From the course: Crowdfunding Campaigns for Independent Film

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Before you decide to crowdfund

Before you decide to crowdfund

- It's obvious that you need funds to make your film, but crowdfunding isn't for everyone and every project. Before you start a crowdfunding campaign, you should be aware of what you are truly getting into and what your chances and levels of success are. Here's a look at the top five crowdfunded films of the time of shooting this class. At number one is a neo-noir mystery comedy drama film based on the TV series of the same name, the Veronica Mars movie project. It came in at $5,702,153, raised by over 90,000 backers. Super Troopers Two raised $4,445,180 and is the sequel to the popular 2002 comedy film, Super Troopers. The comedy-drama directed by Zach Braff, Wish I Was Here, raised over three million dollars. Lazer Team, a live action sci-fi comedy, raised almost two and a half million dollars. Gosnell Movie, a documentary about convicted criminal Kermit Gosnell, raised a little over two million dollars. The reality is that most successful film campaigns raised between one thousand…

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