Crowdfunding for Filmmaking Masterclass

Crowdfunding for Filmmaking Masterclass, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 4.45, with 30 lectures, based on 45 reviews, and has 1398 subscribers.

You will learn about build a film crowdfunding campaign from scratch, and do everything you need to ensure you raise the money you need understand the different types of crowdfunding and know how to pick the most appropriate platform for their project know how to create their entire campaign, from first idea through top the tiny details budget and schedule your entire campaign to ensure youre prepared and can afford any outcome write and make a campaign video which drives people to donate and support the campaign build and execute a marketing plan which will gain press attention, build an audience and convert those people into backers This course is ideal for individuals who are The course is aimed at filmmakers who are seeking finance for their next film or The lessons and concepts also apply to all creatives thinking of using crowdfunding to fund their next project. It is particularly useful for The course is aimed at filmmakers who are seeking finance for their next film or The lessons and concepts also apply to all creatives thinking of using crowdfunding to fund their next project.

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Summary

Title: Crowdfunding for Filmmaking Masterclass

Price: $54.99

Average Rating: 4.45

Number of Lectures: 30

Number of Published Lectures: 30

Number of Curriculum Items: 30

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 30

Original Price: ￡59.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

build a film crowdfunding campaign from scratch, and do everything you need to ensure you raise the money you need

understand the different types of crowdfunding and know how to pick the most appropriate platform for their project

know how to create their entire campaign, from first idea through top the tiny details

budget and schedule your entire campaign to ensure youre prepared and can afford any outcome

write and make a campaign video which drives people to donate and support the campaign

build and execute a marketing plan which will gain press attention, build an audience and convert those people into backers

Who Should Attend

The course is aimed at filmmakers who are seeking finance for their next film

The lessons and concepts also apply to all creatives thinking of using crowdfunding to fund their next project.

Target Audiences

The course is aimed at filmmakers who are seeking finance for their next film

The lessons and concepts also apply to all creatives thinking of using crowdfunding to fund their next project.

They don’t teach you this in Film School! This course will guide you through every stage of planning, creating and running your film crowdfunding campaign. Crowdfunding is the only method of film finance open to all filmmakers, anywhere in the world and over $250 million has already been raised for films on Kickstarter.?

The course has been created by Stephen Follows, who brings his experience of teaching at some of the world’s best film schools, running a leading online video agency and as a film industry data expert to the topic of crowdfunding.

It’s based on Stephen’s data research on over 50,000 film crowdfunding campaigns, interviews with over 50 filmmakers who have run a crowdfunding campaign and interviews with some of the top people at major crowdfunding platforms and services.

Topics covered by the course include…

An introduction to crowdfunding

Guided tour of the major crowdfunding sites for filmmakers

How to build a film crowdfunding campaign from scratch

Budgeting and scheduling your campaign

Marketing and outreach to build an audience

Building and managing a crowdfunding team

How to run the actual campaign and what to do afterwards

It also includes examples and templates of key documents as well as interviews with filmmakers and representatives from major crowdfunding companies and services.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: An introduction to crowdfunding

Lecture 1: Welcome to the course

Lecture 2: What is crowdfunding?

Lecture 3: Rewards-based crowdfunding

Lecture 4: The pros and cons of crowdfunding

Lecture 5: The history and success of crowdfunding

Chapter 2: Hosting your campaign

Lecture 1: Key elements to a crowdfunding campaign

Lecture 2: Introduction to Kickstarter

Lecture 3: Introduction to Indiegogo

Lecture 4: Other crowdfunding sites you may use

Chapter 3: Planning your campaign

Lecture 1: Create your crowdfunding strategy

Lecture 2: Calculating your ideal campaign length

Lecture 3: Budgeting your campaign

Lecture 4: Defining your audience

Lecture 5: Scheduling your campaign

Lecture 6: Building a team

Chapter 4: Crafting your campaign

Lecture 1: Writing your pitch

Lecture 2: Campaign imagery

Lecture 3: Creating a campaign video

Lecture 4: Setting your rewards

Lecture 5: Services to help your campaign

Chapter 5: Marketing and promotion

Lecture 1: Creating your marketing strategy

Lecture 2: Reaching influential people

Lecture 3: Paid marketing

Chapter 6: Running your campaign

Lecture 1: While the campaign is live

Lecture 2: Just before you launch

Lecture 3: After the campaign is over

Chapter 7: Interviews and inspiration

Lecture 1: Chris Jones – Crowdfunding his way to the Oscars PART 1

Lecture 2: Chris Jones – Crowdfunding his way to the Oscars PART 2

Lecture 3: Mark Kines – The first online crowdfunding filmmaker PART 1

Lecture 4: Mark Kines – The first online crowdfunding filmmaker PART 2

Instructors

Stephen Follows
Film industry analyst, screenwriter and educator

IFH Courses
Filmmaking, Screenwriting & Best Selling Instructors

Rating Distribution

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2 stars: 1 votes

3 stars: 4 votes

4 stars: 19 votes

5 stars: 20 votes

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