Hey all -
So back in 1998, I accidentally invented crowdfunding for film.
This happened with a website I launched in late 1997 for my first feature "Foreign Correspondents". I was deep in the red, and needed finishing funds, so I turned to the Internet for help. I knew back then that I was the first-ever filmmaker to build his own website for a film, believe it or not (in 1997, there was still a lot of room for Internet firsts). What I didn't know was that, the moment I started receiving money from strangers through the site (forcor.com) in early 1998, I would also be the world's first crowdfunded filmmaker. (The term "crowdfunding" wouldn't even be coined until a few years later.)
I wound up raising $150,000 for "Foreign Correspondents" in 1998, and finished the film in early '99. And now here we are, many years later, and with a second feature ("Claustrophobia") now under my belt, I'm going back to crowdfunding to finance my third feature, the scary thriller/black comedy DIAL 9 TO GET OUT.
Please check out my Kickstarter page, which will give you plenty of information about the film and about my odd claim to fame, and will hopefully amuse you as well. Back it if you dare. Share it if you care. Everything helps!
The long link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marktapiokines/dial-9-to-get-out-a-horror-tinged-suspense-film
The short link:
http://kck.st/1fCnSOg
Thanks guys.
-Mark Tapio Kines
So back in 1998, I accidentally invented crowdfunding for film.
This happened with a website I launched in late 1997 for my first feature "Foreign Correspondents". I was deep in the red, and needed finishing funds, so I turned to the Internet for help. I knew back then that I was the first-ever filmmaker to build his own website for a film, believe it or not (in 1997, there was still a lot of room for Internet firsts). What I didn't know was that, the moment I started receiving money from strangers through the site (forcor.com) in early 1998, I would also be the world's first crowdfunded filmmaker. (The term "crowdfunding" wouldn't even be coined until a few years later.)
I wound up raising $150,000 for "Foreign Correspondents" in 1998, and finished the film in early '99. And now here we are, many years later, and with a second feature ("Claustrophobia") now under my belt, I'm going back to crowdfunding to finance my third feature, the scary thriller/black comedy DIAL 9 TO GET OUT.
Please check out my Kickstarter page, which will give you plenty of information about the film and about my odd claim to fame, and will hopefully amuse you as well. Back it if you dare. Share it if you care. Everything helps!
The long link:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/marktapiokines/dial-9-to-get-out-a-horror-tinged-suspense-film
The short link:
http://kck.st/1fCnSOg
Thanks guys.
-Mark Tapio Kines