Philippe’s consultation practice is grounded in both emotional sensitivity and narrative precision. At the heart of his work lies a shared exploration with the author into the viewer’s potential experience, along with a carefully structured articulation of the steps needed for further development.
Every project unfolds within a distinct cinematic landscape of genres, narrative structures, and emotional currents that must be made explicit. Each treatment or early draft reveals a specific hierarchy of emotions and information, which is then critically aligned with the author’s intentions.
This process makes the consultation into a refined form of investigation—one that brings clarity to the story’s internal logic and greater depth to its future versions.
Each consultation consists of a session lasting several hours, ideally in the presence of both the author and the producer. At the end of this meeting, a debrief is offered to ensure that the proposed directions and decisions are sufficiently clear and practicable for the author to implement.