# Nouns Movie - The Final Prop ⌐◨-◨

![](https://i.postimg.cc/76t8f4Hb/Screenshot-2024-11-03-at-3-31-30-PM.png)

### Tl;dr:

- This specific proposal is seeking funding of 1,125,000 USDC to create Episode 6 7 & 8 with a run-time of 10.5-11 mins each delivered post funding.  
- This is the **Final** proposal from Atrium in the scope of Nouns Movie Project.  
- Atrium will fund the last act i.e. **EP9 to finish the film.** 

![](https://i.postimg.cc/zGz2ddCF/21.png)

### What is Atrium?

Atrium is an award-winning crypto-native network of independent artists and creators. Disciplines represented on Atrium currently include Screenwriting, Animation, Concept Art, VFX, Voice Actors, and Music production. Together, creatives on Atrium bring the best ranging experiences from Pixar, Marvel, Luma Pictures, Sony, Netflix & many more.

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### Where will the funds go to?

- Story and Scripting for the Episodes 6, 7 & 8.  
- Preview Work in Progress and BTS delivered through out the proposal duration.  
- Finishing production of Episode 6, 7 & 8.  
- Propdates published all along the way. 

### What about finishing the film (last episode)?

- Atrium will be funding the last chapter / Final act of the movie. 

### Why now?

- The team is targeting a November finish on Episode 5. We wanted to put up the proposal early enough for us to secure all necessary contracts to avoid disruption to production cycle. 

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### Available Releases

- **Episode 1,2 and 3**
  
  ![](https://i.postimg.cc/NF3W45rL/30.png) 

You can watch the 3 public releases on our website as well as the youtube [channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTk3pgPOu4g&list=PLs7Bgsy56P7pA9Fna7mqbzU9xO0JPUSIu), or on the Nouns Movie website. 

- **Episode 4 Part1** Premiere at [Nounstown LA](https://nounstown.wtf/schedule) alongside Episode 1-3 reruns. Nouners checked out the first half of the new episode in person. Episode 4 (Part1+2) onwards the releases are gated to be able to distribute it with the right platforms. 
  
  ![](https://i.postimg.cc/hP8bJqw0/image.jpg)
  ![](https://i.postimg.cc/kXPvX5j4/IMG-0149.jpg) 
- **Episode 4 Part1+2**    [Watch Party](https://x.com/thenounsquare/status/1852444829394850272) with the community and token-gated access for the DAO members and extended communities to watch the full release (avoiding 'public' release of whole project)  
- **Episode 5** Slated to finish right around end of Nov 2024. Script locked in, VOs and Animation finalised and production underway.  
- Read Script [draft](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B5ibqzTWKkt3hEL6Q3l0b8ij8xkY9sn6/view) of upto EP5. 

### Recap and Progress Updates so far

![](https://wrpcd.net/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/BXluQx4ige9GuW0Ia56BHw/afd07918-4ed5-400f-8627-e26aa26c1d00/original)

#### Wins & Festivals

![](https://i.postimg.cc/Jzz4nn69/Screenshot-2024-09-04-at-9-04-55-PM.png)

- [Winner](https://animator-festival.com/en/news/poznaj-zwyciezcow-17-mffa-animator/) - 17th Official MFFA - Animator 2024  
- [Official Selection](https://twitter.com/nounsmovie/status/1741534073657663528) Kino Film Festival 2024  
- [Official Selection](https://x.com/nounsmovie/status/1831479947397116204) - Kids First! Film Festival 2024  
- [Official Selection](https://x.com/nounsmovie/status/1831479947397116204) - Animaze Montreal International Film Festival 2024 

#### Jury Note from Animator International

> For the award, the jury has been impressed by the pilot episode of a series that is not conventional in its format nor in its production and distribution. We are awarding a piece that has high artistic value, and where the passion of all the artists that have worked on it is very evident in the result. The outstanding quality of animation as well as the surprising world and atmosphere that it portrays has led us to award it. We would also like to mention that the new way of financing the series inspires us, and to signal out the bravery of the creators in producing and distributing this work without any networks involved. For all these reasons, we award “The Rise of Blus: A Nouns Movie” directed by Billy Dao and Jamie Chung.

