indiegogo or kickstarter? which is the best crowd funding option?

Azmyth

Azmyth

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I've tried both with little success.. was just curious which one is the "main" player in that realm.
 
I think Kickstarter has netted the best results, but I don't think it has anything to do with the site since its 99% the same as Indiegogo. The projects that are successful all seem to have preexisting fan bases (literary works, devices like iPods, or causes) and accompanied with great promotion strategies. Most projects fail because there is little to no effort to promote the project once they're posted. Honestly, most come off as people asking for a handout yet I feel no connection to the project or any desire to participate.

I assume if you had a great project that met the conditions I outlined above, you'd succeed on either site.
 
Yeah, they are pretty much the same. To get ANYTHING outside your immediate family and friends it will need to be (as noted above) something with a built in audience that you can work very heavily to contribute.

I'm about to start a kickstarter campaign for the $2000 to fund the 15 minute pilot for a web series, but it's a genre based on the works of a specific writer, that has a large built in audience. I know a half dozen websites off the top of my head that will write it up and link it for me.
 
Are you going to keep each episode the same duration or just packing the pilot with lots of hooks? 15 minutes is long for an episode, isn't it?
 
I actually do expect episodes to run 12 to 15 minutes. I'm splitting the difference between a full length TV episode of 22 minutes and the shorter form that web series tend to follow. It's a dramatic/horror series. I just don't think you could do a coherent 3 act narrative in less than 10 minutes. The intent isn't "viral", but more trying to build on an audience I already know exists. If it's good the word will spread pretty quickly in the demographic I'm aiming at.
 
Snazzy Flapper said:
How many episodes are you planning on? Four or five and you have a feature.
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Initially six.

Yes, six episodes together would equal feature length, but then I'd have to fund raise the entire 50K (my minimum for a "no budget" feature) at once instead of trying to build interest in (and hopefully monetize) the episodes one at a time. The logistics of a feature are totally different and more expensive.

Also, the concept isn't for a feature it's for a series. The story arcs are totally different between the two.
 
I'll be following your progress. I'm planning on doing the same early next year and going the same route. Fund the pilot (and preferably more than that up front). I guess the difference is each of my episodes are really semi-self contained pieces that could be edited together for a feature, though that's not the focus. I think the subject matter and style will accommodate that. I'd love if if you PM'd me any links to your project so I can keep tabs.
 
Will do. Polishing up the pilot script right now and getting stuff together for the kickstarter. I'd prefer to have $3K to $4K for the pilot, but setting the goal at what I think I could shoot it for ($2K) with the hope it gets over funded.
 
There is no magic website that will get you funded. It's a lot of hard work regardless of which direction you choose, and just setting up a page and spamming your Facebook account with the link won't do it. Both are viable options, but, as others have stated, it's not easy. I don't think that you necessarily have to already have a built-in audience, but if you don't have that it requires a lot of work.
 
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