Explore crowdfunding from start to finish with Kickstarter's Elise McCave!

Overview

Are you considering a crowdfunding campaign for your film, to build your audience and raise the funds you need get it off the ground? Whether you’re working in fiction or documentary, features or shorts, you’re invited to join The Gotham for a two-part class on Crowdfunding Your Film led by Elise McCave, Senior Director of Film at Kickstarter. 

During this interactive workshop, Elise will use recent campaigns to explore what is possible through crowdfunding. And over the course of two sessions, she will work closely with participants to prepare you to run your own successful campaign.   

Addressing all the most commonly asked questions, you will learn about:

• Setting up a campaign
• Telling a compelling story
• Setting your financial goal
• Identifying your audience
• Communicating with backers before, during and after the campaign
• Basics of digital marketing for crowdfunding.

You’ll walk away from these sessions prepared to take funding and audience-building into your own hands.

Instructors

Elise McCave

Elise is Kickstarter’s Senior Director of Film. She works with filmmakers worldwide, providing tailored support and mentorship on fundraising and audience-building for films in development and production. She works to ensure the creative voices on Kickstarter come from all corners of the industry, producing work that explores the form to the fullest. Additionally, Elise has been working as a freelance producer on feature documentaries since 2020. Based in New York, she joined Kickstarter in 2016 from Doc Society (formerly BRITDOC).