Our 5 Phase Plan

Overview:

The 1 Second Film is the flagship production of The Collaboration Foundation - a non-profit arts organization devoted to creating innovative platforms for global collaboration and social-change. The Foundation is being built alongside The 1 Second Film production; our goal is to bring the world together with art. After The 1 Second Film is completed, The Collaboration Foundation will continue to grow via a 5 Phase Plan to create a series of increasingly ambitous collaborative art projects. The projects are designed to builds cultural bridges while addressing different social-issues. Our online community will grow with each project. An overview of our 5 Phase Plan is included below:

Phase I :: The 1 Second Film

Phase 1 involves the creation of 'The World's Biggest Shortest Film.' The 1 Second Film features 24 animated frames made from large murals that were painted by hundreds of people in one night during a collaborative event at CalArts on March 8, 2001, International Women's Day (watch video). The film's 90-minute end-credits will include a feature-length 'making of' documentary which details the journey of the project from start to finish as it attempts to create a cultural tipping point of awareness, participation, and support.

All profits raised by the finished film will be donated to the Global Fund for Women, a non-profit grant-making organization that supports women's human rights around the world.

The 1 Second Film website also provides a foundation for a collaborative online community that can continue to grow and develop with Phase 2.

Phase II :: The 2 Second Film

In Phase 2, we will attempt to address the impact of September 11, 2001, through the creation of a collaborative work of art created during two simultaneous '1 Second' style animation events- one in New York and the other in Afghanistan.

Each event will be centered on the painting of 24 frames - giant murals that will be created by participants/members of audience. Diverse international artists will be invited to direct the 48 individual frames while various musicians perform. Diplomatic partners will be engaged to help arrange supporting events, seminars, and presentations. PThe completed paintings will be combined to create two seconds of animation. A documentary detailing the event will also be produced.

Phase 2 has the potential of including thousands of participants at the collaborative events while reaching millions more through online simulcasts and cable broadcasting.

All profits raised by the events will be directed toward helping innocent civilian casualties of military conflict.

Phase III :: The 3-D Second Film

3 seconds of 3-D animation created during 3 simultaneous 1 Second Film events addressing Global Warming in three countries that are leading the world in CO2 emissions -- currently US, Russia, and China. In Phase 3, the cinema experience shifts to 3-Dimensions in order to underline the reality and proximity of this issue. The 3(D) Second Film further expands the infrastructure and online community of collaborators, allowing people to organize by interest and pro-actively arrange fundraisers. Each event will feature the creation of 24 large three-dimensional sculptures that will be filmed stereoscopically, resulting in three-seconds of 3-D animation. These events will also feature live music and performances, as well as information/sponsor booths featuring sustainable energy solutions and various environmental and community organizations currently working to address the issue of Global Warming.

All profits raised by Phase 3 will benefit the fight against Global Climate Change.

Phase IV :: The 111 Second Festival

The 111 Second Film Festival will invite people around the world to submit their ideas to create a 1 Second Film. Each moment submitted will also include a related social cause. The Collaboration Foundation will select 111 project ideas and provide the seed money and logistical support for the staging of 111 events around the world benefiting 111 social causes.

The events will be largely self-organized on a local and virtual level, and will be coordinated to occur simultaneously. Mini-documentaries will be made about the collective effort to be edited into a master documentary. Once completed, we will stream all 111 moments together to create The 111 Second Film Festival, along with a documentary about the various events.

The 111 Second Festival will focus on ways to create Global Community while expanding the infrastructure necessary for executing Phase 5.

Phase V :: The 11,111 Second Film

The 11,111 Second Film will be a feature-length, animated, narrative film, made during thousands of simultaneous, micro-collaborative festivals. This will be the largest collaborative work of art ever made; underscoring the humanity that connects us all and the enormity of what is possible when the world works together.

The film will be divided into two parts, a 90-minute animated feature film followed by a 90-minute credit-sequence with ‘making of’ documentary. The 90-minutes of animation will be narrative, with an original story to be written by an established screenwriter and “performed” during thousands of simultaneous events around the world, with each event making one-second or more of the animation. In 24 hours, 65,000 paintings will have been completed around the world, with the help of millions of people. These paintings will be filmed to create 90-minutes of seamless animation.

Events will vary dramatically in scale, with some consisting of a handful of people in small towns painting 12 frames, while other events in large cities may draw tens of thousands painting hundreds of frames.

All proceeds raised by The 11,111 Second Film will be put toward ending Global Poverty.

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Creating Collaboration on a Global Scale.

We believe these projects have tremendous potential to harness the potential of collaboration on a global scale, creating art beyond boundaries, and exploring the possibilities of our collective potential.