From the course: Video Pre-production for Low-Budget Films
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Financing your project
From the course: Video Pre-production for Low-Budget Films
Financing your project
- We have done our best to keep the production costs down, but still need to gather some funds to get it done. Where do we start? Crowd-funding sounds like a great concept. Let other people pay for your idea and then you develop your awesome product or record the album or shoot your film. In reality, crowd-funding is extremely competitive and to do it right, you will need a lot of preparation and time. Uploading a quick video and asking your friends and family to pledge some money won't take you far. The month or so you have to fund your project requires a lot of time and work. And it starts several weeks or even months before principal photography starts. Interestingly enough, the promo video on a crowd-funding campaign is usually the most important asset. So even before you have enough money to shoot your film, you somehow need to create a trailer to raise the funds to shoot it. It's a good idea to look for individual investors and organizations for funding, but remember, it is very…
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