TAMPA
BAY FILM
CROWDFUNDING
November 12, 2016
Crowd Funding Independent
Horror Films: Don’t Cry 200 Tears. Make It Happen.
Tampa independent horror filmmakers Marcus Koch and Joe Davison try
to raise money for 200 Tears, the sequel to their cult classic 100 Tears,
while Chris Woods succeeds in raising enough money to complete his film,
Chaos A.D. . -
11/12/16/0623
We noticed
that local independent filmmakers Marcus Koch and Joe Davison tried to
use Kickstarter to raise funds for the sequel to 100 Tears, 200 Tears.
With only $12,451.00 pledged of the stated $30,000.00, around half of
the budget that they were seeking, they lost all of that money, and it
now looks as if they will have to start from scratch, that is, if they
haven’t given up. Seeing “Cancelled” on their Kickstarter
page is just sad.
Chris Woods, when he was seeking funds to complete his latest film, Chaos
A.D., used IndieGoGo to seek $2,000.00, and was able to get $1,401.00,
or about 70% of what he allegedly needed. IndieGoGo is set up differently
than Kickstarter, and Woods was able to keep the money that was pledged.
Might we suggest trying again with IndieGoGo, and to ask for less than
$30,000.00? Surely you guys can get it done for less than that. Filmmakers
don’t make money during production, anyway, and should be able to
make money on the back end.
Joe Davison recently stated that the budget for 100 Tears was $110,000.00,
almost FOUR TIMES what they are asking for 200 Tears. Now we are not calling
Joe a liar, or saying that he embellished that number, but we have to
wonder how they think that they can do a sequel for almost 75% less than
the original, and we also have to wonder why the original cost so much
or how they can do a sequel for 30 grand when movies such as Web of Darkness
and Brainjacked cost between 30 to 50 grand (and, sadly, although Brainjacked
is brilliant, and we consider it to be the best local feature film ever
made, it is our opinion that they did not make back their money).
We just have to wonder why there is such a difference between the budgets
of 100 Tears and 200 Tears, especially when we thought that the budget
for 100 Tears was around $40,000.00, and they should be able to make a
sequel much more cost-effectively after experience making the original
and all of the other independent films that they have worked on.
Marcus, we don’t want to hear that 200 Tears is going to cost 30
Grand. You can do it for half of that. If you state that you need all
of that money for props and other things, well, might we suggest that
you cut back on the gore and the mayhem and get Joe or someone else to
write a better script?
You had a bunch of people pledge 12 grand. Think about it, You can do
it for that, or maybe try for a little more.
Going back to the remark about the better script, and cross referencing
that into why we would like to see 200 Tears made, well, despite the flaws
of 100 Tears, which, in our opinion, suffered from a poorly written script,
we actually liked it, and would like to see the sequel.
Going back to $30,000.00, we also have to wonder why, if Joe started the
Florida Film Network and it really does have 6,000 active members like
he stated, why they were not able to raise 30 grand with all of those
active contacts.
Passinault has been working on a clown movie for several years, now, and
that film will be done for less than $2,000.00 . How is it going to look
when a film that is more effective as a horror film, which has a better
story and characters, is able to be done for a fraction of what they are
asking?
It can be done, and it will be done.
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