Video Games: The Movie hits funding goal
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Mediajuice Studios' documentary on games gets $60,000 in funding in under two weeks; stretch goals revealed.
The Kickstarter campaign for independent film Video Games: The Movie has met its $60,000 funding target for post-production efforts. With 19 days remaining, funding stands at $70,052 from 567 backers.
The $60,000 was raised in under two weeks and will be used to fund post-production on the film, including editing, a musical score, motion graphics, and the acquisition of licensed archival clips.
Mediajuice also has announced three stretch goals for Video Games: The Movie. Should the project raise $80,000 by June 18, the film will be narrated by an unspecified celebrity. If the project gets to $100,000, Mediajuice will purchase the rights to "popular" songs to be used in the movie.
If funding reaches $120,000 a "famous" band or composer will create a musical score for Video Games: The Movie.
The film features interviews with some of the industry's most experienced and influential designers, celebrities, and executives, including Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, EA Labels president Frank Gibeau, Star Trek actor Wil Wheaton, and a long list of others.
It aims to highlight many hot-button topics, including the link between video games and real-world violence, games as art, next-generation trends, and stereotypes that "plague" the industry.
Video Games: The Movie also shot a number of scenes on-location at industry events like Comic-Con, Pax, and E3 and studio shoots at places like Gearbox Software, 343 Industries, and Epic Games, among others.
Director Jeremy Snead and Mediajuice Studios originally launched a crowd-funding campaign for Video Games: The Movie through IndieGoGo last year, gathering $1,790 of a $107,550 goal. Unlike Kickstarter, IndieGoGo is not all-or-nothing, thus allowing Snead and Mediajuice Studios to use those funds.
Video Games: The Movie is expected to premiere this summer in Los Angeles, before being released theatrically and on home video and video-on-demand through a distributor yet to be announced.
For more on Video Games: The Movie, check out GameSpot's interview with its creators.
By
Eddie Makuch, News Editor
Eddie Makuch (Mack-ooh) is a News Editor at GameSpot. He works out of the company's Boston office in Somerville, Mass., and loves extra chunky peanut butter.
37 comments
I'm not a believer in this kickstarter campaign stuff. Anyone smart with their money is not going to provide a financial backing for someone's idea unless they see their investment returned back to them. $50 bucks gets you a poster, dvd, and t-shirt that probably only has a street value of about $9 bucks? Sounds like a scam to me... "Hey... can I borrow $20 bucks from everyone so that I can use that money to build something that will generate millions in revenue? Oh... you don't get a cut of the profits dude... you get a poster, dvd, and a t-shirt!" WTF... really?
Someone convince me otherwise.
@brokenapples Unfortunately, a fool and his money will go separate ways. There are plenty of fools in this world. Also, people who apparently enjoy doing things out of the kindness of their heart, or who simply think the value is fair for them to experience/own said product, or to be an early adopter and have "bragging rights." Who knows?
Some good soundtrack music would made this epic, Hans Zimmer maybe or even the composer J.J Abrams uses for most of his movies and T.V shows. Morgan Freeman or Patrick Steward would be awesome as narrator.
@camsau You can get Patrick Stewart for a few bags of weed, but Morgan Freemans don't come cheap, you know.
@xsonicchaos @camsau Lol, I've never thought of weed being Patrick Stewart's calling (Pi)card. I agree that Morgan Freeman might be more expensive, since he's a more famous actor.
Well its not like Iron Man, Transformers, Avengers, Rush Hour, and so..but as a gamer I have to see this
2 Like This is going to be amazing, i recently watched "Indie Game" documentary, its a nice look into the hardships and challenges indie developers have to face making games and they do so with such admirable passion, i love it...can't wait for this.
wow I'm psyched! Is this going to be a major theatrical release or another limited or dvd-only affair?
@dapperhayden007 Not sure. The article says this movie will be released this summer so maybe?
Everyone should watch this movie in order to dispell the misconceptions of the video game industry.
Outstanding. I was just in the previous article that announced this movie then all of a sudden BAM! They made their goal.
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