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How To Fund an Indie Project

3.07.2010


I have all these great ideas that I want to do but it always seems like I am saying, "Man, I wish I had ten grand I would (insert pet project here)" So as an independent filmmaker or an aspiring one, I think the first and toughest obstacle we face is: Who is going to pay for this?
Art is great. Art without the financial backing is most likely going to remain an idea that never gets done. To me that sucks. I wonder how many of you out there have brilliant films/projects that will never see the light of day because you can't make it happen financially. I have the same problem lots of ideas but no viable way to make them come to fruition. Well folks, I may have the answer for some of you. I haven't tried it out myself yet and I only ask one thing of you in return. If you use this, please share your project with us. By that I mean either shoot me an email and tell me a little about it when it's done or even just shoot me a link to the finished product. I'd love to see what some of you ultra-talented filmmakers can do with a little backing.
Anyway so here it is check it out and let me know what you think. Again I haven't tried it yet myself but it looks amazing and it appears that others have had a great deal of success raising capital. Go here for a collaborative way to fund ideas and fuel innovation

3 comments:

Anonymous,  March 9, 2010 at 4:31 PM  

Hey guys thanks for sharing this wonderful wealth of info...I'm from Philly and have always found it a task to link up with other cinematic artists such as yourselves. I've learned of you guys from Philip Blooms' universe...lol. I feel more delighted to know that you two are here in Philly as well. Hopefully as the weather breaks you guys will be open to a few Canon DSLR Meet-ups here in the city. Not sure if there's anything happening here now. Thanks again! You have a fan here!

Anonymous,  March 19, 2010 at 9:59 PM  

Very cool site- in a similar vain, http://www.kickstarter.com/ helps fund fledgling indy projects.
Haven't tried either, but I have lots of ideas I'd like to see grow...
thanks!

Anonymous,  May 11, 2010 at 2:35 AM  

we tried it, but its not working out so far,
and to the person who put kickstarter (that is the exact same thing but it takes 5% of the profit and doesnt let you keep the money unless you get to your goal)
check our project http://www.indiegogo.com/the-globe?i=nwpj

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