The blog for aspiring & established filmmakers of independent films. by ted hope.

New Crowdfunding Site

“Based in Vancouver, dana.io is a new crowdfunding platform for international filmmakers, artists, and activists. Unlike other platforms, dana.io doesn’t take a percentage of the money raised. Founded by Buddhist Alan Clements, it is inspired by the ancient concept of “dana” or unconditional giving. The idea is that the crowdfunders will be so appreciative of the concept that they will voluntarily gift some of the money they receive to dana.io. https://dana.io/
(via Reid Rosefelt)

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Meet Ted

Hope offers his unique perspective on how to make movies while keeping your integrity intact and how to create a sustainable business enterprise out of that art while staying true to yourself.

Meet Ted

Ted Hope is a “holistic film producer”: he aims to be there from the beginning and then forever after, involved in every aspect of a film’s life cycle and ecosystem, as committed to engineering serendipity as preventing problems, as obsessed with lifting the good into the great, as he is…

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Now you can learn hands on with Ted at the new entertainment program at ASU Thunderbird.

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