Beginning today, the Mass Animation Project, the first globally collaborative project to create a 5-minute short CGI-animated film, is open for submissions. According to AWN, Yair Landau is directing and producing the short titled, “Live Music”.  Landau previously held the position of president of Sony Pictures Digital.

“Mass Animation’s first project, LIVE MUSIC is a great story that we are excited to tell through a breakthrough Facebook application,” Landau said. “This new method of creating films draws upon a global community and social technology to allow people to come together in a whole new type of creative collaboration. Animators around the world will get a chance to showcase their talent and imagination in the film; animation fans will have a say in which shots best convey the story and characters, and therefore deserve to make the final cut.”

Regardless of experience, animators can animate shots from the film and submit them for a community vote on which ones are the best.  Voting will open November 24th at www.facebook.com/massanimation. For more details on the project, check out the AWN article.