https://tv.filmfreedom.net/about/instancehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/localhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/37gUw8mLwqszezHBTHcHykhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fd46d548-dba6-4491-b986-d179ce877094.jpgCreating a moving story-reel shot with Inkscape and KinoFinal result of the pan and zoom background plate shot for use in the story reel for "Lunatics/No Children in Space." Created using Inkscape and Blender. See my column at [Free Software Magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20100602144625/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/) for how it was made: [Creating a moving story-reel shot with Inkscape and Blender](https://web.archive.org/web/20120709120047/http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/creating_moving_story_reel_shot_inkscape_and_blender/) ([FSM](http://fsmsh.com/3477)) The train drawing is from a diagram by Glucke@Wikipedia, licensed [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), as is the whole clip, which was created by Terry Hancock and may be attributed simply to [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) There is no sound in this clip.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/514ae1ae-1827-4bbc-9eb5-0ee0a812200b-270.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/37gUw8mLwqszezHBTHcHyk200112022-05-28T01:01:21.896ZlunaticsanimationanimaticstoryreelinkscapeYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/mYRsf3CPWtZiWVdcV2ZukKhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1159c815-3f25-4fe6-91b7-dd4a59e542cc.jpgCreating a moving story-reel shot with Inkscape and Kino (Example 1)Initial version of pan and zoom background plate, with components color-coded, shot for use in the story reel for "Lunatics/No Children in Space." Created using Inkscape and Blender. See my column at [Free Software Magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20100602144625/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/) for how it was made: [Creating a moving story-reel shot with Inkscape and Blender](https://web.archive.org/web/20120709120047/http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/creating_moving_story_reel_shot_inkscape_and_blender/) ([FSM](http://fsmsh.com/3477)) The train drawing is from a diagram by Glucke@Wikipedia, licensed [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), as is the whole clip, which was created by Terry Hancock and may be attributed simply to [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) There is no sound in this clip. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/c4bf6abd-0095-4e6f-8fd5-c7c1e1b9fe39-270.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/mYRsf3CPWtZiWVdcV2ZukK20022022-05-28T02:08:45.579ZLunaticsInkscapeKinoAnimaticYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/baaY1NQAM9VBfdZ3H38ZXwhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/840a29c6-a30f-4710-8e29-118d7c59d126.jpgGeorgiana Lerner - Concept Art by Daniel FuCharacter Concept Art for "Georgiana Lerner" by Daniel Fu for [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/ff4ea348-05f2-4f76-aa89-e4968ea75511-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/baaY1NQAM9VBfdZ3H38ZXw37042022-05-28T02:17:02.041Zlunaticscharactergeorgiana lernerdaniel fuYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/d1QYbD1Xujt1SECT1xDwPYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/75d869fb-1d85-4573-88f0-ed297e2c36bb.jpgLTS Moon Shuttle: Lo-Fi Model Fly-Around for Lunatics ProjectThis is a lo-fi model of the "Lunar Transportation System"/"Moon Shuttle" to be used in creating storyboards and animatics for the pilot episode of [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv), "No Children in Space". The production model will include more detailing and textures. There may also be some minor design alterations. Created in [Blender](https://blender.org). Read more: [The Lunar Transportation System Shuttle](https://lunaticsproject.org/2011/10/27/the-lunar-transportation-system-shuttle-3/) [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/94256653-5b62-493d-8683-5682e72999a0-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/d1QYbD1Xujt1SECT1xDwPY43042022-05-28T02:52:50.032ZLunaticsTVBlender3DAnimaticYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/2tcuuV3UziGkfijbMCMmF1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8c4c5995-e6ed-487c-8dc9-8386b9f0a1e4.jpgHiromi Aoki Lerner - Concept Drawings by Daniel FuConcept drawings of "Hiromi Aoki Lerner" For ["Lunatics!"](https://lunatics.tv), by Daniel Fu. [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/c4e9e52f-b9f1-486d-9c04-acad18a0b443-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/2tcuuV3UziGkfijbMCMmF140022022-05-28T02:59:34.822ZLunaticsTVHIromiLernerConceptArtDanielFuYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/gekmcGnc3Qma7zUeyj8Gjjhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/83720d9d-4725-460e-a820-c22a40da5e4b.jpgStaging Spacecraft with Moving Camera using BlenderThis is a somewhat tricky set of problems, so I made a simple example file to test out some ideas. In the first test, I simply attached ("parented") the camera to the upper stage so that it follows it. I thought this would be really boring, but the changing light creates an interesting effect. This is also reminiscent of footage from cameras mounted on spacecraft (even though of course this particular shot couldn't be done that way). In the second test, I parented a Bezier curve to the upper stage and animated the camera along it. I then used tracking constraints for both the upper and lower stage to get the camera to try to keep both in frame. Unfortunately this sometimes means the camera is looking at the empty space between them. In the third test, I moderated this by defining IPO curves for the influence of the two tracking constraints. This way the camera can be set to follow one or the other stage at the appropriate points along its track. A little trickier, but it works. None of these motions is really "physical". Ideally, I'd like to set angular and linear velocities. That would create more realistic movement, at least for stages separating in vacuum and zero-gee conditions. I might try some kind of simulation approach later. I'll be applying what I learn from this to work on [Lunatics!](http://lunatics.tv). [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Music: "D10-2000" by Gregoire Lourme, same license.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/f6e199e1-6216-4038-86cf-d1b2556d0dae-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/gekmcGnc3Qma7zUeyj8Gjj50032022-05-28T03:06:56.212ZLunaticsTVBlender3DRiggingSimulationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sQjW8Giet4SbWqrhKTnTbjhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f7659617-ad1d-4ea8-8583-db2ad856a1b4.jpg"Copying Is Not Theft" Animated to Match Jonathan Mann PerformanceI liked Jonathan Mann's performance of "Copying Isn't Theft", but it was not an exact match to Nina Paley's animation. Here I've simply tweaked the video using Kino to match up the lipsync to Mann's singing. This is maybe my 2nd or 3rd Kino edit, but I don't think it's too awfully bad. As the credits say, the work is licensed under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/us). The [original animation version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeTybKL1pM4) has much higher production values -- mine is just a quick mock-up. And there is a video of [Jonathan Mann's original soundtrack](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMP3QOlWV64). And here's a video of [Nina Paley singing this version of the song a capella](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTyWS-tuoWk). Couldn't find the exact original that Jonathan Mann used -- it might not be on YouTube, but the version above is very similar. Paley rearranged the words slightly (to "Copying is not theft" instead of "Copying isn't theft"), and Mann added the "Ah-ooh". So his version can't really be matched to Nina's video without some edits, which is why I created this. I just wanted to see what it would look like. I find it remarkable how controversial this simple observation is -- it's a fundamental property of information products that they cannot be "stolen" in the same way that material things can. This does not mean there are not reasonable discussions to be had about remuneration for intellectual labor, but to compare copying to stealing is to fundamentally confuse the issue -- and of course some very powerful political lobbies have been trying to do just that. Which is the reason why Paley created this song and this video in the first place. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/2aa23601-f7ea-4b18-9230-a58d1b25c1b1-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sQjW8Giet4SbWqrhKTnTbj700202022-05-28T03:32:47.277ZAnimationFreeCultureYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7gJTdi6pmg2HZBnBXYC4uYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c300cde5-18ec-48b4-afbe-d598a219c2be.jpgNinaVision DVD Main Menu LoopThis is a loop created from the "NinaVision" collection of animations by Nina Paley. To be used as a main menu loop on the DVD I made from them. The animations are licensed [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](http://creativecommons.org/licences/by-sa/3.0/en) by Nina Paley. This video edit is by Terry Hancock, under the same license. See my tutorial article, [Making a videoloop with Kino and Audacity](https://web.archive.org/web/20100529054656/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/making_videoloop_kino_and_audacity) for how this was made, and my tutorial article, [Mastering a DVD using QDVDAuthor](https://web.archive.org/web/20100325232542/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/mastering_dvd_using_qdvdauthor) for how it was used. The media files for the DVD and an ISO are available from the [NinaVision on Internet Archive](http://www.archive.org/details/NinaVisionDVD). