A compact yet comprehensive guide to crowdfunding your first feature film, from choosing the right script through casting, creating a following, maximising potential, up to and including distribution. Written by an experienced screenwriter and producer, the book carefully guides the novice crowdfunder through those difficult and daunting steps of realising your potential as an independent filmmaker, by capitalising on the recent phenomenon of crowdfunding. With clear and concise chapters on finding the right projects, picking the right team, casting, budgeting, and maintaining that momentum that allows you to propel your project forward, including creating a following, spreading awareness of your project, building the crowdfunding campaign, shooting the crowdfunding video, what perks and incentives to offer, etc. Packed with industry insights and illustrated throughout with the comic wit of cartoonist Shawn Raymond, this is an essential tool in the independent filmmaker's toolbox.