The 1 Second Film
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The 1 Second Film is a non-profit collaborative art project being created by thousands of people around the world, including many celebrities.
The film is built around one second of animation
(made of 12 large collaborative paintings), and is followed by 1 hour of credits, listing everyone who participates. A feature-length 'making of' documentary
will play alongside the credits.
The project allows people around the world to participate online, and lists everyone who joins the crew a "Special Thanks" in the film credits. The production relies on crowd funding
to raise the budget; everyone who donates or raises $1 (US) or more gets their name listed as a Producer in the movie's credits. The production also gives a Publicist credit to crew members who refer at least one friend. The film currently has over 22,000 crew members from 111 countries.
The 1 Second Film is the flagship production of The Collaboration Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization
formed to create global collaborative art projects that address various social issues
. Once finished, any profits raised by The 1 Second Film will be donated to the Global Fund for Women
, an independent charity. The online community being formed by The 1 Second Film project will be able to participate in future Collaboration Foundation projects.
The title of The 1 Second Film derives from the fact that the animation at the core of the film project is just one-second long (24 frames). The animation consists of 12 large frames (9 ft x 5 ft paintings). The frames were painted by hundreds of people during a multi-disciplinary event on March 8, 2001 (International Women's Day
) at California Institute of the Arts
. The event included live-performers and musicians; people attending the event were invited to help paint the frames of animation. Each frame had an art director that engaged the audience as participants; color design for the animation was selected by Jules Engel
. Each of the 12 paintings are filmed twice (on 70 mm film
) to create the 24 frames in one second of film.
The one second of animation will be immediately followed by an estimated one hour of end credits. Alongside the credits will be a feature length documentary on the creation of the artwork.
The production gives a Special Thanks to everyone who registers to join on the1secondfilm.com. Crew Members then get profiles on the1secondfilm.com and can participate more and get additional film credits.
The film is being crowd-funded by public donations. Donors receive a Producer credit in the movie for a minimum of US
$1.00 (with no maximum). Depending on the amount donated, the contributor is credited either as an Associate Producer (US $1–9.99), Producer (US $10–99.99), or Executive Producer (US $100 and up). Producers get listed in order of amount donated, which has led to the general public outbidding many of the celebrity producers to get a top billing.
The production also gives a Publicist credit to crew members who refer one or more people to join. Publicists get listed in order of referrals.
. The director set out to create a collaborative art project that would bring his school together, and later expanded the project after the success of the initial event. Seed funds for the animation painting event came from a $1,500 CalArts Grant, an additional $3,000 was raised by selling producer credits for donations of $1 or more. In 2004, after graduating and finishing two other animated short films, the director began fundraising to expand The 1 Second Film project by selling $1 producer credits on the streets of Los Angeles. After raising enough to buy a video camera, the director began to document the fundraising process to include as part of a documentary about the project. In 2005, after getting several celebrities to donate, the director launched a petition drive along with the help of Stephen Colbert
to get the credits of The 1 Second Film listed on the Internet Movie Database. In March 2005, IMDb began listing the credits.
The IMDb listing helped the project to grow online. In May 2006, a video of several high-profile celebrities donating to The 1 Second Film was featured on the homepage of YouTube
, helping the project raise over $7,000 in four days. In 2007, the project's first automated website was built to give community profiles to all participants, allowing the project to scale up.
Zoe Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson
's daughter, is also producing.
Contributors also include YouTube CEO Chad Hurley
, YouTube stars including iJustine and Brookers, as well as Kyle MacDonald from one red paperclip
.
The full listing of celebrity producers can be viewed on The 1 Second Film's website.
's studio in Chicago and asking her for $1 to become a producer. The tour was organized online by sending a newsletter to over 7,400 producers of the project with a request to help set up presentations from Los Angeles to Chicago. Presentations were organized by online supporters at YouTube, Google, Universities, high schools, coffee shops, skate parks, a veterans' home, and house parties across America. A used school bus was purchased on ebay for $3,100, and converted to a bio-diesel production bus. The 30-day tour, covering 10,000 miles, took place from October–November 2007. An alt-country folk band called the Evangenitals joined the tour, performing music at presentations and composing songs for the documentary. The day the Road to Oprah bus reached Harpo Studios in Chicago, Oprah had traveled unexpectedly to Africa to address a crisis at her Leadership Academy for Girls
. The tour will be included as part of the documentary. Another tour is being planned before the film is completed.
