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A first look deal is an arrangement, usually in the film industry, where either a company or in some cases an individual enters into a commercial agreement with a studio under which they must allow the studio the first right of first refusal in relation to developing and/or producing a project the individual or company is promoting. If the studio declines to take up the project, then the project can be "shopped" around to other potentially interested parties. The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i. ... The term company may refer to a separate legal entity, as in English law, or may simply refer to a business, as is the common use in the United States. ... In jurisprudence, a natural person is a human being perceptible through the senses and subject to physical laws, as opposed to an artificial person, i. ... A contract is a legally binding exchange of promises or agreement between parties that the law will enforce. ... A film studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... Right of first refusal is the right to make an offer before offers from others are considered. ...