Tagged: film

January 5, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Filmmakers Travis Doering and Jason Bourque have been raising funds for a documentary about Edward Snowden since the fall of 2013 with a plan of ending their funding campaign on January 1, 2014. That date has come to pass, and the result of their effort… Read More

January 3, 2014 @ 9:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last night during E! News, the movie trailer for Veronica Mars was shown for the first time. The movie is slated to begin appearing in theaters across the United States on March 14th, 2014. There’s something about that big WB that appears in the first ten seconds… Read More

December 31, 2013 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter has become a first funding choice for a growing number of films.  From big Hollywood hits like Veronica Mars to future classics like Kung Fury, crowdfunding will forever change the way films are funded.  For consecutive years Sundance, one of the most famous film… Read More

December 28, 2013 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The campaign creators for the campy 80’s style action film Kung Fury must still be in shock as they launched their crowdfunding campaign this past Thursday and rocketed past their $200,000 goal on Friday.  As of today the campaign, which is in their very first… Read More

December 27, 2013 @ 10:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Kung Fury is part comedy, part action and – from the looks of the trailer – completely hilarious. The movie is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter and the film’s creator is seeking $200,000 from the crowd to turn the movie into a feature length film. With… Read More

December 24, 2013 @ 11:20 am By John Scaletta, Motion Source  |  

In November of 2013 my company, Motion Source Video Production, ran a Kickstarter campaign for a shoulder rig for video cameras. The campaign was very successful, with final totals leaving us at 376% funded beyond our original funding goal. In preparation for the campaign my… Read More

December 23, 2013 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and The Silk Road closed this past weekend and the crowdfunding film made goal during the final hours of the campaign.  Alex Winter, the project creator, is a well known actor, director who may be best known for… Read More

December 19, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Congratulations are in order for Zach Braff and the team behind his Kickstarter-funded film Wish I Was Here. The film will premiere at 2014’s Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. The festival is slated to take place between January 16-26, 2014. It isn’t the only… Read More

December 11, 2013 @ 12:26 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Life Itself is a documentary film currently crowdfunding on Indiegogo. It aims to document the life and times of Roger Ebert, the beloved film critic who passed away in April of this year. RELATED | On Indiegogo: Stars Align To Crowdfund Roger Ebert Documentary “Life… Read More

December 11, 2013 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has scheduled a series of Google Hangouts focusing on crowdfunding campaign tips.  Today’s Hangout, which takes place at 11AM PST (2PM EST) will be hosted by John Trigonis the Indiegogo team Film expert.  Each 45 Minute session will be followed by Q&A so ask… Read More

December 7, 2013 @ 4:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As PBS MediaShift continues to focus on crowdfunding this week, The Mediatwits held a Google+ Hangout with various players from the crowdfunding space. They include… Slava Rubin, Indiegogo CEO Ernst-Jan Pfauth of news magazine De Correspondent Todd Ruppert, co-producer of the upcoming musical “Happy Days” Zak Piper, co-producer… Read More

December 4, 2013 @ 4:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Film crowdfunding super-start Veronica Mars, created by Rob Thomas has announced the Kickstarter hit will be released on March 14, 2014.  One of the largest crowdfunding campaigns ever, the film closed on Kickstarter  this past April having raised over $5.7 Million creating a title wave… Read More

December 1, 2013 @ 7:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alex Winter, famous for his character in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, the Lost Boys and more, is crowdfunding a film on Kickstarter and the campaign has some really Excellent rewards. Deep Web: The Untold Story of Bitcoin and The Silk Road, is a documentary… Read More

November 30, 2013 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

John Trigonis, Indiegogo’s Campaign Specialist for Film and Video, was caught on video giving a brief pitch for his book on “Crowdfunding for Filmmakers: The Way to a Successful Film Campaign”.  The publication shares his tactics for how to launch a successful film campaign which… Read More

November 30, 2013 @ 12:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UK alternative energy crowdfunding platform Abundance shared the preceding trailer on their blog this week. The trailer is for an upcoming documentary called Transforming Finance. The film is sponsored by The Finance Innovation Lab and aims to “inspire a financial system that sustains people and planet.”… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 10:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

“Black Friday” is the term given to the Friday after Thanksgiving. It’s the unofficial start to the holiday shopping season and the day that many retailers go from being “in the red” to “in the black” for the first time all year. It’s also become… Read More

November 25, 2013 @ 10:49 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Every once in a while an interesting conversation pops up on Reddit involving crowdfunding and the public’s perception of crowdfunding as a means of raising money. Recently Reddit user mavspade solicited opinions on crowdfunding as a way of raising money for films, asking on subreddit /r/Filmmakers “is… Read More

November 22, 2013 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Film marketplace IndieReign, which allows filmmakers to self-distribute and sell their content directly to fans online, has formed a partnership with rewards based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo. Now filmmakers may decide to leverage the services for their projects and help capture extra support and coverage during… Read More

November 19, 2013 @ 12:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Talon Clemlow is crowdfunding his independent surf documentary Thundercloud on Pozible and if you watch the trailers this film looks pretty awesome. Based around one of the most spectacular days in surfing history, June 8th 2012, when a swell of massive proportions arrived at Cloudbreak,… Read More

November 11, 2013 @ 12:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

PCMag | Can Crowdfunding Give the Private Space Race a Boost? PCMag takes a look at the private space race in the context of a company called the LiftPort Group. LiftPort raised over $110,000 on Kickstarter to build a prototype with an eye toward building… Read More