IP DEVELPOMENT STUDIOHollywood isn't the destination anymore. Ownership is.
Studios are contracting. The pitch pipeline is clogged. The smartest creators aren't waiting for a green light — they're building the infrastructure to own, produce, and distribute their stories themselves. We build that infrastructure.
IM Media Productions develops the professional packaging layer that turns your story, script, or IP into a market-ready screen property — whether you're producing it yourself, attracting independent investors, or positioning for strategic partnerships outside the traditional studio system.
⏺ Limited intake. Every project gets Monique's full attention — not a queue.
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Our Experience: Netflix | HBO | Amazon | Lionsgate | 20th Century |
Professional script & IP packaging for independent creators
The industry changed. But most development advice didn't. Since 2023, over 53,000 entertainment jobs have been cut across Hollywood's major studios. Disney, Sony, Warner Bros., Paramount — all contracting. The traditional pitch pipeline that serious creators spent years preparing for is closing.
The market that's growing is the one built around ownership. Independent film is an $8.6 billion global market projected to nearly double by 2034. Streaming platforms are actively acquiring creator-owned content. Self-distribution is no longer a fallback — it's the primary strategy for creators who understand where the leverage actually lives.
Built by people who worked inside the system that's now contracting — and know exactly what it looks like from the other side.
That's not a name-drop. That's why the packaging we build is built to industry standard — because we know what that standard actually is.
10+ YEARS ACROSS
Netflix · HBO · Amazon Studios · Lionsgate · 20th Century
ON PRODUCTIONS YOU KNOW
The Hunger Games · Coming 2 America · Insecure · Stranger Things · The Underground Railroad
How we build your infrastructure: From story to screen property
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Script Development Package — Investor-Ready Film Packaging
Your screenplay is finished. What it doesn't have is the investor-ready packaging that signals to independent film investors, production partners, and strategic buyers that this project is greenlight-ready — not another blind submission.
We analyze the script, build the investor-facing materials, attach the right actors and director, and present it as a fully packaged independent film — not a submission, a proposition.
Pitch bible. One-pager. Treatment. Talent attachment. Director alignment. Investor package. Independent film market positioning.
BEST FOR
The screenwriter with a finished script who is ready to put a fully packaged, talent-attached independent film project in front of the investors and production partners who can say yes.
IP-to-Screen Development — Book, Podcast, and Story Adaptation
You have a book, podcast, true story, or IP with real screen potential — but no script yet. The goal isn't to hand it to Hollywood. The goal is to develop it with the infrastructure that protects your ownership and positions it for the right film and television partners on your terms.
We build the complete development foundation and deliver a packaged, protected screen property ready for the right partners to come to you.
Story bible. Writer attachment. Format strategy. Market package. Investor positioning for independent film financing.
BEST FOR
The IP owner — author, journalist, entrepreneur, public figure — who is ready to adapt their story for film or television and will not hand it to the wrong people.
Brand and Organization Film Production Package
You have the budget and the mission. What you don't have is a production team that operates like a studio.
We become your AD department — building the production infrastructure, hiring the crew, and managing the production from development through delivery so your story gets made at an industry-grade level.
Production roadmap. Budget framework. Crew hiring. On-set AD services. Distribution strategy for independent film and streaming platforms. We don't hand you a document and walk away — we're on the ground with you through delivery.
BEST FOR
Nonprofits, media brands, organizations, podcasts, and public figures who are self-producing and need a professional film production team that delivers studio-level results without giving up ownership or creative control.
For creators done with a system that keeps moving the finish line.
Every creator we work with has already put in serious time. They don't need encouragement. They need someone who can look at their project and tell them exactly what professional infrastructure requires — and then help them build it.
"This service transformed how I viewed my IP's value in the marketplace."
— SHEREE
"I finally have a tangible roadmap that makes sense for independent funding."
— SHARALE
Not sure which track is yours? The Story World Audit figures that out. Free. Honest. 30 minutes. [LINK TO SECTION]
How our IP development studio prepares you for investors
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Free Story World Audit
An honest read of your project — not cheerful feedback, not a pitch. We tell you exactly where it stands and whether we're the right fit. This call is the filter, not the sales pitch.
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Development Assessment
Your project mapped against five industry pillars — story, format, market fit, competitive positioning, and packaging gaps. You'll know specifically what's missing and why it matters to the buyers, partners, and platforms that are actually open right now.
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Package Build
Pitch bibles. Loglines. Treatments. One-pagers. Format strategy. Production roadmaps. Every document built to the standard that independent investors, streaming platforms, and production partners actually require — not approximated from public templates.
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Market Positioning
Your project mapped to the right buyers, the right platforms, the right submission windows, and the right independent financing pathways. Not a list of agents. A strategic pathway built for where the market actually is in 2026.
Built from the inside — for the people the pipeline was never designed for.
Monique Shaw spent more than a decade at Netflix, Amazon, HBO, and Lionsgate. She knows what a packaged project looks like when it walks into a room — because she’s been in those rooms.
IM Media exists specifically for Black creators, storytellers, brands, and organizations who have the talent, the work, and the years in — and have been missing the infrastructure that turns creative effort into owned, produced, professional outcomes.
The traditional pipeline was not built for us. We build our own.
FREE RESOURCE
Before you pitch, produce, or invest another dollar — know where you stand.
Our Book-to-Screen Readiness Guide is a free 20-question self-assessment built around five industry pillars. It won't tell you what you want to hear. It will tell you what you need to know before your next move.
The audit is free. The conversation is honest. The outcome is yours.
A 30-minute Story World Audit is not a pitch call. We read your project before we meet, we tell you what we see, and we tell you whether we're the right fit. If we're not, we'll say so. If we are, we'll show you exactly what development looks like for your specific project and where the real opportunities are right now.
The industry is reorganizing. The creators who move in the next 12 months — with the right infrastructure — are the ones who will own what comes next.
LIMITED INTAKE. FULL ATTENTION. EVERY TIME.