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3e2d90a6-9ace-46ea-98fb-221bfa196f06-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7gJTdi6pmg2HZBnBXYC4uY96032022-05-28T03:51:03.575ZFreeCultureDVDVideoLoopYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/aHZjdrh8hBPyRaoVG72Lc9https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d78989c1-feda-48f2-8e4d-53e3f9980f7c.jpgPainting with Sound DemoDemonstration of sound effects created by painting spectra in Gimp and converting with the "Advanced Resynthesis Sound Spectrograph" (ARSS). Companion to my column [Painting Sound with ARSS and Gimp](https://web.archive.org/web/20110102035916/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/painting_sound_arss_and_gimp) in [Free Software Magazine](https://web.archive.org/web/20110101062611/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/) ([FSM](http://fsmsh.com/3328)). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/d6fe6c66-f8c7-46fc-8348-affdd72eebb0-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/aHZjdrh8hBPyRaoVG72Lc9142072022-05-28T04:07:05.177ZDemoSoundARSSFreeSoftwareMagazineYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/msyXnw5rR9BZJSDZzLJPm1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e7814603-f229-4232-9934-2859597dce4a.jpgMonkey See Monkey DoObject and camera tracking in Blender 2.49. This is the resulting animation from my Free Software Magazine tutorial [Object and Camera Path Tracking in Blender: Monkey See Monkey Do](https://web.archive.org/web/20120509124447/http://freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/object_and_camera_path_tracking_blender_monkey_see_monkey_do/)([FSM](http://fsmsh.com/3624)). [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/220bf31b-f220-45a4-9914-7b23be36e2dd-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/msyXnw5rR9BZJSDZzLJPm130062022-05-28T04:36:23.017ZTutorialFreeSoftwareMagazineBlender3DYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/kpTPT1haies2Qj8ryJHYhjhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/afc93ac4-e371-4af4-9111-894727574034.jpgWhat is Free Culture?What is Free Culture? This is a little video I made mostly for more editing practice, but also to answer the question "What is Free Culture?" and to give a little bit of the context, reasons, and practical economic side of the idea. A lot of people recoil when they hear the words to Nina Paley's "Copying Is Not Theft" song -- which frankly is a little surprising to anyone with any experience with free software or free culture, because it's really a very non-controversial point, and of course, it's fundamental to the idea of Free Culture. So I decided to pivot on that; include a few words from some free-software and free-culture luminaries; and lead into the question of what this means for artists and how it is that people can still make money making art in a free-culture world -- and finally, to show some of the projects that are have recently been produced or are in production now. And I think it's valid to address the economics so early, because if there were no way to produce free culture economically, then that would make it unsustainable, and that would be a real showstopper (kind of literally). But it turns out that it's not really so hard, because fans are more supportive than that. I may make more remixes like this, to expound on the ideas further, but I just wanted to give a small taste of free culture here (and keep it short). Of course, if you find this subject interesting, you may want to look up some of the source videos it's based on: [The Revolution Will Be Animated](https://vimeo.com/8768785) [The Digital Tipping Point Archive](http://archive.org/details/digitaltippingpoint) [Steal This Film 2 (Interview Footage)](http://footage.stealthisfilm.com/) [Neil Gaiman Interview on Orgzine](http://zine.openrightsgroup.org/features/2011/video:-an-interview-with-neil-gaiman) (I'm not too clear on what license is on the original video, but as I'm using a small quotation, that should be a non-issue anyway) [Amanda Palmer TED Talk, "The Ar...https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a374952e-80f9-4ca7-a1bb-07dab6fb2e92-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/kpTPT1haies2Qj8ryJHYhj4200272022-05-28T04:59:47.513ZDemoFreeCultureYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jRhfATLy3yQ9BWiBmXN2bthttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f9f0fd4e-1ee7-4755-95d1-36e9d80895b5.jpgJoshua Farmer Concept Art by Daniel Fu for "Lunatics!"Character concept art sketches for "Joshua Farmer" for "Lunatics!". Josh is "what it says on the tin" -- a farmer. Technically, he's an agricultural scientist, but what he does is keep food growing for the colony and study how to do it better. Concept art sketches by [Daniel Fu](https://web.archive.org/web/20090508142400/http://the-retriever.com/comic.php?strip_id=27) For [Lunatics Project](https://lunatics.tv) Music by Gregoire Lourme. Editing by Terry Hancock. [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b45c49f3-67d5-4a9b-bcdf-d7d196ba37a7-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jRhfATLy3yQ9BWiBmXN2bt40022022-05-28T06:22:11.098ZLunaticsTVConceptArtOriginalCharacterYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ai1xc8UMveoZYZokZFBcUYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/884e4e51-db5c-46f9-a0e1-3b4c571ed9c2.jpgPhase-I Kickstarter VideoThis is a promotional video for the "Lunatics" Phase I Kickstarter, which we hope will pay for expenses on our pre-production phase, and especially for commissioning character design work. Promote space; support free culture; get cool stuff -- back our [Kickstart](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-web-series-characters-and-pre-production). For: [Lunatics Project](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/72186ffb-d07d-4574-9b6d-cb92d4a2b4a9-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ai1xc8UMveoZYZokZFBcUY566042022-05-28T06:50:34.122ZLunaticsTVFundingKickstarterPreProductionYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/kT1yueTLXp3i44nTseijA8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f0a8d293-8043-422f-9e38-8635dd8612de.jpgPrincipal Voice Cast for the Lunatics Pilot EpisodeRevealing the voice cast for our pilot episode of [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv): "No Children in Space". (From our Production Kickstarter Campaign in Summer 2012)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b51a00ed-e627-40b9-9398-358b079f1d66-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/kT1yueTLXp3i44nTseijA8144022022-05-28T06:58:45.663ZLunaticsTVKickstarterProductionVoiceActorsYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/aZnUNiL4sEZdVbYQMPgVnYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a21bb7e4-32ad-4dcb-97ba-115954722a3f.jpgLunatics Animation Team AnnouncementExcerpts from demo reels and portfolios of the core modeling and animation team now working on Lunatics. The mech model on Gorka Mendieta's reel was actually modeled by neomiojio and released on CreativeCash. The rigging and animation is by Gorka. For more information, see [Lunatics Project](https://lunatics.tv). Part of our Summer 2012 Production Kickstarter campaign. These artists worked on a short paid sprint during the campaign, which provided source material for our first Teaser Trailer.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/2daff8cc-76bc-489d-9178-496dabbb2e27-486.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/aZnUNiL4sEZdVbYQMPgVnY161032022-05-28T07:04:18.807ZLunaticsTVBlender3DOpenMovieAnimationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cKZaMkn4TNifrd92y5BWWWhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/110de84d-a866-44e5-b0b9-cc5d2df41180.jpgNo Children in Space Soundtrack - "Soyuz Launch" MusicThis is a suite of three tracks by Butterfly Tea ("Rise of the Titans", "Back to Adventure", and "Andorria Main Title") that we mixed to create the background for the Soyuz-SF launch sequence in "No Children in Space" -- the pilot episode for [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv) which we are currently trying to fund with our [Production Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-animated-series-pilot-no-children-in-spac). Find out more about "Lunatics!" at our website: http://lunatics.tv The Butterfly Tea tracks are very prominent in the pilot episode. These tracks tend towards operatic film-score type music, and they seemed like the right way to handle the Soyuz-SF launch sequence. These tracks were among the more than 20 tracks we selected from free-licensed sources, and were already published under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa) license. The images included in the video are pre-production work on "No Children in Space" including some backdrop paintings and 3D test-renderings for the Soyuz capsule interior. The control console was mostly by Cosmin Planchon, based on a plan drawing by Terry Hancock. The displays were animated by Timothée Giet and Vyacheslav Yastrebcev was responsible for checking labels. Vyacheslav also did the texturing on the Soyuz interior image (the one that shows the hatch), and the modeling was done by Guillaume Côté. The standard "Kazbek" acceleration couch was created by Gorka Mendieta, while the childseat version was created by Sathish Kumar. Andrew Pray is our character modeler, and he created the model of seven-year-old Georgiana Lerner that you see here. All "Lunatics!" materials are released under the terms of the "[Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, version 3.0, unported](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)" and may be reused for commercial or non-commercial purposes, provided that attribution is made to [Lunati...https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/5ebc2c73-7532-4ac1-9c2e-d57b1865dc28-540.