In order to stay as free and creative as possible, we explore alternative ways of financing our project. At the heart of this is the voluntary participation of all those who appreciate our approach and wish to see it continue.
We are passionate about this project, to us it is so much more than a simple project. It is a real choice of life and work. It corresponds not only to our "professional" competences but also to our centers of interests and our philosophy of life. We commit ourselves fully and in the long term to its success, so money is a means and not a goal.
FREE AND VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION. This can mean, for example, monetary input (via crowdfunding) but also any other form of contributing and participating : skills (translations, organising screenings for example), donations of food and other useful products, etc.
Ideally, we would like to not have to spend money, and that all basic needs of the project would be satisfied by contributions from those who support us...
You will find on this page a non-exhaustive list of possible ways of participating.
The episodes are accessible to all, freely distributable and reusable. If you would like to make a voluntary financial contribution towards future episodes and thus help us continue the adventure, here are the details ...
HOW TO PARTICIPATE ?
Payments are made to the not-for-profit organisation 'A Contre Courant' (Against the Current) which administrates the SideWays project.. Please ask us if you would like a receipt.Tipeee, financial support platform for creators on the web. You can make a one-time donation, or support us in the longer term to ensure the sustainability of the series.
paypal
Your payment is secure. Your donation will not be automatically taken into account by the crowdfunding module of our site, but we will quickly add it to the progress bar for the financing of that episode.
bank transfer
Do not hesitate to ask us for full bank details in order to make a transfer.
BUDGET FOR AN EPISODE
The budget for an episode corresponds to the average time it takes to produce an episode including research into the subject, filming, post-production, site and overall project management.
Based on the budgets of previous episodes, the estimated average time for production of an episode is about 3 months, or around € 3.000.
The € 3.000, which you can help finance, consists of:
€ 1.750 for the specific expenses related to the project, comprising:
- Transport (petrol, maintenance, etc.): € 1.020
- Work equipment: € 390
- Means of communication: € 290
- Support to other projects: € 60
€ 1.250 for the day to day needs of the volunteers who work on the project (€ 210 / month / pers.).
TRANSPARENCY OF ACCOUNTS
We think it is important that everyone knows how the money contributed by supporters of the project is used. All the accounts of the project are detailed on the page."An alternative economic model".
Here is a brief overview: the amount of expenditure for the last 3 years has been stable (around € 12.000 per year). The revenues have evolved: 50% of the costs were financed by the proceeds of the project in 2014, 96% in 2015, 93% in 2016. Thank you for helping us to reach equilibrium
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Translate text from French to English, help improve English translations of the series, inform us about bugs you find on the site, advise us, train us or participate in the technical aspects of creation. There are multiple ways to invest to improve the project and the episodes.
We are not bilingual anglophone. All translations of the website and the episodes into English were made by contributors to the series (we thank you very much!). Feel free to help us improve existing translations and, if you are interested, you can also help us to continue translations from French to English: upcoming episodes, blog posts, etc. It's a big help for us!
You can offer advice to improve the website and episodes at the technical level, or even train us or help us perform certain tasks (calibration, sound mixing, web development, accessibility, etc.) For example, we are very open to offers of technical help to improve the loading time of the episodes.
Other projects will see the light of day in the medium term, including the production of paper booklets drawn from on-line episode magazines. If you have skills in graphic design, drawing, editing and this type of project interests you, do not hesitate to let us know.
We would be happy to tailor the project to the visually impaired or the hard of hearing. If you know how to improve our content, we would gratefully accept advice and help in these areas. On this theme, if you are motivated to lend your voice to create audio versions of magazines, it would be great!
And more generally, we welcome feedback, advice, ideas to improve the project or to take the adventure further.
SideWays would not be what it is without the multiple contributions made by the dozens of contributors to the series. A big thankyou to all those who help the project to exist and thrive!
They participate in 1000 ways
Thomas, the IT engineer who manages our server
Isa Miaou, « the DIY girl »
Timothy Duquesne, initiator of "The future [of the pixels] is in our hands"
Sylvain Chaux, director and advisor on all subjects
Simon Sarrazin, ur reference for collaborative projects
Olivier Lacroix, our legal and accounting consultant
They improve the episodes
They re-read the episodes before publication, gave us their feedback and improve the final rendering.
Anne Becel
Anne Caillet
Aurélie Delahaye
Axelle Beth
Anne-Elisabeth Lesne
Benoit Mamet
Baptiste Henry
Cathy Collin-Prunier
Camille Lambert
Dominique Platon
Emilie Briquet
Guillaume Tahon
Iris T-F
Jérémy Pascal
Marie-Claire Neveu
Ninon Kratchkovsky
Noémie Chantôme
Pascal Hennequin
Pierre Gaillard
Sandra Blondel
Simon Gouin
Yoann Marc
They participated in EPISODE 10
Vivien Fossez, director
Anaïs Vulliez, painting
Chloé Gilzinger, director
Baptiste Barboiron, sound engineer
He calibrates the episodes
Didier Serciat
They organise screenings
Yannick Lemeur (Nantes)
Sarah Mages (Paris)
Nicolas Form (Normandie)
Carla Sofia (Normandie)
Elian (Rennes)
Céline Courdain (Lille)
Noémie Chantôme (Berlin)
They participated in creating SideWays
Anaëlle Blanchard, writor of the first episode
Sandie Boyer
Nicolas Rodelet
Emmanuel Doudat
Julien Favart, actor
Alexandra Overtchouk
Elie Mietkiewicz
They translated into ENGLISH
Kim (website)
Elise Sanvoisin (many translations)
Fred Moreau (many translations)
Joane Elleouet (many translations)
Nicolas Casaux (many translations)
Rachel Méau (ep8)
Sedera Ranaivoarinosy (website v1)
Ramy Mahmoud (subtitles ep6)
Patricia Jurion (ep5)
Marie Lugherini (ep5)
Rosalie Montlouis-Gabriel (ep4+)
Farha (ep3)
Mylène Chevreul (ep2)
Nicolas Girardot (subtitles ep2)
Tais (ep1)
Marine Amoudru (corrections ep8)
They translated into SPANISH
Julie Salmon (many translations)
Haïssa (ep1)
María Jesús (many corrections)
Céline Courdain (corrections)
Sophie Barrault (subtitles ep8)
Nathalie Quiroga (ep6, ep7)
They translated into ITALIAN
Déborah Darrot (ep1, subtitles ep6)
Claudia Capello (subtitles ep5)
Diane Guieu (subtitles ep8)
Elle a traduit en PORTUGAIS
Luzia Nour (subtitles ep8)
They translated into GERMAN
Laurence Willemin (many)
Annette Onder de Linden (many)
Emilie Hervo (subtitles ep6)
Theresa Pleskotova (ep6)
Palou (ep5)
Helene Hecke (ep3)
You can contact us by email or use this form.
Our Email : info[at]side-ways.net
If you want to support the webserie, tell us !
Thanks a lot and see you soon !