Last year, Spike Lee talked about financing one of his films through Kickstarter. Some say people like Spike ought to leave crowdfunding for the true upstarts. More than 150 films lay claim to Kickstarter-fundraising, a good chunk of these from more established filmmakers. What do you think? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joe-vogel/is-crowdfunding-changing-_b_3751...
Filmmaking / Directing : Are more established directors taking crowdfunding opportunities away from others? by T J Brearton
Are more established directors taking crowdfunding opportunities away from others?
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I think it can. Afterall, people are more apt to support filmmakers with a track record over those that no one has heard of. I also think it gives consumers more of a connection to the films they watch. I will say, there are a lot of indie film projects that get funding; really crappy films get funded. This might make indie filmmakers work a lot harder to raise money for their projects, and work at having strong stories that stand out from the Hollywood machine.
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I think it does make it harder ... but then before there were online crowdfunding sites, you had to do it the old fashioned way...throw a party for investors, do a presentation and pray someone hands you a cheque. This was suggested to me recently by a coworker who has my best interests in mind...and when I said to her I was going to pursue online venues...she said that was fine but I would do better to show them my passion in person....but frankly, I don't have the money to throw a part that may or may not work. Frankly, there needs to be something easier ... I know a lot of talented people who are wallowing in obscurity because getting a break into the industry is like trying to climb mount everest....yet anyone who can stand upright can be a janitor and frankly, that's just as hard a job.
Well said, Janet! Where I live there was a guy, who, years ago, went door to door in his community to raise money for his film (often dragging his family along with him - who were in the film, too) -- talk about "crowdfunding" the old-fashioned way... Haha. Thanks for your thoughts!