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The creative pipeline
your DTC brand
is missing.

— Synopsis

Strategy, creative direction, and a content engine that compounds. On-site, remote-directed, or hybrid. Built around how your channels actually perform — paid, organic, or both.

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Trusted By
  • A24
  • Amazon Prime Video
  • Audiio
  • Back Bone Society
  • Dim Mak Records
  • ISSA
  • Jockey
  • Masterclass
  • McComb Orthodontics
  • Sambazon
  • Spinning
The Pattern

You don't have a marketing problem.
You have a creative pipeline problem.

The team is fine. The strategy is fine. The product is fine. What's broken is the system that was supposed to keep producing — the one that used to deliver, and no longer does.

/01

The Execution Trap

You have the ideas. Producing them is the wall.

You've got the scripts, the angles, the messaging. What you don't have is the time, the team, or the system to actually ship them. So they sit in a Google Doc while your competitors keep posting.

/02

The Polish Gap

You're shipping content. It doesn't look the way your brand should.

Freelancers, in-house attempts, founder-shot iPhone clips — it gets out the door, but it doesn't earn the trust your product asks for. There's no creative direction, no system, no compounding. You're winging it.

/03

The Performance Decline

What used to work isn't working anymore.

The same ads on the same channels don't move the needle. Organic that printed money has flattened. You don't need more of the same creative — you need new angles, new offers, and a system that adapts when the old one stops delivering.

The Deliverable

Three months in.
This is what exists
that did not exist before.

Not a process diagram. Deliverables. What's on your drive, in your ad account, and on your feed 90 days from the kick-off call.

Phase IThe System
01

The System.

  • Brand, audience, and competitive immersion complete.
  • Content system designed around how your audience actually engages — paid, organic, or both.
  • Script and shot list locked for your first content day.
  • Go / no-go call to confirm the plan before any camera turns on.
Phase IIThe Content
02

The Content.

  • One content day shot — on-site, remote-directed, or hybrid.
  • 20–30 pieces of content delivered platform-ready.
  • Short-form video, ad creative, organic social, brand assets.
  • All final assets delivered platform-ready, owned by you forever.
Phase IIIThe Compound
03

The Compound.

  • Performance data reviewed against your paid + organic channels.
  • Winners identified and packaged for distribution at scale.
  • Next quarter's content system updated on what actually converted.
  • You stop being the bottleneck.
Book a Strategy Call 30 min · You leave with a content-day plan
The Deal

Three ways
to start.

Content needs time to compound — but not every brand starts in the same place. Three engagement shapes, dialed on the call.

30-Day

Funnel Engine

For brands where the funnel or offer needs to work before content scales. Flat fee, no commitment beyond 30 days. You leave with the funnel asset, the creatives, and the tracking data either way — and a debrief on what's working, what isn't, and what to do next.

Custom

Project-Based

For brands with a specific deliverable in mind — a launch film, a campaign shoot, a product photography day. Custom scope, custom timeline. Scoped on the call.

Is It Right For You?

We're selective about
who we work with.

Great work comes from real partnerships. Storyforma isn't the cheapest option, and we're not trying to be. We work with brands that understand the difference between making content and building a creative system that compounds.

You're a good fit if
  • You've outgrown freelancers and need a system that compounds.
  • You value both brand quality and performance.
  • You want a strategic partner, not another content vendor.
×We're not the right fit if
  • You're looking for the cheapest option.
  • You just need basic filming, no strategy.
  • You want to micromanage every creative decision.
The Work

What the system
actually ships.

Three engagements.
Real numbers.

Quarterly·Content Engine 01 / 03

Back Bone
Society.

A full quarter of content from a single content day. DTC clothing — editorial-grade output on a quarterly cadence.
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Funnel Engine+Creative 02 / 03

Total Body
Experts.

204 commercial leads at $12.09 CPL. $12,400 closed in 3 weeks. Fitness equipment — B2B + B2C ad creative.
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Funnel Engine+Creative 03 / 03

Amirian
Home.

289 leads + ~$16,000 in confirmed sales in a single month. Luxury tile — cold start on paid DMs.
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View Case Studies → 3 engagements · 3 industries · Real numbers
About

Run by one person,
operated from LA.

Storyforma is run by Gianluca Piovani. 15+ years in film and video production, with credits on campaigns for A24, Masterclass, and Amazon Prime Video.

Operated from LA. Engagements run on-site (we shoot with our team in LA or fly to your location), remote-directed (we direct your in-house team or a crew we hire in your city), or hybrid.

FAQs

Five things
we get asked most.

/ 01
Do I need to be in LA?
No. Storyforma runs three production modes: on-site (we shoot with our team in LA or fly to your location), remote-directed (we direct your in-house team or a crew we hire in your city), or hybrid. We handle creative direction, scripts, and edits from LA regardless of where the camera is.
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/ 02
Do you only work with DTC, or also B2B?
Both. The system applies to any brand where creative is the bottleneck and the offer is high-ticket enough to justify the engagement — DTC product, premium local services, B2B with a visual product. Total Body Experts (B2B + B2C fitness equipment, $12,400 closed in three weeks) is one of our active case studies. Same system, different category. The disqualifier isn't B2B vs DTC — it's whether your creative pipeline is what's actually slowing you down.
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/ 03
What's the difference between Funnel Engine and Content Engine?
Funnel Engine builds the funnel and the creatives that run on top of it — for brands whose ads aren't converting yet, whose offer needs sharpening, or who want a working acquisition channel before scaling content. Content Engine produces a quarter of platform-ready content from one content day — for brands whose funnel is working but whose creative supply is the bottleneck. Most clients eventually use both.
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How do you handle scripts and creative direction?
Both are handled by Storyforma. Pre-production includes brand immersion, audience research, and competitive review — then scripts and shot lists are written, reviewed with you, and locked before any camera turns on. You approve the plan in writing before production begins.
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What happens after the strategy call?
If it's a fit, you get a written scope and a start date. If it's not, you get an honest "not a fit" and a referral when we have one. The call itself is useful either way.
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Get Started

Strategy. Direction.
Production.
The pipeline runs.
You stop being the bottleneck.

30 minutes. We look at your current creative stack. We tell you what we see — what's working, what's leaking, what's worth producing next. You stop being the only person who can ship creative.

Book a Strategy Call
30 min · No deck · No pitch
On Platform

What gets shipped
when the system runs.

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