crowdsourcing WORKSHOP
EVENT DATE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2023 At 11am
Location: The Conference Center at the Main Library - Multipurpose Room
(Entrance from Main Street)
Event Description:
Any feature film has a ton of challenges, and one of the biggest is usually financing. When Marty Lang set out to make his feature film STAY WITH ME, he had a producing partner, their parent's house to shoot in - and not much else. So he turned to crowdsourcing and crowdfunding to help him get the majority of the resources he needed to make the film. In this workshop, Lang will walk you through the development, pre-production and production of the film, the Seed&Spark crowdfunding campaign he ran to raise post-production funds, and the current state of its festival run as a finished film. You'll learn how to identify your audience, build support for your production, and create a direct connection to the people who can help you make your story a reality.
Marty Lang
Marty Lang is an assistant professor of film at the University of Memphis. He has written and directed two feature films, STAY WITH ME, awarded Best Feature Film at the 2022 Southeastern New England Film Festival, and RISING STAR, released worldwide by Content Film in 2013. He is also a prolific independent film producer, whose credits include the web series THE RIDE, a 2020 Sundance Film Festival world premiere, OUT OF MY HAND, a 2016 Indie Spirit Award nominee, and CHOMPY & THE GIRLS, featuring Udo Kier, released internationally in 2021 by Freestyle Digital Media. In addition to his film work, he is writing THE SELF-SUSTAINING FILMMAKER, a book about crowdsourcing, crowdfunding and community-supported independent film, to be published by Focal Press in 2023.
Film as a case study:
Stay With Me
As a young woman struggles through an unspecified mental illness, her best friend and new boyfriend also struggle as they learn to be her mental health advocates.