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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 5

Its director stated on the record that "first and foremost, I wanted to make a UFO horror film, And then of course it's like, where is the iconic Black UFO film" 1. Its director stated on the record that "it's about taking up that space, It's about existing, It's about acknowledging the people who were erased in the journey to get here" 2. Its director stated on the record that "i wrote it in a time when we were a little bit worried about the future of cinema, So the first thing I knew is I wanted to create a spectacle… the great Ameri…" 3. Its narrative-universality assessment registers 8 of 10 4. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 15 of 100 5. Relative to the expected cast make-up for its production origin, on-screen representation registers above the baseline for Black and mixed-heritage and below it for White and Hispanic 6.

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    Creator statementdirector: "First and foremost, I wanted to make a UFO horror film. And then of course it's like, where is the iconic Black UFO film?"CBS News interview, 2022 source ↗
  2. 2
    Creator statementdirector: "It's about taking up that space. It's about existing. It's about acknowledging the people who were erased in the journey to get here."GQ interview, quoted in TIME, 2022 source ↗
  3. 3
    Creator statementdirector: "I wrote it in a time when we were a little bit worried about the future of cinema. So the first thing I knew is I wanted to create a spectacle… the great American UFO story."TIME Magazine interview, July 2022 source ↗
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    Narrative universalityNarrative universality 8 of 10; identity centrality incidental.WhatSphere content assessment. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
  5. 5
    Content balanceAdvocacy 15 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1. Narrative universality 8/10 -> advocacy signal 22
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    RepresentationRepresentation vs production-origin baseline: Black 86, mixed-heritage 73, White 7, Hispanic 33.WhatSphere representation model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceYoung MenYoung Men81
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
81
Young Women
26
Older Men
74
Older Women
19
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Audience Representation

White
7
Black
86
Hispanic
33
Asian
56
South Asian
46
Middle Eastern
48
Indigenous
48
Mixed
73
Other
48
LGBTQ+
0

Faithfulness

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Advocacy

Advocacy15
Entertainment

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Synopsis

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

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Cast & Crew

Jake Cavallo (director) · Liz Tan (director)