There's so much to accomplish in the first act of a feature. Worse, if the reader isn't hooked by page 15, they'll likely stop reading. For the First 30 Consultation, you'll submit the first 30 pages of your feature or one-hour pilot script, and then have a 30-minute story notes call with the executive. They will help you boost your hook and refine your set up to make sure it is as strong as possible so readers HAVE to know what happens next.
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Matthew Ko is a New York City and Los Angeles based producer. Ko served as the Co-President of Tisch New Theatre where he produced Little Shop of Horrors at the Soho Playhouse and produced a benefit concert for the United Nations sponsored Good Chance Theatre. Ko has also worked with Scott Rudin Productions on various theatre (To Kill a Mockingbird, Three Tall Women, The Waverly Gallery, The Iceman Cometh) and film (Isle of Dogs, Lady Bird, Eighth Grade, Mid-90s) projects. He worked with A24 Films prior to producing the award-winning short film by Alex Ko, The Yellow Dress.
Before joining The Freddy Wexler Company, Ko was a Creative Executive for ACE Entertainment, founded by producer Matt Kaplan in 2017, ACE Entertainment is the creative force behind some of today’s most relevant content: the massive Netflix films TO ALL THE BOYS I'VE LOVED BEFORE, the Netflix romantic drama IRREPLACEABLE YOU, and SPONTANEOUS starring Katherine Langford. ACE has series in development with almost every major streamer including Netflix, Apple, Peacock, Amazon, and Freevee. Select series in development include THE OPPOSITE OF LONELINESS (based on the NYT bestselling novel) at Netflix, THORNS, a darkly comedic thriller with Daniel Dae Kim attached to star at Amazon, as well as EVERY LAST FEAR, a psychological thriller with Francis Lawrence set to direct at Apple. ACE also produces the reboot of ARE YOU AFRAID OF THE DARK for Paramount +, as well as XO, Kitty, a television spinoff of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, for Netflix.
After registering, you will receive instructions on how to submit your material in your order confirmation email. After submitting your material, please allow 3-4 weeks to receive proposed times for scheduling your call with the exec.
**Please note only features and one-hour pilots are eligible for First 30 Consultations. Half-Hour pilots are ineligible for First 30 Consultations.
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Questions? Email terra@roadmapwriters.com
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.