You might know how to make a movie but sales isn't your strong suit.
What is the movie about? You have 3 seconds. Go! Pitch the movie to the audience. Write a short synopsis that tells the audience what they need to know and hooks them. Open with that.
Where is the trailer? People expect a...
Based on his website and the linked in page, seems to me that he is just a high school kid who doesn't know how banking and crowdfunding work.
You aren't going to get a 25 million dollar business loan without a multimillion dollar collateral.
You aren't going to make 8K dollars on Kick Starter...
"We've all been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off."
-Tyler Durden, Fight Club
Here's a copy of my ID.
Why can't you just get a letter of intent or something from the investors and use that to secure a loan from a bank and then hire an entertainment lawyer?
Legal notice: I'm not a lawyer and I generally know nothing about anything.
because it's not actually filmed at a NYC subway station and anyone who is not a New Yorker won't tell the difference?
The scene is actually probably filmed somewhere in Eastern Europe or Russia to take advance of cheaper locations and tax initiatives.
So you want to know the amperage (the amount of current drawn)? 800 watts is the power. P=VI. P=power, V=voltage, I=amperage.
I=P/V (pluck the numbers into this formula)
P=800W
V=the outlet voltage in NZ (in volts)
I=the amount of current drawn in amps
Being "cinematic" is more about what's in the image (art direction, location, costumes etc.) and how those elements are composed and lit than it is the about the contrast properties of the image.