You should think in terms of how your film story will benefit
Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, New Jelly, etc., contributors.
For example, if I donate $25 to your project, how will
I benefit from that, particularly in terms of the story?
Is the theme of the story, something I would champion?
How will this story strike the hearts of contributors?
So, you need a beginning, a middle and an end with a theme
that holds every story element together. You should have an
antagonist (seeks same goal as your main character, but
for a different reason and goes about accomplishing the
goal in a different way than your main character)) or a villain
(a villain represents pure evil with no redeeming characteristics,
who seeks the same goal as your main character, but for a
different reason and the way he/she goes about accomplishing the goal).
By telling the story from the point-of-view of a strong, main character,
who must go through a transformational arc, who has one main goal
in the story, with a theme that reflects in every scene, character, setting,
etc., then you’ll have substance to your story and it will attract
contributors.
The fine point for crowdfunding is to show the benefits for contributing
to your project and you will more likely connect with contributors.
Happy Crowdfunding!
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Donald L. Vasicek
Olympus Films+, LLC
The Zen of Writing
http://michaelc.nextmp.net/wordpress
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