Need advice on what to do after finishing your script? Want help with branding, how to best position your material, what logline to work on next, and which companies to target? Submit your full script, your bio, AND a one-pager of your loglines. Your chosen exec will read this material prior to your one-hour call. You’ll not only discuss story notes, but also what your next steps should be based on your bio, loglines, and goals.
MARKETING BONUS! If you receive a rating of Excellent or Virtually Flawless in at least four out of five categories (Logline and Formatting/Ease of Reading excluded) on your consultation feedback report, we'll do one round of personalized marketing to 5 execs for this screenplay for free!
Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
Grab my attention from the beginning by making me think about how the story could relate to my own life. I like to suggest starting off with a question. One vague enough to apply to anyone, but one that's also related to the story you're pitching. From there, make sure to pitch the characters in a way where I can relate to them enough to care about their story.
Thrillers, horrors, dramas and comedies that can be shot for under $2m, and $10m+ films that can attract A-list talent.
Animation, shorts, unscripted.
Franchesca Lantz is a producer, EP and development executive with over 15 years experience in the industry. Based in Los Angeles, CA, Franchesca has focused the majority of her career on feature and scripted TV. She also has background in entertainment marketing, business, and creative advertising, which she uses to help shape her stories.
In 2018, Franchesca was recruited to head up development at a new production and financier company where she was the executive in charge of bringing in new IP and projects, developing projects from IP, reshaping projects, and ideating new film and TV projects. She follows these projects through to production as a producer and through post-production. In the company’s first two years they released ARKANSAS, starring Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, and John Malkovich, WANDER, starring Aaron Eckhart and Tommy Lee Jones, and THE COMEBACK TRAIL, starring Robert DeNiro, Morgan Freeman, and Zach Braff.
Previously, Franchesca was named Vice President, Marketing & Development for a newly formed production company in Los Angeles. Here, she completed its first film in 2014 entitled CAKE, starring Jennifer Aniston and Anna Kendrick. Cake earned nominations from Golden Globes, Screen Actors Guild, and Critics Choice in 2015, as well as bringing awareness to the issue of chronic pain. They went on to produce numerous projects including, MR. CHURCH, starring Eddie Murphy, BURN YOUR MAPS, starring Vera Farmiga, THE COMEDIAN, starring Robert De Niro and Leslie Mann, and THE YELLOW BIRDS, starring Alden Ehrenreich and Jennifer Aniston.
Earlier in her career, Franchesca was named Vice President at one of the largest horror brands in the world. With her incredible team, she acquired completed horror projects, developed and produced new horror projects, and branded annual slates of original content turning it into a global brand called Horrorfest. Later on her company added action films to their content and expanded the brand to include Actionfest.
Franchesca was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from Louisiana State University in 2005, and furthered her education to receive a Film degree in 2007.
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. Please be sure to select Career Coaching as your consultation type on your material submission form, so that you are able to submit all supplemental materials on the same form. Provide your script, writer bio, and one-pager of your loglines (to include Title, Format, Genre, and Comps with each logline). After submitting your material, please allow 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the exec.
**Please note screenplays are limited to 120 pages maximum. Please contact terra@roadmapwriters.com for pricing on a consultation for a screenplay exceeding 120 pages.
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Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
MARKETING BONUS! If you receive a rating of Excellent or Virtually Flawless in at least four out of five categories (Logline and Formatting/Ease of Reading are excluded) on your consultation feedback report, we'll do one round of personalized marketing to execs (up to 5) for this screenplay for free!
Cancellation Policy: You may cancel your registration for a refund or Roadmap gift card if you have not yet submitted your material for review. However, once your material has been received by Roadmap, your registration cannot be canceled. Having revised material or a desire to retroactively apply a discount or gift card code are not grounds for cancellation, refunds, or gift card credit. Once your material has been submitted, the only acceptable grounds for cancellation and a refund or gift card credit is an unforeseen, ongoing emergency on the part of either the writer or the exec resulting in more than 6 weeks without any scheduling update from the exec via direct contact or Roadmap, or a sudden change in the exec's ongoing availability. In the instance of an irreconcilable scheduling issue, the writer may still receive a written feedback report from the exec. In this case, the writer is not entitled to a refund or gift card credit as the exec has read the submitted material and provided written feedback in lieu of the call.