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# BasePaint Documentary
# BasePaint Documentary
## Creating a better future for artists. One pixel at a time, onchain, every day, forever.
**TL;DR** Basepaint is a documentary about pixel artists worldwide who have been collaboratively creating a piece of art online and onchain every day for the past year and a half.
The film will explore their personal lives, how Basepaint has transformed them, and how they are part of a growing movement that has the potential to continue indefinitely.
This proposal is for Nouns to co-sponsor the film alongside Base, Decentralized Pictures and Pet3rPan.
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**Medium-length documentary film (40-45 minutes) | Ask: $19,000 USDC**
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🎬 **THE PLAN** We will conduct over 20 online interviews and produce a documentary that tells the Basepaint story.
We will surface the best/more surprising tales, the ones where the artist's life was significantly transformed.
We will then send a local crew to film B-roll and drone shots.
We will take the audience on a journey from "what is a pixel" all the way to the artists' daily routine using graphics and animations combined with live footage.
We want to release the documentary by sending it to 40 of the best-rated film festivals around the globe.
We will also have Base distribution via website, newsletter and socials, and coin the film on Zora.
Our goal is to inspire more people to join the movement and embark on their onchain journey.
We want to 100x the number of artists and 1000x the number of collectors on Basepaint.
And during this whole process, we believe we will bring a new audience to Nouns and onboard a few Nounsfolk.
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⌐◨-◨ **Why Nouns?**
- Nouns inspired the founders and the project with daily 24-hour mints and the concept of the infinite work of art.
- Many Nouners and Nounders are big Basepaint fans.
- Nouns has sponsored 3 days' themes in the early days: [https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/98](https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/98) [https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/99](https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/99) [https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/100](https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/100)
- As did the Yellow collective: [https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/162](https://basepaint.xyz/canvas/162)
- Partnership with Base and Decentralized Pictures
- Distribution through Base's marketing
- Zora coin
- Film festivals
- The film will be presented by the 3 main sponsors:
Base | Nouns | Decentralized Pictures
In the opening credits and all art related to the project.
Digital and printed.
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📽️ **SUBJECTS**
🎨🎨 Basepainters
Dean Harvey (New Zealand) [https://warpcast.com/theharveydean](https://warpcast.com/theharveydean)
Bombadil [https://warpcast.com/bombadiluss](https://warpcast.com/bombadiluss)
Jude Buffum (USA) [https://warpcast.com/judebuffum](https://warpcast.com/judebuffum)
Pinkyblu (Argentina) [https://warpcast.com/pinkyblu](https://warpcast.com/pinkyblu)
qabqabqab (Brazil) [https://warpcast.com/qabqabqab](https://warpcast.com/qabqabqab)
taylor.dotfan.eth (USA) [https://warpcast.com/gtm](https://warpcast.com/gtm)
Ticklish (UK) [https://warpcast.com/ticklish-art.eth](https://warpcast.com/ticklish-art.eth)
nimashah (Iran) [https://warpcast.com/nimashah](https://warpcast.com/nimashah)
Manytle (Thailand) [https://warpcast.com/manytle.eth](https://warpcast.com/manytle.eth)
numo (Germany) [https://warpcast.com/numo](https://warpcast.com/numo)
creamymommy.eth [https://warpcast.com/creamy](https://warpcast.com/creamy)
Brave 👾 (Brazil) [https://warpcast.com/bravepxl](https://warpcast.com/bravepxl)
Dzeeroggs (Germany) [https://warpcast.com/dzeeroggs](https://warpcast.com/dzeeroggs)
NoWonder (Indonesia) [https://warpcast.com/notoriousman](https://warpcast.com/notoriousman)
BloodyPari.eth [https://x.com/Paris13sh](https://x.com/Paris13sh)
Olotus (USA) [https://warpcast.com/olotus](https://warpcast.com/olotus)
Cryptologist (USA) [https://warpcast.com/cryptologist99](https://warpcast.com/cryptologist99)
And many others!
As well as some important key players:
Peter 'pet3rpan' (Full set holder/Collector and Associate producer) [https://warpcast.com/pet3rpan](https://warpcast.com/pet3rpan)
Drake 🎩 (Full set holder/Collector) [https://warpcast.com/taliskye](https://warpcast.com/taliskye)
Backseats (Full set holder/Collector) [https://warpcast.com/backseats](https://warpcast.com/backseats)
0xnader (Developer) [https://warpcast.com/0xnader](https://warpcast.com/0xnader)
Zach Herring (Basepaint Co-founder) [https://warpcast.com/zherring](https://warpcast.com/zherring)
W1NTΞR (Basepaint Co-founder) [https://warpcast.com/w1nt3r](https://warpcast.com/w1nt3r)
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📅 **THE SCHEDULE**
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💰 **THE ASK - $19,000 USDC**
TOTAL BUDGET: **$78,000**
- Production: Director/Producer/local crew: $24,000
- Post-production (Editing, VFX, sound design, soundtrack): $52,000
- Film festival submissions: $2,000
💰 **Funding breakdown**
- Base: 39K
- Nouns: 19k
- Decentralized Pictures: 19k
- Pet3rPan: 1K
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🚚 **DELIVERY / DISTRIBUTION**
We will deliver the final cut within 6 months of being funded.
Around December 2025 with production scheduled for a June 2025 start.
- Premiere: 40 film festivals around the globe.
- base.org + Base newsletter + social channels.
- Zora coin.
- Potential for Base meetups to screen the film.
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🫂 **THE TEAM**
Leo Clark (Director/Producer/Editor) [https://warpcast.com/leoclark.eth](https://warpcast.com/leoclark.eth) Award-winning documentary director at [https://cc0films.com/](https://cc0films.com/) Forever grateful to the Nouns community 🙏
Marcelo Antunez (Co-director/VFX Artist/Editor/Color grader) [https://warpcast.com/marceloantunez](https://warpcast.com/marceloantunez) Award-winning Brazilian film director, producer, and screenwriter, renowned for multiple critically acclaimed box office successes
Leo Matchett (Executive Producer) [https://x.com/dcp_leo/](https://x.com/dcp_leo/) Co-Founder / CEO / Board at [https://decentralized.pictures/](https://decentralized.pictures/)
Pet3rPan (Associate producer) [https://x.com/pet3rpan](https://x.com/pet3rpan)\_
Local crews, soundtrack composer, audio mixer and additional editor - TBC
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Thank you for considering our proposal. We hope to bring the Basepaint story to life and inspire a global audience 🙏
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