Kickstarter Submission…

Well, I have just submitted the Kickstarter proposal. Hopefully it will go through. I am excited about the chance to have my friends and family get directly involved with this project on a creative level. Here is what I submitted with them (They will review it and then get back to me):

Category

Film/Video

Funding Goal

$2,000.00

Project Description

I am a filmmaker currently working with a California based organization called Bring Me Hope. I have been hired by them to produce a feature-length documentary in China about the work they do there with orphans. The documentary will follow two Chinese college students as they find a kid in need and work to change their life. I have been thinking it would be great to give my friends and family a chance to get involved with the project on a creative level and Kickstarter gives me the chance to make that work.

The idea is that the music and artwork for the documentary will be funded through Kickstarter. This means we will be working with artists and musicians in America and China that have a heart for the subject of the documentary and I want to creatively inspire them through Kickstarter funding.

Project Rewards

Any amount would be greatly appreciated and receive our deepest gratitude, but there are three specific rewards listed below. The rewards are very simple:

$10 or more gets you a custom Youtube video from me and the artists in China during production saying, “Thanks!”

$20 or more gets you a DVD of the documentary when it is released next January.

$50 or more gets you the above DVD plus a credit in the Kickstarter section of the credits at the end of the documentary.

THANKS!

Budgeting a doc…

One of the challenges of any film is the budget and a documentary is no different. Our budget is around $15,000 which by anyone’s standard is inexpensive, especially considering that includes equipment purchases. One good thing about a documentary is that the “subjects” should not be paid, this keeps it “real”.

For this documentary we are adding an additional $2000 budget after the initial shooting is done to add a section where we will be able to use that $2000 to change the kids life that we meet. To do this I hope to use the services of kickstarter.com and I am in the process of submitting them my proposal and hopefully that will go through and all of you will have a chance to participate in the project.