Here comes another new company with the aim of empowering creators, and making an end of the traditional Hollywood studies.
Shibuya, a crowdfunding transmission platform in Shibuya.film, officially launched «Season one», a collection of live and live action short films. The company, formed in 2022, is supported by A16Z (Andreessen Horowitz), Variant Fund, the thirty -five companies of Kevin Durant and the media 11:11 of Paris Hilton.
The five projects, each with an execution time of less than 30 minutes, are led by digital native creators, including Elle Mills, a Canadian YouTube star who took a step back to Vlogging to follow a film race. The shorts present talent that includes Archie Madekwe («Gran Turismo», «Saltburn»), Peyton Kennedy («Grey’s Anatomy», «Everything stinks!»), Bradley Steven Perry («Good luck charlie»), Nesta Cooper («Reality») and Ximena Lamadrid («Who Killed Sara?).
The Shibuya model works like this: each short film serves as a pilot and the spectators have the power of Greenlight’s future episodes. After seeing a short film, fans can vote with crowdfunding promises towards the next episode, giving them a direct role in the decision of what stories they advance.
«We built Shibuya to interrupt the traditional study system and put power again in the hands of creators and fans,» said Emily «PPLPLEASR» Yang, the digital artist who co -founded Shibuya. «With the launch of the first season, we are highlighting the bold and original work and inviting fans to decide what comes next.»
Shibuya, based in the, first launched in 2022 with a round of seeds of $ 6.9 million directed by A16z and Variant Fund, with the participation of the thirty -five companies of Durant and famous investors, including Paris Hilton and Blue Pool capital of Joe Tsai. The company’s first original, «White Rabbit», is a science fiction anime that follows Mirai, a girl who does not realize her true nature as AI. He invited fans to vote on the results of the story and finance future episodes. «White Rabbit» served as a proof of concept for the Shibuya model, raising $ 1.2 million in 20 minutes of an online community that continues to grow, according to the company.
Mills said he started writing it «don’t forget me» as a way to «connect to the YouTube part that I have always loved more: that direct connection with an audience.» When Shibuya contacted: «honestly felt like fate,» he said in a statement provided to Variety. «What has been so great to work with them is how much creative integrity matters. They really want artists to take risks and stay independent, which feels super aligned with where the media are directed.»
Here are the descriptions of the first season of Shibuya Five Shorts:
- «Ultrasonund» by Julian Lamadrid starring Ximena Lamadrid: a mini high -voltage drama series that follows a punk rock band, with each episode filmed in a continuous shot.
- «Spiritual 100» by Jordan Cooper starring Archie Madekwe and Nesta Cooper: a mini satirical anime series where 100 candidates compete in a reality games program to see who is the most spiritual.
- «Diaboli» by Shaddy Safadi: a mini hyperrealistic animated series that takes place in medieval times and follows a woman who looks for her son while a demon possesses and takes care of the lost -lost souls of the city.
- «Do not forget me» by Elle Mills: a little of most age and feel good about two teenage brothers who meet the adult and tired version of his favorite children’s television character.
- «The fun of losing socks» by Ben Christensen: a version of greater loyalty of the Tiktok parody largely popular in Ben, an interstellar style story of two friends who travel to another dimension to find the socks that are lost in the dryer, then discover that only one of them can return.
Look at the first season of Shibuya:
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