MONTH FIVE!
IN FIVE MONTHS,
United States Canada United Kingdom Australia Ireland New Zealand Sweden France Italy India Romania Spain Germany Japan Poland Israel
South Africa Switzerland Brazil Hong Kong Luxembourg Russian FederaQon ArgenQna Austria Belgium Denmark Lichtenstein
Netherlands
Portugal Singapore
Taiwan United Arab Emirates
US Virgin Islands 3651 SCREENPLAYS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED TO THE BLACK LIST WEBSITE!
FROM 34 COUNTRIES AND ALL 50 STATES.!
2968 172 144 79 16 11 9 8 8 6 6 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 California New York Illinois Texas New Jersey Florida Virginia MassachuseFs Colorado Pennsylvania Oregon Maryland Washington Ohio ConnecMcut Nevada Arizona Minnesota Georgia 1314 343 99 99 90 82 76 75 65 55 50 42 42 36 35 35 34 33 31 Louisiana 28 Missouri 27 Alabama 24 Wisconsin
24 Michigan 23 North Carolina 23 Hawaii 20 Utah 18 District of Columbia 17 Rhode Island 15 South Carolina
13 Tennessee
13 Idaho 10 Indiana 9 Kentucky 9 Maine 9 New Mexico 6 Oklahoma 5 Iowa 4 Arkansas 3 Montana 3 South Dakota 3 Delaware 2 New Hampshire 2 North Dakota 2 West Virginia 2 Wyoming 2 Alaska 1 Kansas 1 Mississippi
1 Vermont 1 THE MEAN OF ALL RATINGS OF UPLOADED SCRIPTS IS
WITH A STANDARD DEVIATION OF
5.35!
1.70 !
THE MEAN FOR THE EIGHT MOST RATED MAJOR GENRES VARIES BETWEEN
5.15 AND 5.66!
± 1 standard deviaMon Standard deviaMon = 1.70 1000 OVERALL!
750 500 250 0 1 2 3 4 DRAMA!
5 6 Mean = 5.35 COMEDY!
7 MYSTERY & SUSPENSE!
8 9 ACTION & ADVENTURE!
400 400 400 400 200 200 200 200 0 0 10 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean = 5.65 Standard DeviaMon = 1.69 Mean = 5.15 Standard DeviaMon = 1.69 Mean = 5.60 Standard DeviaMon = 1.74 Mean = 5.49 Standard DeviaMon = 1.70 HORROR!
ROMANCE!
SCI-FI & FANTASY!
FAMILY!
400 400 400 400 200 200 200 200 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Mean = 5.27 Standard DeviaMon = 1.76 Mean = 5.24 Standard DeviaMon = 1.73 Mean = 5.34 Standard DeviaMon = 1.78 Mean = 5.66 Standard DeviaMon = 1.59 MEAN COMPONENT RATINGS RANGED FROM
4.71 (PLOT) TO 5.60 (PREMISE)!
PREMISE!
PLOT!
1000 1000 500 500 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mean = 5.60 Standard DeviaMon = 1.63 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mean = 4.71 Standard DeviaMon = 1.79 CHARACTERS!
8 9 10 8 9 10 DIALOGUE!
1000 1000 500 500 0 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mean = 5.15 Standard DeviaMon = 1.86 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Mean = 5.08 Standard DeviaMon = 1.85 85.3% of scripts w/ 2 or more paid ratings had a standard error of mean ≤1!
95.9% of scripts w/ 2 or more paid ratings had an SEM ≤1.5 (e.g. [6,9],[8,8,2],[3,5,8])!
100.0% of 131 scripts w/ 4 or more paid ratings had an SEM ≤1.5!
100.0% 50.0% 0.0% 2 evals 3 evals 4 evals 5 evals 5+ evals 0.0-­‐0.5 0.51-­‐1 1.01-­‐1.5 1.51-­‐2 # of scripts with X SEM >2 Standard error of mean calculated by dividing the standard deviaMon of a script’s raMngs by the square root of the # of raMngs. 4931 downloads of uploaded scripts have occurred by industry professionals since launch. !
