[Bf-marketing] Press release BBB

[Tom M]

On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 10:02 AM, Ton Roosendaal <ton at blender.org> wrote:
> Hi guys,
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>  Start nitpicking! :)
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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