. After being rejected, the director sent a link to a video of Stephen Colbert
requesting his $11 producer credit be listed on IMDb. IMDb then began to list all of The 1 Second Film's credits, including first-time filmmakers who donated $1 or more to the project online. Thousands of people began to discover the film title under the production credits of the various celebrities involved. The project spread online, attracting donations from around the world. Several celebrities also donated online, including Jonah Hill
and Ryan Reynolds
. The IMDb listing reached over 3,000 Producers. However, due to the high volume of submissions, IMDb replaced all of the film's individual producer credits with a single credit for "Producers of The 1 Second Film." The entire project was then removed from IMDb. Jon Reeves, head of data acquisition, gave the following reasons on the IMDb message boards when revisiting the eligibility of the listing:
He later posted an update stating that the title manager agreed and had made the decision to suspend the listing until further notice.
When this decision was later questioned, he added:
The Collaboration's Board of Directors includes Julie Taymor
, Albert Maysles, Ben Goldhirsh, Stephen Nemeth, and Nirvan Mullick.
The film is built around one second of animation
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
(made of 12 large collaborative paintings), and is followed by 1 hour of credits, listing everyone who participates. A feature-length 'making of' documentary
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
will play alongside the credits.
The project allows people around the world to participate online, and lists everyone who joins the crew a "Special Thanks" in the film credits. The production relies on crowd funding
Crowd funding
Crowd funding describes the collective cooperation, attention and trust by people who network and pool their money and other resources together, usually via the Internet, to support efforts initiated by other people or organizations...
to raise the budget; everyone who donates or raises $1 (US) or more gets their name listed as a Producer in the movie's credits. The production also gives a Publicist credit to crew members who refer at least one friend. The film currently has over 22,000 crew members from 111 countries.
The 1 Second Film is the flagship production of The Collaboration Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit arts organization
Not-for-profit arts organization
A not-for-profit arts organization is usually in the form of a not-for-profit corporation, association, or foundation. Such organizations are formed for the purpose of developing and promoting the work of artists in various visual and performing art forms such as film, sculpture, dance, painting,...
formed to create global collaborative art projects that address various social issues
Social issues
Social issues are controversial issues which relate to people's personal lives and interactions. Social issues are distinguished from economic issues...
. Once finished, any profits raised by The 1 Second Film will be donated to the Global Fund for Women
Global Fund for Women
The Global Fund for Women is the largest non-profit foundation in the world funding women's human rights. It was founded in 1987 by New Zealander Anne Firth Murray, and co-founded by Frances Kissling and Laura Lederer to fund women's initiatives around the world...
, an independent charity. The online community being formed by The 1 Second Film project will be able to participate in future Collaboration Foundation projects.
Production
International Women's Day
International Women's Day , originally called International Working Women’s Day, is marked on March 8 every year. In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and...
) at California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
. The event included live-performers and musicians; people attending the event were invited to help paint the frames of animation. Each frame had an art director that engaged the audience as participants; color design for the animation was selected by Jules Engel
Jules Engel
Jules Engel was a Jewish-Hungarian American filmmaker, painter, sculptor, graphic artist, set designer, animator, film director, and teacher...
. Each of the 12 paintings are filmed twice (on 70 mm film
70 mm film
70mm film is a wide high-resolution film gauge, with higher resolution than standard 35mm motion picture film format. As used in camera, the film is wide. For projection, the original 65mm film is printed on film. The additional 5mm are for magnetic strips holding four of the six tracks of sound...
) to create the 24 frames in one second of film.
The one second of animation will be immediately followed by an estimated one hour of end credits. Alongside the credits will be a feature length documentary on the creation of the artwork.
The production gives a Special Thanks to everyone who registers to join on the1secondfilm.com. Crew Members then get profiles on the1secondfilm.com and can participate more and get additional film credits.
The film is being crowd-funded by public donations. Donors receive a Producer credit in the movie for a minimum of US
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....
$1.00 (with no maximum). Depending on the amount donated, the contributor is credited either as an Associate Producer (US $1–9.99), Producer (US $10–99.99), or Executive Producer (US $100 and up). Producers get listed in order of amount donated, which has led to the general public outbidding many of the celebrity producers to get a top billing.
The production also gives a Publicist credit to crew members who refer one or more people to join. Publicists get listed in order of referrals.
Project history
The 1 Second Film began as a student project by Nirvan Mullick in 2001 while at California Institute of the ArtsCalifornia Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
. The director set out to create a collaborative art project that would bring his school together, and later expanded the project after the success of the initial event. Seed funds for the animation painting event came from a $1,500 CalArts Grant, an additional $3,000 was raised by selling producer credits for donations of $1 or more. In 2004, after graduating and finishing two other animated short films, the director began fundraising to expand The 1 Second Film project by selling $1 producer credits on the streets of Los Angeles. After raising enough to buy a video camera, the director began to document the fundraising process to include as part of a documentary about the project. In 2005, after getting several celebrities to donate, the director launched a petition drive along with the help of Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.Colbert originally studied to be an...
to get the credits of The 1 Second Film listed on the Internet Movie Database. In March 2005, IMDb began listing the credits.
