大眾集資網站人氣高漲
新聞聚光燈
作者：By Al Roker
Host A： Hey， do you have an idea for a new project， but you just don’t have the money to get it started？
Host B： Well， for the past four years， the website Kickstarter has helped ordinary individuals get their ideas 1）off the ground through something called“crowd-funding.”
Host C： Since 2009， more than a 100，000 projects have launched with the backing of perfect strangers. They put up money and they do get a small reward， whether it’s a chance to play an extra or， perhaps， get an on-screen 2）credit.
In an industry where money reigns supreme， it’s hard for 3）budding young movie-makers to translate their vision into reality. But a popular online platform offers dreamers a chance to create.
Yancey Strickler （Co-founder of Kickstarter.com）： Kickstarter’s a funding platform for creative projects. It’s a place where artists and musicians and filmmakers and game-designers and other creative people take their ideas to the public.
Man 1 （Voice from a Project Video）： So the idea is this…
Yancey： So you have an idea， you say what you wanna do and how much money you need to do it.
While originality is encouraged， there are
4）parameters.
Yancey： You have some simple guidelines to make sure everything is a creative project. We don’t allow charity projects or “Fund-My-Life” or things like that. But otherwise…