So would I. And I act in independent films (hey, several of the movies I've been in recently are now on Amazon Instant Video, and Netflix deals should be upcomi

So would I. And I act in independent films (hey, several of the movies I've been in recently are now on Amazon Instant Video, and Netflix deals should be upcoming; you can buy several of them on DVD at Walmart). The reality is it just ain't that easy. Two years ago we did a zombie musical that won awards (best film, best comedy) at multiple festivals (think "My Fair Lady" with a zombie). It's good. (Yes, I am biased - but if you search, you'll find some good reviews, and few poor ones). A year ago we did a James Bond parody that won best comedy at one of those same festivals. This year, we are doing an Indiana Jones parody. Same writer, same director. I've seen the script, it is quite funny. We are hoping to have it done in time for those same festivals. Fingers crossed. So we try an Indiegogo campaign. A couple of grand in two months. A team that has produced two comedies with multiple awards and with distribution deals cannot raise enough to get started. Why? Because there are sooooooo many campaigns, so many people making movies right now, especially shorts (sigh, a bane, we make features, which require commitments from people, who turn around and do 5, 6, 10 shorts because they can squeeze them in on a weekend without missing anything else; I do features coz IM(NS)HO it's way cooler). And these movies are heavily pirated. Pretty much everything the director has made has a distribution deal. And everything the director has made is on torrents. Kickstarter and Patreon and Indiegogo have one thing in common with the big studios: Landing a paying deal, a money-making deal is as much a lottery win with the one as with the other. The scale of the lottery prize is the only difference.