ONE NINE NINE FOUR
This guy is trying to raise money for music clearance, but another thing he could do is kind of like Paranormal Activity did : get a grassroots online campaign happening by all the people who want the opportunity to see his film. The fact that he’s already filmed it, has a bunch of great bands who were happy to be part of it, and Tony Hawk… there’s got to be a significant audience out there who want to see this! Tap into the band’s fan bases, into lovers of this type of music, if he gets some pressure happening so the labels won’t want to lose face to the audience they might cut this filmmaker a deal of some sort, maybe sponsorship, or % of profits, or deferred payment, etc.

EDIBLE CITY
Anytime you’re asking people for money, even if it’s a donation, need to really make it clear what your project is and why you’re worth backing. Edible City doesn’t make clear if it’s feature length (I’m guessing yes, but not clear), doesn’t really explain their distribution strategy beyond what could be considered filmmaker wishful thinking, and for filmmakers being innovative enough to try funding from strangers online, I’d like to see better use of transocial media – the blog on their website hasn’t even been updated in the past 6 months. They should take a peek at what the Age of Stupid did to engage an audience and crowd fund their documentary feature about global warming.

FRENSO
Okay, there’s nothing new about skateboarding in empty swimming pools. I’m not even a skateboarder, yet I’ve seen not one but two full length films (one fiction and one doco) that showed skaters doing this. Using it as an “in” to discuss the foreclosure crisis is interesting – but I don’t see any human characters portrayed here, just a lot of talking heads intercut with skateboarding. In their pitch I’d like to see more about the filmmaker’s strategy. “Raise money to enter film festivals” is quite passe and wishy washy, and in this day and age, there are alternatives online that could help them reach their audience, and make money off the backend.

Good luck to all these filmmakers, but if I was going to put my money on one, it’d be One Nine Nine Four without a doubt

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