ArtemisEternal.com - The Crowd Funds the Movie

In Hollywood, movies need to be commercial, which means profitable which usually means formulaic. And funding doesn’t come easy. Either you’ve got to be crazy and rich like Tom Cruise or know someone crazy and rich like Tom Cruise; or, preferably several people of his stature. Enter Jessica Mae Stover and her movie Artemis Eternal. Frustrated with the lack of funding for her feature, she came up with the idea of “Crowd Funding”. Crowd Funding means that anyone who donates will get a piece of the action, namely with credits. A $1+ donation will get you a credit on the website;$25+ will get you an in film credit; and $100+ will bestow you with “Wingman” status. Wingman status gets you an in film credit as well as a silver Aurum with your name and a personal link. The movie is a sci-fi flick and is getting ready to shoot.

“Artemis Eternal is a professional sci-fi fantasy short intended for film festivals and traveling screenings. Engineered to create a great film in the short term, and in the long term disrupt and evolve the system, ours is a story about challenging society’s expectations. What happens next depends on you.”

Crowd funding is an ingenious idea. It circumvents the circus that is Hollywood and gets the masses involved directly. It takes Web 2.0 to a new level.

Will enough people get on the wagon to have a fully financed movie? Will it be a success? Is this a new model for film making?