Spike Lee On Raising Money For A Movie - [FULL INTERVIEW] 

Spike is a legend. I tell people: always be talented. always be creative. always be nice to people. always be focused. always be respectful to fans. always be humble. always be sincere.

spike lee is a true inspiration. I hope the films on my channel will one day be as visually pleasing as a spike lee film.

When I first started my film career Spike lee was the best and still is today ! Thanks Mr Lee

Crowd funding will let you know how popular and loved you are. It can be a humbling thing. It's all about preparation, the transparency of the campaign, the story, the passion of the filmmaker and attached talent. Everyone has the right to do a campaign. Good luck. - Tony Clomax Filmmaker.

I'd give him $1000, but if the movie succeeds, I won't be able to share in any profits. That's my issue with Kickstarter.

I don't think the interview was supposed to be primarily about his alleged ~"misuse"~ of KickStarter (which, what? Who said he couldn't/shouldn't use it? And why not?) but it seemed to be all that Spike could talk about or felt like talking about.

I like Spike and he's been in the trenches for a long time. BUT celebrity status on Kickstarter does have more of an influence over some unknown with no track record or proven ability from the view of the random pledger. More people are apt to want to be a part of a celeb. BUT with that said, it's up to YOU and your network. Your family and friends. Who You are loved by or are famous with...So I'd say on that level it's fair playing field. No one is in competition. That's what's great about it. If anything you are in competition with yourself. But having a fan, following, or network IS the definition of social media and one's success.

Awesome interview

This is some advice I would give for anyone. Start a RU-vid channel related to your niche of film. Example if you want to be a horror film producer start a channel talking about horror elements or breakdown horror films. You want to create your own hero movie ? Start a channel talking about hero’s review comic books etc. grow your audience there it can either turn into a source of income or you can do crowed funding and have an established fan base to convert.

That's why this is going to kill the soul of KS. Most KS projects the backer gets something in proportion to their backing. More widgets, sprockets or whatever. Plays get you signed posters, free tickets, your name worked into the script etc. If he wants funding he can ask for investors, but they will want a cut of the profits. It's a business that's how it works. He is working around the system, if the film is great he gets to keep all the profit. I'd back a good movie for a cut of the profits.

Very inspiring!

True visionary...

Excellent advice

Is Spike's memory going? He seems to be a bit scatterbrained here.

where can I find this full interview ?

i once lent spike some money and never saw it again. 😒

In this video he said he gave out over 200,000, on the bloomberg video he said over 300,000. He also gave the year he started giving out money as 1989. So for 200k that's 8333.33 per year, at 300k that's 12500.00 a year. His first movie make 7 million (from his bloomberg video). So giving out 300,000 in 24 years should get him a 1.2 million dollar return? Plus any profits from this movie. Damn that's a good investment strategy... Just another person vying for the soul/pocket books of America.

Thee most encouraging interview I've ever seen. The 1st is always the hardest.

Awesome

Spike one of the best

Great series with Spike Lee guys, thanks for putting them up so quick

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