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The dark side of crowd-funding? Online community whips out the pitchforks over ‘What we do in the Shadows’ Kickstarter campaign
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Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement have taken to crowd-funding website Kickstarter in a bid to raise $400,000 to take the mockumentary ‘What we do in the Shadows’ to cinemas in 70 cities across the United States. But this move hasn’t been met with a positive response from all ranks, with some Kiwi Reddit commenters pointing out that Waititi’s last campaign on the platform left many backers rather dissatisfied.

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The Generosity Journal: Corey Chalmers
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As part of our series dedicated to celebrating good work and inspiring a bit more generosity, Corey Chalmers, Saatchi & Saatchi’s recently appointed co-executive creative director, big ups the marketing campaign behind What We Do in the Shadows.

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Clement and Waititi invite Kiwis to design promotional poster for ‘What we do in the Shadows’
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Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement are outsourcing the design of the “unofficial poster” for their upcoming film ‘What we do in the Shadows’ to regular Kiwis by launching a competition that requires entrants to send in their best creative efforts. This winning poster, as decided by the vampires and the public, will be used in cinemas across the country and the designer will win a double pass to the New Zealand premiere in either Auckland or Wellington. The top ten will also be on display at the premiere events.