#### Popular Jury Notes from Kids First! (For Kids, Judged by a Kids Jury)

> I really enjoyed The Rise of Blus. The beginning with the fish is really cute and the way he runs across everything to get to the bus or train that he missed is really cool.

> Wow! That is all I can say about this animation! It is off-the-charts fantastic!!!! The imagination behind these images is just wildly fantastic - from the floating city to the characters. This story takes place in the future and the characters, the floating building, the cars moving across lines connecting the buildings and backgrounds are all super futuristic. Noticeable is how well the mouths of the characters move in perfect synchronization with the dialogue. In addition, the movements of the characters are perfectly executed. The details of Noun’s room are also spot on and appropriate for a young preteen boy. The closeups on his face - perfect. Noun’s traverse across the community is nothing short of spectacular and compares with any movie chase scene in the most extraordinary way as he jumps from building to building, grabs a ride on a blowfish, and moves like a Parkour pro. I like how the characters are different colors and some of them are in animal or robot form. The evil characters look really evil - with shark-like teeth, or heads that look like skeletons, and mean sounding voices. The storyline unravels a tale of how Nouns is approaching a coming-of-age moment when his fate will be revealed by the Noggle, but when he visits his dad at his work place, he realizes that something is terribly off. This short film is inconclusive at the end with a “to be continued” message. So, we will have to wait for subsequent episodes and I can’t wait. It’s that good!

> The film’s message is that you never know who people really are or what they might be up to.
> I give The Rise of Blus : A Nouns Movie 3.5 out of 5 stars and recommend it for ages 5 to 12, plus adults. By Janie and Julie S., KIDS FIRST!

#### DApp / UI Updates

![](https://i.postimg.cc/0ymGnZXJ/Screenshot-2024-09-18-at-1-43-57-PM.png)

- Dapp Token Gating for EP4 Onwards to ensure no public releases happen jeopardising any buyout deals 

##### All Eligible tokenholders being able to watch the gated segments

- Nouns (mainnet)  
- Rise of Blus Nouns Movie mints (mainnet + Base)  
- Atrium Objects (mainnet) 

#### Meet the Cast Revealed

- [Elijah Fox](https://x.com/nounsmovie/status/1701347725407838288/video/1) (Voice of Gi)  
- [Lisa Stanley](https://twitter.com/nounsmovie/status/1656100844763496448) (Voice of Mrs Waxman)  
- [Ray Hurd](https://x.com/nounsmovie/status/1774215094899228979/video/1) (Voice of Go)  
- [Cesar Romero](https://x.com/nounsmovie/status/1711863323967578591/video/1) (Voice of Leader blunt)  
- [Ian Russell](https://x.com/nounsmovie/status/1815904398381613322) (Voice of Obie) 

... We eagerly look forward to continue building the cinematic universe of Nouns.

Team Nouns Movie ⌐◨-◨

#### Core

![](https://i.postimg.cc/qMjWYdkH/Screenshot-2024-08-10-at-6-35-51-PM.png)

#### Full Cast

![](https://i.postimg.cc/W4Z90gRk/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-5-34-09-PM.png)

#### Artists

![](https://i.postimg.cc/Pf6fQb49/Screenshot-2024-08-08-at-9-16-45-PM.png)

#### Animation

![](https://i.postimg.cc/c1M9QN5V/Screenshot-2024-09-20-at-12-23-50-PM.png)

#### Music

![](https://i.postimg.cc/WbL43gr1/Screenshot-2024-08-10-at-6-34-33-PM.png)

### Things Aside from Main Production

- [Discourse with the Directors](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E_7XtzU47c&ab_channel=AtriumAnimation) : How Nouns Movie enabled them to do something unthinkable, completely remotely. 
- Understanding the intricacies of [Blus Musical Score](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4OavIimoXs&ab_channel=AtriumAnimation). 
- Fun Trivia about the world [Sound Design](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7umbTCiMTmk&ab_channel=AtriumAnimation) with Jordan - our SFX Lead. 
- Watch [Behind the Scenes](https://atrium.art/atrium-tv/66a03ad10466c53195fe65c5) of How the finale of EP3 was scored 

