FOR PRODUCTIONS
production consulting
THE SERVICE
MORE THAN CASTING
Productions regularly get community-rooted stories wrong — not because of bad intentions but because they are building narratives from the outside looking in. URA exists at the intersection of those communities and the industry, which is what makes our consulting uniquely valuable.
When you hire URA as a production consultant, you are not getting a diversity-trained executive providing checkbox feedback. You are getting Berenice Molina and a team with direct community experience providing specific, production-useful guidance that improves your project from script to screen.
CONSULTING AREAS
WHAT WE PROVIDE
Authenticity Consulting
URA provides full-production authenticity consulting for projects working with urban, street, or community-based narratives. This is not surface-level diversity advisory work — it is deep, experience-rooted feedback that impacts every department from casting to wardrobe to art direction.
Script Review & Story Feedback
Berenice Molina and the URA team review scripts for cultural accuracy, authentic representation, and harmful trope avoidance. We provide actionable notes, not just approval or rejection. Our feedback is direct and specific.
Dialogue & Language Coaching
Street dialogue, neighborhood-specific language, and culturally grounded vernacular require real expertise. URA can review and refine dialogue so that it reads as authentic rather than written by someone who has only read about the communities they are depicting.
Community Access & Trust-Building
For productions that need to film in or around communities URA knows well, we can facilitate access and provide the community trust that makes production in those environments possible. This is a relationship-based service that takes years to build and cannot be faked.
THE URA STANDARD
Our consulting output is not feel-good feedback. It is specific, critical, and rooted in real knowledge. We tell productions what is wrong and how to fix it — because getting it right matters more than avoiding an uncomfortable conversation.
SCRIPT REVIEW
WHAT WE LOOK AT IN A SCRIPT
Script review is one of URA’s most impactful consulting services. We review scripts from a lived-experience perspective that no research-based consulting firm can replicate. Our notes are specific, direct, and actionable.
- Dialogue accuracy for specific communities and time periods
- Cultural context and setting authenticity
- Wardrobe, slang, and behavioral accuracy
- Avoiding harmful or reductive narrative tropes
- Character motivation grounding in real cultural dynamics
- Location and neighborhood-specific authenticity
- Gang, law enforcement, and community dynamic accuracy
SCRIPT REVIEW
IDEAL PROJECTS
Urban Crime Drama
Productions set in Los Angeles neighborhoods depicting gang activity, law enforcement encounters, or community life.
Street-Level Stories
Films and series grounded in working-class or marginalized community experiences that require cultural accuracy to land with audiences.
Latinx & Black Narratives
Projects centering Black and Latinx characters, communities, and experiences that need to be told truthfully rather than through a studio filter.
Documentary & Reality
Non-fiction productions that need community access, trusted relationships, and cultural guidance to operate ethically and authentically.
Network & Streaming Drama
Major productions that have the resources to do representation right and want a partner who can ensure they do.