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Geeky Film Funding
Finding enough money to make your film is always the hardest part of the filmmaking process, and one that many filmmakers find difficult, especially if they can’t find a good producer to work with. One filmmaker has tried to break away from the traditional “Producer Package” methods that many short and low budget filmmakers use.
Andy Coughlan, a writer, director and editor based in southern England, has created a web site called Geeky Gifts to help fund his Science Fiction feature film, Return to Earth. Geeky Gifts is a site that allows users to find cool and in interesting gadgets and gifts, or search for interesting presents in a certain price range.
Andy explains, “I’ve only produced a handful of short films and a edited couple of feature films, so my track record is not impressive enough to pursue the traditional funding routes. So I began to look for alternative money making schemes.”
“A few of my friends have achieved some success selling producer packages, but that was only for short, modestly budgeted films and tended to only really work during the pre-production phase. I need something that will be bring a steady income for the duration of the project.”
“I looked about and was impressed with the figures that these get-rich-quick-with affiliate marketing people were touting around. Much of what these people peddle is nonsense, or at best will only work for a small percentage of the people that sign up to these things. But at the same time, there were quite a few nuggets of gold that I held on to. It didn’t take me long from there to come up with the Geeky Gifts concept.”
“I reasoned that if I could create a site that people would want to visit regardless of whether they had any interest in me or my little sci-fi movie project, then perhaps a reasonable amount of capital could be raised.”
Andy is hopeful that with Christmas coming and the present buying season just around the corner, launching the site now will reap rewards.
So take a look, Geeky Gifts – the web site where you buy presents and help fund a movie.