Write 7 Kickstarters with rewards ideas and dialogue scripts for video presentations - also create cartoon graphics and infographics to make the campaigns visually appealing.
7 x KS campaigns (little god: web series, graphic novel, the dominion: video game - based on short movie I will make, mogul 1 – game prototype and novella about the experience, petals: interactive theatre, botlink2: electronic toy, 2nd graphic novel)
a. Mogul 1 – playable prototype and a 100 page pdf novella about the experience (KS target) 1,000 copies x NZ$25each = $25,000 (budget: $20,532 = $0 my salary + $15,900 (5 weeks 2 python programmers and 1 graphics programmer, 2 weeks 3 artists, 5 weeks pixel artist, 5 weeks sound engineer) + $2.6k KS fees + $1k rewards fulfilment, $1,000 online ads
b. Petals: Interactive theatre = 1,000 tickets x $38each = $38,000 (budget: $29,509 = $0 my salary + $23,509 (theatre production budget) + $4k KS fees + $2k rewards fulfilment
c. BotLink2: electronic toy = 5,000 copies x $28each = $140,000: (budget = $86,650) $26,000 my salary + $28,650 (manufacturing and materials budget – mass produce 5k units) + $20k design budget (12 weeks: industrial designer, robotics engineer, blender animator) + $7k campaign fees + $3k marketing + $2k rewards fulfillment
d. Graphic novel: Target $280,000 = $35 x 8000 copies (budget: $163,656 = $10k KS overhead, $53k print via [login to view URL] 8000 copies, $3,000 marketing, $60,000 draw 2 salaries, $37,000 studio admin costs)
e. Web Series: Target Sales = 5,000 copies @ $30-50+shipping, 15 x 10 min episodes (4 = $30, 6 = $40, 9 = $50 + shipping) Target Funding: $150,000 minus KS overheads of $15k = $135,000, $83k after tax = budget incl. my fee as writer/producer and ceo of the business.
f. The Dominion game based on short movie produced by the studio. (KS target) 1,000 copies x NZ$35each = $35,000 (budget: $27,437 = $7.4k my salary + $20,000 (10 weeks 2 python programmers and 1 graphics programmer, 2 weeks 3 artists, 5 weeks pixel artist, 5 weeks sound engineer) + $2.6k KS fees + $1k rewards fulfilment, $1,000 online ads
g. 2nd graphic novel: My Mathematical Life: Target $280,000 = $35 x 8000 copies (budget: $163,656 = $10k KS overhead, $53k print via [login to view URL] 8000 copies, $3,000 marketing, $30,000 hire artist, $23,000 lease studio, $37,000 studio admin costs)
My budget is around NZ$200