TFYC · @TFYCapitalists
23rd Aug 2016 from TwitLonger
Happy Birthday Vivian James
Happy Birthday Vivian James
Why are you writing something?
We took all the money, left over from the Scholarship Fund, as well as all the money from the poster sales. And we gave it to a Film School.
Why?
In Canada there are two types of Film School, one focuses on the study of film, another focuses on production of film. In production stream in the students 4th year they will make something called a Thesis film, which will their final project.
Now for some reason, Gamergate, and the people who were associated with the Scholarship fund, really hated Paul Feig’s Ghostbuster film. But they wanted to make it clear that it wasn’t because they didn’t want to see women in film, but because they felt that it was reusing an existing story, or rebooting an old idea.
To that point they were much more interested in films that had female main characters that were original, or a new intellectual property.
To celebrate Vivian James’s Birthday, all of the money we gave to the Film School, has been ear marked for an award every year for the next 4 years.
The award will be given to the student that chooses to create an original film with a female main character. The gender of the Direction, Writer, or Producer does not matter, but the main character must be a woman.
This film will go on to be played in festival and act as calling card for the film makers so they can create future productions.
FAQ
What’s the name of the Scholarship?
The Vivian James Film Award.
Why isn’t it called “Ghostbusters Sucks So We Made This Scholarship?”
Intellectual Property Laws.
Will the name of the award appear at the end of the credits?
If the director chooses it will appears at the end of the film as
“The Vivian James Award - Organized by The Fine Young Capitalists”
and include the picture of Vivian James used for all of our Scholarship projects.
Will this be last production that the Scholarship does?
Yes, probably part of the reason we gave away the money was for accounting reasons.
Where can I send emails to complain about this?
Admin@thefineyoungcapitalists.com
Can /v/, 8Chan, and Gamergate take credit for this?
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