I must get without exaggerating too much five people personal message me here or email me asking to contribute to their crowd funding for a particular project or whatever. Im always polite because I know how hard it is to make a film. When we made The Limelight it was our own cash and that of friends and families who knew us that helped us make it. Without these friends and family it wouldnt have got made but they were people who believed in the project. I dont know the people who write to me. Id like to say to them Im putting together another project which is a slow process if you havent got big financiers behind you and is a pretty slow process even if you have. So unfortunately any spare money I have will go towards that Im afraid. I often feel like saying to some these people everyone is crowd funding why not try something innovative like getting a day job and putting your earnings towards the film? Now tonight I stumbled across to old friends of mine commenting upon crowd funding on their website and these two, who are among the funniest people Ive ever met on stage and the nicest people off had this to say on their website pearshapedcomedy/Document2.htm Crowdfunding is where if you cannot get anyone to watch, finance, turn up at or enjoy your gig, film project, play, concept or one man show then instead of risking your own money or going to visit a bank you put a ... ...button on the internet in the hope that those with more money than sense will simply give you a whole lot of their hard earned in return for practically nothing. You then relentlessly plug your page on twitter and retards who think theyve not stupid enough to fall for a Spansish Prisoner scam or Ponzi scheme just keep giving you their savings because basically they need someone to slap them. Anyone clicking on the paypal button above will get a credit on this page in a font size relating to the size of their stupidity according to the table below: Financier: Im a bit thick - I gave Pear Shaped a £5 but wouldnt watch the show Gold Financier: Im well educated but dont know the value of money so gave £6-£50 Non Executive Director: Im nice but very dim and have given a large chunk of my cash ISA (£51-£500) to Pear Shaped although I might draw the line at actually buying a ticket and watching it Not Executive CEO: I have parents who sent me to Eton but I also have several inherited genetic disorders resulting in some mental retardation and gave the Pear £501-£1000 Club Owner: I have no sense whatsoever and have donated £1001-to £1000000 or more even though it involved selling my house and club has now closed as a result as Messers Miller and Damage have emigrated to warmer climbs with my nestegg and all my possessions but I console myself that while this is a smaller font my name is all that remains of what was once a reasonable semi-pro open mike night. My children have been taken into care which is for the best. Unfortunately although these tactics resulted in a tiny increase in turnover we have not been able to translate that into anyone actually stupid enough to sit through the show to watch new acts die so have now closed down this revenue raising sideline as it sort of wasnt the point. If only we could really solve the problem of boredom by throwing money at it ... but sadly it doesnt seem to work like that. I havent asked Brian and Krysstal if I could use this so hopefully they wont sue but I thought it worthy of a film makers page. If you get the chance to book Brian and Krysstal they are excellent by the way.
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 19:03:45 +0000