GH2 What do you want to see from a Kickstarter campaign?

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Park Edwards

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It's not technically off-topic, as I am using a Gh2!!

I was thinking about doing a kickstarter to try and get additional funds for my next short, but for some reason, I just don't know what would appeal to people in terms of getting them to donate. There's the obvious, donate $xx and you get this, but seriously, what can you actually give someone besides a credit a copy and a high five? Do you think handing out a story is a good idea? Or just give a basic synopsis? I don't think I will do a kickstarter, but it would be nice to see what fellow filmmakers think when it comes to giving money to another filmmakers' project. Should I at least attempt it? And if nothing comes of it, no gain, no loss...right? Oh btw, I'm accepting donations!! If you feel obliged. I've been a user here long enough and have contributed a major amount of effort to helping others!! Well, not really. I'll be honest.
 
The question I asked myself when i did it was "what would convince *me* to donate?" And that helps you weed out a lot of perks that most people don't really care about. I think most importantly, allowing backers to see the movie at a fairly low donation level is essential. Whether you let them download it, or receive a DVD, the backbone of crowdfunding a movie is that you are "pre-selling" it. I wrote up everything i tried and learned here...

http://thesabicompany.com/blog/2011...nding-how-i-got-it-right-by-getting-it-wrong/
 
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