Hey DMECers, it’s Danae again.. Co-Founder of IndieGoGo.

If some of you were wondering why I wasn’t in class last week, it’s because I was in NYC for the IFP Filmmaker Conference. My partner, Slava Rubin, sat on a panel entitled “Filmmaking 2.0 - Turning Your Viewers ‘On’” The panel discussion focused on how filmmakers could and should build their audiences BEFORE they make their films, rather than after. It was a perfect panel for us since IndieGoGo is a social networking platform to help filmmakers to do exactly that so that their fans and supporters can help the filmmakers with fundraising, marketing and even recruiting. By the end of the day, industry veterans and filmmakers alike were “buzzing” about IndieGoGo. I was certainly smiling! Check out a panel recap here.

One highlight of the conference was taking some of the biggest leaders, filmmakers and influencers in the DIY filmmaking space out to dinner. Attendees included the directors of Four-Eyed Monsters (Arin and Susan), Mdot Strange, Lance Weiler, CinemaTech blogger Scott Kirsner, Founder of Open Source Cinema Brett Gaylor, and the distributor of “24 Hours on Craigslist.” Kirsner even gave a brief shout out to the event in his blog.

In sum, it was a fruitful week of marketing, networking and learning for IndieGoGo. The filmmaking 2.0 space is like the Wild Wild West. And it’s certainly fun to be a cowboy… or cowgirl, rather

“Tally-ho, IndieGoGo!!”

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