Atrium, a network of independent Web3 artists and creators, has released the pilot for its episodic series Nouns: A Movie, turning the popular non-fungible token (NFT) collection into entertainment. Led by former animators for Pixar, Netflix, and Marvel, The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie is said to be the first animated film funded by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). The project has a budget of $2.75 million, given in tranches provided the team meets its goals.
The action comedy is set in the bustling, floating cloud city of Blus, where an audacious 13-year-old Noun discovers the plot of aristocrats to enslave its citizens and must team up with an unlikely band of misfits to save the ones they love. The NounsDAO community passed a proposal to fund the film in March. Atrium creatives William Yu, HKJay, Zen Doubt, 3DPrint Guy, and Meta Ent are helping to write, produce, and animate the film. The movie has been created by an entirely remote team, speeding up processes that would otherwise take months.
We are 10x-ing the speed of traditional studios because we can make decisions quickly and move forward in a more agile manner, said Zen Doubt, who is also co-directing the movie. One of the factors credited for the speed was that the production of the movie is fully remote, which also allows it to be produced at a lower cost than traditional methods.
Supriyo Roy, founder and CEO at Atrium, told journalists that because the Nouns project has been released as open-source, the film’s creators had the freedom to craft an entire world and storyline for the 8-bit characters without limitations. There is no ‘canon’ said Roy. Nouns are an infinite brand machine. There is no official top-down directive of how things should be done.
The pilot segment for the movie is available to watch through the Nouns Movie website. The NounsDAO community continues to fund creative projects to expand its ecosystem, recently approving proposals for a comic book series with book publisher Titan Comics and NFT community ComicsDAO, along with a second ArtBall NFT collection with the Australian Open tennis tournament, OnCyber, and Vayner Sports Pass. In February, 3DPrintGuy created a short film funded by a previous NounsDAO proposal. All significant characters from the short were released as collectible NFTs.
Atrium’s Nouns: A Movie is the first animated film to be funded by a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO). Led by former animators from Pixar, Netflix, and Marvel, the action comedy follows an audacious 13-year-old Noun who discovers a plot to enslave the citizens of the bustling, floating cloud city of Blus. The NounsDAO community passed a proposal to fund the film in March, with a budget of $2.75 million.
The movie has been created by an entirely remote team, allowing for decisions to be made quickly and processes to be sped up. We are 10x-ing the speed of traditional studios because we can make decisions quickly and move forward in a more agile manner, said Zen Doubt, who is also co-directing the movie.
Supriyo Roy, founder and CEO at Atrium, said that because the Nouns project has been released as open-source, the film’s creators had the freedom to craft an entire world and storyline for the 8-bit characters without limitations. There is no ‘canon’ said Roy. Nouns are an infinite brand machine. There is no official top-down directive of how things should be done.
The pilot segment for the movie is available to watch through the Nouns Movie website. The NounsDAO community continues to fund creative projects to expand its ecosystem, including a comic book series with Titan Comics and NFT community ComicsDAO, and a second ArtBall NFT collection with the Australian Open tennis tournament, OnCyber, and Vayner Sports Pass.