[1]In fall 2011, Toronto-based filmmaker James Cooper [2] was faced with an obstacle that many of his peers will find familiar: how to fund his new short film. Weighing the options with the film’s producer, they decided to try their luck at launching a Kickstarter campaign.
45 days and $21,000 later, the film, Elijah the Prophet [3], was successfully funded. Drawing from his experiences in the trenches as well as the thorough research he did prior to (and after) launching his own campaign, James wrote the 
[4]ebook Kickstarter for Filmmakers [5] to aid his fellow filmmakers in preparing and executing their own crowd funding campaigns. The book is a combination of personal experience, advice, facts and a case study on how the campaign for Elijah the Prophet was planned and executed.
“After the campaign was a success, I found myself answering a lot of questions from friends and friends of friends about how we did it. After a while, I realized that there’s no real catch-all source of information to break down the basics for people, so I set out to make one myself.”
However, he didn’t want price to get in the way of people taking a chance on the guide. It’s cheaply available for $1.99 on the Kindle [6], Nook [7] and iBooks [8] stores (with Kobo and more on their way). You can also buy it direct from the book’s website [4] on a pay-what-you-want basis in DRM-free PDF.
“Making it available to as many people as possible was really important. Not everyone has an e-reader, so the PDF is a solution anyone can use” says the author.
3 Comments To "James Cooper Breaks Down Kickstarter for Filmmakers in New eBook"
#1 Comment By Tami Quiring (@VillageGamer) On Friday August 10, 2012 @ 5:21 am
Toronto Filmmaker @cooper_jim (James Cooper) Breaks Down Kickstarter for Filmmakers in New eBook [9]
#2 Comment By Van Short Film Fest (@VSFF) On Sunday August 12, 2012 @ 12:12 pm
Having trouble funding your film? Toronto filmmaker @cooper_jim tells you how to use Kickstarter to get support: [10]
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