From ton at blender.org Fri Mar 14 19:02:52 2008 From: ton at blender.org (Ton Roosendaal) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:02:52 +0100 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB Message-ID: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> Hi guys, Start nitpicking! :) ---------------------------------- Joint press release of Blender Foundation and Creative Commons Netherlands Amsterdam, March 19, 2008 (Title) Premiere 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny (Sub title) - open movie made with open source software - Thursday 10th of April Amsterdam The Amsterdam based 'Blender Institute' announced today the premiere of the short 3D animation movie 'Big Buck Bunny'.?After a production period of over six months, the short film will premiere with a grand party on Thursday 10th of April, in the hip new Amsterdam cinema 'Studio K'. ?The main intention of the movie was to stimulate the development of open source 3D software? said producer and Institute director Ton Roosendaal, ?But the result equals on artistic level as well as on technical ingenuity the quality of what you would expect from large animation studios?. The movie differentiates itself mostly by its totally open character. Not only open source tools such as the 3D suite ?Blender? were used to create the movie, but also the movie itself - including all materials as used in the animation studio - will be freely accessible for everybody to reuse, to learn from it or just to enjoy it.? This open concept is one of the main goals of the Creative Commons organization. The very popular Creative Commons license is mainly being used by individual artists or musicians on the internet, but increasingly being applied now for video, film and animation projects. Blender Institute in Amsterdam is one of the first companies worldwide exploiting Open Content professionally and commercially. Currenty 14 people are working full-time in the Institute, partially wrapping up Big Buck Bunny, and partially working on an Open Game based on the characters from the movie. ?Big Buck Bunny? is a (dark) comedy with as main character the well-tempered rabbit ?Big Buck?, who finds his day spoiled by the rude actions of the forest bullies, three rodents. In the typical 50ies cartoon tradition Big Buck then prepares the rodents a comical revenge. The creators of the movie were brought together by the Blender Institute from all over the world, including the USA, Denmark, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Australia. The music has been composed by Jan Morgenstern, who also provided the sound track for the previous Blender production; ?Elephant's Dream?. "Big Buck Bunny" will be released on 35mm film format, on HD and on DVD. The latter will be available by the end of April. Shortly after the DVD release the film will be freely downloadable for everyone. Project team: Script and direction by: Sacha Goedegebure (Netherlands) Art direction: Andreas Goralczyk (Germany) Lead Artist: Enrico Valenza (Italy), Animation: Nathan Vegdahl (USA), William Reynish (Denmark) Technical directors: Brecht van Lommel (Belgium) en Campbell Barton (Australia) Music by: Jan Morgenstern (Germany) Produced by: Ton Roosendaal (Netherlands) Big Buck Bunny: http://bigbuckbunny.org????????? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation ton at blender.org http://www.blender.org From jlp at nerim.net Fri Mar 14 22:45:30 2008 From: jlp at nerim.net (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Luc_Peuri=E8re?=) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:45:30 +0100 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> Message-ID: <5596A7E4-659B-4FB8-8673-7ECC6252E9F8@nerim.net> Le 14 mars 08 ? 19:02, Ton Roosendaal a ?crit : > Hi guys, > > Start nitpicking! :) > > ---------------------------------- > > Joint press release of Blender Foundation and Creative Commons > Netherlands > > Amsterdam, March 19, 2008 > > (Title) > Premiere 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny > (Sub title) > ....... > Big Buck Bunny: http://bigbuckbunny.org > Nothing much to nitpick, sounds good. I suppose of course that bickbuckbunny.org will go live before the release of this (server not found). Dont you want to speak about the blender foundation and its relation with blender Institute ? A short sentence precising the 2 are different if related may be good. Jean-Luc Peuri?re jlp at nerim.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ton at blender.org Sat Mar 15 10:32:46 2008 From: ton at blender.org (Ton Roosendaal) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:32:46 +0100 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: <5596A7E4-659B-4FB8-8673-7ECC6252E9F8@nerim.net> References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> <5596A7E4-659B-4FB8-8673-7ECC6252E9F8@nerim.net> Message-ID: Hi, >> Big Buck Bunny: http://bigbuckbunny.org????????? >> > > Nothing much to nitpick, sounds good. > > I suppose of course that bickbuckbunny.org will go live before the > release? > of this (server not found). It resolves for me. Note the typo above! Maybe the link requires a www? http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ About foundation vs institute: i'll check on a nice line, but I want to prevent information overkill in the press release. The focus for this release was on the fact that open source + open content can be succesful business. -Ton- > > Dont you want to speak about the blender foundation and its relation > with blender? > Institute ? A short sentence precising the 2 are different if related > may be good. > > Jean-Luc Peuri?re > jlp at nerim.