"stacked" was created and written by bryony ive as her first drama commission. feeling that there was a lack of drama films for young women, she decided she wanted to write a show for and about that demographic. following upon surveys she had read which indicated "63% of 15 to 19 year olds claimed that glamour modelling was their ideal profession", she decided to tackle the issue in a drama presentation. she sent her original script treatment to channel 4's 4talent pilot competition, received positive feedback in that her film was not set in a school, and expanded it to include more scenes set in the magazine offices. channel 4 then set her up with the brocken spectre independent production company to film the project. "stacked" became the very first drama film to be created through 4talent scotland's pilot scheme.