X-Factor Filmmakers
Published on Nov 18, 2015
Our First Year in Review: 2014
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
In 2014 we studied the film industry and fans of badass female entertainment
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...and discovered some eye-opening facts:
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Movies with strong female characters made $1.56 BILLION more than movies without strong ladies.
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Movies with female protagonists make 20% more on average than movies starring males.
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'The Hunger Games', 'Gone Girl', 'Orange is the New Black', 'The Heat', 'Scandal', 'Pretty Little Liars', 'Pitch Perfect', 'Gravity', 'Orphan Black' and 'Game of Thrones' all have badass ladies AND a combined 65 million Facebook followers.
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But still, just 15% of lead characters in Hollywood movies are female.
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WTF?
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We crave this entertainment and aren't getting enough of it...
So we built X-Factor Filmmakers.
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We're a Hollywood 2.0 studio allowing creators and fans to interact, consume and share original and curated badass female entertainment.
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This past year as a startup company we:
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Were accepted into
one of Boston's top incubators (the Venture Development Center) which takes on 5 teams a year and has a fundraising success rate of 93%.
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Gained 4 interns, 2 of which became official
X-Factor Filmmakers bloggers.
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Authored 230 blog posts at xfactorfilm.com
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...and used the word "BADASS " in 139 of them.
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...our top Tumblrer was our high school intern (nickname: 'High School')
Our email newsletter reached 584 subscribers.
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We brought on a 3rd
Co-founder from Los Angeles: Greta McAnany.
Co-founder/Filmmaker Lauren Tracy released our first feature film screenplay 'Sweet Desert Palm' online to positive reviews
REVIEWS
1. "...absorbing, tense, suspenseful, terrifying and emotional."
2. "Noa and Sienna have a really great chemistry..."
3. "I loved it!"
4. "The writer clearly has talent..."
Sweet Desert Palm gained three producers, 172 subscribers and completed its initial location scout.
Lauren started a weekly filmmaking vlog.
We snagged our 2nd original creator: Writer/Director Mara Tasker.
We're partnering with Mara to turn her grindhouse short film 'Sheila Scorned' into a feature - And we'll bring you behind-the-scenes along the way
In 2015 we'll introduce you to new creators and bring you MORE original and curated badass entertainment
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