Creativity down to the very last movie credit

Dusan Sekulovic has put his body and soul into his first full-length feature film as screenwriter, director and actor. He works 24/7 to pay for the production costs and finish his film without having to give up his creative independence.

But to complete his work he has chosen to ask people for support and has found a truly original way to go about asking: through the website www.pussyfootmovie.com he is selling film credits. You can, therefore, see your name or the name of your company on the big screen wherever and whenever the film is screened.

Dusan was born in Yugoslavia and lives in New York where he earns his keep working for a prestigious Italian strategic marketing and communications firm, among several languages he is fluent in Italian.

Q: How did you come up with the idea to sell movie credits?

A: One day I heard about Alex Tew, the guy who created the Million Dollar Home Page (www.milliondollarhomepage.com) to finance his university tuition. I thought it was a great idea. My friend Frederick, though, said, ”it’s a good idea, but it’s too late, you should have thought of it before.” When I here someone tell me that it’s too late to do something and that it can’t be done, out comes my tenacity and I instinctively accept the challenge and say to myself, “Why not?! Anything is possible, you just have to find the way.”

Q: How will you create added value?

A: Everyone who contributes to the movie by purchasing a movie credit will be able to see their name on the website as a patchwork of names, big and small (depending on the size of the contribution) and there will be a countdown meter to show how far along I am to reaching my goal of $100,000.

Also as the credits are rolling, which will include the ones from contributors, there will be cut scenes, bloopers and behind the scenes footage. This will keep the audience entertained and watching all the credits.

Q: Why should people buy your movie’s credits?

A: Rumor has it that you need a lot of money to produce a movie.

I like the fact that people can go online, visit www.pussyfootmovie.com and decide: if they want to be a part of it they can buy a movie credit, otherwise they can have fun playing with my mustache on the homepage... that you can do for free!

Q: Pussyfoot?

A: I wrote Pussyfoot for three reasons:

It talks about a young immigrant who is living the American dream, but not that grandiose dream that comes to mind. The dream is to find his own way: there is that moment in life when each of us realizes that we are no longer babies or kids, but adults. It’s scary and very sudden.

Q: What are your plans for distributing the movie?

I have already met several interested parties. But signing an agreement now I would have to give up creative control. The movie is almost finished. It would be a real shame to lose control now, I am so close and I want to finish it my way. I don’t need that much money to finish. With my online fund drive, selling movie credits, I can complete the movie independently and already start promoting it. I just setup the site a week ago so we will see how it goes.