Advanced Crowdfunding For Filmmakers Master Class
Reviews Average Rating: 4.5 out of 5
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Rowan Sutherland The content is often fascinating, and offers great food for thought. I really do appreciate his enthusiasm for the subject matter. He is a little long-winded in places. My problem with this class is that Stephen is an absolutely awful presenter - every few words are followed by an "uh" "er" "um" or a combination thereof. Worst of all, his speech is punctuated by an unending sequence of "lip-smacking " sounds. It's beyond annoying and distracting. It really became unbearable. -
John Stopa This was a great course. I appreciated the insights that relied upon psychology and sociology as well as marketing and business. A couple of suggestions… The slides were not always clear when presented on display (i.e. the printing was far too small to read). Yes, we did have the handouts but these were not readily available in my instance. I hope Mr. Follows got rid of his bad cough. It sounded like a bad one having lasted all three weeks. Thank you very much! John Stopa John@interquel.com
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