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-marketing mailing list > Bf-marketing at blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-marketing > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation ton at blender.org http://www.blender.org From jlp at nerim.net Sat Mar 15 10:58:54 2008 From: jlp at nerim.net (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jean-Luc_Peuri=E8re?=) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:58:54 +0100 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> <5596A7E4-659B-4FB8-8673-7ECC6252E9F8@nerim.net> Message-ID: <244CA54E-9B52-4331-8DF6-46D212A5DB86@nerim.net> Le 15 mars 08 ? 10:32, Ton Roosendaal a ?crit : Hi, > It resolves for me. Note the typo above! > Maybe the link requires a www? > > http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/ > yes it resolves with www.added > About foundation vs institute: i'll check on a nice line, but I > want to > prevent information overkill in the press release. The focus for this > release was on the fact that open source + open content can be > succesful business. Oh, was just a suggestion. It is your call i think. Not really necessary but I think usefull. Jean-Luc Peuri?re jlp at nerim.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From letterrip at gmail.com Sat Mar 15 20:18:52 2008 From: letterrip at gmail.com (Tom M) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:18:52 -0800 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> Message-ID: <584fe5640803151218v17c0f702l75cc2b39da71a028@mail.gmail.com> On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote: > Hi guys, > > Start nitpicking! :) > > ---------------------------------- Joint press release of Blender Foundation and Creative Commons Amsterdam, Netherlands, March 19, 2008 (Title) Premiere 3D animation film Big Buck Bunny (Sub title) - open movie made with open source software - Thursday 10th of April Amsterdam The Amsterdam based 'Blender Institute' announced today the premiere of the short 3D animation movie 'Big Buck Bunny'. After a production period of over six months, the short film will premiere with a grand party on Thursday 10th of April, in the hip new Amsterdam cinema 'Studio K'. The primary intent of the movie was to stimulate the development of Blender 3D, the open source 3D software" said producer and Institute director Ton Roosendaal, "The artistic and technical execution rivals what one would expect from a large animation studio" A unusual feature of "Big Buck Bunny", is that the tools, characters, and artwork used to make the movie, as well as the movie itself will be freely downloadable and usable by anyone under a 'Creative Commons' license. The promotion of 'open content creation' and distribution is one of the main goals of the Creative Commons, the organization that created the 'Creative Commons' licenses which have been widely adopted by artists, musicians, and other creative individuals who wish to freely share their creative endeavors. Blender Institute in Amsterdam is one of the first companies worldwide exploiting Open Content professionally and commercially. The Institutes current projects include adding the final touches on 'Big Buck Bunny', and development of an "open game" based on the characters from the movie. 'Big Buck Bunny' is a (dark) comedy about a well-tempered rabbit "Big Buck", who finds his day spoiled by the rude actions of the forest bullies, three rodents. In the typical 1950's cartoon tradition Big Buck then prepares for the rodents a comical revenge. The creative team behind 'Big Buck Bunny' were brought together by the Blender Institute from all over the world, including the USA, Denmark, Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and Australia. The music has been composed by Jan Morgenstern, who also provided the sound track for the previous Blender production; "Elephant's Dream". "Big Buck Bunny" will be released on 35mm film format, on DVD, and in a number of high definition formats. The DVD will be available by the end of April. Shortly after the DVD release the film will be freely downloadable for everyone. Project team: Script and direction by: Sacha Goedegebure (Netherlands) Art direction: Andreas Goralczyk (Germany) Lead Artist: Enrico Valenza (Italy), Animation: Nathan Vegdahl (USA), William Reynish (Denmark) Technical directors: Brecht van Lommel (Belgium), Campbell Barton (Australia) Music by: Jan Morgenstern (Germany) Produced by: Ton Roosendaal (Netherlands) Big Buck Bunny: http://bigbuckbunny.org From letterrip at gmail.com Sat Mar 15 20:20:35 2008 From: letterrip at gmail.com (Tom M) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:20:35 -0800 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: <584fe5640803151218v17c0f702l75cc2b39da71a028@mail.gmail.com> References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> <584fe5640803151218v17c0f702l75cc2b39da71a028@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <584fe5640803151220h6383683di98d0f73791bf8624@mail.gmail.com> Of course spot an error after I press send.. > A unusual feature of "Big Buck Bunny", is that the tools, characters, An unusual From ton at blender.org Sun Mar 16 14:16:12 2008 From: ton at blender.org (Ton Roosendaal) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 14:16:12 +0100 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: <584fe5640803151218v17c0f702l75cc2b39da71a028@mail.gmail.com> References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> <584fe5640803151218v17c0f702l75cc2b39da71a028@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi, My nitpicks back: :) > The primary intent of the movie was to stimulate the development of > Blender 3D, the open source 3D software" It's Blender! Further repeating 3d isn't needed... > > A unusual feature of "Big Buck Bunny", is that the tools, characters, "Unusual" is not very positive... I used the word "differentiates" to indicate "stand out among" too. Isn't there a nicer way to say it positive? > and artwork used to make the movie, as well as the movie itself will > be freely downloadable and usable by anyone under a 'Creative Commons' > license. Why remove the the more personal "to reuse, learn from, or enjoy"? > The promotion of 'open content creation' and distribution is one of Whatfor the apostrophes here? > the main goals of the Creative Commons, the organization that created > the 'Creative Commons' licenses which have been widely adopted by > artists, musicians, and other creative individuals who wish to freely > share their creative endeavors. Here I added professional adoption of the CC... maybe too much? > Blender Institute in Amsterdam is one of the first companies worldwide > exploiting Open Content professionally and commercially. The > Institutes current projects include adding the final touches on Institute's <-- right? > 'Big Buck Bunny', and development of an "open game" based on the > characters > from the movie. > > 'Big Buck Bunny' is a (dark) comedy about a well-tempered rabbit "Big > Buck", who finds his day spoiled by the rude actions of the forest > bullies, three rodents. In the typical 1950's cartoon tradition Big > Buck then prepares for the rodents a comical revenge. > > The creative team behind 'Big Buck Bunny' were brought together by the > Blender Institute It then should be 'was brought'. I also note the very strange mix of apostrophes and quotes... should fix it. -Ton- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation ton at blender.org http://www.blender.org From letterrip at gmail.com Thu Mar 20 19:02:10 2008 From: letterrip at gmail.com (Tom M) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:02:10 -0800 Subject: [Bf-marketing] Press release BBB In-Reply-To: References: <23e24ebdf222bdae1f63bb21a22aebb0@blender.org> <584fe5640803151218v17c0f702l75cc2b39da71a028@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <584fe5640803201102r66eedf6em9d9b2051159722a@mail.gmail.com> On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 5:16 AM, Ton Roosendaal wrote: > Hi, > > > My nitpicks back: :) > > > > The primary intent of the movie was to stimulate the development of > > Blender 3D, the open source 3D software" > > It's Blender! Further repeating 3d isn't needed... Ok 'the development of Blender, the open source 3D software' is fine then > > > > A unusual feature of "Big Buck Bunny", is that the tools, characters, > > "Unusual" is not very positive... I used the word "differentiates" to > indicate "stand out among" too. > Isn't there a nicer way to say it positive? good point, 'A unique feature of' > > > and artwork used to make the movie, as well as the movie itself will > > be freely downloadable and usable by anyone under a 'Creative Commons' > > license. > > Why remove the the more personal "to reuse, learn from, or enjoy"? okay adding it back is fine - but they have far more rights than that, not sure what the best phrasing is. > > > The promotion of 'open content creation' and distribution is one of > > Whatfor the apostrophes here? hmm it feels right, but I suppose it is not needed. > > > the main goals of the Creative Commons, the organization that created > > the 'Creative Commons' licenses which have been widely adopted by > > artists, musicians, and other creative individuals who wish to freely > > share their creative endeavors. > > Here I added professional adoption of the CC... maybe too much? > As far as I know professional adoption of the CC isn't a specific goal of CC - just its adoption in general. Might want to ask the CC people to be sure. > > Blender Institute in Amsterdam is one of the first companies worldwide > > exploiting Open Content professionally and commercially. The > > Institutes current projects include adding the final touches on > > Institute's <-- right? doh! yep I believe you are correct... That is one of the consistent grammatical errors that I fail to catch :) > > > 'Big Buck Bunny', and development of an "open game" based on the > > characters > > from the movie. > > > > 'Big Buck Bunny' is a (dark) comedy about a well-tempered rabbit "Big > > Buck", who finds his day spoiled by the rude actions of the forest > > bullies, three rodents. In the typical 1950's cartoon tradition Big > > Buck then prepares for the rodents a comical revenge. > > > > The creative team behind 'Big Buck Bunny' were brought together by the > > Blender Institute > > It then should be 'was brought'. bah another grammar mistake - you are correct... > > I also note the very strange mix of apostrophes and quotes... should > fix it. Yes it should be consistent I think I left some from your version and when I was adding them elsewhere used my own. quotes are probably more correct. > > -Ton- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > -- > Ton Roosendaal Blender Foundation ton at blender.org > http://www.blender.org > > _______________________________________________ > Bf-marketing mailing list > Bf-marketing at blender.org > http://lists.blender.org/mailman/listinfo/bf-marketing >