Learning From Bad Crowdfunding Campaigns

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mad_hatter

I came across this IndieGoGo campaign not too long back, and I thought I'd share it. It's pretty bad. I think there's a lot any filmmaker considering crowdfunding could learn from a campaign like this.

They're asking for $4 million. $4 million!!! They're only $3,999,700 short of their goal. With 8 days to go.

The thing that gets me most about this campaign is that it's a sequel - nowhere is there any mention of the original! Very strange.
 
It almost seems like a parody of crowdfunding campaigns.

If it's real, I assume they were counting on fans of their films to already know about the first film... and they probably just overestimated the dedication of their fan base.

Here's the trailer for the first film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClD5b86HZF8

And an "exclusive clip":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkpaV1lkUJI

Personally it doesn't inspire a lot of confidence in their ability to deliver a film worthy of spending $4 million on it.
 
Modern Day Myth Prod. LLC said:
How does a YT video get more likes than views? I smell foul play.
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Youtube has an interesting way of counting views. As I understand it, there are a large number of YT servers. Rather than having every view go through and be displayed instantly, each server collects views until it reaches a certain amount, at which point all of the views are submitted at once. This is a much more recourse efficient method.

It's why you see certain numbers appearing a lot more for views (301 etc.)

I would assume that likes work similarly

So I guess it's possible that likes could be submitted before views, and that likes would be higher.

I am by no means an expert on the topic, but that seems like a possible reason.

tldr: Something that has nothing to do with this thread or filmmaking as a whole.

EDIT: So, the video was just posted today, so this seems pretty likley.
 
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