Dear Steemians
I'm involved in the early stages of a new mass market movie which will have a a successful film director behind it. We have a meeting to discuss the storyline and financing next week. I want to take to the meeting some ideas about a) whether blockchain/cryptocurrency/ICO itself could be used as part of the financing vehicle and what that would mean and how it might work so that it benefits from the blockchain and isn't just hype and b) whether or how you think one could build up a social media following using sites like steemit (or any other) during the making of the film such that when it is launched (assuming it is good which it will be) people will virally want to tell their friends about it and get them to come. For example are there things you'd be interested in learning about during the making of the film without the film being given away and the surprise being ruined?
Please note that the question being posed here is not about how to beg people for money (!) but to come up with an idea about how the blockchain and ICO add value to the process of financing and where people investing get a return probably linked to the film's success.
I think the debate you generate with me on this will not only help me specifically but may open up all sorts of ideas to others thinking of raising finance for a wide variety of initiatives and/or looking to use social media where perhaps it hasn't been used that much before.
If any of you have the necessary skills to help me please say in the comment what you could bring and if you are willing to help if we did pursue this.
Thanks in advance
Love
Katy xx