In a great new way to use the internet, Canadian television maker Casey Walker has set up a website, My Million Dollar Movie in a bid to help finance his dream of making a movie. Based on the model of the Million Dollar Home Page, Casey is selling frames of his film where investors will get film credit, advertising rights and even a share of the profits.
He started the idea in 2006, so is not having the same whirlwind success as the Million Dollar Homepage, but after officially launching the site in May 2008, the enterprise is really starting to take off – he has now sold 17,931 frames and recently he quoted that for every 100 people that visit the site, he’s selling 30 frames!
On the site, there are links to his personal MySpace page and scrolls of the latest buyers and comments which make the site very personal and helps to increase the feel good factor that this idea already possesses. Personally, I think that this thinking outside the box is a great idea and I hope to see models such as this evolve further – this idea could expand out to more user generated content type involvement such as cameo’s in the film and input into the story line.
I wish Casey luck with this and look forward to seeing his film hit the big screen!
