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Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing. It takes MONEY to get your film out there. How much would you pay for an Associate Producer Cred? Co-Producer? Exec Producer? Or should this be left out altogether? Is the democratization of the internet the monetization of the internet? If this is the future of film-funding, what will make one's project stand out above all the noise?

D Marcus

I would never pay for a credit. doing the job and doing it well can lead to other jobs. Paying for a credit means you have never done the job so it will lead to nothing.

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Cherelynn Baker

Yes, and no. I agree with Daniel Stuelpnagel that if it beats me over the head with one side, it's a turn off. If I can see a fair and balanced story telling that is also engaging, I'm in. I really enjoy documentaries and true story films.

Doug Nelson

Sometimes, not always. A lot of it depends on hoe preachy it is and who makeups the audience

Christiane Lange

When the story is only a thin excuse to beat some horse, whatever horse, it tends to be quite boring. This is true of didactic social issue films, but also of 'philosophical' indies.

Conversely, a real...

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Kiril Maksimoski

Depends where u at...Europe's, especially Balkan's cinema is flooded with 'em...all competing for palms, bears, lions, Goya's whatever...

James Welday

I feel there’s always a market for audiences connecting with films about social issues. Every Oscar season can be flooded with social message films, some are successful, others not so much.

As a scree...

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