Comedy newbies, you can earn your first IMDB credit courtesy of my ace comedy short "Reply To All" (Caramie Productions). All pledges of £10 and above gain a 'Thanks" credit - with some fantastic practical awards available for larger pledges. Deadline to pledge is end 14 December. Your pledge will not be activated if we fail to hit our target. Nothing to lose, lots to gain! Go to: http://kck.st/1aX5EL0
Well I never.
To clarify: catering is to be supplied by the location itself. No van is mentioned. No 'blame' is inferred to the writer - actually myself - either. We're aiming for a quality production which will capture the imagination of further investors who will enable us to expand to a feature. So, yeah, we're ambitious.
I am curious as to the worth of an IMDB credit??? Does it mean you can use the word ace in self reference on a cv?
I just read your list of what you get if you pay more than ten pounds, 350 for your ten minutes of fame, 1500 for an executive producer credit. Take your shilling elsewhere, you don't even post
the 'ace' script but want money. I mean, seriously!
The short preview shows it's not some two bob operation, so best of luck and all. However, I can't really see the point of throwing money at this for the reasons Marc stated above.
Brilliant. Can I get on the paid guestlist too? Happy to pay extra to go the VIP area, naturally.
The value of the IMDB credit is to help developing film-makers, writers etc. build a professional profile. If they don't already have one, it automatically creates an IMDB profile page for them into the bargain. This is valuable as Producers, Directors and the like tend to check out new talents' profiles on IMDB. Whilst a 'Thanks' credit is not the same as a 'Written by' credit, if you're looking to establish yourself it helps to present a busy profile as it shows you're serious about getting things made. Or at least supporting your peers in doing so...
...and people who support their fellow film-makers tend to see that support returned in kind. That's just how it works.
Sorry Marc, but I'll be sticking around. Turn your nose up if you want, but please don't troll. It's most unbecoming.
An IMDb credit for crowd funding? You will end up with a cast and crew page longer than The Lord of the Rings...
Here's hoping 
I know a guy who claims the unofficial world record for 'Thanks' credits in a short. Didn't stop the film getting shortlisted for an Oscar, either.
In answer to Tim's query earlier: we're going to be part live action/part animation - so the production will be quite heavy on post, edit and time in general. This makes the budget what it is. If we don't get it, then back to the drawing board.
Having asked people for funding, we want to produce something of high quality. So we'd rather hand people their money back than present them with something half-cocked.
The set location being a hotel, it's just easier to have catering supplied by them. And cheaper than getting a van in.
Quote: Nick Boocock @ 8th December 2013, 1:18 AM GMTThe value of the IMDB credit is to help developing film-makers, writers etc. build a professional profile. If they don't already have one, it automatically creates an IMDB profile page for them into the bargain. This is valuable as Producers, Directors and the like tend to check out new talents' profiles on IMDB. Whilst a 'Thanks' credit is not the same as a 'Written by' credit, if you're looking to establish yourself it helps to present a busy profile as it shows you're serious about getting things made. Or at least supporting your peers in doing so...
...and people who support their fellow film-makers tend to see that support returned in kind. That's just how it works.
Sorry Marc, but I'll be sticking around. Turn your nose up if you want, but please don't troll. It's most unbecoming.
You come with a begging bowl touting for money and give a meaningless credit in return??? If me pointing that out is trolling, well paint me green and find me a bridge. Good luck with it all mind! And thanks for the update on just how things work.. except you know what, it isn't. In essence you are selling a pig in a poke, who knows... it may be a good pig, but like I say who knows.
If I wanted an IMDB credit I could just change my name to James Cotter
Could I change my name to James Coard, then we could claim we were Harris and Doyle.
Quote: Marc P @ 8th December 2013, 2:48 AM GMTYou come with a begging bowl touting for money and give a meaningless credit in return??? If me pointing that out is trolling, well paint me green and find me a bridge. Good luck with it all mind! And thanks for the update on just how things work.. except you know what, it isn't. In essence you are selling a pig in a poke, who knows... it may be a good pig, but like I say who knows.
MarcP if I give you a tenner will you name the next murdered prozzie in one of your books after me.
Quote: Nick Boocock @ 7th December 2013, 4:25 PM GMTComedy newbies, you can earn your first IMDB credit courtesy of my ace comedy short "Reply To All" (Caramie Productions). All pledges of £10 and above gain a 'Thanks" credit - with some fantastic practical awards available for larger pledges. Deadline to pledge is end 14 December. Your pledge will not be activated if we fail to hit our target. Nothing to lose, lots to gain! Go to: http://kck.st/1aX5EL0
This incidentally is the worst attempt to bilk money out of me; since a chugger stopped me in the street and asked I contribute to the charity, Clone Hitlers DNA and enter him in the Eurovision Song Contest for Israel with a song about admiring Jimmy Saville.
I get an IMDB credit, dude I could get that having a wank on chat roulette.
And as for the plot, the Intercepted Message is one of the most ancient tropes from sitcom. From answer phone messages, to telegrams back to when cavewomen first painted insulting messages about their mothers in law on cave walls.
Good luck, but I'm oot.
No murdered prosssies in the next one alas.
20 quid
Would that I were an eccentric billionaire and could fund the whole thing. Would that you were in Australia, where anyone with an idea seems to get a government handout, though the lead characters would probably have to become ethnic minorities and/or homosexuals, including one with diabetes. Perhaps change the bride into a lesbian Muslim woman who is fleeing an arranged marriage - that sort of thing.
The British Council has been throwing money at short film makers and festivals abroad, so perhaps relocate to Indonesia if funding is a hassle.
You know gmail has a feature for unsending emails sent to the wrong recipient(s)? You have 30 seconds to activate it from hitting send, or more time if you have a shitty intermittent Net connection, in which case you just unplug your modem.
Quote: Marc P @ 8th December 2013, 8:45 AM GMTNo murdered prosssies in the next one alas.
But how about mentioning the James Cotter Memorial Brothel? It could just be a meeting place - no staff have to get murdered. Shall we say for thirty quid?