70 – Crowdfunding for Your Documentary with Seed & Spark’s, Emily Best
Crowdfunding, nowadays, is one of the most common funding options out there for the documentary filmmaker. However, the crowdfunding playing field has evolved considerably since the early days of Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Take for instance, Seed & Spark.
A multitude of crowdfunding platforms now do different things, depending on your needs. And while the list of a doc filmmaker’s needs seems never-ending, it’s things like building an audience for your film, increasing your social media followers, and distribution options for your film, that are right at the top of any doc filmmaker’s list.
Which is what makes a crowdfunding platform like Seed & Spark such an attractive option. It has all of those things and more. It has been developed by industry leaders and is specifically geared to the independent filmmaker. And for today’s episode, we’ve brought on Seed & Spark founder and CEO, Emily Best, to talk about it.
Topics Discussed
- how & why Seed & Spark was created to put the independent back in independent filmmaking
- how a platform like Seed & Spark runs a unique educational program to ensure success before you run a campaign through their platform
- how Seed & Spark rewards are all about gaining followers for your crowdfund
- Seed & Spark has an astonishing 80+ percent success rate with their crowdfund campaigns
- Seed & Spark has distro platform that pays the highest royalty rate of any digital distribution platform
Related Resources
#Doclifer Crowdfund
As referenced in the podcast episode, #DocLifer, Josh Davidsburg, is running a crowdfunding campaign for his film, Queen of the Capital, through Seed & Spark. Check out the trailer for his doc, then see what he did for his S & S campaign here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7G128nlbzA
Sponsors & Thank You’s
Free Music Archive – Special Thank You to recording artist, Dlay who supplied music for this week’s episode of TDL. You too can download his music or other artist’s music by going to Free Music Archive today!
Subscribe
Apple | Spotify | Stitcher |
Rate and Review
If you have found value in this podcast please leave a review so it can become more visible to others. Simply click the link and then click on the Ratings and Reviews tab to make your entry. Thank you for your support!
