scènes à faire

Noun

scène à faire (plural scènes à faire)

1. (literary criticism) A scene which is demanded by the progression of the plot so far; an indispensable culminating scene.
2. An element of a creative work which is customary to the genre and therefore not eligible for copyright protection.
   • Accordingly, tropes (recurrent scenes or motifs) or scènes à faire (sequences of events that necessarily result from the choice of a setting or situation) are not entitled to copyright protection. For example, courts have found that drunks, prostitutes, vermin, and derelict cars are scènes à faire...2026 March 16, Judge Colleen McMahon, “Freeman v. Deebs-Elkenaney, 1:22-cv-02435, (S.D.N.Y. Mar 16, 2026) ECF No. 548”, in Court Listener, retrieved 23 Feb 2020