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cKZaMkn4TNifrd92y5BWWW245092022-05-28T07:15:39.276ZLunaticsTVMusicSoyuzLaunchSoundtrackYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/evcZovkw8ifkM8ht8f7ufYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/600f80d4-e1d7-4273-8793-48844925fed3.jpgTrans-Lunar Injection Sequence - "Bellatrix" by J.T. BruceThe original composition is an amazing 18-minute long symphonic metal track, and will appear in its entirety on our soundtrack album. This particular 2-minute mix covers the departure from the space station through "trans-lunar injection" -- the maneuver that takes a spacecraft from Earth orbit and sends it on a transfer orbit to the Moon. I found this to be the perfect match for the sequences involving the "Lunar Transportation System" or "Moon Shuttle" that is the main source of resupply for Moon bases and of course, the ISF-1 colony founded by our protagonists. In "No Children in Space", we have sequences aboard the shuttle as young Georgiana, her mother, Hiromi, and also Josh and Tim travel to the Moon. This is the first real "science fiction" element in "Lunatics!" (up to this point, everything is closely based on real, existing space technology). The artist is [J. T. Bruce](http://www.subjectruin.net), and he is also a graphical artist and animator. This was one of the few tracks for "No Children in Space" that was not originally under a free-license, but we sought and got permission to release it under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike. The visuals you see here are various pre-production models and plans we've created in the development process for the "LTS" Moon Shuttle. There are a few inconsistencies here as the design has evolved somewhat, and of course the final art will show more differences. We are currently running a [Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-animated-series-pilot-no-children-in-spac) to fund the production of "No Children in Space", and we really need your help to do it. Copies of the soundtrack (and of course the film) will be among the rewards. Visit [Lunatics Project](https://lunatics.tv) for more information. (Part of our Summer 2012 Production Kickstarter Campaign, which unfortunately did not fund). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a8ba8016-bb0b-4c86-8619-8d613b68d5d0-540.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/evcZovkw8ifkM8ht8f7ufY134062022-05-28T07:28:13.103ZLunaticsTVMusicSoundtrackYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/h683mHuJv34tRv9QiyavBohttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/57bd9b73-ece1-4cba-b61f-52955c906261.jpgLunatics - Lunar Landing - "My Desire is Now" by GotikaMore music from the soundtrack for the [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv) pilot, "No Children in Space". This is a By-SA track from an album by Gotika, which I found on Jamendo. This is a beautful track which captures the dangerous nature of a ballistic lander, the beauty of the surroundings, and the sublime aspect of the scene which can be viewed as the climax of the episode. I even like the way the cymbal pops towards the end resemble thruster rockets firing. It's a perfect match for the scene, and an excellent piece of music. This version has been cut down a little bit (this is a first cut at the way the track will actually be used in the episode. The original track (which will be on the soundtrack album) is about 4 minutes long. Please support our [Kickstart](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-animated-series-pilot-no-children-in-spac) so we can make this pilot episode and get the "Lunatics!" series launched. More information about the series can be found through our [website](https://lunatics.tv). The visuals you see here are pre-production sketches, plans, and storyboards relating to the lander and the landing sequence. We're using altimeter data from Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter to get our terrain models, which will have finer texture and coloring added to to them to make a more realistic Lunar surface. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/f3772b3f-a970-4be0-8abf-e8ff7de5e695-540.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/h683mHuJv34tRv9QiyavBo156012022-05-28T07:38:44.473ZLunaticsTVMoonLTSYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fJBk87dXVfa5XXUyeDL8uFhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/35e5a5e8-385d-43ff-9466-5a69f700bcc9.jpg"Lubo" wants YOU to support our "Lunatics!" KickstarterPlease support our [Kickstarter campaign](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-animated-series-pilot-no-children-in-spac) to create a pilot episode for [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv). It's going to be a humorous, fan-funded animated science-fiction series about the first permanent settlers on the Moon. It will be released directly to the web unde a free [Creative Commons By-SA license](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). The team found out about the gophers at Baikonur and decided we needed to cameo one. We named him "Lubo", and he really wants to have his debut, which means we need to make our pilot episode, "No Children in Space". Ta-da! It's our first piece of actual animation! Strictly speaking this is still an "animatic", since the Soyuz in the background is not final art, but it's a good test. Find out more about "Lunatics!" at our website: https://lunatics.tv (From our unsuccessful Summer 2012 Production Kickstarter Campaign).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/cb04eb66-521f-4c79-b621-3156ff7483c0-540.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fJBk87dXVfa5XXUyeDL8uF220112022-05-28T07:49:38.768ZLunaticsTVGopherKickstarterYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bXPEKQU6PKGm7ATWs3riwVhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1de31bce-f85d-4d32-91a4-239c99120606.jpgLunatics - Soyuz Teaser Trailer - Blocking AnimaticWe've been working pretty hard on this, trying to make it right. This is a "blocking animatic". Its purpose is to show what the camera will be doing during the shot. Of course, the characters (mainly "Georgiana") will be in the final shot, but they haven't been added to this yet. One thing I haven't been able to add to this yet is the complex reflections in the the 2nd vignette -- the camera will be picking up a reflection of the sunlight streaming in from the port window, shifting to the Earthlight reflected from the starboard window. In between, we see Georgiana's face for a moment, through the visor.\n\nThe sound is nearly final -- I might be adding a few tweaks before we're done. The visuals are obviously a work in progress. I'm not 100% sure about some of the camera moves, and of course this doesn't have any of the character animation added. Part of the [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv) project. CREDITS Cast Georgiana Lerner - Ariel Hancock Hiromi Lerner - Karrie Shirou Sergei Titov (Pilot) - Sergei Oleinik Controller Voice - Veronika Kurshinskaya Modeling and Animation Team Guillaume Côté Timothée Giet Sathish Kumar Gorka Mendieta Cosmin Planchon Andrew Pray Vyacheslav Yastrebcev Directed by Terry Hancock Written by Rosalyn Hunter We've been working pretty hard on this, trying to make it right. This is a \"blocking animatic\". Its purpose is to show what the camera will be doing during the shot. Of course, the characters (mainly \"Georgiana\") will be in the final shot, but they haven't been added to this yet.\n\nOne thing I haven't been able to add to this yet is the complex reflections in the the 2nd vignette -- the camera will be picking up a reflection of the sunlight streaming in from the port window, shifting to the Earthlight reflected from the starboard window. In between, we see Georgiana's face for a moment, through the visor.\n\nThe sound is nearly final -- I might be adding a few tweaks before we're done.\n\nThe ...https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/e6bf3568-308c-46fc-8685-c6303abba2e7-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/bXPEKQU6PKGm7ATWs3riwV123022022-05-28T07:59:10.545ZLunaticsTVTeaserTrailerAnimaticYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/u366od3BJixpahBRZYtgSyhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6b94633d-5634-47da-8290-655974b5c1b9.jpgKickstarter Vide: Animatic and Voice ProductionToday we switched over to a different Kickstarter goal: we're trying to fund just the audio production (full voice cast recording, sound effects, foley sound, and music) and a 2D animatic presentation of the story created by animator Timothée Giet based on storyboards by director Terry Hancock. This new Kickstarter goal is $4235 -- a lot less money because we've eliminated the costly 3D animation part of the project (we'll try to fund that later). The campaign ends just before midnight, September 7th. Please support our [Kickstarter campaign](http://kck.st/RTCwZs) Learn more about the [Lunatics Project](https://lunatics.tv) at our website: http://lunatics.tv [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b8a6de9b-8d36-41e0-a1be-a96a92cf10f5-420.