Over the weekend, three girls from Mexico went viral with a cover of classic metal anthem ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica. And these three girls, Daniela, Paulina and Alejandra, simply SLAYED IT! If you haven’t seen it yet, watch above So what can we take away from this success and apply to our own projects and […]
Has it ever occurred to you that there are millions of people who do not want to use the internet, don’t use Twitter or Facebook, have never heard of Kickstarter… but who want to help? Meet Emma Yap who has just raised £thousands by writing letters and not emails! Over to Emma… When most film […]
Filmmaker Lance Nielsen just hosted a one night live event for the crowdfunding campaign for his film ‘The Journey’ So why run a live event when we can connect so rapidly over the internet? 1. Because the internet is noisy Online, it’s now harder than ever to get your message heard, especially as everyone and […]
By Lance Nielsen Back in February of 2012 I contacted Chris Jones, a friend, whom I had not seen in some time with a book publishing question. I had been a writer / director mainly in Theatre for some time at this point and had been attached to do a feature film which found its […]
As a suburban-dwelling aspirational teenager, with dreams of making it big in film, one of the bits of advice I hated hearing the most was, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” WHAT I knew was based on mainstream Hollywood film. I didn’t know ANYONE, as I was living in Northampton, where being […]
So you run a crowdfunding campaign, get some cash in to make your film… only you don’t declare it as income. And three years later HMRC slam you for tax evasion. Slaps on the wrist, interest charges, fines both small and big… and it’s even possible there could be a custodial sentence… Seriously, if they […]
We recently held the London Doc Summit, which aside from some technical hitches, was a resounding success. One video I wanted to share with you is this excellent TED talk on Crowdfunding, that was brought to my attention by Janey Stephenson (@vegetarianjelly), one of our wonderful delegates. It’s really worth a watch. Onwards and upwards! […]
Guest post by filmmaker Jordan Clarke When I completed my first documentary ‘Bangkok Girl’, I was lucky enough to get a broadcast offer from CBC in Canada. Like most DIY filmmakers, I had waited until a sale before bearing the expense of E&O insurance. So began the long and expensive process of clearing my film. […]
Over the last 8 hours I have been getting calls, emails and tweets about the Veronica Mars project on Kickstarter. In the last few hours it’s doubled in pledges and is now running at over $1.7m raised. That is phenomenal. Finally, crowdfunding has hit Hollywood. Inspiring? For sure. Relevant to an indie filmmaker on the […]
I was part of a crowdfunding article on BBC news last night – interesting that the mainstream media are taking more and more notice of these new ways we can get financed. Onwards and upwards! Chris Jones My movies www.LivingSpiritGroup.com My Facebook www.Facebook.com/ChrisJonesFilmmaker My Twitter @LivingSpiritPix Sign up to my mailing list for updates on […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKhKLT6PWq0 Guest blog by Justin Tagg. www.sponsume.com/project/mouse Filmmaking is not about I. It’s about we. Maybe that WE is the crew you surround yourself with. Maybe it’s the characters in your story or maybe it’s the friends that support you when the going gets tough and celebrate with you when you make it BIG. Maybe […]
You can see the pitch meeting… ‘At the end of World War 2, Nazis left the earth and built a base on the dark side of the moon… and now they are coming back to invade…’ I suspect that most writers or film makers would have been greeted with ‘Nazis from the moon?…OK… what else […]
‘Urn’ is a short film being made by a team of film makers who met at the Guerilla Film Makers Masterclass last year, headed up by actress, and now producer, Francesca De Luca… Their IndieGoGo campaign ends in the next few days and I asked her to share what she has learned on her crowdfudning […]
Recently I was involved in a short that was shot in London. I thought I would share some things I learned about shooting in very public places. In this instance, right in the heart of the London hustle and bustle, Oxford Street! And to be clear, we did have full permission to shoot there, and […]
Leilani Holmes, film maker and friend, was one of the most vocal supporters of ‘Gone Fishing’. And so when I heard she was making a film, ‘Clowning Around’, and running an IndieGoGo campaign, I was one of the first to contribute. Lielani and her team ran a stellar campaign and raised $8,900 in total. One […]
UPDATE – With 1 hour to go, John reached his goal! Thanks to everyone who contributed. Actor and Producer John Schwab has always been a great supporter of everything I have done. And he was one of the very first contributors to Gone Fishing. And so when I got this email from him today about […]
