I have a Screenplay in place for a Short Film regarding Mental Health. Now, I estimate the Project will cost roughly £3000 to make...How have people approached (yes I made a similar but les informative thread the other day which you should ignore) Crew and Cast to see if they will come on board, even though, you are at the 'raising money stage'...or do you go ahead with your campaign, and approach cast and crew when the money is in place?????
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What you need are Letters of Intent. Contact them with your pitch, send them the script or a single page, whatever they'd like then if they would be willing to work on it (if it were funded) ask they provide you with a Letter of Intent.
This says they'll work on the film if the funding comes through. It may even include a rough price at which they'll work on the film for. Then you can show that you have cast attached without wasting their time.
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Letters of Intent are common use in bigger budgets when trying to find cast for movies in order to prove value of pitch. If the project fails to fund, no big deal. You can even call A-list actor's agents and they'll humor your pitch, mainly because it's how an agent gets paid is getting their client work. If you can get the funding, they don't really care who you are, the talent might though.
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I like to see some crew on Kickstarters, something along the lines of a Producer, Director, Director of Photography, AD, UPM, kind of above the line positions that show you can actually make this with a crew. (I NEVER CONSIDER BACKING A JACK OF ALL TRADES)
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Join this group. These are thousands of people who have raised countless millions on Kickstarter and can tell you the format of a successful Kickstarter, you can even show them their preview for a critique.
This says they'll work on the film if the funding comes through. It may even include a rough price at which they'll work on the film for. Then you can show that you have cast attached without wasting their time.
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Letters of Intent are common use in bigger budgets when trying to find cast for movies in order to prove value of pitch. If the project fails to fund, no big deal. You can even call A-list actor's agents and they'll humor your pitch, mainly because it's how an agent gets paid is getting their client work. If you can get the funding, they don't really care who you are, the talent might though.
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I like to see some crew on Kickstarters, something along the lines of a Producer, Director, Director of Photography, AD, UPM, kind of above the line positions that show you can actually make this with a crew. (I NEVER CONSIDER BACKING A JACK OF ALL TRADES)
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/KickstarterBestPractices/
Join this group. These are thousands of people who have raised countless millions on Kickstarter and can tell you the format of a successful Kickstarter, you can even show them their preview for a critique.
Yeah, totally agree with SkyCopeland.
Also, it can be beneficial to you to already have a lot of people (cast and crew) attached to a project; as the more people attached to it, the more people willing to push and share the Crowdfuning campaign.
Also, it can be beneficial to you to already have a lot of people (cast and crew) attached to a project; as the more people attached to it, the more people willing to push and share the Crowdfuning campaign.