Tl;dr:
Nouns Movie Pilot episode with runtime of 4:30 mins released on June 21st, 2023
This specific prop is seeking funding to create Episode 2 with a run-time of 10.5 -11 mins delivered at the end of 100 days. After the Episode is revealed, the DAO will decide if it wants to further develop the movie.
What is Atrium?
Atrium is a crypto-native network of independent artists and creators. Disciplines represented on Atrium currently include Screenwriting, Animation, Concept Art, Voice Actors, and Music production. Together, creatives on Atrium bring experience from Pixar, Marvel, Luma Pictures, Sony, Netflix & many more. Simply put, Atrium is the easiest way to piece together veteran talent to produce cinematic content.
Proposal Ask:
375,000 USD for a time-period of 100 days.
Note: Ask is following the funding breakdown shared in the original kick-off proposal 245.
Where will the funds go to?
- Script for the Episode 2
- Preview Trailers delivered through out the proposal duration
- Finished Episode 2 with the above mentioned script - delivered at 100 days
- Changelog published along the way
Note: Transferred to Atrium Multi-sig upon execution As we continue production, the timeline becomes more efficient and shrinks, ultimately leading us to the film conclusion.
Recap and Progress Updates so far
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On March 12th, 2023 Nouns Movie pilot was funded.
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Atrium immediately began exploring themes and broad concepts in parallel to developing the expansive world of Blus as a visual spectacle.
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Our entire production team of 17, including the creative directors, are fully remote. Figma has been a preferred choice to support creative collaboration and Daily Sprint Calls. In an effort to maintain transparency and building in public Atrium is also publishing changelogs on Nouns discourse
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Experienced voice cast secured for the role of Mrs Waxman and Gi Tian (protagonist). https://twitter.com/nounsmovie/status/1659202693678895106 https://twitter.com/nounsmovie/status/1656100844763496448
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Emmy-winning sound director onboarded to create original SFX alongside the original score created by Jakub Pietras.
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We are rendering animation in real-time using Unreal engine 5. This decision has expedited the creative decision making progress and directly supported our ability to stick to our timeline.
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Nouns.Movie was created to publish the story (dedicated webapp built with minting UX on top of Zora & cumulative leaderboard built-in)
Storyline Updates
William (Story lead) created a rich introduction to the world of Blus as part of Prop 245 Pilot.
Story Summary
In the bustling, floating cloud city of Blus, every 13 year old’s fate is decided by the revered Noggle ceremony - An official eye exam where you are bestowed with a specific pair of glasses that determine your future profession. But when an audacious 13-year-old Noun discovers the plot of the ruthless frowns to use an updated version of the Noggles to enslave its citizens, he has to team up with an unlikely band of misfits to save the ones they love.
Genre: Action, Comedy
Script for the delivered Pilot can be found here
We also created a rough outline of how the story progresses through completion. We are currently expanding from that structure as part of the next story act.
Additionally
As part of the this episodic effort, we intend to:
- keep building out self-distribution channels
- further engage with other potential partners to bring the movie to more audiences
- kick-off casting calls to introduce more cross-over stories with nounish communities
... We eagerly look forward to continue building the cinematic universe of Nouns.
Team Atrium ⌐◨-◨
Appendix
Nouns: A Movie Website https://nouns.movie/
Nouns Movie Twitter https://twitter.com/nounsmovie
Atrium https://atrium.art/
Atrium / Nouns Movie discord https://discord.com/invite/J92zPvRGhv
Nouns Movie Changelog on Discourse https://discourse.nouns.wtf/t/nouns-a-movie-update-changelog/4418
Self-sustaining creator flywheels https://twitter.com/pbrianandj/status/1610695135414845440
Develop Film and TV like its 2023
https://pricepoint.substack.com/p/price-point-018-how-to-develop-film
Previous Atrium Props https://www.nounsagora.com/proposals/245 https://www.nounsagora.com/proposals/195
https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1613278290130931712 https://twitter.com/js_horne/status/1628203483949150208