![](https://i.postimg.cc/JhN6R47Y/Screenshot-2024-08-10-at-5-23-56-PM.png)

### Community Casting Calls

- Casting call complete. 15 characters from other Nouns-values aligned communities were selected to make cameo appearances through out the Episode 2. [https://twitter.com/nounsmovie/status/1686797509765840896](https://twitter.com/nounsmovie/status/1686797509765840896) 

### In The Press

- [https://blockworks.co/news/web3-watch-nouns-dao-movie](https://blockworks.co/news/web3-watch-nouns-dao-movie) 
- [https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/03/nouns-dao-announces-first-animated-feature-project/](https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/03/nouns-dao-announces-first-animated-feature-project/) 
- [https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/15/nounsdao-approves-proposal-for-feature-length-nft-movie/](https://www.coindesk.com/web3/2023/03/15/nounsdao-approves-proposal-for-feature-length-nft-movie/) 

### Some FAQs

- Why don't you upload all episodes on Youtube?
  
  > Doing so eliminates all chances of potentially having a gainful acquisition of the film. it will always be available to nounish communities to watch in entirety via token-gated access.  
- Why didn't you find a buyer for the Movie yet? 
  
  > These conversations have been ongoing. Often the rooms we get into, light up because of the unique nature of the film but also the uncertainty around the full completion and a brand new original IP is a harder combination to sell :) . We are working through the festival circuits for more introductions that can help with this.  
- Why is the movie so expensive? 
  
  > Reiterating - It's actually well within the norms of micro budget animation films. Unlike Most animation [movies](https://www.the-numbers.com/) budget, Nouns Movie actually falls into the category of a micro budget film (i.e. < 10mil). This is achievable because of entirely remote crew and the format of how it's being made. Our overall runtime is reaching about a 100 mins now.  
- Why is it 'Last prop'?
  
  > This is the final proposal which will cover most of the needed production budget for Atrium to make it happen. Atrium will commit full production budget for EP9 which is the final act of the film. 
  > Atrium will not be coming back for any other proposal (Ideally movie gets acquired to pay for more media properties in the same universe + Quack workstream is already self-sufficient going forward).  
- What are you doing as Next Steps?
  
  > We intend to take the project for Mifa presentations coming year and working on that material. 

> Kicking off another more-frequent Day-in-life-of series with our director(s) to showcase the inner workings of the production. Both of our directors are animation educators as well so this will work well as an informative series of how such a large production comes together. 
> These will be packaged as smaller bite-sized content for mobile first (insta/tiktok/YTS).

- What happens when Movie is acquired?
  
  > Atrium is committed to contribute budgeting back to the DAO in DAO native way, operationally participating through auctions going back into the treasury. Nouns DUNA also enables us to directly contribute back funds into the new 

### Budgeting Breakdown

![](https://i.postimg.cc/zXF6sRN0/Screenshot-2024-11-07-at-10-04-49-AM.png)

**Appendix**

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**The Rise of Blus - A Nouns Movie - [Website](https://nouns.movie/)**

**Nouns Movie - [Twitter](https://twitter.com/nounsmovie)**

**About [Atrium](https://atrium.art/about)**

Atrium / Nouns Movie [discord](https://discord.com/invite/J92zPvRGhv)

**Propdates on EP 3,4 & 5**    [https://www.propdates.wtf/prop/425](https://www.propdates.wtf/prop/425)

[Develop Film and TV like its 2023](https://pricepoint.substack.com/p/price-point-018-how-to-develop-film)

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**Previous Nouns Movie Project Proposals & Spend History**

| Prop                                                                         | Cost           |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| [https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/425](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/425) | 1,125,000 USDC |
| [https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/317](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/317) | 375,000 USDC   |
| [https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/245](https://www.nouns.camp/proposals/245) | 125,000 USDC   |

| Spend so far | 1,625,000 USDC |
| ------------ | -------------- |

-- [https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1613278290130931712](https://twitter.com/punk4156/status/1613278290130931712)    [https://twitter.com/js_horne/status/1628203483949150208](https://twitter.com/js_horne/status/1628203483949150208)

Outcome: EXECUTED