THE ONE SECOND FILM
While perusing the web; imdb, facebook, bebo, wikipedia and youtube to mention a few, I ended up on the biography page of one Jonah Hill (the chubby dude from Superbad). I reached the 'Filmography' section to find that he was involved in a project called the "1 Second Film"...like I was, you are probably thinking "what the fuck is that?"...I checked it out.
When I went to www.the1secondfilm.com, I saw that this film was a novel incarnation. The idea is that the movie itself would last 1 second but the credits would last up to 90 minutes. The reason behind this is that it is not sponsored as 99% of films by a studio, it is in aid of Charity and the producers (those who fund the movie) are a huge list of contributors. The best parts; anyone can participate and you will get credited as a producer...therefore, if the film were to win say....an Oscar, or a BAFTA, or a Sundance Award or even the Palme dOr at Cannes for production, you the producer would get credited and subsequently be legally entitled to credit yourself with an award nod or win. So what's the catch? There is none...the director and organisers of the film are promising full credentials for every single contributor and you will get a credit for as little as $1/€0.65ish and the amount you can donate/invest, I understand is unlimited. If there is a catch, it is that all profits, that is 100% (minus the overheads, of course).
There are three different levels of donation; $1 - $9.99 gets you Associate Producer Credits, $10 - $99.99 gets you (1st) Producer Credits (these are the ones who get the Oscars, when you see them announce "And the Oscar for Best Production of a Motion Picture goes too..."), and finally for $100+ you will recieve Executive Producer Credits (Again, like (1st) Producer Credits, you would technically win the Oscar too).
So, in tribute to my own ego, I decided to donate $19.84 (in line with the year of my birth and obviously the greatest year ever) and will be credited with Producer creditentials during the end credits of the movie...Imagine, me, a producer of a Independant/potentially Hollywood movie...it's pretty cool. Anyway, if you decide to take a look at the site, type "one (or 1) second film" in the search bar and click "I'm feeling lucky", you will be taken directly to the site. I know about 10 people in the University here who have already joined and I think it is a cool opportunity to do something nice (even though you can spend less than a packet of chewing gum) and boost your ego or whatever floats your boat.
That's all for now,
Peace,
Once again the website is: http://www.the1secondfilm.com - Please check it out and please take part, it's an opportunity NOT to be missed!
