There are so many people out there with amazing ideas for an abundance of creative things, such as video games, cartoons, movies, and inventions. Where do all these people get the money to fund their projects? Unless by some chance they are incredibly rich, finding funds for a project can bring all their ideas to a halt. If only there was some way to have other people help out with all the funding.
There is a way, actually, and its name is Kickstarter. Kickstarter allows aspiring artists, developers, and inventors to find backers for their projects. The Kickstarter website states that everything is independently created and creators keep 100% ownership of their work. Projects can also provide incentives to back a certain amount, offering various tiers of reward systems. All this means is in return for helping them out, they’ll send out goodies (usually pertaining to the project) to their backers.
Kickstarter was first brought to my attention by Natasha Allegri, one of the crew-members of the well-known cartoon Adventure Time. Since then I have fallen in love with the wonderful website.
Natasha Allegri, along with Fredeator Studios, is using Kickstarter to fund her cartoon, Bee and Puppycat. Through this, Frederator says they will be able to turn Bee and Puppycat into a “traditionally animated” series, and they’ll be able to produce more of the show at a faster pace than what they would’ve been producing it at.
An excellent example of how powerful Kickstarter is would be The Veronica Mars Movie Project and its massive success.
Kickstarter, like many other things in life, has its faults. Kennedy Booker, Bob Jones junior, was quick to share her thoughts on Kickstarter’s weak points: “I think that Kickstarter is often abused. I usually see bands that are already successful using it to get money to put out albums and whatnot. That’s very stupid to me. Work for your money like everyone else. I would like it if Kickstarter only let real charities use their site.”
Kennedy’s opinion is valid, but I feel that although there are people who try to take advantage of Kickstarter, there are people out there who truly are not able to get their ideas off the ground and are just looking for a little bit of help from people who are willing to pitch in.
What I don’t get is why more people do not recognize the existence of the glorious website? Its mission of helping creators achieve their dreams is truly inspiring, as are those who help back the projects put up on the site. It’s like a big community of supportive people who just want each other to succeed! If only the real world were a bit more like that.
