The 1 Second Film

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The 1 Second Film
Directed by	Nirvan Mullick
Produced by	(See article)
Written by	Nirvan Mullick
Music by	Carlo Dean
Distributed by	The 1 Second Foundation
Release date(s)	2008
Running time	90 min.
Language	English
Budget	US$1,000,000.01 (intended)
IMDb profile

The 1 Second Film is a non-profit collaborative animation project that brings together thousands of people around the world as supporters in the hopes to raise money for the Global Fund for Women. The film has over 7,080 producers and counting.

The title derives from the fact that the actual content of the film is just one second long; animation consisting of 12 large frames (9 ft x 5 ft collaborative paintings). The frames were painted by hundreds of people during a multi-disciplinary event on March 8th, 2001 (International Women's Day). Each of the 12 frames gets filmed twice (on 65 mm film) to create the 24 frames in one second of film. The one second of animation will be immediately followed by 90-minutes of credits scrolling during a 'making of' documentary. ^[1]

The film is being financed entirely by donations. Virtually any individual in the world can purchase a production credit on the film for a minimum of US$1.00 (with no maximum). Depending on the amount of money donated the contributor is given credit either as Associate Producer (US$1-9.99), Producer (US$10-99.99), or Executive Producer (US$100 and up).

The film began as a student project by Nirvan Mullick while at California Institute of the Arts. To raise money for the film, the director began selling producer credits on the streets of Hollywood for $1 or more. After getting several celebrities to donate, and a petition drive along with the help of Stephen Colbert, he was able to get the credits listed on the Internet Movie Database.^[2]

The Internet Movie Database began to list all of The 1 Second Film's credits, thus making contributions to the film a major draw for aspiring actors, directors, or producers. However, due to the high volume of submissions, IMDb replaced the producer credits for this film with a single credit for "Producers of The 1 Second Film" who are not listed individually.^[3] ^[4]

A variety of high-profile celebrities have donated to become producers of the project. Producers include (ordered by donation amount) Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Green, Andy Dick, Tom Arnold, Tony Kanal, Mark Ruffalo, Seth Green, David C. Hayes, Jesse Bradford, Robert Carradine, Tyson C. Beckford, Selma Blair, Spike Jonze, Stephen Colbert, Bill Pullman, James Cromwell, Bobby Cannavale, Karen Alexander, Kevin Bacon, Pierce Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Atom Egoyan, Charlie Kaufman, Christina Ricci, Jason Ritter, Don McKellar, Mark McKinney, Ron Sparks, Steve Buscemi, Alan Cumming, David LaChapelle, John Leguizamo, Pauly Shore, and Stel Pavlou. Zoe Jackson, Samuel L. Jackson's daughter, is also on board.

After the one-time 70 mm world premiere of the film, the 12 pieces of artwork will be auctioned off to benefit the Global Fund for Women. All profits raised by the film will also be donated to this charity.

The film is the beginning of a five phase plan by The 1 Second Film Foundation to raise money for the Global Fund for Women. "Sequels" will consist of collaborative efforts by people from around the world, and increasing in length and budget. ^[5]

In Autumn 2006, the launching of a spoof site and movie was announced, called The 1 Second Movie (http://www.the1secondmovie.com). The spoof offers producer credits for free and will be shot in seven countries, possibly becoming a world-wide co-production.