Have you ever just wanted to have fun and enjoy something, like a TV show, then some dickhead comes along and makes you feel like shit for loving it?

“I can’t believe you watch that.”
“That show is trash.”
“If you’re watching Star Wars for #Reylo then you’re not welcome here.”

"Shipping" comes from the word relationship. It's when fans want people (either real-life or fictional characters) to hook-up or be together.

The series SHIPPERS is a love letter to all the fans out there that enjoy a bit of romance in their pop culture, but as a result they are often called “hysterical”, “stupid”, or "pathetic". OR SOMETHING WORSE! The show deals with the struggles, shaming and double standards that fangirls face compared to fanboys. It’s cruel, there’s plenty of trolling, plus a healthy love of celebrities. 

And duh, it's about shipping! So, things get a little randy.

The series follows reclusive video editor AUBREY FICARA and confident YouTube reviewer TESE CROOME as they face the onslaught of comments and haters that comes with doing reaction videos online. It gets worse when some trash-bag journalist releases a video labeling them as “crazy stalker fans” that goes viral.

We've seen some wonderful fanboys on our screens, such as Sheldon Cooper, Seth Cohen, and Peter Parker. So we really want to share the shipper experience with fans. They’ve been belittled, told they’ve “misinterpreted” entire character arcs, had people mansplain to them what a “strong, independent female character” looks like (apparently they have to be ALONE) -- shippers are frequently ridiculed for enjoying romance in a story. 

So, we're here to show some love to the fandom who loves a bit of love on screen. 

This campaign is designed to help cover a portion of the total budget we need to make this series. We will hire about 30 cast and crew scheduled for 4 weeks of film, along with pulling in a lot of favours when it comes to gear hire, costumes and production design, plus doing some jobs ourselves for free, along with other production costs. 

If we can raise $5k from this campaign, it will go towards the $12,456AUD which is needed to cover the lunchtime catering costs for 30 cast and crew over 20 days. The total budget for the series is approximately $250K.

We've also budgeted to pay 4 fan-fiction writers $651AUD each to write a 2 page skit (screenplay format, using our lead characters) that depicts the fan experience. We'll film these and include them as part of our promotional rollout. We also want to include fan-art in the character's bedrooms, so we'll hire fan-artists to create original artworks that we can show in the series. 

Every $1 we raise from this campaign shows our film industry that fans and shippers are thirsty to see their experiences represented on the screen!