So what is crowdsourcing? Well, instead of funding a project through a few large investors, you use a large group of investors giving a small amount. The site I'm using is called Kickstarter. You can check out my profile here: http://www.kickstarter.com/profile/233019965
They have lots of artists who need funding to complete their projects. The project I'm working on is my feature length documentary "Toxic Asheville." With kickstarter, if you don't meet your goal, no one pays. I will be fund raising for 40 days and my goal is $5000. The really neat thing about this site is that when you pledge and the goal is met, you will get different rewards for your pledges. For example, with my project if you pledge $25 you'll get a thank you credit in the movie and a DVD of my movie when it's finished. So in a way, it's kind of like pre-selling. I won't go into detail here, because that will all be on my page when I launch it.
So why and I telling you all this now? I'm hoping everyone will go and pledge on my opening day (Wednesday the 16th) or shortly there after. You don't have to give big, just $1 on Wednesday will get me some attention. If I can generate a big start with a lot of interest in my page, it might be featured as one of their "New and Noteworthy" projects and hopefully get seen by a lot more people. So go check out kickstarter and register now. The payments are made through Amazon.com, so if you've ever bought anything on Amazon, it will be easy to set up an account at http://www.kickstarter.com. I'll send out a reminder on Wednesday with a link when the page has been launched. Wish me luck!
Katie
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