IFH 023: Crowdfunding Your Indie Film Like a Pro with Emily Best

Crowdfunding Your Indie Film Like a Pro with Emily Best

Crowdfunding has always been a mystery to me. I never really understood how indie filmmakers could raise $50,000, $100,000 or $1,000,000 to make their films. I tried once with the “if I built they will come” idea but they never came.

When I discovered this weeks guest, Emily Best CEO and founder of the indie film crowdfunding website Seed & Spark, I had to get her on the show. I attempted to squeeze out of her every bit of crowdfunding knowledge I could. We discuss:

• How to create a successful crowdfunding campaign?
• What are the biggest mistake indie filmmakers make when crowdfunding their film?
• How should indie filmmakers crowdsource (building an audience for you or your film)?
• How do indie filmmaker determine how much to ask for when crowdfunding?
• How do you build a killer crowdfunding page and video?
• What incentives should you give when crowdfunding?
• How do you determine if your film has an audience?

All of these question on crowdfunding are answered and more. Seriously this podcast is a condensed master class on crowdfunding. I was selflessly asking the questions I wanted the answers to and now you guys benefit as well. Enjoy!

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LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:

• Seed and Spark
• Emily Best –  Twitter
  
• Emily Best: Crowd funding Your Film Online Course
• Six Secrets to getting into Film Festivals for FREE!
• FreeFilmBook.com (Your FREE Audio Book)

SPONSORS

1. Indie Film Hustle TV (Netflix for Filmmakers and Screenwriters)
2. Martin Scorsese Film Directing Masterclass
3. Ron Howard Film Directing Masterclass
4. Spike Lee Film Directing Masterclass
5. Werner Herzog Filmmaking MasterClass
6. Aaron Sorkin Screenwriting MasterClass
7. Mira Nair Independent Filmmaking Masterclass
8. David Mamet Dramatic Writing MasterClass
9. Shonda Rhimes Masterclass: Learn Television Writing from the Creator of Scandal
10. Steve Martin Teaches Comedy Writing & Acting MasterClass
11. Annie Leibovitz Masterclass: Learn Photography from the Legend
12. Jimmy Chin Masterclass: Learn Adventure Photography
13. Judd Apatow Comedy Writing/Directing Masterclass

KILLER RESOURCES!!!

1. Six Secrets to get into Film Festivals for FREE!
2. FreeFilmBook.com (Download Your FREE Filmmaking Audio Book)

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• Subscribe to the Podcast on iTunes,  Stitcher, Soundcloud or via RSS

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If you like this show on crowdfunding then watch:
How to Make a Feature Film for $1000 with Mark Duplass

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