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kickstarter_pitch [2017/03/15 19:55] – [Operational Costs] added Propworx Carlos Pedraza | kickstarter_pitch [2019/02/23 19:49] (current) – [Not the First Fan-Funded Studio] adds tag Carlos Pedraza | ||
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- | //**Alec Peters' | + | //**After Premature Leak of Pitch Video, |
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After delaying his launch of a [[crowdfunding_platforms|Kickstarter]] campaign to raise money for Industry Studios' | After delaying his launch of a [[crowdfunding_platforms|Kickstarter]] campaign to raise money for Industry Studios' | ||
- | Peters appeared to be unaware his four and a half-minute video was publicly viewable. After **AxaMonitor** posted a link March 15, 2017, the video was changed to private, and later apparently removed from YouTube. But not before copies began to circulate on the Web. | + | <WRAP round important> |
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+ | Peters appeared to be unaware his four and a half-minute video was publicly viewable. After **AxaMonitor** posted a link March 15, the video was changed to private, and later apparently removed from YouTube. But not before copies began to circulate on the Web. | ||
- | ===== Kickstarter | + | ===== Indiegogo |
To pay the rent and operational expenses for the remaining nine months of 2017 will cost Peters $162,000; a full year would run $216,000. | To pay the rent and operational expenses for the remaining nine months of 2017 will cost Peters $162,000; a full year would run $216,000. | ||
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His [[axanar_kickstarter_details|previous Kickstarter]] campaign raised more than $638,000 in 2014 to produce //Axanar// and build his own studio rather than rent one. A follow-up [[axanar_indiegogo_details|Indiegogo]] effort brought in another $574,434. All that money is gone. | His [[axanar_kickstarter_details|previous Kickstarter]] campaign raised more than $638,000 in 2014 to produce //Axanar// and build his own studio rather than rent one. A follow-up [[axanar_indiegogo_details|Indiegogo]] effort brought in another $574,434. All that money is gone. | ||
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==== Others' | ==== Others' | ||
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> One of the reasons we want to work with Industry Studios is because we want his performance to reach as many of his fans as possible.((Tom Pike interview, [[yout> | > One of the reasons we want to work with Industry Studios is because we want his performance to reach as many of his fans as possible.((Tom Pike interview, [[yout> | ||
- | Pike added that he hoped to shoot the series' | + | Pike added that he hoped to shoot the series' |
**HARRY POTTER** Fan filmmaker [[imdb> | **HARRY POTTER** Fan filmmaker [[imdb> | ||
- | > When you get to take meetings at a place like Industry Studios it gives you a professional veneer. It gives potential investors and other people that might be helping you a sense confident | + | > When you get to take meetings at a place like Industry Studios it gives you a professional veneer. It gives potential investors and other people that might be helping you a sense of confidence |
Incidentally, | Incidentally, | ||
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+ | The move to Indiegogo would appear to require a new version of the pitch video; that presumably would be released with the campaign' | ||
==== Operational Costs ==== | ==== Operational Costs ==== | ||
- | Peters described the aim for the use of Kickstarter | + | Peters described the aim for the use of the crowd funds: the operational costs for the studio, which are not identified in the video, but he had separately described the costs as high as $18,000 per month. //Axanar// supporters' |
Backers' | Backers' | ||
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The studio' | The studio' | ||
- | Meanwhile, none of the Kickstarter money appeared to be earmarked for fan film production. That money is meant to pay 2017's rent and utilities. Any funds raised over that amount would be applied to the same costs in 2018. | + | Meanwhile, none of the crowdfunding |
===== Launch Delay ===== | ===== Launch Delay ===== | ||
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In a "mea culpa" missive the same day, Peters said he was holding back on the Kickstarter campaign "so we can coordinate better with Kickstarter and plan out our perks." | In a "mea culpa" missive the same day, Peters said he was holding back on the Kickstarter campaign "so we can coordinate better with Kickstarter and plan out our perks." | ||
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+ | ==== Move to Indiegogo ==== | ||
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+ | Ten days later, Peters announced the campaign would no longer be on Kickstarter, | ||
==== Priority Over Producing ' | ==== Priority Over Producing ' | ||
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In the pitch, Peters repeated an [[studio-financials# | In the pitch, Peters repeated an [[studio-financials# | ||
- | > 2016 was a challenging year [fending off a copyright lawsuit]. 2017 has seen the opportunity for us to create the first fan-funded movie studio in history. Won't you help us make that a reality? | + | > 2016 was a challenging year [fending off its copyright lawsuit]. 2017 has seen the opportunity for us to create the first fan-funded movie studio in history. Won't you help us make that a reality? |
Unfortunately, | Unfortunately, | ||
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