Back an ancient age of creative production when artists, filmmakers, musicians and writers never had to wait for an investor or an agency to “notice” them. The creative world surely suffered within this model as many deserving artists’ and producers’ work fell to the wayside, and sensationalized, easy selling media boomed. Thankfully this era is coming to close as creatives are offered an expanse
of options on how to self-fund their projects. If you happen to be on the film side of these creative communities- you should know about GreenLightMyFilms.com. GreenlightMyFilms.com offers filmmakers specifically, a fantastic platform for funding their film projects. Green Light connects people who are passionate about making projects happen with filmmakers who have incredible films to share with the world. By using crowdfunding to fund their film, emergent filmmakers have the opportunity to raise big film budgets without the sacrifices in content that they would have to make working under big investors. What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a term that has been getting a lot of traction around creative communities, entrepreneurs, and non-profits, but how exactly does it work? Crowdfunding basically draws on the pooled resources of a community to make big projects a reality. Imagine if you were able to get a small amount of money from each of your friends, relatives and colleagues. The amount could be quite small for each of your investors, but by the time its all added together the sum total can be a lot. By drawing on communal investments the pressure is off finding single big time investors or taking out enormous loans to fund the project yourself. Crowdsourcing is a hugely democratic way of bringing projects to life. Underground and independent filmmakers thrive in this platform, as do more conventional filmmakers interested self-funding their projects. You maintain 100% ownership of your film and your investors have the pride in knowing they helped realize the film. What’s in it for them? Green Light My Film offers people interested in supporting creative projects, or people who wan to support a their filmmaker friend the opportunity to invest in the arts. By accessing a widespread community in the funding and success of independent film projects, engagement in creative production increases throughout the community. People enjoy feeling involved and by using their micro-investments to help projects succeed, audiences have control over which films they help go big. An industry innovation. Surely you’ve heard of other crowdfunding platforms that have hit the market in the past few years, Kickstarter, Indiegogo, RocketHub, and more, are all great platforms to fund a project, but Green Light My Film is an option apart for filmmakers. By using a film-only funding site, filmmakers who are posting their projects are access
investors who are strictly interested in film therefore more likely to fund their project. Almost more importantly in Green Light My Films fee structure. Other platforms charge anywhere from 9% to 5% in fees, Green Light My Film charges get 3% so you keep the maximum amount of your project budget that you earned. Other platforms penalize if the projects goal is not met. Kickstarter and GoFundMe will not fund the project if the total goal is not met. Indiegogo and RocketHub charge double the fees on a project whose goal is not met. Green Light My Films does none of these. The fee is 3% whether you reach, exceed, or fall short of your total goal. You receive the money your funders pledge to you. It seems like that’s the way it should be, right? So how do I sign up? The site is extremely easy to use. Just post your project and share the link with friends, family, and anyone else who would be interested in making small contributions to your film. Together your team of investors can help realize the budget of your film. You can post your film wherever you’re at in your process. Whether you have the film entirely made and you just need some extra funds for release, or you’re on your first storyboard, you can post your project to Green Light My Films. Its important to really sell your piece when you post, highlighting the reasons why your film will succeed. You can share bios of the film crew, highlight the incredible locations you will use, and share concepts and genres you are running off of. Green Light has a fantastic tagging function which allows you to sort your film by actors, director, genre, etc. and then potential investors who are visiting the site can more easily find your film. Green Light My Film is here to revolutionize the way your film gets funded. By connecting investors and visionaries within creative communities, next level projects are taken from idea into reality. Join the global community- post your film to Green Light My Film and get funded today!
