Don’t Sleep on Headless
Hey everybody. Real talk time. If you want @shipwreckedcomedy to be able to keep making stuff, if you want to support female/POC indie creators, you need to watch Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story. We NEED you to watch and share it.
Headless is it for us. We pulled out all the stops for this. This show cost us a quarter of a mil to make (thanks to you!). The four of us at Shipwrecked paid ourselves none of that. We’ve worked on this show for three years now. This is what we gambled on.
The response to the show thus far has been so positive, and we’re so happy! But even for the small channel that we are, and even with the INCREDIBLE cast who gave their time to be a part of this project, the views we’ve been getting on this show are fewer than we hoped.
I remember a few weeks into The Lizzie Bennet Diaries, Hank Green made a vlog talking about how the show wouldn’t be sustainable if it didn’t start getting more views. And it really helped! And that’s where we’re at. We can’t keep doing this if we don’t grow.
Don’t get me wrong, we are going to continue to put out Headless until Halloween and make it the absolute best show we can. But if we can’t grow as a company, we can’t keep making shows like this. It just isn’t sustainable for us.
We really thought this was gonna be the one to do it. We thought this was gonna be the thing to take us from small creators with less than 50K subscribers and a handful of views to a real, bona-fide channel with reach and influence that pulls the kind of viewership on our projects to match the amount of work we put into them. And I think it can be! It looks good enough to be on any streaming network. It makes me laugh every thirty seconds. But we are a small group and we NEED word of mouth for this show to succeed.
Shipwrecked is primarily female-run, making narrative content in a space where other (more successful) creators are predominantly male. I’m sorry to harp on this, but I can’t help but feel like we have to work so much harder to get the same amount (or a fraction) of attention.
The episodes we have yet to come in this show are so wild, so wacky, so Intense, and so heartfelt. SO many people put their hearts and souls into this show. I believe it can catch fire and become one of the most successful digital series out there. But WE NEED YOU TO WATCH IT.
The story we have playing out over the next few weeks is Shipwrecked at its most Shipwrecked. We have some surprises and reveals up our sleeves that I think you are really going to love. More than anything, we love unfolding a big story over a period of time and bringing people along for the ride. I’m so excited for you all to see what we have in store, and I promise you are going to want to do what you can to experience it in real time.
It’s free. It’s fun. It’s spooky. It’s funny. If you want Shipwrecked to be able to continue to make shows like this - original content, inspired by literature, with a mysterious twist and fresh humor - help us make Headless a success. We need you to take us there - we can’t do it on our own. ♥️💀🎃
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Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story | Episode 1: The Local Legend
Sean Persaud as Ichabod Crane
Jon Cozart as Diedrich Knickerbocker
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obsessed with the nerdy science teacher and his ghost bard boyfriend
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go watch headless on youtbe rn i dare you
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In need of something spooky but also funny this Halloween season? Love A Series of Unfortunate Events or Pushing Daisies? Want a new take on a well-known classic?
May I recommend Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story by Shipwrecked Comedy - airing now for free on YouTube. It’s a modern reimagining of Washington Irving’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow that puts Ichabod Crane and The Headless Horseman together as roommates, searching for the Horseman’s lost head.
In addition to being chock-full of internet faves like Jon Cozart (Paint), Matt Mercer, Ginny Di, Krystina Arielle, Joanna Sotomura, Lauren Lopez, The Tin Can Brothers, and more, it’s independently produced, beautifully shot and scored, hilarious and just spooky and mysterious enough to scratch your seasonal Halloween content itch.
Shipwrecked consistently puts new, imaginative spins on classic tales, and if you would like to see Hollywood produce more original content rather than just churn out more reboots and sequels, please take the time to watch, support, and share the sort of content that Shipwrecked Comedy creates. If you loved Edgar Allan Poe’s Murder Mystery Dinner Party, you’re sure to enjoy Headless.
So don’t wait! Catch up with Headless: A Sleepy Hollow Story today. Only a few more episodes before the finale airs on Halloween.
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I mean you got me to watch and you KNOW HOW HARD IT IS FOR ME TO START THINGS
But yes please watch headless my boy deserves all the love
I KNOW AND I LOVE IT SO MUCH!!
And to anyone reading this, PLEASE SAVE A BARD FROM BEING LOCKED OUT IN THE COLD AND WATCH "HEADLESS: A SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY".
Don't be like Baltus.
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