I don't normally do this sort of thing...
While I understand the use of social media and all that, I'm not personally a big fan of using it to encourage my friends and acquaintances to sponsor this cause or help with that social issue or give money to the other group out begging for it.
But I've recently discovered a project on Kickstarter that I feel enough about to share with whomever reads this. The project is a short film version of the Terry Pratchett short story, Troll Bridge The Kickstarter campaign is here: http://kck.st/eT2NLu
Want to know more about the film? Here's a 10-minute video:
The movie is supported by Mr. Pratchett himself, so that says very good things.
If you're not familiar with Kickstarter, here's an overview. So, a person/group has an idea (in this case, make a movie). Idea needs money. So, they say, okay we need $x.xx ($45,000). A bake sale isn't gonna cut it here. Let's go out to the Internet and ask people for money! Kickstarter allows users to pledge whatever amount they like (from $1.00 up to as much as you want). And, kind of like a PBS pledge drive, they will give gifts at certain levels of contributing (for example, for this film, give $30 and you will get a downloadable version of the Special Edition DVD - but you can always give more or less). The best part of the whole thing? If they don't meet their goal, you don't lose out. So, in this case, if Snowgum Films doesn't reach a pledge value of $45,000 by the deadline of July 6, then nobody pays anything. It protects you from projects falling through due to lack of funding.
Now, there are numerous other projects on Kickstarter, and I highly recommend checking the whole thing out, but I really encourage you to donate what you can for Troll Bridge. Who knows, you could help the next Peter Jackson make it big!
Thanks for listening (well, okay, reading, you know what I meant).
But I've recently discovered a project on Kickstarter that I feel enough about to share with whomever reads this. The project is a short film version of the Terry Pratchett short story, Troll Bridge The Kickstarter campaign is here: http://kck.st/eT2NLu
Want to know more about the film? Here's a 10-minute video:
The movie is supported by Mr. Pratchett himself, so that says very good things.
If you're not familiar with Kickstarter, here's an overview. So, a person/group has an idea (in this case, make a movie). Idea needs money. So, they say, okay we need $x.xx ($45,000). A bake sale isn't gonna cut it here. Let's go out to the Internet and ask people for money! Kickstarter allows users to pledge whatever amount they like (from $1.00 up to as much as you want). And, kind of like a PBS pledge drive, they will give gifts at certain levels of contributing (for example, for this film, give $30 and you will get a downloadable version of the Special Edition DVD - but you can always give more or less). The best part of the whole thing? If they don't meet their goal, you don't lose out. So, in this case, if Snowgum Films doesn't reach a pledge value of $45,000 by the deadline of July 6, then nobody pays anything. It protects you from projects falling through due to lack of funding.
Now, there are numerous other projects on Kickstarter, and I highly recommend checking the whole thing out, but I really encourage you to donate what you can for Troll Bridge. Who knows, you could help the next Peter Jackson make it big!
Thanks for listening (well, okay, reading, you know what I meant).