You might be *really* surprised at how many movies have been made that get finance by begging donations from friends and neighbors :-P
(I've made a few films in my time. Had to fund them all out of pocket. If Kickstarter was around then I would have funded it that way and list every contributor in the credits. Oh well. We learn.)
Uh, no—I realize that.
But I’m not for raising kids to beg.