Project Milestones

Starting with no budget, this project has grown one person at a time. This page provides an overview of what we have collectively accomplished, what remains to be done, and what we hope to leave behind once finished.

Objective

Aside from making an entertaining film, our primary goal is to build an online platform for global collaboration and social change. To this end, we are working toward building the Collaboration Foundation as part of completing The 1 Second Film project.

Current Accomplishments

Starting from the ground up, our production has accomplished the following:

Community and Online Growth

• Grown to over 10,000 Participants in 59 Countries

• Received support from hundreds of experienced filmmakers and celebrities.

• Created a powerful open-source website (powered by Drupal) that automates our donation process and gives our producers unique profiles, allowing our project to scale up.

• World Class Web Hosting, with dedicated servers donated by Pair Networks

Equipment and Documentary Production

• Purchased Camera equipment for our documentary (HD camera, lens, microphone, lights, tri-pod, batteries, etc).

• Over 400 hours of footage, including celebrity and grassroot endorsements

• Received over $25K worth of computers for post-production (courtesy of Apple), including FinalCut Studio Pro HD, Keynote, and Apple Shake

• Purchased 2 Terabytes of Hard Drive storage space for digital media.

• printer and miscellaneous office supplies.

• estimated $50K in donated post-production film services and office space (courtesy of FotoKem)

• Production Insurance for Road to Oprah crew

Outreach

• Developed logos and built project awareness

• Printing of fliers, brochures, collectible business cards, lenticular cards, and other marketing materials.

• Featured on Digg, YouTube, and TV outlets, generating buzz and awareness around the world.

• donated T-Shirts (courtesy of Von Dutch)

• a school bus for our Road to Oprah quest, converted into a bio-diesel RV. Bus doubles as a mobile billboard (vinyl wrap courtesy of CrankySigns.com), with performance space and credit stand caboose for fundraising.

• Completed a 10,000 mile Cross Country Road to Oprah promotional tour visiting YouTube, Google, and dozens of houseparties, universities, highschools, etc.

Collabortion Foundation (Non-Profit Development)

• Received over $15K in Pro-Bono Legal Services courtesy of McDermitt, Will, & Emery

• Incorporated The Collaboration Foundation as a non-profit organization in California.

• Assembled a great Board of Directors that includes Julie Taymor, Albert Maysles, Stephen Nemeth, and Ben Goldhirsh.

• Developing a new website: preview

Production Needs (what remains to be done)

Here are some of the things we are still fundraising for:

• web development for the collaborationfoundation.org

• an experienced editor (full-time for 10 - 12 months)

• sound and post-production for documentary 

• motion graphics artists for producer credit sequence + digital compositing with documentary 

• hard drives, RAID, and RAM for processing documentary and credit sequence

• film stock for post

• Accounting

• Production Manager

• web maintenance (site admins wanted)

• marketing materials

• insurance

• ongoing documentary production costs: tape stock, transportation, postage, repairs, etc.

• our World Premiere gala

• DVD Mastering

• ancillary merch

Artifacts (What We Will Create)

The 1 Second Film is designed to provide a document of a collaborative journey. Once completed, we will have collectively produced the following:

• One-Second of Animation - The World's Biggest Shortest Film, consisting of 12 giant murals, which will be auctioned off after our film's premiere to raise funds for charity. The 12 frames are stunning, created by hundreds of participants, with color design by legendary Jules Engel.

• A feature length documentary: this will be the first film that anyone can produce (and appear in) alongside major celebrities. The documentary will play alongside our 90-minute credit sequence.

• Soundtrack + Collectibles: the music used in the making of documentary, featuring several originals songs, will be sold to raise funds for the Global Fund for Women, as will several collectible items derived from the art work.

• An Online Community - the1secondfilm.com is evolving into a micro-collaborative social network. This community will form the future base of The Collaboration Foundation, and will be able to participate in other non-profit collaborations, such as The 2 Second Film, as outlined by our 5 Phase Plan. The Collaboration Foundation's online community will continue to grow with each phase, and will provide a platform for fostering global collaboration.

Oversight and Fiscal Responsibility

The Collaboration Foundation, our non-profit organization, provides oversight to our production budget. We rely on donated services and volunteers to keep costs down.

Total Amount Raised

We include donated services and in-kind services when calculating our 'Total Amount Raised'. In-kind donations include $50K in post-production services from FotoKem, over $25K worth of computers/software for editing donated by Apple, dedicated servers and web hosting donated by Pair Networks, and pro-bono legal services for The Collaboration Foundation courtesy of McDermitt, Will, & Emery. The additional funds have been raised dollar-by-dollar online and on the streets via thousands of producers from around the world.

Volunteers and Donated Services

We rely on volunteers and our online community of producers to keep hard costs down. If you can donate services or equipment we need, please contact us! If you can donate $1 or more to help us cover our production costs, you can donate online or by mail. Large donations of $500 or more can be made tax-deductible in the US.

If you would like to Volunteer, please:

1. Fill in your Volunteer Preferences in your Producer Profile Account Settings

2. Contact: volunteers(at)the1secondfilm(dot)com