1/ Story DAO is a radical experiment in community world-building. Our mission is to unlock the potential of every creator and fan around the world by building an open Hollywood production platform.
2/ Throughout history, stories have provided community and connection. Now, stories are able to reach more people than ever before. However, these stories are only told by a select few and fans are treated simply as consumers, when we are so much more.
3/ It’s the community of fans who bring a story to life beyond its traditional medium. Yet, there is a disconnect in the ownership over the story. Fans are creating art and concepts around existing franchises without anything in return.
6/ Crypto, and in particular NFTs, have converted our online communities for the very first time into an ownership society.
Your avatar, your digital art, your in-game items, your gallery template are all NFTs and they are genuinely owned by you
4/ Today, the gatekeepers of Hollywood control the distribution of premium content. This has led to a top down decision making model where the production studio and the content distributors become bottlenecks for creators.
5/ The development process in Hollywood is broken. New voices are routinely disregarded, with few opportunities to sell their ideas. So, how do we change the next-generation of story-telling & go from being passive consumers to immersive story creators with ownership?
8/ This completely changes how future content will be created & consumed. Just like the internet changed funding models to subscription and streaming changed viewing habits, the new paradigm shift is available to us now — and we will be at the forefront.
No one wants to hear it right now, but the calls I’m having with Web3 entrepreneurs building things for the next expansion are off the charts.
That future is very bright ☀️
10/ Our vision is to create a place where communities can come together to create, contribute to, & ultimately become co-owners of the next gen of story franchises. Our hope is that these stories eventually become as culturally relevant as brands such as Star Wars or Pokémon.
11/ We create the foundation for story universes with established writers and visual artists. We then invite & incentivize creatives from around the world to experience our immersive stories & help us build these stories into expansive community ip.
12/ The Story Architect, or person who runs the production, together with a writing team, will create a new narrative-based universe that will live within its own DAO. Artists will then create NFTs of the characters & other elements of the future story.
no matter what bells and whistles NFT projects come up with, from a long term value standpoint & especially to maintain the current values of many projects ..it will still come back to can the project build the story around the characters or the artist.
13/ These NFTs will also act as a governance mechanism for the DAO & be used within the stories in interactive and immersive ways. After the launch and sale of the core NFT set, the writers’ room will start to piece out what we’re calling a core narrative.
14/ The community will then help build these universes into expansive stories through a create-to-earn model, with a bottom up structure where creatives exchange ideas with fan communities, build it together, & control the use of their intellectual property into premium content.
15/ We are establishing our early community through our producer token, for those who can bring a unique skillset to our community and love telling stories. If you are interested in our allowlist, fill out an application here:
16/ This is only the beginning. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements, IRL (very soon!) and digital events, info on how to get involved and much more. You can also join our mailing list here:
17/ If you are a fan of big story franchises, if you are a creator who wants to become a part of the future of storytelling, or even if you just love to immerse yourself in new experiments, come join the adventure with
#StoryDAO
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