Andrés Bernal

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We're gauging interest in a $1 support tier for the Willow Feeder movie Kickstarter.

Give a thumbs up on this post if you’d support at least at the $1 level if it includes a minimum of 5 artifacts.  

paul wheaton wrote:Next step is to get some vague idea of rewards.  Do you want a $1 level?

I think a $1 dollar level is very helpful to attract people who may be on the fence, maybe we can do a poor man's poll here to ask people what they'd like to see in it. Will put out some options in a bit :)

paul wheaton wrote:Maybe the strategy needs to be ....    

level 5 stuff looks cool to people that are at level 3.  level 5 stuff looks crazy to people at level 2.

So maybe the kickstarter page (and video) needs to feel like level 4 stuff instead of level 5.  And we do our damndest to sound appealing to level 2 people.  

So the final movie can be as level 5 as we want.  But all the kickstarter stuff needs to stick to level 4.

I really like this approach! By the time people get to the level 5 movie, they’ll have already absorbed all the new information, making willow feeders go from a "wild idea" to something undeniably cool. Sounds like a solid strategy!

paul wheaton wrote:Andres, My concerns:

    - if you are gonna sell fewer copies, the price per copy has to be higher.  I agreed that you earned the right to be a lot more in charge on this.  I am worried that you will have fewer backers and at a lower price will mean that you get paid about nothing.  So if you are willing to take risks, then I will also take risks.

I really love the idea of making this movie super accessible to Kickstarter backers. I also think that more people in the permies community, especially those higher on the Wheaton Eco Scale, will jump on board and make it worthwhile. Sharing this human poop system with the world is a big step toward world domination (in the best way), and doing it in a friendly, engaging manner might be the key. We won’t know until we try! I want to believe that enough people care about these topics, and if that’s the case, this will all be so worth it. :)

paul wheaton wrote: My concerns:

    - a level 5 movie will sell about 1% as much as a level 2 movie.  I sure hope that this is not the case.

I totally get the concern. A big part of sharing permaculture ideas with a broader audience is presenting them in a way that feels approachable and engaging. Maybe we can address this by structuring the movie in an incremental way, starting with concepts that feel familiar and then gradually layering in the deeper, more advanced ideas. That way, we can pull in a wider audience while still delivering all the specs on the willow feeder system.