Proposal: Nouns! An Animated Pilot
TL;DR
PPT Studios is asking for $500K (~Ξ385 at the time of 07/16/22) to make one 11-minute episode of Nouns! An Animated Series. This show would be CC0.
Hello Nouns DAO and the greater Nouns community.
We wanted to let you know that we appreciate the feedback and would like to modify this proposal.
We have decided to move forward with only proposing to do a stand-alone pilot episode first. We understand many in the DAO do not know us personally, but we have always followed through, having delivered hundreds of hours of animated content over decades in the animation industry. Additionally, we delivered our pitchbook to Prop 70 well before the internal deadline.
DESCRIPTION
We propose to create a pilot for Nouns! An Animated Series.
Nouns! An Animated Pilot is a 2D tradigital animated 11-minute episode as seen in the Prop 70 (CC0 Pitchbook). The show is an animated comedy following the surreal adventures of best friends balancing the desire for mature adulthood and their reluctance to grow up.
We propose doing a pilot in 3 phases.
- Script and Casting (weeks 1-6) $150K
- Animatic (weeks 4-11) $200K
- Final Animation (weeks 10-16) $150K
We are targeting the schedule for ~16 weeks. However, we may need some flexiblity and increase the time it takes to deliver the pilot to ensure we can put out the best product possible.
If we start at the beginning of August, we can deliver before the year end.
Phase 1: Scripting and Casting
This phase would last for four-six weeks.
During this phase we would work on the outline, script, script revisions and cast the episode.
Start Date: 08/01/22
Phase 2: Preproduction
Starting week 4, we would begin Phase 2.
This phase would last seven weeks.
During this phase, we will thumbnail, and storyboard, refine character designs, and backgrounds, create digital puppets and record scratch tracks and audio.
Start Date: 08/22/22
Phase 3: Production/ Post
Starting week 10, we would begin Phase 3.
This phase is where the actual animation begins, with compositing, editing, and putting the final touches on everything.
Start Date: 10/03/22
TOTAL ASK:
~Ξ385 or ($500K USD) to fund the creation of Nouns! An Animated Pilot.
The ETH will be immediately converted to USDC to ensure we have funding to cover production costs.
Q: Why is this single episode $500K when the six episodes before came out to ~$333K each?
A: When amortizing costs across multiple episodes of a season, the overall cost per episode decreases. Artists’ short-term freelance rates are higher than longer-term employment rates. There are also discounts on software subscriptions for longer-term commitments.
MULTISIG
The proposed budget + Ξ1 to cover gas fees will be released in ETH to a 2 of 3 multisig with signers x, x, and x. The ETH will be immediately converted to USDC, and everything in excess of the original budget, minus 1 ETH to cover gas for the life of the multisig, will be returned to the DAO. If, due to high volatility, insufficient ETH is available to cover the proposed budget, a second proposal will top up the multisig at a later date.
*Phases to be funded at the commencement of each phase. Note that these are guidelines only and that a final determination will be made in collaboration with the person-place-thing-escrow multisig.