Episode 14

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11th Nov 2016

How to Run Your Kickstarter Campaign

So you’ve heard about this cool thing called crowdfunding – or Kickstarter or Indiegogowhere people are getting their documentary films financed by people all around the world. who are interested in being a part of their project. And you’re thinking that you might like to do the same… but you haven’t a clue where to even begin. Well – surprised, surprise – I’m here to help make your crowdfunding dreams come true!

 

Having successfully run two Kickstarter campaigns for two different film projects (Journey to Kathmandu, Elvis of Cambodia), I want to offer some valuable advice on how to best run your crowdfunding campaign. But maybe even more importantly, I wanna tell you about what not to do, so you may avoid some rather tricky pitfalls that, if not aware of beforehand, could seriously jeopardize the success during or after your campaign. (Can you say ‘hidden costs of a Kickstarter campaign’??)

 

 

Enjoy the show, and if you dig, please feel free to share with other documentary friends and family! The more documentary films being made, the better our storytelling world, right?

 

Related Resources

Download documentary filmmaker Lindsey Grayzel‘s press release here: press-release_grayzel_footage

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Watch raw footage (courtesy of Lindsey Grayzel) of climate activist Ken Ward as he shuts down a TransMountain oil pipeline in Burlington, Washington.

https://vimeo.com/188582850

 

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The Documentary Life
Documentary filmmaker & host, Chris G. Parkhurst, inspires & informs you on how to best live and lead your own doc life.
Have a passion for making documentary films? Want to learn how to best lead a documentary life? Join award-winning commercial and documentary filmmaker, Chris G. Parkhurst, and special industry guests as they candidly share their filmmaking stories, insights, and experiences, for all to learn how to best lead and live their own documentary dream lives.

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