1400 1162 1200 # OF SCRIPTS WITH X iNDUSTRY DOWNLOADS!
1000 800 600 213 400 118 200 47 9 >20 >50 0 >=1 >5 >10 Within major genres,!
War, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, and Drama overindex in industry downloads.!
Romance, Animation, and Western underindex in industry downloads.!
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Animated # of industry professional downloads 600 Drama War 500 Mystery & Suspense Western Family 400 AcMon & Adventure Sci-­‐Fi & Fantasy 300 Comedy 200 Horror 100 Romance 0 0 250 500 # of unique scripts uploaded 750 1000 ≥2 RATINGS, THE AVERAGE SCRIPT RATING IS 5.41 !
38% OF INDUSTRY DOWNLOADS ARE FOR SCRIPTS WITH AN AVERAGE RATING >7.0!
69.9% ARE FOR SCRIPTS WITH AN AVERAGE RATING ≥6.5!
83.8% ARE FOR SCRIPTS WITH AN AVERAGE RATING ≥6.0!
AMONGST ALL SCRIPTS WITH
Days on the Site 150 100 50 0 0 2 4 Y-­‐Value >7.5 1 6 Average RaQng Series2 Series3 >6.5 >7.0 8 Series4 <6.5 10 ACTION & ADVENTURE!
Slightly overindexes in industry interest.!
Romantic Adventure and Swashbucklers do as well.!
Sword & Sandals and Comic Book & Super Heroes most underindex.!
# of industry professional downloads 250 MarMal Arts/Samurai AcMon Thriller Swashbucklers Sword & Sandals 200 Comic Book & Super Heroes 150 RomanMc Adventure AcMon Comedy 100 50 0 0 250 # of unique scripts uploaded Romantic Adventure (5.86) and Swashbuckers (5.85) have the highest mean ratings.!
Martial Arts/Samurai (5.27) and Comic Book & Super Heroes (5.03) !
have the lowest mean ratings.!
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75 50 25 0 AcMon Thriller AcMon Comedy RomanMc Adventure Sword & Sandal Comic Book & Super Heroes Swashbucklers MarMal Arts/Samurai 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 RaMngs DistribuMon 8 9 10 COMEDY!
Underindexes in industry interest.!
Musical Comedies, Sex Comedies, and Romantic Comedies do as well.!
Spoof/Parodies and Comedy Thrillers overindex, however.!
Dark Comedy # of industry professional downloads Musical Comedy 100 DramaMc Comedy Sports Comedy Spoof/Parody Comedy Thriller RomanMc Comedy Heist/Caper Comedy 50 Sci-­‐Fi Fantasy / Comedy Family Comedy Sex Comedy 0 0 50 100 150 # of unique scripts uploaded Sports Comedy (5.82) and Heist/Caper Comedy (5.77) have the highest mean ratings.!
Musical Comedy (4.93) and Sex Comedy (5.03) have the lowest mean ratings.!
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75 50 25 0 RomanMc Comedy DramaMc Comedy Dark Comedy Family Comedy Sex Comedy Sci-­‐Fi/Fantasy Comedy Spoof/Parody Sports Comedy Comedy Thriller Heist/Caper Comedy Musical Comedy 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s RaMngs DistribuMon 8s 9s 10s DRAMA!
Overindexes in industry interest.!
Sports Dramas, Coming-of-Age, and Crime Drama do as well.!
Period Dramas and Courtroom Dramas underindex, however.!
Coming-­‐of-­‐Age # of industry professional downloads 200 Courtroom Drama 150 Musical Drama Crime Drama Sports Drama 100 Gangster 50 Adventure Drama Family Drama Period Drama PoliMcal Drama 0 0 50 100 150 # of unique scripts uploaded Political Drama (6.79) and Musical Drama (6.46) have the highest mean ratings.!