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/u366od3BJixpahBRZYtgSy308002022-05-28T16:12:07.383ZLunaticsTVKickstarterProductionAnimationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jxaCWSfQJhhM2TAURCyGiDhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b618f854-1293-4c15-9139-7a9ed4dc7012.jpgLunatics "No Children in Space" Soundtrack: "Fairytale of Time" by YunusThis piano piece by Yunus made a perfect accompaniment for a gentle scene of Hiromi Lerner tucking little Georgiana in to sleep for the first night of their three-day journey to the Moon. I've mostly chosen piano pieces for Hiromi because she was an accomplished pianist herself before she decided to become a space colonist. This is part of the soundtrack for "No Children in Space", the pilot episode for the [Lunatics](https://lunatics.tv) free-culture animated science-fiction web series we are currently working on producing. Right now we are raising money through a [Kickstarter campaign](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-pilot-episode-voice-drama-and-animatic) to pay for the audio production, including voice actors, music, sound effects, and foley as well as an animatic presentation of the story. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) Attribution for the song is [Yunus | http://www.yunus-piano.de](http://www.yunus-piano.de). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/4cc37475-3652-4b62-9200-32fb3129664a-486.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jxaCWSfQJhhM2TAURCyGiD174052022-05-28T16:48:44.026ZLunaticsTVSoundtrackYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/tCUZxkmR4sNeYS8L5B7AUbhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b79240a2-4c92-4109-a54b-81621d09ac18.jpg"Art Now!" Interview with Allen Emerson (draft version)We did this sometime back, and I thought I had uploaded it, but it seems not. This an art interview program in which artist Allen Emerson is introduced.This was used as an audition script for Allen for Lunatics. In this version, though, I (Terry Hancock) am playing Emerson and the reporter is Rosalyn Hunter. We are currently trying to raise money through a [Kickstarter campaign](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-pilot-episode-voice-drama-and-animatic) to pay for the next step in production, which is voice recording and audio production. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/9b2cadcf-11ac-48d0-932e-555cf93898be-240.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/tCUZxkmR4sNeYS8L5B7AUb2650102022-05-28T17:00:23.898ZLunaticsTVAllenEmersonYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qZd3wK86n6mnk2vvUTzLCdhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ca58e6d7-9f04-4e50-8a66-9c9b94ea2167.jpgLunaticsSoundtrack: "Magic Of Freedom" DistemperDistemper is a Moscow "Ska Punk" band that released this track as part of their album "Think Who Is Your Friend" under the [Free Art License](https://artlibre.org/licence/lal/en/), which was awkward, because at the time the FAL was not legally compatible with the [CC By-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa) license, despite having essentially the same meaning. So I actually contacted the band to get permission to relicense to CC By-SA for our purposes. Years later, however, an arrangement was worked out to make the FAL and CC By-SA licenses compatible. This applies for [CC By-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0), which we've now switched to, so theoretically, we're safe to incorporate music under FAL directly, now. Still, it was nice to have the band's blessing. Ironic, because this is one of the tracks that kept getting dinged by the copyright filter bots on YouTube, apparently because of the label the band used to release their album. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/8f7bc180-baf2-41d4-a914-93ead30be09c-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qZd3wK86n6mnk2vvUTzLCd174052022-05-28T20:30:07.028ZLunaticsTVDistemperSoundtrackYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7qif6MqwHSc3hnreoxkmTDhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/29f64cd2-6f38-4de1-921e-e8ca09029dfd.jpgLunaticsAnimatedSeriesPilot-KickstarterIntro--2012-07-14Our [Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/lunatics-animated-series-pilot-no-children-in-spac) to support the production of the pilot episode for our animated science fiction series [Lunatics!](https://lunatics.tv) is now live! The pilot episode will be titled "No Children in Space" and follows the youngest colonist on her journey to the Moon to join the colony. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/1ef893bf-81b5-4bb2-aeb8-eb43d199af8a-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7qif6MqwHSc3hnreoxkmTD347022022-05-28T20:44:26.149ZYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/c5V6GQWiYp65AUvx6Nrb1chttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/34d14d55-1f42-4490-a00b-5496a8d52637.jpgTurnaround "Georgiana Lerner" Model (Andrew Pray)Turn-around model of Georgiana Lerner from [Lunatics!](http://lunatics.tv), wearing the custom spacesuit for the "Soyuz-SF" launch in the pilot episode "No Children in Space". Unlike the adults, she is wearing a custom-designed child spacesuit which is a combination IVA/EVA type (this is meant to be an American design, which is why it doesn't look much like the Russian Sokol suits the adults are wearing). The character model (and turn-around) is by Andrew Pray, based on character model sheets by Daniel Fu, based on art direction by series creators Rosalyn Hunter (Writer) and Terry Hancock (Producer/Director). Created in Blender. [NOTE (2022): This character model was later replaced by a new model created originally by Bela Szabo and further modified by Keneisha Perry, which adheres more closely to the design modelsheets created by Daniel Fu. However, the spacesuit model by Andrew Pray was kept]. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/6a9defe4-31ba-4788-99e8-1f2ddea5525c-480.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/c5V6GQWiYp65AUvx6Nrb1c15562022-05-28T20:55:20.197ZLunaticsTVBlender3DOriginalCharacterYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pwPsYL2Bc4hERnhi6GLRtfhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a639c6e8-7728-4dd0-822f-3f2e089a3fdc.jpgAnimation Test - Rocket Firing in Vacuum(There is no sound on this video) Flame effects are going to be an interesting challenge for [Lunatics!](http://lunatics.tv). Rocket plumes don't look the same in vacuum since they don't interact with the surrounding air. This is a first attempt to get a somewhat realistic-looking flicker using image loops on surfaces in Blender. I'll probably try to improve on this, but this is the render I'll be using in our animatic shots. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/ad5aa6f8-e8a2-4e63-816c-e8614ac74a13-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pwPsYL2Bc4hERnhi6GLRtf10032022-05-28T20:58:33.295ZLunaticsTVTestsBlender3DRocketYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/eySTqU2aMB4ZrL3mCzbh3ihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/aaedf3a4-5154-44a0-a1e6-65b8ec7556d2.jpgConcept Art: "Sarah Allison" for "Lunatics!" (2011-11-02)"Sarah Allison" is the colony's resident geologist, and already one of the most experienced Lunar EVA specialists in the field due to her previous research assignments. Concept art by Daniel Fu for [Lunatics!](http://lunatics.tv) [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/61b8b292-2163-4fa6-981a-a71105ad7905-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/eySTqU2aMB4ZrL3mCzbh3i41032022-05-28T21:03:41.119ZLunaticsTVOriginalCharacterConceptArtYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ciCry5rDp1hLm2Vny2W7oXhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4ecf6506-eb66-449a-b20c-e070128c3a0d.jpgLunatics Pilot: Storyboard Animatic - 1 of 4 (2013)Lunatics Pilot Episode - "No Children in Space" - Storyboard Animatic (Part 1 of 4) See also the Preview Trailer, for the production in progress. Storyboard animatic (extremely quick, low-budget animation produced as a guide for later full animation). This is to give you an idea of what the final production will look like, but it is not by any means intended to be a final product. [Details/Credits (Internet Archive)](https://web.archive.org/web/20130904162027/http://lunatics.tv/Episodes/Pilot/Animatic) For more convenient viewing and/or download, this is PART 1 of 4 parts. [NOTE (2022): The "pilot" described here has since been broken into 3 episodes, so this is "Prolog"/"No Children in Space", "From The Earth...", and "...To The Moon") in the current episode numbering] [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/178075a5-034a-499a-98b3-203fb61d37f8-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ciCry5rDp1hLm2Vny2W7oX917042022-05-28T21:15:06.472ZLunaticsTVAnimaticS1E01YESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3iwJBb6SE9gMvXLybHkQgAhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2222f77e-dc31-491d-a0fc-ebe8e2b2ace4.jpgLunatics Pilot: Storyboard Animatic - 2 of 4 (2013)Lunatics Pilot Episode - "No Children in Space" - Storyboard Animatic (Part 2 of 4) See also the Preview Trailer, for the production in progress. Storyboard animatic (extremely quick, low-budget animation produced as a guide for later full animation). This is to give you an idea of what the final production will look like, but it is not by any means intended to be a final product. [Details/Credits (Internet Archive)](https://web.archive.org/web/20130904162027/http://lunatics.tv/Episodes/Pilot/Animatic) For more convenient viewing and/or download, this is PART 2 of 4 parts. [NOTE (2022): The "pilot" described here has since been broken into 3 episodes, so this is "Prolog"/"No Children in Space", "From The Earth...", and "...To The Moon") in the current episode numbering] [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/8860d7cd-b451-4402-9d4a-720b212fae0e-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3iwJBb6SE9gMvXLybHkQgA758022022-05-28T21:29:58.339ZLunaticsTVAnimaticPilotArcS1E02YESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8g8ZbNjdVWw6euscK2HUvXhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e18978da-bc20-4d4d-ad4a-91b51e55b692.jpgLunatics