There are many ways to raise money for a film. You can pool in your personal money either from your savings or by selling your property. You can take a loan from a bank or a government or private financier. You can go for an institutional funding from a corporate company or a government. You can approach a producer or a production company who can produce the film.
Going to the public for contribution is a tough, prolonged and labored but a democratic method. It is also a political statement.
Firstly the filmmaker starts talking about the project while raising the money from the public. A discussion is initiated on the theme even before the film is being made. After all, discussion is the aim behind making the film.
Secondly the filmmaker who chooses the crowd funding method for fund raising becomes independent of any corporate or government funding which has got its own agenda. You may agree or disagree with the agenda. But the filmmaker has not become part of any campaign voluntarily or involuntarily.
Thirdly the filmmaker's artistic freedom is respected in this crowd funding method, where it is the creative drive of the filmmaker is the only force that operates behind the film. It is the filmmaker who decides the theme, form, cast and crew of the film.
Fourthly all of us become the joint producers of the film by contributing to the film. It is like a community coming together to build a house or to cut a tank or to organize a festival. Any community activity is welcome in this acute privatized and "liberalized" ambiance which allows us to think and plan a process together.
Finally, this crowd funding method allows and gives space to anyone who aspires to make films or to do anything constructively irrespective of their background, or connections or limitations! This method is a tried and tested one where all of us can take part creatively and constructively.
Welcome to crowd funding!
Amudhan R.P.
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-riddle/x/3874825
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