by Camden Watts | Jul 23, 2013 | Crowd funding, Film, Fundraising, Planning, Producing
Ohmygoodness, I have been reading so much about fundraising trailers lately. I have been watching so many fundraising trailers. And I’ve been obsessively thinking about how to make my own fundraising trailer awesome. One book that’s been pretty helpful...
by Camden Watts | Jul 22, 2013 | Crowd funding, Fundraising, Kickstarter, Learning, Planning
There are plenty of online crowd funding platforms out there but the most popular ones, by far, are Kickstarter and Indiegogo. I’ve been studying both, trying to learn the differences. Which one is better? Let’s explore that question — very briefly...
by Camden Watts | Jul 12, 2013 | Documentary, Film Festival, Fundraising, Industry, Leading
I got my mind on my money and my money on my mind. I’m not cool enough to use those lyrics for doc filmmaking am I? Yeah, I didn’t think so. Fine, moving on. Funding documentary filmmaking has definitely been on my mind these past few weeks. I’ve...
by Camden Watts | May 8, 2013 | Community, Crowd funding, Film, Fundraising, Industry, Kickstarter
The conversations about celebrities using Kickstarter are getting heated these days, eh? I blogged about the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign in March. The campaign caused some strong reactions when it launched and quickly proceeded to break records on Kickstarter....
by Camden Watts | Apr 15, 2013 | Community, Crowd funding, Film, Fundraising, Learning
At the TriFilm at Trailblazer Studios social in March 2013, I found myself having a very enjoyable conversation about crowd funding. A friend and I were specifically talking about the Veronica Mars Kickstarter campaign since I had recently blogged about it and the...
by Camden Watts | Apr 8, 2013 | Community, Crowd funding, Film, Fundraising, Learning, Reading, Social Media, Socializing
I’ve been reading and researching crowd funding a lot lately. Recently I posted a few thoughts on fundraising trailers. I’ve been scouring the internet to watch videos, contribute to campaigns, and think about what I would do, you know, if I were to start...
