Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by fortawesome on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:54PM
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So first, we got an absolute steal for what we paid for Knox Avenue (http://www.knox-avenue.com). For something similar from Sandwich Video, prices _start_ at $250k. We paid 1/10 that. But again, we got an absolute steal. Knox isn't as famous as they deserve yet. They're ridiculously talented.
Edit: fixed URL
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by devoply on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @02:43PM
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Wait so you paid around 25k in hopes of raising 35k, were you expecting to raise significantly more?
edit: apparently they paid 15k in hopes of raising 30k, which is still a lot.
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by fortawesome on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @04:43PM
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Admittedly, we've been a bit light on specifics for price. But that's only because I'm worried it will undervalue Knox Avenue. Those folks can get by with charging a LOT more than they charged us.
Sandwich Video (a much bigger name in this space) starts at $250k for a video. And if you have the budget, they're worth it. Knox Avenue is ridiculously awesome and we were excited to be able to still afford them!
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by devoply on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @05:28PM
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Thanks for the reply. Great product and you deserve your pay day. So good job! And as I said can't wait for the release. Going to be a lot of icons that will be put to good use by millions of sites. All the best! Maybe throw a bit of that scratch at the company that made the video. I think that helped you guys out quite a bit.
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by sp332 on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @04:17PM
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$30,000 was the minimum for them to cash in on the kickstarter. They were planning to get a whole lot more money. That video probably more than paid for itself in bringing the project more exposure.
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by gcd on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @01:23PM
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*(http://www.knox-avenue.com/) << working link
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by fortawesome on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @01:26PM
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Oh man. Thanks.
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by wolfhumble on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:54PM
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It says it in the article:
So we did some research into how much a great Kickstarter video should cost (i.e. Googled “how much does a kickstarter video cost”). To work with a fantastic production company and get the quality we wanted was going to run somewhere around $15k. This sounded like a lot to spend on a video, but we were pretty sure we’d be able to make back our investment.
It also talks about the company that produced it.
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by reneherse on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:48PM
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I'm curious about this too.
Also, how many nights of shooting in the bakery were required?
Re:How Font Awesome 5 Became Kickstarter’s Most Funded Softw...
by fortawesome on Wednesday November 30, 2016 @12:51PM
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Just one night at the bakery from 6am to 6pm. There were a couple of shots they needed to get later, but it wasn't much at all. I think the intro and final scenes in the office were shot a couple of days later.
When I first saw it I thought that commercial itself must've cost around the ballpark of the amount you were trying to raise (30k) and can't possibly be worth it. But turns out it was a brilliant move!