’s not there, what should you demand? 

"The Format People believe a bible is all about the ‘transfer of expertise’. Buyer doesn’t want to read what the original producer did. Buyer wants original producer to tell what to do, based on the experience. That’s the reason why the introduction is the opportunity for the original producer to talk to the adapting producer, to put the passion into prose and describe what this format is about, what drove its creation and what it achieved", - Michel Rodrigue and Justin Scroggie wrote in the article.  

The full Bible Studies article can be read here.  

Michel’s keynote is scheduled at 5 PM  by the means of video conference. Thanks to the modern technologies Format Show participants’ are welcomed to listen to the expert’s speech and to join Q&A session with Michel in real-time mode.  

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