How to Crowd Fund your feature film with Writer/Director MJ Dixon - Career advice from successful crowd funder

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Today I’m joined by writer/director MJ Dixon.
MJ has directed so many shorts and features I struggled to find the exact number but they include;
Slasher House (2012), Legacy or Thorn (2014), Cleaver: Rise of the Killer Clown (2015), Hollower (2016), Slasher House 2 (2016), The Haunting of Molly Bannister (2019), Mask of Thron (2019), Pandamonium (2020), Slasher House 3 (2024).
MJ runs UK Production company Mycho Pictures with his wife Anna and has created an entire horror universe. I chatted to MJ about how he crowd funds his feature films, his top things to consider if you're thinking of crowd funding, his advice for directors and some war stories about sales and distribution.
MJ on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3262576/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

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1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Crowd funding your first feature (00:00:40)

3. Three most important things to consider - Don't overshoot (00:04:17)

4. Flexible Funding (00:07:11)

5. How does flexible funding affect the funders? (00:11:33)

6. Creating assets and making it look real (00:12:54)

7. Crowd funding your graduation film (00:14:15)

8. It's a full time job (00:15:24)

9. Diversification - clothing, toys, comics, video games (00:20:04)

10. Understanding roles on a film (00:22:46)

11. Directing tips (00:24:09)

12. Sales and Distribution (00:26:29)