The best way is to have a RU-vid channels for a while and talk about your movie show pics and build your channel then talk about your crowd funding then lunch it live. Give them things like sign photo of the cast poster and stuff.. I see many ppl crowd funding comics on youtube, one of them made 1 million $ for a comic book. Other make 400, 200, 100 thousands, 60, 40, 10 thousands..
Dude, i have thought about this path before. I wonder if it really works. Specially if one doesnt have charisma or is an introvert. But i think it is one of the best ways. But is slow, like 6 months or a year slow until you amass a following.
The insight in these videos continue to be great! Would love to hear how you run your sets in a future video. Always curious to see how different directors manage productivity and workflow during the production process -assigning crew roles and all that stuff. Especially smaller sets that require people wearing multiple hats.
As an aspiring film director, this is such a great help! I know that seeing so many comments complimenting how helpful this is makes people sound like a broken record, but it's the truth. I have so many ideas for short films. I'd post them here, but I don't want anyone to steal them. XD But I thank you for this! This is so helpful since I know my first serious short film with interior buildings would have to be expensive.
This was the first video I stumbled upon when I was researching crowdfunding. Thanks to your excellent tips(and the ones from many others), We raised 150% of our funding goal in our fist Indiegogo campaign in March 2024 and now, for our second film, "Earthlings", we have returning funders and raised 60% of our funding goal within 5 mins of launch.
This is good info! My first kickstarter campaign we hit the 100,000 dollar goal and actually when all said and done almost hit 200,000. The scariest 30 days of my life.
Very helpful, thank you. I've been doing a ton of research and have done a proof of concept, getting ready to start a kick starter campaign in January. Wish me luck :)
Helpful video! Thanks for the breakdown of the different investors. In your experience have people that have invested wanted a say in creative control? How do you navigate that? Also, would really really appreciate a video on how to plan out the shots list. I'm a screenwriter wanting to get into directing my own films but they always tell you that you're not supposed to incorporate camera directions into the screenplay. I've gotten so used to this that I draw a blank when thinking of what shots to get now. Any advice you have on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for the idea, I might do a video about shot listing a scene next. As for investors wanting creative control - some have and some haven't. Ideally this is something that's agreed upon in advance. In my experience I haven't had to make big compromises, but have made a tiny one here or there to give them a "win" and keep the relationship going.
Me and my friend are starting an indie film (45-1:20 length) and are hoping to make it this summer. We aren't 100% sure how we will fund it but looking for around 2000-3000$. We are still writing the script btw. Which one of these strategies do you think would be best for us?
Great content! I'm binging it all. You mentioned passive income from your first feature. If you were willing to share, it would be fascinating to know how much that is, where it comes from & how it's changed over the years.
