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X-Factor Filmmakers

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Our First Year in Review: 2014

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

X-FACTOR FILMMAKERS

2014: A YEAR IN REVIEW
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In 2014 we studied the film industry and fans of badass female entertainment

...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.

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.

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%.

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')

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Our email newsletter reached 584 subscribers.

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We curated 50 badass staff-picked movies and
TV shows.

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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

Become a fan at www.xfactorfilm.com

THANKS FOR A BADASS YEAR

FOUNDERS LAUREN TRACY, RICK TRACY & GRETA MCANANY
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