Consultant
Heather Hale provides one-on-one consulting sessions for writers, directors and producers looking to bring their vision to market.
Creative & Marketing Analysis
It’s All About the Story
Get experienced, constructive feedback on all elements of your film, television, or book projects from our team of experts. We’ll review your scripts, proposals, business plans, budgets, and more to provide suggestions on story, character, structure, plot, themes, dialogue, tone, imagery, devices, voice, style. We’ll assess market viability, audience appeal, and concept originality. And we’ll evaluate materials like loglines, synopses, treatments, one-sheets, presentations, websites, and social media plans – identifying strengths as well as opportunities for improvement
“Heather is so inspirational; she could raise the dead! She’s a story yoda. Using Heather’s techniques and system, the day after her seminar, I had meetings set up with Oprah and Warren Buffet and now have access to A-List celebrities.”
Sarano Kelly
#1 Motivational Speaker on Wall Street
Deliverables
- A 2-hour video (or in-person) conference
- Written Feedback and Copyediting on all StoryTelling & Story$elling Elements
Assets Reviewed
- Feature Film
- Screenplays
- Pitch Packages
- Business Plans
- Budgets
- Schedules
- Waterfalls
- Equity Investor Presentations
- Distribution Strategies
- BTS Social Media Marketing
- Trailers
- Rip-O-Matics
- Television Scripts
- Reality TV Formats
- Series Bibles
- Loglines
- One Sheets
- Synopses
- Cast Wish Lists
- Talent Reels
- Sizzle Reels
- Key Art
- Novels
- Non-Fiction Books
- True Life Stories
- Adaptation Strategies
- Limited Series Proposals
- Book Proposals
- Manuscripts Bios
- Websites
- Affinity Marketing Campaigns
Experienced Support
Understanding Your Audience is Key
We’ve helped creators successfully pitch and sell projects by ensuring their presentation materials align with audience expectations. We assess demographics and psychographics and explore ancillary opportunities (games, merchandising, live events, etc.).
In-Depth, in Detail
Fine-tune your loglines, one-sheets, presentations – everything from the story concept, synopsis, one-sheet, pitch deck, writers bible to the first 10-pages of the script to the schedule, budget and even career strategy sessions and ongoing project guidance.
Polished Pitches and Presentations
Pitch critiques, pitch coaching and pitch practice to boost your confidence and effectiveness. Our pitch coaching sessions will help you develop and hone your verbal pitch script, audio-visual assets and delivery as well as anticipate questions to develop key responses talking points, handle Q&A confidently, and deliver compelling presentations to maximize your chances of getting a green light.
“My consultation with Heather was incredibly informative and productive. She really helped me understand how to sharpen the focus on my project. Upon looking at the attachments she sent afterward, I realized how she really worked this through. Well worth the consulting fee! She’d definitely be my first pick to help me produce!”
Philemon Venderbeck
ShowBiz Mensans Elemental Entertainment Ghost Train Paranormal Travel Reality Show
Strategic Financing and Distribution Guidance
We also provide strategic guidance on financing, distribution, co-production partners, sponsors and other attachments. We’ll advise on equity investor presentations as well as marketing and distribution plans. Develop different approach strategies for the different kinds of financiers and distributors (ranging from streamers to studios and networks). Prioritize and rank prospective partners. Identify talent, directors and brands that can attract financing.
Whether you’re seeking full financing or gap financing, equity investments, or even the elusive presales, we can help develop a strategic plan tailored to your specific project needs. Let us review your current investor deck, financial projections and distribution plan. We’ll provide honest, constructive feedback to improve your chances of success. Our goal is to help position your project to stand out from the crowd and attract financing in this competitive marketplace. With our support, you’ll be better prepared to successfully pitch investors, studios, networks and secure the financing you need.
