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Mannes & Associates is a consulting firm composed of a team of current and former federal, state, and
local law enforcement officers who provide invaluable expertise in technical advisory services to many areas of specialty,
including the entertainment industry, news and media, manufacturers, non-profits and government contractors.
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Services: Media / Creative Consulting
News, Literary, Stage, Television, Film
We assist writers and creative development staff in providing them with detailed information, dialogue assistance, and other assistance on the public safety environment in the furtherance of their creative vision. We assist them in finding and developing stories related to law enforcement as well as giving their dialogue and background the ‘real feel’ that reality-driven audiences crave in today’s entertainment market. These services include:
- Consultation sessions with creative teams on television projects
- Script collaboration to ‘punch-up’ dialogue, plot (to include spec scripts)
- Dedicated writing team contracts on television or film projects
- On call technical advisors to assist writer’s if they are stuck on a beat
- Classes on structures, practices, and common slang pertinent to the law enforcement officer in the agency where their story takes place.
For the production and directorial staff on a creative project, we assist with all aspects of developing a strong law enforcement background to their creative project. These services include:
- Pre-production and On-set coordination with location scouts, wardrobe, prop masters, on making the on-screen aspects of the production as real as possible.
- Location scouting and blocking assistance with production staff
- Hands-on instruction with on-screen talent on dialogue, physical technique, firearms, driving, motivation, speech, etc.
- Tactical consulting
- On-set firearms/weapons safety coordinators and armorers
- Safeguarding usages of restricted use props or wardrobe (real police badges, firearms, etc.)
- Liaison with local law enforcement agencies in regards to the production.
And for Journalists and the News Media, we offer:
- Expert commentary on news stories, to include last minute bookings on breaking news events
- Research assistance and briefings on issues to include:
- the criminal justice system
- terrorism
- corrections & rehabilitation
- public corruption
- political and policy issues
- supreme court rulings
- and any other news story involving the law enforcement, corrections, or homeland security sectors
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