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THIS VIDEO HAS SOME VERY LOUD AND HIGH-PITCHED TEST-PATTERN SOUNDS: CAREFUL WITH YOUR VOLUME!

For writing my unit and functional tests for Lib-Ray, I need to have some video to work with. It needs to have some calibration and test-pattern elements, but also some "real" video to test subjectively how well it's going. Fortunately, I have access to footage from several free / open movie projects to draw on, and the result is kind of a fun "sampler" of open movie work that is about 7 minutes long.

I felt that the (previous version) with the dry voice track was a little weak, so I decided to try adding some music and effects. This is the first time I've really done a soundtrack like this with abstract effects to follow the narration, so it was kind of fun just for that reason. All of the sounds are from FreeSound.org and are under CC-0 public domain dedication, because I wanted to keep this release under the freest possible terms.

It isn't strictly required to credit such sound files, but I'd like to credit them here

Music Tracks:

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These are some videos showing the process for color-calibration. I made an attempt to fix the color balance issues on my monitor, but it turns out, it's just too far out of balance to calibrate this way. Probably means I'll have to use another monitor for doing color work.

Making of "Down the Rabbit Hole"

We recently completed this "Making Of" case study video of how we put together a short VFX movie for a local community play project (with Southwest Reprise Theatre in Fort Worth, TX).

After verifying that we have all the necessary assets and rights, we are also planning to release this as an Open Movie on DVD. This will actually be our first Open Movie release for our studio Anansi Spaceworks, as well as the first one for Film Freedom.

I'm working on collecting the resources and documenting the process in more detail for that release now.

We recently completed this "Making Of" case study video of how we put together a short VFX movie for a local community play project (with Southwest Reprise Theatre in Fort Worth, TX).

After verifying that we have all the necessary assets and rights, we are also planning to release this as an Open Movie on DVD. This will actually be our first Open Movie release for our studio Anansi Spaceworks, as well as the first one for Film Freedom.

I'm working on collecting the resources and documenting the process in more detail for that release now.

Insert cartoon for Southwest Reprise Theatre's production of "The Very Merry Xmas Carol Holiday Adventure Show", showing the horrors of the dreaded "Xmas", which is the evident villain of the story -- or so it seems, at least.

It's a silly cartoon for a silly holiday play. Do not take too seriously.

A number of clip-art pieces are used here from online clipart collections. As far as I know, they do not require attributions (and I have lost track). I was very sad to find that "Open Clipart" is still shut down, or I'd have relied on that.

The sounds are from FreeSound.org, mostly CC0, although a couple of "Attribution-Only" (CC By) sounds were also used (by users tomlija and Marec -- these are parts of the children-playing ambience and the Xmas's rumbling sound, respectively).

I also could not resist the Wizards call-out, and I think that sample is sufficiently altered and short to fall under "fair use".

I'm not going to assert any additional copyright restrictions on this -- my animation work here is CC 0 / Public Domain. You only have to worry about the noted By-licensed sounds. I'd appreciate being credited if you use it, but it's not a requirement.

This is a visual effects video we created for a community theater production of "Alice in Wonderland". During the play, the actress ducks behind a curtain, this video plays for her fall into Wonderland, and then she emerges for the rest of the play. So we're basically trying to set the mood for the play.

This was in association with Southwest Reprise Theatre in Fort Worth, TX:

CREDITS:

PROJECT NOTES:

We recorded most of this process, and will be assembling those recordings into a case-study tutorial on simple green screen work, mistakes we made, and how we managed to recover from them. Perhaps later we can do another green screen project using the lessons we learned on this project.

This is a mock-up of the shot, with an animated video standing in for the matted live-action shot (from the greenscreen shoot). The video is presented on a plane in the 3D animation, rigged to always face the camera.

The "flotsam" is incomplete, and there are some animation errors (the globe). Specifically, I plan to add the "marmalade jar". Of course, the flotsam is chosen to mirror Alice's dialog, thematically.

This updated video now features the bats (forgot to update the description, though).

I also just plan to add more random pieces to it, including some more furniture, pots, pans, some books, etc.

As this takes about 30s per frame to render, I rendered this video at 10 frames/second to get it done more quickly. The final will be at 30 fps (normal US video frame rate).

I switched to 4:3 ratio (from 16:9), because it's probably what the projector will support, and also because the composition looks better for this sequence anyway.

The voice is just me with a pitch filter -- I wanted to make sure the frequency windows worked out with the background ambience and music.

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It is possible to go from an original idea to a finished animated film entirely using free/open-source software, as illustrated here with examples from the "Lunatics!" project.

FilmFreedom.org is a new site we are creating as a portal for access to documentation on free/open-source production software, free culture business models, community, and free culture production projects, as well as original documentation and tutorial content, so you can learn how to use these tools yourself.

This is a video I produced for a project we ultimately decided not to pursue. However, I'm proud of my work on this "How It Works" video, so I'm uploading it here.

"Dmedia" may be an unrelated trademark. This was the name of the library David Jordan had proposed to use for this extension to Blender, which would have stored hashes for referenced digital dependencies, allowing them to be identified by search if they get moved.

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