Gangster (4.96) and Courtroom Drama (5.14) have the lowest mean ratings.!
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75 50 25 0 Coming-­‐of-­‐Age Crime Drama Period Drama Family Drama Adventure Drama PoliMcal Drama Gangster Sports Drama Musical Drama Courtroom Drama 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s RaMngs DistribuMon 8s 9s 10s HORROR!
Slightly underindexes in industry interest.!
Sci-Fi Horror and Occult do so particularly.!
Nature Gone Wild, Horror Comedy, and Gothic Horror overindex, however.!
# of industry professional downloads 60 Supernatural Thriller Horror Comedy Alien Invasion Monsters Nature Gone Wild 40 Gothic Horror Slashers & Psychos 20 Ghosts & Haunts Sci-­‐Fi Horror Occult 0 0 25 # of unique scripts uploaded 50 75 Slashers & Psychos (5.84) and Gothic Horror (5.82) have the highest mean ratings.!
Ghosts & Haunts (4.50) and Occult (4.80) have the lowest mean ratings.!
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30 15 0 Supernatural Thriller Horror Comedy Sci-­‐Fi Horror Monsters Slashers & Psychos Gothic Horror Occult Ghosts & Haunts Nature Gone Wild Alien Invasion 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s RaMngs DistribuMon 8s 9s 10s MYSTERY & SUSPENSE!
Slightly overindexes in industry interest.!
Political Thriller, Spy, and Crime Thriller do so particularly.!
Film Noir and Psychological Thriller underindex, however.!
# of industry professional downloads Crime Thriller Spy 150 EroMc Thriller 100 Sci-­‐Fi Thriller PoliMcal Thriller Psychological Thriller DetecMve Film 50 Film Noir 0 0 50 100 # of unique scripts uploaded Political Thriller (6.86) and Spy (6.50) have the highest mean ratings.!
Erotic Thriller (5.00) and Sci-Fi Thriller (5.58) have the lowest mean ratings.!
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60 30 0 Crime Thriller Psychological Thriller Sci-­‐Fi Thriller PoliMcal Thriller Film Noir DetecMve Film Spy EroMc Thriller 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s RaMngs DistribuMon 8s 9s 10s ROMANCE!
Significantly underindexes in industry interest.!
Romantic Fantasy and Romantic Drama do so particularly.!
Musical Romance overindexes, however.!
RomanMc Drama # of industry professional downloads 30 Musical Romance RomanMc Fantasy 15 RomanMc Epic 0 0 30 60 # of unique scripts uploaded Musical Romance (6.20) and Romantic Epic (6.00) have the highest mean ratings.!
Romantic Fantasy (5.11) and Romantic Drama (5.58) have the lowest mean ratings.!
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30 15 0 RomanMc Drama RomanMc Fantasy Musical Romance RomanMc Epic 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s RaMngs DistribuMon 8s 9s 10s S C I - F I & FA N TA S Y !
Overindexes in industry interest.!
All subgenres overindex as well.!
# of industry professional downloads 75 Mythological Psychological Sci-­‐Fi 50 Sword & Sorcery Sci-­‐Fi Disaster Films 25 Prehistoric Fantasy 0 0 10 20 30 # of unique scripts uploaded Sword & Sorcery (6.13) and Psychological Sci-Fi (5.95) have the highest mean ratings.!
Prehistoric Fantasy (4.25) has the lowest mean ratings.!
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15 10 5 0 Sci-­‐Fi Disaster Films Psychological Sci-­‐Fi Mythological Sword and Sorcery Prehistoric Fantasy 1s 2s 3s 4s 5s 6s 7s RaMngs DistribuMon 8s 9s 10s RELATIVE FREQUENCY OF WORDS IN USER SUBMITTED LOGLINES !
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