This is part 2 of our Kickstarter campaign review, a series of posts that examines how and why we failed. It will conclude with lessons learned and plans for moving forward.
This is part 2 of our Kickstarter campaign review, a series of posts that examines how and why we failed. It will conclude with lessons learned and plans for moving forward.
This is a review of the our crowdfunding campaign to raise our entire budget, $50,000 for "The Coward". 1. DESCRIPTION (pt. 1) We looked at three other alternatives - Indiegogo, Seed & Spark and GoFundMe, rejecting each in turn for specific failings: Indiegogo PRO - Flexible funding CON - Product centered site. There is a […]
On the 3rd of July an American army of 2,500 led by Major General Jacob Brown crossed the Niagara River. They advanced quickly, capturing Fort Erie and beating off initial British resistance at the Battle of Chippewa. Brown reach Fort George but did not have the forces to immediately take it or properly besiege it. […]
A primary creative desire is to show the struggle of these men as part of a much bigger battle, between two armies of about 2-3,000 soldiers each. We don’t need to show the entire battlefield, but we do need to extend the British battle line enough to give that sense of scale. "In the 18th century […]
To Be Filled in. Within the script we never properly see the US forces as single unit - they are shadows in the smoke, a threat in the forest. Only in the bayonet charge do we see them individually. This is deliberate, as the swirling action of the bayonet charge will obscure that we're redressing […]
To Be Filled in Describe what weapons will be used. Describe safety measures. Describe what stunts. Describe how you'll shoot them: Our limited budget will require smart prep and shooting. One crucial scene shows the British Militia unit in hand-to-hand combat with attacking Americans, a frame involving potentially tens of actors. We will first lock […]
Budget v1 is $30K. Prosthetics budget is $3000 to start. This covers supplies, construction, some honorariums for the artists. I expect that to increase with Budget v2. $5000 is possible but depends on crowdfunding success. Prosthetics would involve body disassembly in-frame - head, limb removal, torso seperation. Blood sprays. Prosthetics reqs: 1. Reflect the damage done […]
My kickstarter campaign for The Coward will be the first time I've run a proper such campaign. I aim to fund entirely through Kickstarter - all $35,000 (!). I'm using the process of preparing and building that crowdfunding campaign to simultaneously prep and organize the pre-production for the film itself. My research for that is […]
So here we are! THE COWARD is now in prep. Well, pre-pre-pre-prep, to be honest. But it's begun, which is something. Now, have a look at this little beauty: Ain't she pretty? OK, OK, yes, its boring. To you. It's a screenshot of an excel file so double that boring quotient. To be specific, it's […]