Franchises, collections and story arcs

A franchise, a collection and a story arc are titles that hold other titles. Each one is a title in its own right, with its own ID, metadata, images and placeholders. A film can sit in several at once: a franchise, a collection inside that franchise, and a story arc across both.

Where it lives

• Titles in the side rail. A grouping is listed with your other titles.
• A title's sheet, Hierarchy tab. A grouping shows In this franchise (or collection, or story arc): the titles it holds, in order. Every title shows Groupings: the franchises, collections and story arcs it sits in.

Make a grouping

1. Open Titles and press New title.
2. Press Add a grouping.
3. Choose its kind: Franchise, Collection or Story arc.
4. Type its name and save. A blank name becomes "New franchise", "New collection" or "New story arc".

Add titles to it

From the grouping:

1. Open its sheet and go to Hierarchy.
2. In Find a title to add, type at least two letters and pick the title.
3. Give it a Role (optional), such as "Origin story" or "Spin-off".
4. Press Add.
5. Use Move up and Move down to set the order. Take out removes a title from the grouping and leaves the title itself untouched.

From the title:

1. Open its sheet and go to Hierarchy.
2. Under Groupings, search in Find a franchise, a collection or a story arc and pick one.

A grouping can hold another grouping: a collection inside a franchise, for example. A grouping never holds itself, directly or through another.

What it drives

• Template set rules can match on In franchise, collection or story arc. Adding a title to a grouping runs the template sets that now match it. See Template sets and rules.
• The brand portal gives every grouping its own page, and a title's page shows the kits of the groupings it sits in. See The brand portal.

Permissions

Rights

A grouping carries no rights of its own. Usage rights sit on each asset or asset family. See Asset families and usage rights.