Our 5 Phase Plan

Overview:

The 1 Second Film is the flagship production of our non-profit Collaboration Foundation. Our goal is to bring the world together to create art and social-change. After The 1 Second Film is completed, The Collaboration Foundation will continue to grow via our 5 Phase Plan, creating a series of increasingly ambitous collaborative art projects, eventually leading to 'The Big Picture'. The projects are designed to build platforms for global collaboration and community while addressing different social-issues. 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 Second Film

THE 3 SECOND FILM will be 3 seconds long and will address Global Warming. The animation will be created during 3 simultaneous events, each taking place in a different location around the world. Each event will create 24 large three-dimensional frames that will be filmed stereoscopically, resulting in three-seconds of animation. The events will feature live-music and performances. All profits from the events and the finished film will benefit the fight against Global Warming.

The 3 Second Film will further expand the infrastructure and online community of the Collaboration Foundation, allowing people to organize by interest and pro-actively arrange collaborative projects of various scale.

Phase IV :: The 1,111 Second Film Festival

The 1,111 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 1111 project ideas and provide the seed money and logistical support for the staging of 1111 events around the world benefiting 1111 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 1111 moments together to create The 1111 Second Film Festival, along with a documentary about the various events.

The 1111 Second Film Festival will focus on ways to create Global Community while expanding the infrastructure necessary for executing Phase 5.

Phase V :: The Big Picture

The Big Picture will be a feature-length animated film made during thousands of simultaneous collaborative art events around the world. Each event will be responsible for painting the frames of one-second of the animation. These frames will be re-combined in chronological order to create a feature-length film.

The collaborative animation events will vary in scale, with some consisting of a handful of people at houseparties, while other events in large cities or universities may draw tens of thousands of people, including bands, performers, and speakers.

In 24 hours, tens-of-thousands of pre-designed frames of animation will be painted with the help of millions of people around the world and online. Everyone who participates will be listed in the film's credits; a documentary about the making of the film will also be produced.

The Big Picture has the potential to be one of the largest collaborative works of art ever made; underscoring the potential of what is possible when people around the world work together. All proceeds raised by The Big Picture will be put toward ending Global Poverty.

Once finished, the global community of participants that take part in the 5 Phase Plan will continue to work together to develop and create non-profit collaborative projects of various scale.

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.By the culmination of the 5 Phase Plan, we will also have created a global community of participants that can continue to develop and create collaborative art on a global scale, providing a creative platform to adress global social issues.