by sbriggman » Thu Jul 18, 2013 3:10 pm
Hi Nicholas- Welcome to the forum. That's a pretty cool documentary idea. I just forwarded to a few of my friends. With regards to progress, you should shoot for 25-30% in the first week to be in good shape. A lot of campaigners notice a lull in the middle of the fundraising process.
I've done a one interview of a film project creator (though he ended up not being successful). Looking back on his experience he said:
Do you have any advice for other first-time film directors who are thinking about using Kickstarter?
As a first time director on Kickstarter, it’s a learning experience. Advice? Make sure you spend as MUCH time as possible getting the campaign perfect. Write out your story, erase it, write it again, add pictures. For a movie, if you have filmed some of it or have test footage, storyboards, ANYTHING you can share, put it out there. It helps people know how serious you are about this, and it helps break up that wall of text. Also, and you will see this everywhere, the video is SO important. Now is not the time to break out the webcam or the iphone. Talk to your friends, get a camera, write an outline of what you want to say, and be you. This is your ONLY face time and your ONLY chance to make a first impression.
I will try to do more interviews of successful film campaigns.
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