Pilot: Storyboard Animatic - 3 of 4 (2013)Lunatics Pilot Episode - "No Children in Space" - Storyboard Animatic (Part 3 of 4) See also the Preview Trailer, for the production in progress. Storyboard animatic (extremely quick, low-budget animation produced as a guide for later full animation). This is to give you an idea of what the final production will look like, but it is not by any means intended to be a final product. [Details/Credits (Internet Archive)](https://web.archive.org/web/20130904162027/http://lunatics.tv/Episodes/Pilot/Animatic) For more convenient viewing and/or download, this is PART 3 of 4 parts. [NOTE (2022): The "pilot" described here has since been broken into 3 episodes, so this is "Prolog"/"No Children in Space", "From The Earth...", and "...To The Moon") in the current episode numbering] [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3282b894-0271-49c4-99dd-52ecbe2e1704-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8g8ZbNjdVWw6euscK2HUvX1188022022-05-28T21:44:38.391ZLunaticsTVAnimaticPilotArcS1E03YESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/hxr7Cws7nifPEcnvaYGG3Jhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d4e243a8-e58d-41c5-ace1-57b02ca61535.jpgLunatics Pilot: Storyboard Animatic - 4 of 4 (2013)Lunatics Pilot Episode - "No Children in Space" - Storyboard Animatic (Part 4 of 4) See also the Preview Trailer, for the production in progress. Storyboard animatic (extremely quick, low-budget animation produced as a guide for later full animation). This is to give you an idea of what the final production will look like, but it is not by any means intended to be a final product. [Details/Credits (Internet Archive)](https://web.archive.org/web/20130904162027/http://lunatics.tv/Episodes/Pilot/Animatic) For more convenient viewing and/or download, this is PART 4 of 4 parts. [NOTE (2022): The "pilot" described here has since been broken into 3 episodes, so this is "Prolog"/"No Children in Space", "From The Earth...", and "...To The Moon") in the current episode numbering] [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/7057e51c-14bc-4639-a055-723b05841544-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/hxr7Cws7nifPEcnvaYGG3J229002022-05-28T21:51:03.505ZLunaticsTVAnimaticPilotArcS1E03YESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/kKjjYrWwN6VDUGWcrfLkCzhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fe220510-d277-4b40-bf02-8a5eb2d5d2f8.jpgAnansi Spaceworks - Logo AnimationSo I finally created a logo animation for Anansi Spaceworks. I guess this makes us official now. Created with Blender, Audacity, and Kdenlive, using effects from FreeSound. FreeSound Sound credits: Richard Frohlich (FreqMan), ERH, suonho, leaf_rustler, juskiddink Some of the reflection images are from NASA, others are taken from Anansi Spaceworks projects. Logo design and Text are Trademarks of [Anansi Spaceworks](https://anansi.space) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/c8057f4f-269b-4cfd-97f2-d52f3eb514d5-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/kKjjYrWwN6VDUGWcrfLkCz12022022-05-28T22:12:32.792ZAnansiSpaceworksLogoYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qaMRNvo4iy2ktELbFZuts8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/aabb4ee9-d9b9-4c6f-81b0-e012bcdfd52c.jpgLunatics! - Test Animation Work April 12-15, 2013Although we’re officially on a short hiatus, I am still doing a little work on weekends, and we have also recently been joined by Chris Kuhn, a very talented mechanical modeling artist who is currently working on the Soyuz launch system which features prominently in our pilot episode. I’ve also had a chance to do some more tests with character models, shading, lighting, and rendering. This is a small collection of shading, rendering, lighting, and animation tests I've done recently on the "Lunatics!" project. This video contains two brief video tests and a few stills. More information is available on our website: [Welcome to Chris Kuhn](https://lunaticsproject.org/2013/04/17/welcome-to-chris-kuhn/) [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/4d19d7bd-8ebc-4adc-a4c0-5c679e082582-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qaMRNvo4iy2ktELbFZuts8108032022-05-28T23:03:37.704ZLunaticsTVTestsDemosBlender3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5TxK23cNn5Sg9rqyEdLDP8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c2a10cd3-fcca-473f-b7f2-5e4a9e439a53.jpgLTS Lander Turnaround for "Lunatics!" (2013)This is still a work in progress, but it's a nearly-complete model of the Lunar Transportation System Lander for "Lunatics!". The spacecraft design is by Terry Hancock (me). Vyacheslav Yastrebcev created a basic model that appears in our pilot episode animatic, and this model was then finished with much more detail by Chris Kuhn. There are still some things that need work: the cargo loading arm is not quite correct yet, and we have not yet added all of the materials, textures, and bump maps (that's why it still looks kind of like plastic). We're still working on that stuff. :-) [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/88038657-b05d-4c4e-a4f8-92f2c77b10ac-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5TxK23cNn5Sg9rqyEdLDP879032022-05-28T23:07:49.840ZLunaticsTVBlender3DSpacecraftYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/19gcCHmuDGtoGZXbEf5Dqchttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4f3b86a4-f4c6-4755-b148-5ff0260f7f0c.jpgLunatics - "No Children in Space" - Teaser Trailer (2013-07-08)We are running a [Kickstarter](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2144275086/finish-lunatics-pilot-episode) to complete production of our pilot episode, "No Children in Space" for the "Lunatics!" series: Lunatics is a near-future science-fiction story about the very first permanent settlement on the Moon, being made using free-software multimedia tools, released under a free-culture license (CC By-SA 3.0). We are an entirely fan-funded project. See our site for details: http://lunatics.tv Credits for this trailer: Writer - Rosalyn Hunter Director - Terry Hancock Character Design - Daniel Fu Mechanical Design - Terry Hancock Voices: Hiromi Lerner - Karrie Shirou Georgiana Lerner - Ariel Hancock Maj. Sergei Titov (Cosmonaut Pilot) - Sergei Oleinik Launch Controller - Veronika Kurshinskaya Blender 3D Models: Bela Szabo (Georgiana Character) Andrew Pray (Spacesuits and the Teddy Bear) Cosmin Planchon (Soyuz-SF Console) Guillaume Cote (Soyuz Descent Module Set Base / Hatchway) Gorka Mendieta (Kazbek Acceleration Couches) Sathish Kumar (Childseat Variant Acceleration Couch) Terry Hancock (Moon, console touchpad animations) Timothee Giet (Primary console screen animations, Earth background) Sound Effects / Music Cues (FreeSound.org): ERH Rutger Muller Romancito freqman Foley Sound: Terry Hancock [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/1471637b-bb5c-497e-ad0c-a7e1defffd7e-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/19gcCHmuDGtoGZXbEf5Dqc131052022-05-28T23:13:28.578ZLunaticsTVTeaserTrailerBlender3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/m8dVyd86dqRtRu8HpbiBLjhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1ec65b7e-f8a5-4c38-83ce-b1ea4d0efc75.jpgMaterials Test Turnaround for LTS-SMThe Lunar Transportation System (LTS) is the workhorse spacecraft of the Lunar exploration era in ["Lunatics!"](https://lunatics.tv) In service since the early 2030s, this spacecraft provides the primary means of supply and crew-transfers for several different entities including NASA, the US Air Force, ESA, RosCosmos, and several corporate operations which maintain large or small stations on the Moon by 2040. So of course it is also how our settlers get to their new home. The LTS Service Module is an unmanned spacecraft that provides the primary propulsion for the flight as well as providing a lot of secondary services, including in-flight refueling of the Lander. The fuel tanks are disposable elements brought up by tanker flights from Earth, while the rest of the craft is reusable (you'll notice that the tanks are shiny and new while other parts of the spacecraft show some wear). This model was created by Chris Kuhn based on designs by Terry Hancock (me). Now that I've added materials and textures, this is pretty much how the spacecraft will look in our final production. As with other elements of the production, we are not attempting to produce a truly photoreal appearance. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/00412fbc-91c4-49c0-9649-a50b44fb8003-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/m8dVyd86dqRtRu8HpbiBLj46052022-05-28T23:58:23.136ZLunaticsTVTestsDemosLTSServiceModuleYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/97wWTiRSReguZcDvuQ9jeehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/5af4a8c0-3c16-441c-b400-8d76c3824227.jpgLunatics! - 2013 Kickstarter - Finish Pilot "No Children in Space"This is the full video for our [2013 Production Kickstarter](http://kck.st/1bPRPwb)([WBM](https://web.archive.org/web/20190717060128/https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/terryhancock/finish-lunatics-pilot-episode)) to fund finishing our pilot episode, "No Children in Space". See the Kickstarter campaign at the link above. