Donnamarie Vaughan's Lounge Discussions

Donnamarie Vaughan
Success and Non-Success Stories Advice needed:

With four days left of principal photography for our film, "The Last Dance", we hope to be 'done' by end of May.

It has been h*ll trying to raise money locally; I'm sympathetic to job losses and business strife, which left me reluctant to 'ask' for donations or run a campaign. An in-person fundraisi...

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Lyndon Booth

Seed and Spark looks cool but like always it seems to be only for US companies (hopefully I'm wrong)

Jane Sanger

Donna Marie, seed and spark is for US citizens or bank account holders only. It’s the most successful platform for film, next is Kickstarter, then Indiegogo. But I use Indiegogo. And am always success...

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Donnamarie Vaughan

Thanks to every one of you who responded - we're not connected so it doesn't seem to tag you, but I appreciate it. Jane Sanger- the NYS Film Tax Credit applies only to budgets of $150K and more and it...

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Lyndon Booth

US and Canada. Like all movie things, Americans and Canadians have the pick of the litter and us poor UK schlubs get nothing!

Jane Sanger

Madeline Hombert that is good to know that Seed and Spark also applies to Canadians...but sadly not UK yet.

Donnamarie Vaughan
<< Waving >> from Buffalo, NY

Just reaching out to say "Hi" and let the world know Buffalo, NY has an amazing and abundant pool of talent! From "Marshall" to "Cold Brook" to "A Quiet Place I and II". Numerous features and short films are created by that pool of talent on an indie level, too!

Plus, NYS has a film credit program!

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Christian Nommay

Hi, Donnamarie! Your resume is quite impressive!

Rob Jones

Greetings from Rochester, DonnaMarie!

J R O'Hara

Greetings from Brooklyn!

Marah Halvorsen

Awesome!! I'm from the Buffalo area, as well.

Pat Savage

Welcome to our Stage 32 network of creatives Donna Marie! Buffalo rocks in creative souls being from Toronto Happy networking!

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