What is the most important factor in finding investors? Industry connections, critical response to your films, how much money they're making, how you present yourself on the internet?
A lot of people who decide to crowd fund will get money from friends and relatives, yes, but also a helluva lot from strangers (or people they don't know in real life).
I really don't think it would be impossible to raise $10k for your film from total strangers.
We will have to agree to disagree
Attorneys.What is the most important factor in finding investors?
I think he's inviting you to a toga party. Probably nudity at some point will be involved. Butt I could be wrong.I'm sorry I still don't understand saying...
Kickstarter searcH:
Joke and BIagio
Down and Dangerous
Man-Child / Ryan Koo
Let me know what you see.
Yup, but you've done your research and due dil on it, so you already know it's true.
Yes, that is 3 instances! Good job for posting that. I know a few more where the filmmaker was able to get $100,000+ based on randoms and fans.
Search: THANKSKILLING
I even pledged and I don't know the filmmakers.
However, those are rare occasions. For the common, average indie filmmaker on kickstarter, the majority of their pledges will be from family/friends.
It's only true for bands and pre-established artists.
Yes, that is 3 instances! Good job for posting that. I know a few more where the filmmaker was able to get $100,000+ based on randoms and fans.
Search: THANKSKILLING
I even pledged and I don't know the filmmakers.
@DeJager: You put together a solid campaign and you reached your goal. That's great. Obviously your experience was that most funders were friends and family and that's fair enough. Obviously everyone who does a campaign will look to friends and family first, because that's where the word reaches.
Obviously it's rare to be able to raise serious money from strangers. If it was easy everyone would do it and everyone would succeed. But the point that I would stress about crowd funding is to not be cynical about it. I know that some people on here have had good experiences with it, whilst others have had a really bad go at it. It's important to remember that it's not the system's fault if you fail to make your target, but the fault of the campaign.
Yes, there's an element of luck but all the successful campaigns market their products in a very similar way and they all have a massive social presence. I've donated to campaigns of people I know on Indietalk and people I know on Twitter. Imaginary friends who've convinced me to part with my cash just by being interesting.
It can be done
Why spend the thousands of dollars on a film when the artist doesn't think its their best work?
I would wait until my skill level was high enough before asking people for funding and investments, and I'm far from that.
Just wondering.
Sorry, this is like a side note. I heard Indiegogo.com lets you keep part of the money pledged if you miss your funding goal but with kickstarter.com you get $0 if you miss it by a buck. Anyone have an experience with this?
INdieGogo is good for projects sub 5K. Where that 5K probably isn't gonna make or break it, anyway.
Above 5K I feel like IndieGogo is the wrong platform to go with, because of the fact that if you don't raise your goal you still get to keep the money? Not a good incentive for those pledging.
INdieGogo is good for projects sub 5K. Where that 5K probably isn't gonna make or break it, anyway.
Above 5K I feel like IndieGogo is the wrong platform to go with, because of the fact that if you don't raise your goal you still get to keep the money? Not a good incentive for those pledging.
+1
What can you do with that $350 towards the project? You'll probably never be able to even print the t-shirt or DVD you promised at my pledge level. Kickstarter feels a lot more honest in that sense, and it's easier to donate. I'm not risking my money on something that will never get made.
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THis is exactly how most pledgers, no matter if they're filmmakers, family, strangers, demons (halloween spirit here) feel and that's why Kickstarter is more successful at the basic level.
Also, doing more than one campaign on multiple sites is pretty much shooting yourself in the foot to begin with.
Anyway, just my advice from having done a successful (but bad) one.