With 16 days to go the Facebook Funeral Kickstarter campaign has attracted just under £7000 in pledges. This is some serious cash and I could certainly make the film for that amount of money - but I am determined to produce a cinematic film with very high production values and the best cast and crew that are available. This is because the film is a staging post on the way to my first feature - A Love Like That - and the backers of that feature are only going to be impressed by something that blows people's heads clean off. The good news is that the Kickstarter campaign has attracted some serious interest in the film and I am now talking to two separate financiers, one of whom is interested in putting up half the budget and the other of whom is interested in financing the whole production. In addition the film has got through the first round of a nationwide new talent funding scheme and if the application is successful this would also provide full funding for the film. If I was a gambling man I would be hard pressed to say which of these funding options I would bet on but I can say that the Kickstarter route would be the best - because I could go ahead and make the film without having to compromise my vision in line with outside demands. That is not to say that I will be closed to suggestions and advice - and I very much believe in the philosophy of the director Stephen Daldry who listens to absolutely everybody's suggestions because 'you never know where a good idea might come from'. Please check out the Facebook Funeral pledge video and other info here - and make a pledge. Unless I achieve the full amount you will not have to pay - but I'll still be eternally grateful! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1473843212/facebook-funeral
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