The IMDb listing helped the project to grow online. In May 2006, a video of several high-profile celebrities donating to The 1 Second Film was featured on the homepage of YouTube
YouTube
YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
, helping the project raise over $7,000 in four days. In 2007, the project's first automated website was built to give community profiles to all participants, allowing the project to scale up.
Celebrity producers
A variety of celebrities have donated to become producers of the project. Producers include:- Tom ArnoldTom Arnold (actor)Thomas Dwaine "Tom" Arnold is an American actor and comedian. He has appeared in many films, perhaps most notably True Lies . He was the host of The Best Damn Sports Show Period for four years.-Early life:...
- Kevin BaconKevin BaconKevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
- Michel BarretteMichel BarretteMichel Barrette is a television and movie actor, television and radio host and stand-up comedian. He played in various roles in Quebec movies and television shows since 1982.-Profile:...
- Tyson C. BeckfordTyson BeckfordTyson Craig Beckford is an American male model and actor, best known as a Ralph Lauren model. He was also the host of both seasons of the Bravo program Make Me a Supermodel.-Biography:...
- Ed Begley Jr.
- Zoë BellZoë BellZoë E. Bell is a stuntwoman and actress from New Zealand. Some of her most notable stunt work includes doubling for Lucy Lawless on Xena: Warrior Princess and for Uma Thurman in Kill Bill. As an actress, she has appeared both on television and in feature films and also starred in the web series...
- Justin BerfieldJustin BerfieldJustin Tyler Berfield is an American actor, writer and producer, best known for his portrayal as Malcolm's 2nd-oldest brother, Reese, in Malcolm in the Middle...
- Selma BlairSelma BlairSelma Blair is an American actress who has worked in film, theatre and television. She has performed in feature films including Cruel Intentions, Legally Blonde, The Sweetest Thing, Hellboy, The Fog, Purple Violets and Hellboy II: The Golden Army...
- Jesse BradfordJesse Bradford- Early life :Bradford was born Jesse Bradford Watrouse in Norwalk, Connecticut, the only child of actors Terry Porter and Curtis Watrouse, who appeared in commercials, soap operas, and industrial films. His mother also played his character's mother in Hackers...
- Pierce BrosnanPierce BrosnanPierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist. After leaving school at 16, Brosnan began training in commercial illustration, but trained at the Drama Centre in London for three years...
- Steve BuscemiSteve BuscemiSteven Vincent "Steve" Buscemi is an American actor, writer and film director. An associate member of the renowned experimental theater company The Wooster Group, Buscemi has starred and supported in successful Hollywood and indie films including New York Stories, Mystery Train, Reservoir Dogs,...
- Bobby CannavaleBobby CannavaleRobert M. "Bobby" Cannavale is an American actor known for his leading role as Bobby Caffey in the first two seasons of the television series Third Watch. He also had a recurring role as Officer Vince D'Angelo on the comedy series Will & Grace.-Early life:Cannavale grew up in Union City, New...
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- Stephen ColbertStephen ColbertStephen Tyrone Colbert is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.Colbert originally studied to be an...
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- Elliot Gould
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Zoe Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
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's daughter, is also producing.
Contributors also include YouTube CEO Chad Hurley
Chad Hurley
Chad Meredith Hurley is an American co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of the popular video sharing website YouTube. In June 2006, he was voted 28th on Business 2.0's "50 People Who Matter Now" list...
, YouTube stars including iJustine and Brookers, as well as Kyle MacDonald from one red paperclip
One red paperclip
The website One red paperclip was created by Kyle MacDonald, a Canadian blogger who bartered his way from a single red paperclip to a house in a series of online trades over the course of a year. MacDonald was inspired by the childhood game Bigger, Better, and the site received a considerable...
.
The full listing of celebrity producers can be viewed on The 1 Second Film's website.
Road to Oprah Tour
The 1 Second Film launched a Road to Oprah tour in October 2007, with the goal of reaching Oprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
's studio in Chicago and asking her for $1 to become a producer. The tour was organized online by sending a newsletter to over 7,400 producers of the project with a request to help set up presentations from Los Angeles to Chicago. Presentations were organized by online supporters at YouTube, Google, Universities, high schools, coffee shops, skate parks, a veterans' home, and house parties across America. A used school bus was purchased on ebay for $3,100, and converted to a bio-diesel production bus. The 30-day tour, covering 10,000 miles, took place from October–November 2007. An alt-country folk band called the Evangenitals joined the tour, performing music at presentations and composing songs for the documentary. The day the Road to Oprah bus reached Harpo Studios in Chicago, Oprah had traveled unexpectedly to Africa to address a crisis at her Leadership Academy for Girls
Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls
The Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls - South Africa is a girls-only boarding school that officially opened in January 2007 in Henley on Klip near Meyerton, south of Johannesburg, South Africa...
