I worked in development at C’est Comme Ça Production, in TV entertainment, and at StudioFact, in documentary. Creation and development means weeks, sometimes months, of work on projects that, 90% of the time, will never see the light of day; and if, by luck, they get picked up by broadcasters, several years can go by before they reach the screen.
I developed new show concepts — around digital detox, or dating and science, for example — adapted international formats for the French market, ran industry watch, wrote reading reports, did a great deal of research to build documentation files, identified development angles on subjects as vast as violence against women, metal music or Paris in the 1st century, laid out pitch decks to sell these formats to ARTE, France Télévisions, TF1, M6, RMC Découverte… and I learned patience… breathe in… breathe out…