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/8c2b3890-42c7-429e-aea9-1231ad8731c9-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/97wWTiRSReguZcDvuQ9jee357042022-05-29T01:28:33.275ZLunaticsTVKickstarterFundraiserYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9SpSyCAseHmETvqs5bgWdChttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8700fcfe-1c58-4641-8efa-a73df3ea579a.jpgNew Trailer for "Lunatics!" SeriesMore of a real trailer for ["Lunatics!"](https://lunatics.tv) - [Kickstarter](http://kck.st/1bPRPwb) We are trying to crowd-fund the money to start this series -- we need your help to get it off the ground! Lunatics is a science fiction animated web series about space development and space colonization on the Moon, being developed on a Free Culture Open Movie basis using Free/Open-Source Software http://lunatics.tv Credits for the Trailer: Writing: Rosalyn Hunter Concept / Direction / Editing: Terry Hancock Character Design: Daniel Fu Models: Chris Kuhn, Bela Szabo, Andrew Pray, Sathish Kumar, Gorka Mendieta, Guillaume Cote, Terry Hancock, Vyacheslave Yastrebcev, Cosmin Planchon, Timothee Giet Music: "Space Zine" by Elaine Walker. All "Lunatics!" materials are licensed under the [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, version 3.0/unported](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/d666bc1a-db11-4413-be49-5790a17e510d-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9SpSyCAseHmETvqs5bgWdC15032022-05-29T06:51:19.681ZLunaticsTVAnimationScienceFictionBlender3DOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/oTKPbZbXYpMVWKRnAvAp2Shttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2307cc4c-fdd8-4719-9e08-417d6bcf92e5.jpg"Lunatics!" Character Turnaround - "Georgiana Lerner"This is a test of the materials settings for "Georgiana Lerner" -- one of the central characters in "Lunatics!" and the main character of the pilot episode, "No Children in Space". Currently crowd-funding to create the pilot on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/1bPRPwb Project site: http://lunatics.tv [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/2a858e9f-3871-4389-bc07-20a1456595d2-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/oTKPbZbXYpMVWKRnAvAp2S290112022-05-29T06:57:17.239ZLunaticsTVOriginalCharacterGeorgianaLernerYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/dxM5DyHcf415bRLtUBNC2zhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/848618f3-3ff7-41e0-851c-d34361466a8c.jpgTurnaround - "Georgiana Lerner in Spacesuit" - Materials testThis is a test of toon-shaded materials with the model for Georgiana Lerner, wearing the spacesuit for the launch sequence. From "No Children in Space". Currently on Kickstarter - http://kck.st/1bPRPwb We're still considering different options for the rendering style for our characters. However, these are the materials used in the teaser trailer we posted earlier. Character Concept - Rosalyn Hunter Character Design - Daniel Fu Character Model - Bela Szabo Spacesuit Model - Andrew Pray Materials - Terry Hancock Music is "D10-2000" from the album "D10-2000" by Gregoire Lourme. All "Lunatics!" published materials are under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, version 3.0, unported. More info on our project: http://lunatics.tvhttps://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/08f0d2c5-71d6-4da0-a512-c4c01ae1312f-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/dxM5DyHcf415bRLtUBNC2z22032022-05-29T06:59:54.147ZLunaticsTVOriginalCharacterSpacesuitGeorgianaLernerOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4MMhteLA3JvScjXLjbpPY2https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9482fc43-ea6b-44c8-bdad-f5c6902fc835.jpgOperational Demo of Launch Pad Model for Lunatics!A demonstration of animating the "Gagarin Start" launch pad model for ["Lunatics!" Kickstarter](https://kck.st/1bPRPwb). Model by Chris Kuhn, based on photo and drawing references from RosCosmos and NASA. Rendering, animation, and compositing by Terry Hancock. This was created from three separate animation renderings from Blender (based on the same animation track with three different material settings), composited with Kdenlive. Created with Blender, Kdenlive, and Audacity. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/8fd78177-6614-4cbd-af60-46fdecf2db3d-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4MMhteLA3JvScjXLjbpPY286092022-05-29T07:07:49.542ZLunaticsTVDemoTestMechLaunchPadYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/prftz1QYwbyKho4khRQhxdhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e2b17485-d24c-43ce-8fd4-28ee54f4276c.jpgRevised 2013 Kickstarter Pitch VideoRevised [Kickstarter](http://kck.st/1bPRPwb) Pitch video for Lunatics! with the much shorter teaser at the beginning. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/20cc0422-590e-4f4e-b0a4-71f624944741-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/prftz1QYwbyKho4khRQhxd241022022-05-29T07:42:15.540ZLunaticsTVKickstarterPitchVideoOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vsuRkX6vgfGFu4kxdYNAKthttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/69d9309f-a522-4482-9969-a2412b3efced.jpgPreview for Lunatics Audiodrama, "Earth"Preview and pitch-video for pre-ordering Lunatics! audiodrama "Earth", now available for pre-order through our [IndieGoGo campaign](http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/lunatics-audiodrama-earth). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/85ab16f7-bf44-4916-a2e6-d13e4c93627c-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vsuRkX6vgfGFu4kxdYNAKt196042022-05-29T08:48:51.227ZLunaticsTVAudioDramaS1E04A1E02YESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vdzFBBP52cCeCs7cVCogzmhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fad02857-db9e-40d9-97d3-55cf5196a917.jpgAnimation "Look" Tests for Lunatics! Space/Exterior ShotsThese are two 10-second shots made using the materials, textures, compositing, and rendering techniques we propose to use for "Lunatics!" shots (or very nearly). Project: http://lunatics.tv Some details about the shots: Both were created in Blender, with Freestyle edge-rendering in the foreground and a softer background based on painted textures. These were originally created at 1920x1080, reduced to 1280x720 for upload. Soyuz Podstaging: This shows Soyuz pod separation, which occurs at about 50 km altitude. Spacecraft model created by Chris Kuhn. Toon-shading materials and textures by Terry Hancock. Earth-surface, cloud-deck, and horizon backdrops created by Terry Hancock in Gimp. The flame effect is created using animated meshes with animated textures, enhanced by post-processing with the "glare" filter in the compositor. This also gives some atmospheric lighting to the highlights on the spacecraft, enhancing the effect of harsh sunlight in near-vacuum. There is also a 3-frame motion-blur applied to this one, which smooths out any aliasing in the animation. This is NOT the final animation shot -- the camera tracking curve is definitely not final. There is also going to need to be a little sleight-of-hand to separate the pods from the rocket in the tail end of the shot (at the tail end of this shot, they've reached the end of their "rope" so to speak in their Blender rig -- we'll probably cut slightly earlier to a different angle with the pods separately animated). You might want to compare with the pre-viz version of this shot (the camera track and animation is identical): ([VIMEO](https://vimeo.com/64244110)) ([PEERTUBE]()) The (Present-Day) ISS: The space station model in the actual show will be a science-fictional update to the ISS, representing another 30 years of development. But Chris Kuhn has completed this present-day version as an intermediate step, so we're using it for testing. This presented some serious cha...https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/338f7dd0-5a27-465b-a732-5f0129a88a03-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vdzFBBP52cCeCs7cVCogzm88052022-05-29T19:56:44.214ZLunaticsTVBlender3DNPR3DSpaceflightYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/t4zKPiGyRUFurzMfeUhJoihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f2680459-362f-48cd-b73f-527f15a8d4f4.jpgLunatics! Set Test - Kazakhstan RailwayFor "Lunatics!" - http://lunatics.tv This is a track-through screen-test of the "Railway" set which will be used in the opening sequence for our pilot episode, "No Children in Space". We've been working very slowly on getting the pilot completed, since we're basically working on a pure-volunteer basis. But we are getting closer. Our current goal is to get the "Prolog" segment of the episode completed (which is about the first 12 minutes, which will be before the titles in the completed episode). This set was created by Terry Hancock in Blender, with some BlendSwap elements (users: Goten22, farcgs, WTInteractive, BMF, bishop). The plants were digitally painted in MyPaint and then used as billboards in five different particle systems (this allows for a patchiness in the layout of the plants), with a sixth particle system providing the rocks in the rail bed. Freestyle is used sparingly for some background elements I wanted to be well-defined. This view of the set will primarily be seen as a reflection. