Hollywood team launches the world's first Web3 co-creation short drama platform

H3 Entertainment, co-founded by former Oscar Chairman Sid Ganis, famous Hollywood film and television producer Mark Rau, and film producer Jaysen Lai, has created the world's first decentralized, community-based short drama platform - M3NI SHORTS. The platform integrates Web3 technology, breaks the barriers of the traditional entertainment ecosystem, fully utilizes the power of the community, and strives to involve the audience in every aspect of content creation, thereby presenting unique stories that are difficult to achieve through traditional film and television production.

In the fourth quarter of 2023, it was a short drama application platform called ReelShort that successfully topped the download charts of the Android and Apple App Stores in the United States. Its parent company, Crazy Maple Studio, has become one of the 100 most influential companies in the world. H3 Entertainment will be committed to making M3NI SHORTS the ReelShort of the Web3 field.

H3 Entertainment aims to bridge the gap between traditional Hollywood movies and modern entertainment streaming platforms, combining Web3 technology with Hollywood professional production capabilities to solve the pain points of unfair income distribution, AI technology infringing on the rights of creators, uneven distribution of opportunities, low audience participation, high costs and high risks in the traditional entertainment industry. H3E provides creators with a fairer and more just environment through a decentralized and community-driven approach, while better attracting fans to participate in the creative process and empowering filmmakers.

M3NI SHORTS innovates in the form of short dramas and matches the quality of Hollywood movies. Mark Rau, film producer and co-founder of H3 Entertainment, said: "As people's attention span shortens, fragmented content and short and concise content creation are becoming more and more popular. Short dramas allow filmmakers to quickly present content in a faster and lower-cost way through community-driven and shorter production cycles."

M3NI SHORTS' "Create to Earn" breaks through the limitations of traditional filmmaking. Anyone can submit story ideas, which are then voted on and supported by community members. Industry experts will review the submissions, and projects that receive community support will receive token rewards and start crowdfunding, and use H3 Entertainment's resources to transform story concepts into short dramas. At the same time, M3NI SHORTS's "Watch to Earn" model encourages viewers to participate in watching platform content, rewards audience interaction, creates a fair revenue model, allows the community and production teams to share revenue, and gives user-generated content the opportunity to be professionally produced, allowing viewers to earn income while watching high-quality content.

A new narrative method — — The birth of "The Cryptic Whale"

Well-known Web3 crypto KOL — — The leader of the Crypto Cluster successfully launched the short play "The Cryptic Whale" on the M3NI SHORTS platform. The short play also shows the whole process from idea generation, community crowdfunding to the final transformation of the concept into a short play. "Cryptic Whale" tells the story of a millennial worker Joe who lost his parents' retirement funds in the 2021 crypto boom. Due to excessive leverage and badly timed investments, he lost everything and fell into regret and depression. In a magical encounter, Joe traveled back to the past and got a chance to start over. He worked hard to avoid past mistakes and finally achieved financial freedom in his adventurous second life. The first episode of the first season of "Cryptic Whale" is now online on the official Youtube channel.

H3 Entertainment teamed up with the leader and Polar Productions to rewrite the leader's story into a complete short play script. Executive producer Ander Tsui (founder of Vertex Labs) said: "The integration of Web3 technology provides a fair and democratic production process for the work, allowing more creators' ideas to be realized. We hope to create more stories planned by the community and told for the community." In the short play Easter eggs, you can also see the exposure of well-known Web3 projects, such as Brave Browser (a privacy browser with more than 78 million monthly active users), NFT communities such as HAPE and NOUNS DAO, and popular Web3 projects such as Meet48, LightCycle and Skytopia.

With the completion and release of the first season of the short series, the team is working on the second season of "Crypto Whales" and plans to shoot in Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan and Dubai. The story will continue to tell the story of Joe's time travel experience and his ups and downs in blockchain investment.

“The success of this collaboration with H3 Entertainment demonstrates the potential of M3NI SHORTS in innovating the entertainment industry. By lowering the barrier to participation and involving the community in the production process, M3NI SHORTS is changing the way stories are told and shared. We look forward to this platform triggering a new wave of creative Web3 content, further promoting the breakthrough effect and expanding the audience, so that global audiences can learn about the stories of the cryptocurrency circle.” — Jaysen Lai, CEO and co-founder

The world's first Web3 short play creative competition

H3 Entertainment will hold the world's first Web3 Short Drama Creative Competition in July 2024, soliciting short drama ideas related to the blockchain industry from creators and communities around the world. The script content can be a melodramatic story around you, gossip in the cryptocurrency circle, or a wild imagination. There is no limit to the form and length, and there are no requirements for writing skills and language. The highest prize is 10,000 USDT, and the winner's work will have the opportunity to be made into a short drama.

The judges of this competition are composed of former Oscar Chairman Sid Ganis, famous Hollywood film and television producer Mark Rau, Vertex Labs founder Ander Tsui and other leading figures in the film and television and crypto industries. The winning script will be voted on by the community and a professional Hollywood review panel. For more information, please click on the link below.