Tag: kickstarter

Paying to watch paint dry

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Congratulations to Charlie Lyne, who’s latest documentary ‘Paint Drying‘ has cleared the BBFC censors in the UK. Financed on Kickstarter the ten hour feature film explores the condition of a wall after it has been painted and a slow decent to a hellishly dry state. Paint Drying is the result of aKickstarter campaign aimed at highlighting the “prohibitively expensive” cost of presenting cinematic works for classification. The BBFC charges a £101.50 submission fee and £7.09 per minute of film. However, it is obliged to sit through every single frame of material, so Lyne decided he’d make the censors work for their money. He

Kickstarter lessons from the failed Zano drone project

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Crowdsourcing is still a ‘big thing’ that many people are relying on. Which means when crowd funding goes wrong it can have a big impact. For those of you following the funding merry-go-round the name of Zano will be familiar. If you haven’t heard, it was a semi-autonomous drone that you would control from your smartphone and it would follow you, avoid obstacles, and record HD video. It was a spectacular failure, burning through funds, promises, and delivery goals. Kickstarter commissioned Mark Harris to write an investigative report into the failure. It’s chock full of lessons for people running crowd funding

Kickstarting ‘Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story’

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Documentary film maker Steve Sullivan: Whatever happens with the Kickstarter campaign, however much we raise, if we can reach at least the minimum target then there will ultimately be a feature length documentary about Chris Sievey and Frank Sidebottom. Whatever budget the film is ultimately made for I believe Chris and Frank’s fans, as well as his family and friends, will be happy with the documentary and it will be a fitting tribute to Chris himself. Kick in a quid, you get a picture, and it’ll be far funnier and true to life than ‘Frank‘.

What Happens To Kickstarter’s 5% When A Project Fails?

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Alright then Kickstarter, I’ll watch your merry dance around the subject on ‘what happens to the money if a project does not deliver’. It looks like you want to say ‘the money should be refunded‘ but are loathe to create a precedent. From the FAQ: If you realize that you will be unable to follow through on your project before funding has ended, you are expected to cancel it. If your project is successfully funded, you are required to fulfill all rewards or refund any backer whose reward you do not or cannot fulfill. A failure to do so could