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/4e048433-8f7b-4a92-955a-58ac622a3bf8-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/t4zKPiGyRUFurzMfeUhJoi40022022-05-29T20:35:09.356ZLunaticsTVRailroadNPR3DBlender3DDemoYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ur92vdM8RL9tZYceePwPm7https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/db9eb992-7ae9-4ef1-b512-967b136e1831.jpgIntro to Website Resources for Lunatics ProjectA tour of the resources we have available through our project website for people who would like to contribute, reuse our source materials, or just know more about the project's internals. [NOTE (2022): This video from 2014 is quite dated, of course. Many things have changed since then.] [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/6d261242-d512-444a-98a7-e46aa1ecd9fe-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ur92vdM8RL9tZYceePwPm7807022022-05-29T21:22:55.474ZLunaticsTVWebsiteOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/wczQ3tWkx8Tgr4fnGGxN52https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/228bb378-cd47-4576-a237-fb6bd0d60199.jpgImporting and "Tooning" a Model for "Lunatics!" ProjectThis is an approximately realtime "live" recording of processing a prop model from BlendSwap so that we can use it to dress a set in "Lunatics!". This includes: * Finding and downloading a prop from BlendSwap * Transferring information to track correct attribution in our credits * Reorganizing the UI to a standard layout for Lunatics * Converting the materials, lighting, and preview to get a consistent non-photorealistic (NPR) style (most of the video is dedicated to this) * Packing external data to make the file self-contained * Moving the file to the appropriate place in our source tree * Committing the change I decided to do this realtime as a way of showing my thought process. So there are a number of missteps, dead-ends, and corrections, which partly accounts for the length. I may do a more abbreviated version later, but if all you want to know are the settings I ended up with, that can be expressed with a still image. Or you can just download the Blend file itself from our Subversion source repository: https://svn.lunatics.tv/browser/trunk/Library/Models/Props/Chairs/conference_table-PD-RomanGischig-rgischig-BSWP.blend A preview of the resulting model: https://svn.lunatics.tv/browser/trunk/Library/Models/Props/Chairs/conference_table-PD-RomanGischig-rgischig-BSWP.png Note that the SVN server has a self-signed HTTPS certificate (it's to keep project passwords secured). You may have to make an exception to your browser's security policy to browse the source. As the video notes, the original model was created by Roman Gischig (rgischig at BlendSwap). [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/29c02c3f-b407-416b-8b58-337371811182-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/wczQ3tWkx8Tgr4fnGGxN523339012022-05-29T21:51:44.690ZLunaticsTVOpenMovieBlender3DNPR3DToonShaderYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/i4XSiDyTyjrM7Uh4jUMPSihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/306992ab-fae2-411d-a86e-b40a0d31a248.jpg"No Children in Space" shot 01-02-01, blocking/draft renderThis is a test render of this shot in its present state. It's very definitely "work-in-progress", but I need to see fully rendered animation now and then to get a better feel for how things are working. The initial bump from the slack being pulled out of the train cars is about how I want it to look, although the acceleration after that is too sudden and the speed too high at the end of the sequence. And of course, the train interior hasn't been fully-dressed yet. The window reflection is not looking right yet, but I suspect I'm going to want to do that with compositing, since Blender's internal mirror-reflection doesn't support Freestyle inking lines. Also, it should be easier to tweak the compositing process than the mirror material settings to get the desired effect. Also, this shot ends on Georgiana's face, but I haven't added the character to the file yet. All coming soon! So it's still pretty incomplete, but I'm really excited to finally be working on animation now! Credits: Train model is by Chris Kuhn Environment and plant models, materials, textures, etc, by Terry Hancock The music at the beginning is "Once Upon a Time" by AK1974. The rest is "Nylon" by J.M.F. Both are available from Jamendo, and under By-SA license. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/fe75e6b9-2d7d-4b3c-ba5e-d2952e59de00-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/i4XSiDyTyjrM7Uh4jUMPSi76052022-05-29T21:55:18.539ZLunaticsTVOpenMovieBlender3DRailroadYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/gAHeCj3YyHSTYJHfe8LqXWhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6b692343-a842-4f59-ac27-d951b20f4c44.jpgFixed hub reflection effects and smoothed out the accelerationThis is to go with our latest [Patreon Update](https://www.patreon.com/posts/october-1069928) update on our Patreon account ( http://www.patreon.com/lunatics ). The acceleration jump in the previous video has been fixed, and I've corrected the reflections that show up on the shiny "hubcaps" on the train. This video was rendered with Freestyle disabled, so the "ink" lines are missing. That's just a short cut to get a quicker preview render. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/dd4ffed1-5814-4e26-807a-1f1d537f428d-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/gAHeCj3YyHSTYJHfe8LqXW31042022-05-29T22:03:07.642ZLunaticsTVOpenMovieBlender3DNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/eqtaXkjE8znV87DwR9z9e1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f4e318b9-dcc9-49ff-a72d-340bd2110bff.jpgLearning Curve: Animating Georgiana Lerner with our new character rigI'm working my way through the animation learning curve! For ["Lunatics!" Open Movie Project](http://lunatics.tv). This is the new model of Georgiana for the Baikonur scenes in "No Children in Space", with the updated body/face rig which we are now using as our standard character rig. This rig was developed by Keneisha Perry, based on the Rigify body rig package by Nathan Vegdahl, and with direction from Terry Hancock. We also used the Sintel face rig as a design guide. The Georgiana model is by Bela Szabo, with a new costume created by Keneisha Perry. This is several different actions being tested separately. These will be refined and combined to create the animation for the final shot. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/61cd033c-822e-4b9d-ab1d-f3a874fcbbdf-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/eqtaXkjE8znV87DwR9z9e1108032022-05-29T22:07:26.439ZLunaticsTVBlender3DAnimationOriginalCharacterNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9PLmvmXpuAQ3rkVQhHnJZahttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6b2ce4a1-bf72-47ce-bd7d-8e485205fdfc.jpgCharacter Body Animation Test - SkippingSkip cycle animation with moving camera for Georgiana Lerner model. (NO AUDIO) This is the first time we've tested any major body motion for any of our characters. There are a few imperfections in the model which we can sort out later, but it's a good start. Also my first animation cycle of any complexity. Character: Rosalyn Hunter Character Design: Daniel Fu Character Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Character Animation: Terry Hancock [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3231415d-a864-4d1c-9287-430ec48cb336-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9PLmvmXpuAQ3rkVQhHnJZa200112022-05-29T22:11:10.367ZBlender3DAnimationTestsOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jBw9DixMBGRih31cVnhDVghttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9f43a687-dc38-4a71-b33c-ccc994318435.jpgLunatics! - Patreon Trailer 2015"Lunatics!" is a free-culture, open source, animated science-fiction series about the first permanent settlers on the Moon, set (beginning) in the year 2040. http://patreon.com/lunatics http://lunatics.tv Lunatics! Pilot - "Patreon Trailer" Credits: Story and Series Concept by Rosalyn Hunter and Terry Hancock. Screenplay by Rosalyn Hunter and Terry Hancock. Produced and Directed by Terry Hancock. Character Design by Daniel Fu. VOICES (Appearing in Preview): Narrator - Melodee M. Spevack. Hiromi Lerner - Karrie Shirou. MODELS: Mechanical Models by Chris Kuhn. Principal Character Models and Base Meshes by Bela Szabo. Additional character models, wardrobe models, and character rigging by Keneisha Perry. Sculpture and Fixtures Models by Sathish Kumar. Set and Location Models, Greens Modeling, Landscapes and Earth/Moon models by Terry Hancock. Additional Models by Mat Behr, Michael Stransky, Brandon Farley, WTInteractive@BlendSwap, Goten22@BlendSwap, Yorick's Blender Greenhouse. Original Soyuz Interior Set created by Cosmin Planchon, Guillaum Cote, Gorka Mendieta, Sathish Kumar, Vyacheslav Yastrebcev, and Timothee Giet. Backdrops by Timothee Giet and Paul Bourke. Spacesuits and Soyuz teddy bear by Andrew Pray. Materials, textures, and lighting by Terry Hancock. MUSIC: "Once Upon a Time" by A.K. 1974, from the album "Orchestral Works", Jamendo #55503. CC By-SA 3.0. SOUND EFFECTS: Fabian Klenk (@ Sound Transit), www.ljudo.com, Wikimedia Commons. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/59d5a9f4-81c5-42dc-ae1d-96ebbbde6a73-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jBw9DixMBGRih31cVnhDVg180032022-05-29T22:26:14.638ZLunaticsTVOpenMovieBlender3DTrailerYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/r59Cuwxf8WiMRYJygyWLyHhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/3428c64c-ef74-4715-98b5-d20c586071b5.jpgBlender Dmedia Proposal VideoThis 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. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/768db3cf-aeae-4bc7-a905-25bf8ca31795-450.