Joss posts about donation or subscription or budgeting through pre-sale.

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ANONYMOUS1

Friday, February 13, 2009 9:02 PM

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I think donation or subscription -- or just budgeting through pre-sale -- models are kind of interesting. The guild was fan-financed its first season -- one of the internet structures I'm investigating could be similar. The more direct connection between the fan and the artist, the better. It would be fun to announce a project with and actor and THEN find out what the budget was based on the fans.

joss | February 13, 07:52 CET
http://whedonesque.com/comments/19076#286740

ZEEK

Friday, February 13, 2009 9:24 PM

The problem with that is it works for him but that's because he's got a die hard following of fans. If some new artist came out of no where and tried it they'd have a much more uphill battle.

STORYMARK

Friday, February 13, 2009 9:59 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
The problem with that is it works for him but that's because he's got a die hard following of fans. If some new artist came out of no where and tried it they'd have a much more uphill battle.

True, but on the other hand, how big of a fanbase did The Guild have, before it's first season.

And, as he mentioned, having a actor with a following attached helps a lot.

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ANONYMOUS1

Friday, February 13, 2009 10:07 PM

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Originally posted by Zeek:
The problem with that is it works for him but that's because he's got a die hard following of fans.

My point is:
1. Joss is thinking about it.
2. Joss could actually make it work for his projects.
3. which means one day it may work for us die hard Firefly/Serenity fans.

ECGORDON

Friday, February 13, 2009 11:57 PM

I'll pre-order new Firefly episodes as soon as Joss gives the word.

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CYBERSNARK

Saturday, February 14, 2009 12:42 AM

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Originally posted by Storymark:
And, as he mentioned, having a actor with a following attached helps a lot.

It sounds basically like pitching a "package" to a studio/network; most of them won't touch a project until you have a few names attached --i.e., you already have a certain amount of money (the people attached are willing to pitch in some funds), so then the studio decides how much money they're gonna contribute.

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MISSTRESSAHARA

Saturday, February 14, 2009 1:28 AM

Sounds somewhat similar to Indy films does it not? Private funding. Nice to see he's looking into it. The internet is the future of entertainment, but Hollywood doesn't want to realize it and lose their hold. They'll eventually come around (as they did with television) but it's going to be a looong uphill battle. Until then it'll be people like Joss who pave the way. Exciting.

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DMI

Saturday, February 14, 2009 5:39 PM

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I'll pre-order new Firefly episodes as soon as Joss gives the word.

Ditto.

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JAKEWOLFE

Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:28 PM

Joss gives the word, I'm there, paying and fighting from the trenches... we've been holding a LOOONG time, and if we're given the chance, then Firefly WILL get back on the air in some form or another!!!

SCHISM

Saturday, February 14, 2009 8:22 PM

I often wondered...couldn't he have an online collection to finance (or partially finance) a movie?

Or an investor's buy-in option.
Anyone who donates a sum over, say, $1,000 gets a share of the profits (if any).
Best case scenario, your $1,000 could make back $1,500.
Worst case scenario, you're out $1k, but you have a new Serenity movie.

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