A documentary about the most successful video game streamers around the world, as well as the journey of those trying to make it big.
TLDW:
I’ve set out a 3 main objectives for this film:
I’ve always been a huge fan of independent productions but you can’t do it alone, you need people to help you and who believe in what your doing for it to succeeded. Having the freedom to make what you want, how you want for everyone to enjoy is a priceless thing. Seeking funding elsewhere means bringing in people who don’t understand what streaming is or the culture and I fear this will have negative impact the story I’m trying to tell. Independent production also means I can shoot and produce faster and get the finished product out to you without jumping through a million hoops.
Sound Design & Music Composition: Half a great film is the music behind each and every scene. A music score can either make or break a moment in a film. Great sound design is a key aspect to any film and I’m devoting a large part of the budget towards this.
Travel Expenses: There are still streamer’s stories to be told and some amazing people I still want to interview, as well as being able to spend more time with our main characters. This part of the budget allows me to travel and visit more Streamers to tell their story.
Production Equipment: Things break. This part of the budget covers costs in production when things go wrong, a light burns out, a SD Card dies, audio fails. Whatever the case may be things tend to go wrong and we need to make sure there is a budget to make sure there is no slow down in production. More money raised will also equal increased production value.
Kickstarter Fees: This is the cut Kickstarter takes to keep their site running allowing projects like this to have a home and hopefully succeed.
Distribution, Encoding & Closed Captions: In order for this film to be distributed across multiple platforms there will be various encoding requirements that I may require additional help with. I also want to have subtitles or closed captions for those that can’t hear or really like reading. I want this film to be accessible to as many people as possible.
Legal Fees: When making a film there are release forms that need to be signed, confidentiality agreements to protect locations and identities and all the rest of that boring paperwork stuff. I want everyone to feel confidant that locations or identities will be safe and that means getting a lawyer to draft up some really proper sounding documents. This part of the budget covers that aspect.
Kickstarter Rewards: This part of the budget covers the cost of production and shipping of posters, t-shirts mugs, postcards or whatever the reward may be to say thank you and for you guys to enjoy. This is just a rough estimate and any money saved by a better deal with a shipping company will be injected right back into production.
I work for free: Everything else that it takes to get this film made from producing, directing, audio and editing I will be be doing completely free, not a cent of any production money goes to me or the work I do to get this made. I am extremely passionate about this project and just want to tell a great story for people to enjoy. The only money I’m trying to raise is for aspects I can’t do myself or need some additional help with.
Yes of course. I’d love to involve any members of the community who want to help out if they are interested in this project, If your a music creator or artist and want to design some wallpapers or a movie poster or designs for a mug or t-shirt I’m more then happy to talk to you and discuss what that means further.
If you are a fan of a streamer and think they would be perfect for this send me a message or tweet at me about them. If you are a streamer yourself and want to get involved also don’t hesitate to contact me.
Share the project around and get as many people involved and excited as we are, all of this helps a great deal.
Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves, although I do have a few cool ideas if it comes to that point. Basically it will mean higher production value and way for everyone to possibly follow along more indepth.
These are just the initial designs are I’m hoping to add more designs so you can have a choice of styles.
With any project there are risks and challenges and if any project tells you otherwise they are straight up lying. I’ve been working on this project for a long time now and the biggest thing is finding the right time and place to meet up with people. Everyone is really busy and time is valuable. Timing around events and various other factors could slow down production but I’ve never encountered a situation that couldn’t be figured out.
Problem solving is a huge part of film making and I feel confidant in my ability to solve any issue that might arise and produce a compelling story for everyone to enjoy, otherwise I would not be doing this.