. The tour will be included as part of the documentary. Another tour is being planned before the film is completed.
IMDb history
The director of The 1 Second Film submitted the celebrity producer credits of The 1 Second Film to the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database
Internet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
. After being rejected, the director sent a link to a video of Stephen Colbert
Stephen Colbert
Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American political satirist, writer, comedian, television host, and actor. He is the host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, a satirical news show in which Colbert portrays a caricatured version of conservative political pundits.Colbert originally studied to be an...
requesting his $11 producer credit be listed on IMDb. IMDb then began to list all of The 1 Second Film's credits, including first-time filmmakers who donated $1 or more to the project online. Thousands of people began to discover the film title under the production credits of the various celebrities involved. The project spread online, attracting donations from around the world. Several celebrities also donated online, including Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill
Jonah Hill Feldstein , known professionally as Jonah Hill, is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian. Hill is best known roles for his roles in Superbad, Knocked Up, and Get Him to the Greek. He made his theatrical debut in I Heart Huckabees, alongside Jason Schwartzman and Dustin...
and Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Reynolds
Ryan Rodney Reynolds is a Canadian film and television actor, best known for his roles in such films as National Lampoon's Van Wilder, Waiting..., The Amityville Horror, Just Friends, Definitely, Maybe, The Proposal, Buried, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Green Lantern.One of his best known...
. The IMDb listing reached over 3,000 Producers. However, due to the high volume of submissions, IMDb replaced all of the film's individual producer credits with a single credit for "Producers of The 1 Second Film." The entire project was then removed from IMDb. Jon Reeves, head of data acquisition, gave the following reasons on the IMDb message boards when revisiting the eligibility of the listing:
At the time I met Nirvan, he had assured me there would be significant national press coverage by last summer. We gave him the benefit of the doubt, and a significant grace period. I see no entries in the Google NewsGoogle NewsGoogle News is a free news aggregator provided by Google Inc, selecting recent items from thousands of publications by an automatic aggregation algorithm....
archives or anywhere else that come close to meeting that standard. I'm becoming increasingly convinced that, whatever the intentions of the filmmakers (and Nirvan certainly seemed earnest when I talked to him), in practice, 1SF is currently more of a performance art project than an actual film. (Note that the bulk of the film has been, ever since we originally listed it, the documentary of the various events surrounding it.) I will say that this is the first time that I've looked at their site where the emphasis really does seem to be on finishing the film, and not the various circuses around it.
I would point out that Nirvan said last February: "Jon, I promise we will have significant press to show within 3 months, and am fine with you suspending all our listings if we haven’t done so by then." At the time, they were working on revamping their website and their OprahOprah WinfreyOprah Winfrey is an American media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer and philanthropist. Winfrey is best known for her self-titled, multi-award-winning talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind in history and was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2011...
promotional tour. Since both those activities are now complete, I see no reason not to suspend this title.
—Jon Reeves,IMDb.com, January 8, 2008
He later posted an update stating that the title manager agreed and had made the decision to suspend the listing until further notice.
When this decision was later questioned, he added:
When I spoke with Nirvan (over a year ago!), he was given specific benchmarks and timetables which he agreed to for its continued listing. Those were not met, and the listing was removed (in fact, quite some time after the deadline).
This film has been 7 years in the making, and is still only about 1/4 of the way to its fundraising goal. Our usual standard for listing an in-production film is that it have significant involvement of "name" individuals and measurable progress every 6 months. The involvement of the "name" people in this case is generally about 5 minutes each, plus trivially small (for them) financial contributions. The progress has continually been a moving target, with no end in sight. The words "The Last Dangerous VisionsThe Last Dangerous VisionsThe Last Dangerous Visions was a planned sequel to the science fiction short story anthologies Dangerous Visions and Again, Dangerous Visions, originally published in 1967 and 1972 respectively. It is edited by Harlan Ellison....
" will make sense to science fiction fans (it's a book that's been famously "coming soon" since 1973).
—Jon Reeves, IMDb.com, April 21, 2008
Future productions
The 1 Second Film is flagship production of The Collaboration Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization formed to produce collaborative art projects on a global scale while addressing various social issues. The future projects include a "5 Phase Plan" that will consist of films animated during simultaneous collaborative art events around the world. Each collaborative phase increases in scale while addressing a different social issue.The Collaboration's Board of Directors includes Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor's work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, an Emmy Award and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song...
, Albert Maysles, Ben Goldhirsh, Stephen Nemeth, and Nirvan Mullick.