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Straight to Screen Prize presented by Fullscreen.
Start a Project
Start a project and launch your crowdfunding campaign for at least $10,000 on Seed&Spark. You must raise enough to be able to shoot the pilot or teaser for your series. All campaigns will run from September 12 - October 14, 2016. Submissions are open now until September 1, 2016.
You must gather at least 1,000 followers to your Seed&Spark campaign by April 1, 2017. Followers include all contributors, but they also include anyone who clicks the “follow” button from your campaign page to receive email updates.
To stay qualified, filmmakers must post 2 project updates per week during their 30-day crowdfunding campaign; at least 1 project update during your campaign must contain video content original to the campaign.
Use the funds raised during your successful crowdfunding campaign to shoot the first episode or teaser for your series before March 31, 2017.
Continue to grow your followers during production by posting a minimum of 2 video updates per month from October- April. The 10 finalists are determined by what is produced, as well as the greatest number of followers by April 1, 2017.
We are looking for original series in pre-production, ready to build their audiences and shoot their first episode or teaser.
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You can submit your project now through September 1, 2016; eligible projects must launch on September 5 and crowdfund through October 7, 2016. Your “submission” date is the date you click “Submit for Approval” of your Seed&Spark campaign.
Submitting your project means adding your project to Seed&Spark, preparing for your crowdfunding campaign, and beginning a dialogue with Seed&Spark crowdfunding experts.
Launching in the day you go live and begin collecting audience and funds.
“Followers” are those who financially support your campaign, OR follow your campaign by clicking the “Follow” button on your campaign page. In either case, followers receive project updates you send out from your Seed&Spark project about your campaign, your production activity, and your future projects.
Once you submit your project, Seed&Spark’s crowdfunding team will provide personalized, comprehensive feedback so you can optimize your campaign. You’ll want to give yourself a week between submitting a project and launching your project to receive and incorporate vital feedback. We HIGHLY recommend aiming to launch in the first week of July 2016 to take advantage of the maximum amount of audience building time.
Seed&Spark, SeriesFest, Fullscreen and Mastercard will be promoting all crowdfunding campaigns through paid and organic social channels throughout the rally and upon completion. Seed&Spark is committed to promoting all campaigns that consistently update their fans throughout the lifecycle of the film and beyond.
All New Voice crowdfunding campaigns must end by October 14th, 2016. Projects that raise at least $10k will be expected to submit a project budget and pitch deck by November 4th, 2016, as well as an additional piece of short video content to show the judges a little more about the style, tone, or story of the series.
Between November 2016 and March 2017, all successful rally finishers are expected to complete production on their web series pilot / teaser. Expected completion date: March 31st, 2017. Teams must submit two update videos per month during production and continue to grow their audience!
The 10 finalists for the New Voices contest will be announced in April of 2017, based on what is produced and the greatest number of followers. The 10 finalist teams will have a chance to meet with Band of Outsiders and Seed&Spark (in person or via phone, depending on location) prior to SeriesFest (June 2017.)
The 10 finalists will premiere their web series pilot / teaser at SeriesFest in June of 2017. The winner of the New Voice crowdfunding rally will be announced at this time. The Fullscreen Straight to Screen Winner will be announced between October 12th, 2016, and January 1, 2017.
All filmmakers who gather 1,000 or more followers are eligible for the Filmmaker Gift Box, worth over $8000 in production, post and distribution technology and services, as well as festival fee waivers. They also become eligible to distribute on Seed&Spark and through Seed&Spark’s output deals. Lastly, by raising funds and gathering an audience on Seed&Spark, participants take control of their creative future, creating a path to their own sustainable filmmaking career.
Please see the Contest Rules for the full scope of Band of Outsiders, SeriesFest, Seed&Spark and Fullscreen involvement with the finalists and winning projects.
Fullscreen is an SVOD platform creating premium content for the Millennial Generation. To be considered for the Fullscreen Straight to Series prize, which includes a $50,000 development deal with Fullscreen Media, projects must focus on protagonists between 18-25 years old and meet all of the other requirements of the completion of the New Voice Crowdfunding Rally.
By starting a project you agree to Seed&Spark’s Site Guidelines.
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