Advice on my New Kickstarter Campaign
Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 4:01 am
HELLOOOOOOO GROUP! My name is Jim. I am writer/director and I would appreciate some advice from the Kickstarter Community. First off, just wanted to thank Salvador Briggman for having this type of forum in existence. It's awesome there's a place where people can go to to get advice on their campaigns.
The campaign hasn't started yet. We are going to film in a few weeks, so I think this is the perfect time to find as much information as I can. A little about me and my project:
I am the writer/director behind the award winning short films, I'm Not Matt Damon, Going Down There and Minutes. (Three years ago I ran a successful campaign for MINUTES for $5500.) Now, I finally want to make the leap into feature films.
My film is a horror film called SCYTHE. In order to find out if the film would have some measure of success, we shot 15 minutes of footage last year and submitted to film festivals. We premiered at the LA ShortsFest in Sept last year AND it'll actually be playing at the Cleveland Intl Film Festival next month on April 8th. So far so good!
We are looking to raise $50,000. I have begun the process of putting together my team of 4 people, with myself being 5, I've reached out to as many family and friends as I can already to manage expectations, and my team has done the same.
My questions are 3: 1) besides utilizing imagery, video footage from the short and my past work, what types of things does a donator or contributor want to see in a video in order to feel compelled to donate? Of course my passion, creativity about the project and a love for filmmaking will be in there, but is there anything else you would want to see?
2) What kind of unique prizes or perks does a donator or contributor want to receive? As I understand Tshirts, DVDs, or things of that nature aren't as popular anymore, so what kind of things would you want?
3) And the big one: REACH. I have viewed a few postings on here about the "9 Websites That Will Promote Your Kickstarter or Startup" and I will go in that direction as well, but what other types of groups does anyone know that might support a horror film? I tried reaching out to a number of horror film fan pages on Facebook without much luck.
Ladies and Gentleman, I am a sincere filmmaker and I truly want to learn from everyone in the community on how to be successful at this. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your replies!!!
The campaign hasn't started yet. We are going to film in a few weeks, so I think this is the perfect time to find as much information as I can. A little about me and my project:
I am the writer/director behind the award winning short films, I'm Not Matt Damon, Going Down There and Minutes. (Three years ago I ran a successful campaign for MINUTES for $5500.) Now, I finally want to make the leap into feature films.
My film is a horror film called SCYTHE. In order to find out if the film would have some measure of success, we shot 15 minutes of footage last year and submitted to film festivals. We premiered at the LA ShortsFest in Sept last year AND it'll actually be playing at the Cleveland Intl Film Festival next month on April 8th. So far so good!
We are looking to raise $50,000. I have begun the process of putting together my team of 4 people, with myself being 5, I've reached out to as many family and friends as I can already to manage expectations, and my team has done the same.
My questions are 3: 1) besides utilizing imagery, video footage from the short and my past work, what types of things does a donator or contributor want to see in a video in order to feel compelled to donate? Of course my passion, creativity about the project and a love for filmmaking will be in there, but is there anything else you would want to see?
2) What kind of unique prizes or perks does a donator or contributor want to receive? As I understand Tshirts, DVDs, or things of that nature aren't as popular anymore, so what kind of things would you want?
3) And the big one: REACH. I have viewed a few postings on here about the "9 Websites That Will Promote Your Kickstarter or Startup" and I will go in that direction as well, but what other types of groups does anyone know that might support a horror film? I tried reaching out to a number of horror film fan pages on Facebook without much luck.
Ladies and Gentleman, I am a sincere filmmaker and I truly want to learn from everyone in the community on how to be successful at this. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Looking forward to your replies!!!