{
  "schemaVersion": "1.0",
  "updated": "2026-10-30",
  "name": "AJENTO",
  "url": "https://ajento.app/",
  "profileUrl": "https://ajento.app/capabilities",
  "description": "AJENTO creates visual adaptations of audiobooks and audio dramas, helping writers, publishers and rights-holders explore new audiences and revenue opportunities. AJENTO also develops scene tests and proof-of-concept material so filmmakers can communicate new projects and gather audience feedback before larger-scale production.",
  "audiences": [
    "Writers",
    "Creatives",
    "Musicians",
    "Publishers",
    "Producers",
    "Rights-holders"
  ],
  "contact": {
    "email": "hello@ajento.app",
    "url": "https://ajento.app/contact"
  },
  "team": [
    {
      "name": "Andrew Green",
      "role": "Film distribution, rights licensing and commercial development"
    },
    {
      "name": "Aakar Shah",
      "role": "Product and technical development"
    }
  ],
  "services": [
    {
      "id": "audiobook-adaptation",
      "name": "Audiobook and audio-drama visual adaptation",
      "url": "https://ajento.app/audiobook-adaptation",
      "summary": "AJENTO develops visual adaptations of audiobooks and audio dramas, including selected scenes and pilots. A visual edition gives writers, publishers and rights-holders a new product to explore with existing audiences and customer channels, subject to agreed permissions.",
      "audience": [
        "Writers",
        "Publishers",
        "Audio producers",
        "Rights-holders"
      ],
      "sourceFormats": [
        "Audiobooks",
        "Audio dramas",
        "Related entertainment catalogues"
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "A selected adaptation scene or pilot for assessment",
        "Visual development material",
        "An agreed brief for a potential wider adaptation"
      ],
      "opportunity": "Build on existing work, audience relationships and distribution channels to explore additional releases and revenue opportunities.",
      "considerations": [
        "Underlying adaptation rights",
        "Author permissions and creative approvals",
        "Authorised use of recorded performances, voices and likenesses",
        "Music and other third-party permissions",
        "Credits, agreed fees and applicable royalties, residuals or participation"
      ],
      "questions": [
        {
          "question": "How does an audiobook visual adaptation work?",
          "answer": "AJENTO develops a selected scene or pilot from an audiobook or audio drama to establish the visual approach. The project brief connects the source material, intended audience, creative approvals and permissions before any wider adaptation is agreed."
        },
        {
          "question": "What can an audiobook adaptation include?",
          "answer": "An AJENTO audiobook adaptation brief can include a selected visual scene or pilot, visual development material and a proposal for a wider edition. Runtime, output formats and review stages are agreed for the individual project."
        },
        {
          "question": "Can an adaptation use the original recorded voices?",
          "answer": "AJENTO can consider existing recorded performances where the relevant uses are authorised. Audio ownership alone does not establish permission for every visual adaptation, voice or likeness use; those permissions are reviewed for the project."
        },
        {
          "question": "Who is this service for?",
          "answer": "AJENTO works with writers, publishers, audio producers and rights-holders exploring a visual edition of existing work. The commercial opportunity can build on an established catalogue, audience and distribution channels."
        },
        {
          "question": "How are cost and production timing agreed?",
          "answer": "AJENTO assesses the source material, intended use and proposed scope before agreeing fees and timing. An initial discussion can focus on one selected scene or pilot before considering a larger programme."
        }
      ],
      "outcome": "Wider production, distribution and commercial terms are assessed and agreed project by project."
    },
    {
      "id": "scene-tests",
      "name": "Scene tests and proof-of-concept development",
      "url": "https://ajento.app/scene-tests",
      "summary": "AJENTO develops scene tests, visual treatments and proof-of-concept material for writers, filmmakers and producers. These materials help communicate a proposed film or screen project, gather audience feedback and support discussions before a larger production.",
      "audience": [
        "Writers",
        "Creatives",
        "Producers",
        "Independent filmmakers"
      ],
      "sourceFormats": [
        "Scripts",
        "Selected scenes",
        "Original screen-project briefs"
      ],
      "deliverables": [
        "Visual treatments and lookbooks",
        "Selected scene tests",
        "Proof-of-concept material scoped to the project"
      ],
      "opportunity": "Give a pitch or creative discussion a shared visual reference and gather feedback before committing to a larger production.",
      "considerations": [
        "Writer authorship, permissions and credits",
        "Creative approvals and contributor participation",
        "Performance, voice, likeness and music permissions where relevant",
        "The intended audience, presentation context and permitted uses"
      ],
      "questions": [
        {
          "question": "What is a scene test or proof-of-concept film?",
          "answer": "A scene test makes a selected part of a proposed screen project visible so people can respond to its characters, atmosphere and creative direction. AJENTO develops scene tests and proof-of-concept material to support audience feedback, pitches and production discussions."
