Funding is always an important question, and rarely has a good answer. I haven't tried kickstarter for funding but I have heard of a lot of films trying to get funding that route, and can't recall ever actually watching one that succeeded in it. I might be wrong about that, but the one rule of thumb for kickstarter is that your video is
everything.
We tried a lot of funding options, including having people contribute to get in the credits (we got some contributors in this way, but never made more than tiny bits of funding). We looked for angel investors, but those people didn't get rich by investing in something as risky as a movie. We even considered the Coen brothers method of calling all the dentists in the phone book, but I'm not much of a salesmen.
Ultimately we went the Kevin Smith route and funded it with credit cards. The idea being that if you really believe in your movie you should be willing to put yourself on the line, and if you don't then you shouldn't ask other people too. Michael Bay used his directors pay for Bad Boys to fund an explosion the studio wouldn't pay for, because he believed it was necessary to make the film a hit (of course if you watch any Michael Bay film you know he believes this is
all it takes to make a film a hit).
So, paying for a film with credit cards is possible if all else fails. I should mention this did result in actual bankruptcy court for me, but fuck Visa, not many people can say they have a feature length movie.
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Originally Posted by TSOlson
How did you raise the funding for your film? I am planning on launching a Kickstarter for a feature film I am working on, and any tips would be appreciated!
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