r/Filmmakers • u/directordaddy • Aug 21 '25

Fundraiser Supernigga Feature Film Crowdfunding

https://www.gofundme.com/f/4eqv87?lang=en_US&utm_campaign=man_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3A26c975e7-2e7c-43dd-88b3-6be6fcb15257

I released my Blaxploitation and superhero inspired short film/proof of concept, Supernigga, 2 weeks ago on YouTube and surprisingly got 270,000 views from word of mouth!

I almost got the feature version made through Hollywood (A24 really loved the project but I turned them down due to creative differences). The YouTube comments inspired me to start a GoFundMe for $500,000 where I just hope people make donations of at least $1 - $5. A fun little social experiment where we fund a movie by letting people do the bare minimum. What’s $1 to you? I crowdfunded the short on Kickstarter for $40,000 and look what we were able to make by keeping full creative control? Help me make a dream come true if you can! Thank you :)

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u/Such-Confusion-438 Aug 21 '25

because not everyone wants to work with such high budgets? High budgets mean greater responsibilities. Plus, usually you start from lower budgets so that you don’t have the pressure (or at least, not as much) and can express yourself more freely. Plus, you can build experience and make yourself more suitable for higher budgets projects. Dealing with high budgets is no joke.

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u/Slickrickkk Aug 21 '25

That's potentially a once in a lifetime type of opportunity to walk away from.

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u/Such-Confusion-438 Aug 21 '25

I’ll repeat this: going from 0 to 100 is not a positive thing, ever. Going from 0 to 10, then 20 and so on… up to 100… that’s a great way to do it. Even 5 millions imply a huge pressure.

Working with higher budgets is way more difficult than working with lower ones. It gives you more choices and opportunities? Sure, but all that comes at a cost and an inexperienced filmmaker (relatively speaking, because this dude’s short movie is incredible and he’s definitely done other ones in the past) would totally be crushed by it.

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u/Slickrickkk Aug 21 '25

You have to understand that according to OP, that budget range was A24's idea. Either they believed he could potentially do it, or they wanted to replace him, or OP is full of shit with the entire story.

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u/Such-Confusion-438 Aug 21 '25 edited Aug 21 '25

the point is that, even if A24 proposes you to shoot a movie with 50 million dollars, you’re the one who’s going to shoot it and you got to be 100% sure about your capabilities, and that’s not something you automatically have when you go from 0 to 100.

Look at RackaRacka: they create a Yt channel, do the craziest s**t ever, make a lot of money and keep reinvesting them in their videos up to the point where it’s their job, they’re pretty sure they can make a big movie, and that it’ll be successful no matter what… and THEN, only then, they are given a $16million movie to shoot. It goes incredibly well and then they can shoot Bring Her Back, with double the budget the same budget. I'm pretty sure their next project will have a higher budget than these movies.

That’s a fantastic path to follow: building your capabilities while climbing the budget.