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Melanie Hagen
Crowdfunding for a teaser

Hey everyone my name is Melanie Hagen, I am a German actress, based in Berlin. I developed a series and now we want to shoot a teaser to present the project to streaming service, producers. I have a great team and cast, but unfortunately I have been a bit unlucky the last weeks. We were ready to sho...

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Jane Sanger

Hi, that is not entirely true. It depends whether you want to direct etc your tv show and a nice teaser showing your skills IS watched and does get you commissioned. Re crowdfunding. You need at least...

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John Ellis

Clearly, the US and the UK operate differently. I stand by what I've been told by the people I mentioned above, that a teaser is a waste of time and money - at least in the US.

Melanie Hagen

@ JohnEllis What Jane Sanger said. Everyone would love to be in the producion later so we want to show our skills. Also it is common here. Germany is a bit different. And for sure I have a bible. It w...

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Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg

Well, I usually agree with John Ellis opinion on this, teasers are usually irrelevant. Plus, often they cost what an episode would cost, so... just produce a pilot episode and then you have something...

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John Ellis

Shadow Dragu-Mihai, Esq., Ipg, that's a great exception to the "usually irrelevant" rule. Melanie Hagen you should really listen to what he has to say....

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