Crowdsourcing is not for everyone. But it can work, for the right project. Equally it can work brilliantly with a specific stage in a project too. I have crowdsourced two feature films now and have perhaps more experience than anyone I know when it comes to corralling very large groups of creative people to come together to make something. My biggest piece of advice is this. Don’t do it. Source ..read more

Over the weekend, three girls from Mexico went viral with a cover of classic metal anthem ‘Enter Sandman’ by Metallica. And these three girls, Daniela, Paulina and Alejandra, simply SLAYED IT! If you haven’t seen it yet, watch above So what can we take away from this success and apply to our own projects and ideas? It’s really that simple. Be remarkable… To get attention Be outstanding… Source ..read more

Has it ever occurred to you that there are millions of people who do not want to use the internet, don’t use Twitter or Facebook, have never heard of Kickstarter… but who want to help? Meet Emma Yap who has just raised £thousands by writing letters and not emails! Over to Emma… When most film makers think of raising money for a film, they usually think of Kickstarter or indiegogo. Source ..read more

By Lance Nielsen Back in February of 2012 I contacted Chris Jones, a friend, whom I had not seen in some time with a book publishing question. I had been a writer / director mainly in Theatre for some time at this point and had been attached to do a feature film which found its funding falling apart from underneath it in 2008. It was one of those projects where everyone thought it was going to... Source ..read more

There is a lot of buzz around crowdfunding at the moment and whilst this is a great way to get projects off the ground we thought we would offer some thoughts and tips on an alternative, or perhaps complementary approach to crowdfunding – crowdsourcing. Nothing we suggest in this article is unique to crowdsourcing – but the consequences of neglecting any of these things can be particularly... Source ..read more