GIVE WINGS TO YOUR ROOTS
A Master Class by Nicolas de Villiers
Become the initiator of a project rooted in strong values. Learn recipes and tools that have made this local adventure an international brand. Take inspiration from the creative process made in Puy du Fou to write stories that speak to the soul and heart.
Entrepreneurship & Creative Process
22 lessons to learn at your own pace
Video modules of 5 to 15 minutes each.
An innovative format
A method, an in-depth teaching embodied by an inspiring instructor, sharing his methods and secrets.
Tools to go further
Downloadable files to better remember and go further.
What you will learn
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Create a business and making it meaningful
In this episode, you will learn to find in yourself the potential of the entrepreneurial adventure whether artistic or other.
Develop a vision, stimulate your creativity, build a culture of challenge, commitment, and discover a method to anchor your project on a set of strong values.
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Lead a project from A to Z
Also discover how to organize, surround yourself and manage your time to lead your artistic, entrepreneurial project… from A to Z.
Learn how to manage a project in the long term, by integrating all the trades from the outset.
Practical case: recipes and success of the Cinéscénie. Discover how to get people involved in your project (actors, financiers, elected officials, etc.) and how to federate energies around your creation.
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Find economic viability for your project
Identify the deep aspirations of your time in order to create a successful adventure. Be bold. Seek and cultivate your uniqueness. Succeed in overcoming obstacles, failures. Know how to set a price. Know how to adapt in order to last. Be able to develop a clear offer adapted to the needs of our time.
Practical case: Puy du Fou business model
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Creative process made in Puy du Fou
Find the right story. Identify the best entry point into this story. Write a scenario. Give a universal character to each plot. Know how to root a story. Keep your child’s soul to touch the heart. Adapt the location to the script. Succeed in creating an atmosphere. Learn to frame a show. Know how to arouse emotion. “Industrialize” creation without losing your soul. Sets, costumes, music, sound effects: how to involve the spectator in your creation.
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Develop your brand internationally
The keys to launch your project internationally. Know how to root a project. Be able to duplicate proven methods. England, the Netherlands, first steps in the international adventure.
Case study: Puy du Fou España.
“Wherever a tragedy pushes man towards a heroic start, there is a possible Puy du Fou.”
— Nicolas de Villiers
About your instructor
Nicolas de Villiers has been president and artistic director of the Grand Parc du Puy du Fou since 2012. At a very young age, he took part in the nocturnal show of the Cinéscénie. He then studied at the Académie du Puy du Fou, and in the early 2000, he became assistant stage director of the Cinéscénie.
He is co-author of all the shows created by the Puy du Fou.
In 2016, he bought in England, for the benefit of the Puy du Fou, a ring of Joan of Arc.
He is a business manager and entrepreneur, and he also chairs Atmos, a company specializing in aeronautics and space.
In this master class, he teaches:
How to launch a project by following your hunches.
How to respond to the aspirations of our time.
He gives the secrets of the success of the Puy du Fou, first in France, then internationally.
Take your turn!
This master class will serve you in turn to start your entrepreneurial destiny, whether you want to create or take over a business, build a show...
Draw inspiration from the methods of the Puy du Fou to get started, without waiting for someone to come and get you.
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No project works over time if you don’t have a firm resolve to lift mountains to make your dream come true.
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Getting started requires courage, determination, organization, a method to know how to surround yourself, and a sense of humor to overcome the many opportunities of discouragement in entrepreneurship.
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Nicolas de Villiers gives you his methods to organize you, surround you… Structure your project to give it every chance of success.
