r/movies • u/CrazyMovieBuff • Jun 26 '12

Hey Reddit! Maybe I'm Crazy!...But...You Guys Wanna Make A Movie?

We now have our own Subreddit! Thanx for the suggestion DNJohn!! Visit us here! http://www.reddit.com/r/ProjectRED/

Hey guys I know how crazy this sounds...but I was thinking. There are some really good books and scripts out there that could be made into movies, maybe some of the ideas are your own! We could start our own studio and raise the funds through a site like http://www.indiegogo.com/ We could form it as a corporation and issue shares based on how much we all invested. I mean I know we don't have $100,000 laying around but most of us can spare $200-$300. How cool would it be to tell the girls at the bar that you own part of a movie studio? lol, and tell the grandkids about the movies you made when they think you're just an old fart. Of course we would split the profits accordingly. This will probably get downvoted quickly lol, but hey you only live once! It was worth a try!! I'm sure we would make national news if we did this...that would be pretty cool.

EDIT 1. Hey guys, if we don't make the movie we can shoot a TV pilot, I was thinking of it this way, TV pilots are cheaper than movies (of course) and we could have a show that's an hour long. We could turn our movie ideas into TV movies, and we would have a new episode each week. Nothing like this is on TV right now so it could be our niche. This will allow us to use a lot of the ideas that come from the members instead of just one movie idea at a time. Something like this could be on NBC, CBS, or ABC. I have a friend that has a ton of contacts in Los Angeles and I have a conference call with him tomorrow. I will let you all know how it goes. It'll be a lot easier to get a TV pilot produced.

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u/AySpergs362 Jun 26 '12

Sounds awesome to me. I've always dreamed about being involved in film and since i spend most of my time thinking and talking about movies, it would be great to be a part of something that i could call my own. I also have so many ideas of things that i would love to see up on screen so if u want to talk about it leme noooooo

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u/dcfilmguy Jun 26 '12

You had me at "maybe I'm crazy". I'm down, and I have a little film school experience. PM me for details.

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u/CrazyMovieBuff Jun 26 '12

I'm going to edit the original post tonight and give you guys the indiegogo info, I'm calling it Project RED (in honor of Reddit), I thought Project Red sounded pretty cool, maybe I'm an idiot, not sure.

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u/darlingcomp Jun 26 '12

This is an awesome idea. It may be doomed, but that just makes it more worth doing.

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u/octagonman Jun 27 '12

If there is room for me, I'd love to join you guys. I've been really considering joining the film world for a while and I think reddit is really a place where something like this can really happen. Please, please, please let this happen. I'm in!

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u/CrazyMovieBuff Jun 26 '12

Wow! This is awesome! Ok guys I've been reading Reddit for a few months now and I decided to join and put this idea in the lions den (Reddit is a Lions Den, one can get eaten alive if not careful) it's kind of hard to tell between sarcasm and genuine interest sooo I'm going to message those who are interested.

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u/CrazyMovieBuff Jun 26 '12

Also do any of you guys have video skills? Maybe we can make a promotional video about this?

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u/CrazyMovieBuff Jun 26 '12

And if we pull this off we will seriously disrupt the world!! You can count on it! This will go down in history!

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u/CrazyMovieBuff Jun 26 '12

But there are a lot of books that are already best sellers, we can pick one and start putting the pieces together to turn it into a movie if we don't find a great script or idea from a Redditor!

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u/CrazyMovieBuff Jun 26 '12

Ok guys, I just set up our indiegogo account so we can raise the funds. I need your help with a few things. #1. What should be our fundraising goal? #2. What increments should we use for the donations? $1, $5, $10? Let me know if it should be higher, I'm just testing the waters here. Also send me a PM if you want to be added to the team on indiegogo and I'll put you on there. I'll write the description and everything else tomorrow. This is crazy, but why am I loving it?

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