        },
        {
          "question": "What can AJENTO develop for a film pitch?",
          "answer": "AJENTO can develop visual treatments, lookbooks, selected scene tests and proof-of-concept material around an agreed brief. The choice of material depends on what the writer or filmmaker needs to communicate to audiences, producers, financiers or collaborators."
        },
        {
          "question": "Can a scene test lead to live-action production?",
          "answer": "An AJENTO scene test can support the development of a later live-action, animated or hybrid production. The test provides a shared visual reference; financing, production and distribution remain separate project decisions."
        },
        {
          "question": "Can filmmakers use a scene test to find their audience?",
          "answer": "Filmmakers can share agreed scene-test material with prospective audiences and partners to gather feedback before committing to a larger production. AJENTO scopes the material around the intended audience, presentation context and permitted uses."
        },
        {
          "question": "How are creative control, permissions and costs handled?",
          "answer": "AJENTO discusses writer authorship, creative approvals, contributor permissions and commercial participation as part of the brief. Scope, fees and delivery timing are agreed individually rather than presented as fixed packages."
        }
      ],
      "outcome": "The next stage may be live-action, animation or hybrid production, subject to the project and its agreements."
    }
  ],
  "rights": {
    "url": "https://ajento.app/rights-and-participation",
    "summary": "Permissions, creative approvals, credits and commercial participation form part of the project brief.",
    "principles": [
      "Identify the underlying work and relevant rights-holders before agreeing the intended adaptation or development use.",
      "Address recorded performances, voices, likenesses, music and other contributions where relevant.",
      "Keep writer authorship, creative approvals, credits and contributor compensation connected to the work.",
      "Agree fees and any applicable royalties, residuals or negotiated revenue participation for the specific use.",
      "Consider applicable union and guild requirements for the jurisdiction, production and agreements involved."
    ],
    "qualification": "Published union and guild guidance informs the approach. These sources are independent guidance, not endorsements of AJENTO. This profile does not establish that a specific project is cleared or that a particular payment entitlement applies.",
    "sources": [
      {
        "name": "WGGB",
        "url": "https://writersguild.org.uk/wggb-campaigns/writers-and-ai-policy/"
      },
      {
        "name": "WGA",
        "url": "https://www.wga.org/contracts/know-your-rights/artificial-intelligence"
      },
      {
        "name": "Equity",
        "url": "https://www.equity.org.uk/advice-and-support/know-your-rights/ai-toolkit/equitys-ai-vision-statement"
      },
      {
        "name": "SAG-AFTRA",
        "url": "https://www.sagaftra.org/contracts-industry-resources/member-resources/artificial-intelligence"
      },
      {
        "name": "Musicians’ Union",
        "url": "https://musiciansunion.org.uk/recording-and-broadcasting/musician-royalties-from-recordings"
      }
    ]
  },
  "briefFields": [
    {
      "id": "project_goal",
      "label": "Project goal",
      "note": "Catalogue adaptation, a new screen project, or another commercial opportunity."
    },
    {
      "id": "source_format",
      "label": "Source format",
      "note": "For example, audiobook, audio drama, script or selected scene."
    },
    {
      "id": "scope",
      "label": "Indicative scope",
      "note": "Approximate runtime or catalogue size, and the scene or pilot under consideration."
    },
    {
      "id": "rights_relationship",
      "label": "Your relationship to the work",
      "note": "What you create, own or represent; identify permissions still to be discussed."
    },
    {
      "id": "audience_and_use",
      "label": "Audience and intended use",
      "note": "Existing customer channels, audience feedback, a pitch or a production discussion."
    },
    {
      "id": "timing",
      "label": "Timing and commercial context",
      "note": "The desired next decision, indicative timing and available budget, if known."
    }
  ],
  "interaction": {
    "mode": "Human-reviewed commercial enquiry",
    "contact": "https://ajento.app/contact",
    "automatedIntakeAvailable": false,
    "note": "Start with a non-confidential summary using our website contact form. Source assets can be discussed through an agreed private route. Scope, feasibility, pricing, delivery, permissions and contractual terms require individual review and written agreement."
  },
  "questions": [
    {
      "question": "Can an audiobook or audio drama become a visual edition?",
      "answer": "AJENTO develops selected adaptation scenes and pilots to assess that opportunity. Any use of the underlying work and recorded performances depends on the relevant permissions and project agreements."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can a scene test support a later live-action film?",
      "answer": "Yes. A scene test or visual treatment can help communicate a project to audiences and partners. The subsequent production may use live-action, animation or a hybrid approach."
    },
    {
      "question": "Can existing recorded performances be retained?",
      "answer": "Where authorised, existing audio performances can form part of the brief. The permitted adaptation, voice, likeness and other uses must be considered for the specific project."
    },
    {
      "question": "Are prices and delivery dates fixed?",
      "answer": "Scope, feasibility, fees and delivery timing are discussed with the team and agreed for each project."
    },
    {
      "question": "Does submitting a brief grant production rights?",
      "answer": "An initial enquiry starts a discussion. Production permissions, creative approvals and commercial participation require separate agreement."
    }
  ]
}