When financing a screenplay or movie, crowdfunding organizations like KickStarter can be of great help. Before you start advertising your crowdfunding page, you need to make sure it’s set up correctly. Don’t just write a few sentences about your movie idea and then expect people to shell out thousands of dollars to fund it. You have to include sketches, illustrations, trailers and a copy of your script. Make sure the script is copyrighted or registered with the Writer’s Guild of America before distributing it. But in addition to the marketing appeal, you need to create incentives for people to want to donate.
Incentives are things you offer people based on how much they donated. For example, anyone who donates $25 or less will get a free ticket to see the movie. Anyone who donates more than $1000 will get her name in the credits. Just think of different incentive ideas like these that will encourage people to donate more money to your project. After all, they won’t give you free money without getting at least something in return. You also need to find out if the money goes to your bank account or to your company’s bank account. It is recommended that the money go to your company’s bank account. That way, the funding project looks legitimate because people may feel uncomfortable if they find out that their money will go to a personal bank account.
Self-promotion in screenwriting
There aren’t too many sources that teach writers how to promote themselves. People are more likely to donate and contribute if they trust your abilities. This doesn’t mean just knowing how to sell your script. You need to know how to sell yourself too. As a screenwriter, this includes marketing your ideas, tone, voice, attitude, and salary. People will ask why your script should be produced and what makes you a good screenwriter. There are two ways to answer these questions. The first and best way is to include a list of contacts who will help you with the making of the film. If you have reputable contacts, the script will seem even more attractive to the producer. But if you don’t have connections, you need a burning desire to tell your story to the world. This means writing multiple drafts of your script and never giving up until someone wants to buy your script.