EQUIPOISEKYLE BELL, RACHEL MEREDITH, WILL CHANDLER, GEORGE GREGORY, RACHEL RAPER

OUR CAUSEOur reason driving this project is a belief in equality:

Equal treatment Equal representation Equal opportunity

"We’re viewed as equals — but we’re still not there yet. [...] The challenge for our girls, I think, is

dealing with that resistance. How can we lift and defuse it, how do we

make it so our equality is not so threatening? Our girls are going to

have to contend with that. I contend with it right now in every realm I

operate in.“ – Meryl Streep

“To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women […]”– Patricia Arquette

3 STEP PLANi. To Engage

ii. To Educate/Collaborate

iii. To Exhibit/Celebrate

Fuel The Debate

Encourage Talent

Promote Existing Work

WORKSHOPS It is very important to engage minds as early as possible and get

them enthusiastic about our cause Encouraging girls to participate in the project will make them more

likely to want to carry on with film into their careers, and help to make the balance more equal

INSTITUTIONS Leeds City college Bradford College Leeds College of Art Leeds Trinity University of Bradford University of Leeds

WHY? These people are the next generation of filmmakers 16-21 for the workshops Everyone for the Festival

Each of us will take a workshop with one of the groups We will encourage them to be female led with female centric stories 3 to 4 minute films with our help to edit We are hoping for around 5 students per group

WHAT?

THE OUTCOME The outcome for the students will be having their films screened at

a festival They will also be getting professional experience They hopefully be able to talk with professional filmmakers who are

also passionate about getting women more involved in the film industry

CONTRIBUTORS Motivational talks/speeches

Sexism Overcoming obstacles Difficulties Positives Outcomes of working in the industry

4 women in the film industry Linda Ruth Williams Ilana Garrard Jeanie Finlay Marysia Trembecka

LINDA RUTH WILLIAMS Linda Ruth Williams Professor of Film Studies in the

School of Humanities at the University of Southampton

Special interests include sexuality and censorship in cinema and literature, women in film, psychoanalytic theory and D. H. Lawrence.

ILANA GARRARD Ilana Garrard Camera/Steadicam Operator working

in London Works mainly on Documentaries in

the UK

JEANIE FINLAY Jeanie Finlay Documentary Filmmaker based UK

midlands Won 2 awards Nominated for 3 Member of WFTV

MARYSIA TREMBECKA Marysia Trembecka Actor/Musician/Singer trained in

London, Los Angeles and New York, main instrument is the jazz bass guitar

Member of WFTV

BUDGET Expenditures:

Venues Distribution Guest Speakers Transport

Revenue: Tickets Download Sales DVD Sales Sponsorship Indiegogo

EXPENDITURES

Everyman Cinema- £10337 West Yorkshire Playhouse- £7200 Guest Speakers- £560 Transport- £240 DVD Distribution- £15 Per 100 DVDs Total- £18337

REVENUE BFI- £5000 Tickets- £20 Per Person- 200 People= £4000 Downloads- £5 Per Download- Estimate 200 People= £1000 DVDs- £7 Per DVD- Estimate 200 People= £1400 Kickstarter- £5000 Target Sponsorships- £5000, From:

Leeds City Council Yorkshire Post EE Visit Leeds Leeds BID

WHY CROWDFUNDING IS IMPORTANTMoney from out crowdfunding campaign will help towards: Locations Guest speakers Transport

PERKS £1 – Thank You! £5 – Social Media Shoutout £10 – Badges/Wristbands £15 – Digital Download £25 –Credited £30 – Picture Credit £40 – DVD £50 – Tickets £75 – Tote bag of goodies £100 – VIP £150 – In the documentary £200 – Executive Producer

Keep it central, keep it focussed. “Create a list of interesting people to follow, say interesting things yourself and watch your account grow and grow”

(Grove, 2015)

Q and A's, Promotion videos for crowdfunding campaigns, Trailers, Production Stories, Vlogging

Grove, E. (2015) Social Media for Filmmakers: Start with the Basics. [Internet] Available from http://www.raindance.org/social-media-for-filmmakers-start-with-the-basics/ [Accessed 3rd December 2015]

A contender for a strong central hub, but due to it’s ever-growing complicated sections, it’s potentially falling out of favour for marketing/word spread

ANY QUESTIONS?