The Rise Of Blus represents a milestone for the Web3 space. It’s the first time a DAO, specifically Nouns DAO, has funded a feature length film.

I am co-directing the film along with HKJay. Collaborating with our writer Yuwill. In 7 months, we have produced the first 16 minutes of the film. This included writing, concepting, R&D, and the animation process itself.

We leveraged new emerging technologies and workflows for everything from communication and feedback to lighting and rendering. Key decisions such as rendering entirely in Unreal Engine, and using asynchronous methods to provide feedback via Figma and Syncsketch helped facilitate the incredible output speed.

Our composer Jakub Pietras composed entirely new music from scratch. Employing a range of folk instruments and sounds in order to craft a unique feel.

The sound design was done by Jordan Wiberg, with elements by Anna Sirjajeva. Jordan is an Emmy award winning sound mixer and engineer.

The animation team was comprised of both industry veterans and Web3 native artists. Representing another departure away from traditional production. The team consisted of artists and creatives from all across the globe, everywhere from the US, Poland, Australia, Hong Kong, India and more.

The film is being funded in milestones, with funding approval rounds being voted on by Nouns DAO participants. So far a total of 1.5 million has been unlocked for the production of the film, majority of which is for current production of parts 3, 4 and 5.