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/r59Cuwxf8WiMRYJygyWLyH171012022-05-29T22:50:26.262ZDemoNaive3DBlender3DYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3DEwXubcacwc9zcHcjocmuhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6a87e2c3-6651-4952-8ed7-53ccf71b025c.jpg2 Minute Tutorial - First Check-out from Subversion VCSHow to initially check out the Subversion VCS source tree from the "Lunatics!" project. You need a password to follow the RapidSVN client instructions (although you can access the source through the web-based Trac client). This may be of general use for Subversion and RapidSVN users, although the URLs will be different, of course. The Subversion server can be set up in various ways. Ours is one of the simpler arrangements. We're just using it behind Apache, with Apache providing the secure shell (with a self-signed certificate), and authentication. To get RapidSVN for Windows, Mac, or Linux, visit their site: http://www.rapidsvn.org Other options for subversion client: kdesvn ( http://kdesvn.alwins-world.de/ ) (Also probably available from your distribution's package archive) TortoiseSVN ( http://tortoisesvn.net/ ) is a good option on Windows. And there are others, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Subversion_clients . The biggest problem with access is getting around the self-signed certificate. There's really not much reason to worry about certificate authorities for a site like ours (we're just using secure shell to avoid sending passwords in plain text), but browsers and clients are built to distrust self-signed sites, so you'll have to agree to a security exception to access the site. The source tree for the "Library" alone is about 2.5 GB. The "Episodes" folder is a lot larger, mainly due to audio files. I'll record a separate 2 Minute Tutorial on the structure of our source tree.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3fd6bc64-f61d-40dd-917e-904c7db8d83c-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3DEwXubcacwc9zcHcjocmu120052022-05-30T00:32:49.161Z2MTSubversionSVNYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4Uc21czUsBuyJRBKkKNnvahttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8a8aa32e-c2da-4cab-b503-4dcc907052f2.jpgNPR Shading for Lunatics! Example: Chair Prop for Mission ControlA two-minute tutorial on the materials settings for props and sets, featuring a chair prop used in the mission control room set in the Lunatics! Prolog. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/5be6552f-c359-4e5b-bfb3-eb7ed912cbd9-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4Uc21czUsBuyJRBKkKNnva120022022-05-30T00:37:55.520Z2MTBlender3DNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fpRFE9SAqgFwxLKeRZd9Aihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/08cff837-d571-42e3-89b6-a6521e798639.jpgIntroduction to the Aesthetics of NPR Shading for LunaticsThe aesthetic inspirations and goals for non-photorealistic visual style being developed for the Lunatics! animated series. More about the series and project can be found on our website at http://lunatics.tv . Credits for the 3rd party (fair use) clips cited: Untitled SF Art by Chris Foss Still from "Star Trek" (Animated Series) Apollo/Soyuz Test Project artist conception by Robert McCall (for NASA) Stills from the anime "Anohana: The Flower That We Saw That Day" and an accompanying location photo from a 9gag.com article on "Anime vs Real Life" (no byline). Lunatics! examples include work by myself (Terry Hancock), Daniel Fu, Chris Kuhn, Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry, Sathish Kumar, and Matt Behr (camels). Music clip from "Space Zine" by Elaine Walker.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/90b8e12f-22bf-4a3d-a36d-a738f21ee4b5-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fpRFE9SAqgFwxLKeRZd9Ai120052022-05-30T00:41:51.727Z2MTBlender3DNPR3DArtStyleYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9uPhdxQMANtNXyPXY55T7Thttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/36cd442e-4d11-4669-b290-72a0d1db8cd1.jpgNPR Shading for Lunatics! Example: LTS Service ModuleHow to get the "look" for Lunatics. Our mechanical models present some more complex materials and textures, which I go into in this video. It also shows our basic Freestyle settings. Support the project on Patreon: http://patreon.com/lunatics Find out more on our website: http://lunatics.tvhttps://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/bcefe674-3fcb-42c6-bd70-9badfe828b0d-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9uPhdxQMANtNXyPXY55T7T120022022-05-30T00:46:15.724Z2MTBlender3DNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3f77YYEfkSdBrEyuLw7jcDhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/0abbba6e-2dd8-4624-b859-68b6ee1fb2a8.jpg2 Minute Tutorial: Basic Use Cycle for Subversion VCS, with RapidSVN ClientDemonstrates the basic operations for working with Subversion via the RapidSVN client: "update", "commit", "add", "delete". See the earlier tutorial on Subversion for how to get the initial checkout of a working copy. This is general SVN-usage information, not particularly special to the Lunatics project, targeted at artists who may be very new to using version-control. Like our project? Support us on Patreon: http://patreon.org/lunatics Find out more at our website: http://lunatics.tvhttps://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/5f26aa61-d1fe-4c7d-8ff0-efdcbdc141c9-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3f77YYEfkSdBrEyuLw7jcD120052022-05-30T00:48:48.907Z2MTSubversionSVNVCSRapidSVNYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3TDZPFPPi1GS4VbpB8CkVVhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/41504b86-1fc5-48a9-888f-5044aa0d97a0.jpgTwo-MInute Tutorial: Importing a Blender File into the Lunatics Source TreeThis tutorial shows how we import a 3rd-party Blender model into the Lunatics! source, taking care to track attribution and licensing metadata. Does not address the "tooning" process -- see earlier tutorials for that. Nor does it address grouping, linking, or rigging, which are upcoming topics. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3cca6175-cd06-43f8-a275-879aff876cdc-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3TDZPFPPi1GS4VbpB8CkVV120022022-05-30T02:41:14.425Z2MTBlender3DCreativeCommonsYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jhJsD31SiohiT4qpAgt7wnhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6a468d0d-a7d6-4f50-9ddd-0898b13faa91.jpg2 Minute Tutorial: Character Preparation for Animation - Scripts, Groups, and NamesThis 2-minute tutorial explains the final steps in preparing one of our characters for animation in Lunatics. This includes setting up the UI scripts, grouping character elements, and naming them for easy linking into the animation file. Coming soon: How to use a character set up this way in a shot file.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/0b2e7196-0c73-4526-a8a7-1b57a384d58c-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jhJsD31SiohiT4qpAgt7wn120012022-05-30T02:43:51.487ZYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/1KHWNErPxMEWL9fXNbtScChttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/0fcf9f51-b09b-4d15-b857-d45ad7ada100.jpgRob Lerner Portrait for Titles - Animation TestsThis is a test of some concepts for animating Rob Lerner for our title sequence. I'm not 100% happy with any of these, but there's some interesting effects. The "wiggle" effect is created by using two separate animated Freestyle settings and switching between them in the Blender compositor by using a Time input node and a Modulo math filter node. The effects are standard Freestyle geometry modifiers: Backbone Stretcher, Sinus Displacement, and Spatial Noise, and then toning down the amplitude of the effects. Finally, there's another alternative, which is to go back to the concept art portrait, but use Synfig to animate the shot.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/07c70507-2d7f-4181-89b8-4c04a924949e-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/1KHWNErPxMEWL9fXNbtScC47022022-05-30T02:45:56.600ZBlender3DTestsNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fDJRWgGFRaFoKLa7UF4uxuhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/793f8f29-bd35-4027-9fe1-8958f4080e2e.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Hair ShadersKeneisha Perry presents a tutorial on the hair shader system she worked out for our characters. This uses a directional control object and tangent shading to get the desired highlights in the hair, with a minimum of geometry and texturing. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/e7783bfb-8356-4f1f-921e-19a796950b1b-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fDJRWgGFRaFoKLa7UF4uxu120022022-05-30T02:48:44.172ZBlender3DNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fAFTrA9ccEaif6aA7fQMhWhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/dc738f38-ab1a-42f8-8a3c-ba36ebd234e8.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Linking Our Characters for AnimationThis 2-minute tutorial explains how the Lunatics! characters should be linked into a shot file for animation. There are 6 steps outlined here: 1. Link the character group 2. Link the Rigify script for the character's armature 3. Link the Lunatics! face rig control script 4. Link desired Pose Libraries or Actions (especially the Phoneme Post Library) 5. Proxy the Armature (and other control objects if they exist) 6. Assign the Phoneme Pose Library to the Character Armature [Erratum: the video says to assign the Pose Lib to the mesh, but it's actually associated with the armature] https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/4e88d2f6-00fb-4564-b995-5bcf58986d39-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fAFTrA9ccEaif6aA7fQMhW120022022-05-30T02:54:30.896ZBlender3DAnimationArmaturesRiggingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jfuZfNDQB245xZ9vXcFaAJhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c027124a-b9d0-4d22-9df7-69dea87d15aa.jpgLunatics! Project TrailerUpdated fundraising trailer for "Lunatics!" Pilot Project (support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/lunatics, more project info at http://lunatics.tv ). Also our 2015 submission to the Blender Conference Suzanne Awards competition in the "Shorts" category. The trailer summarizes the story from the pilot episode, "No Children in Space" in which the youngest space colonist, seven-year old Georgiana Lerner travels with her mother to join the newly-established first permanent colony on the Moon. The story of this episode is told from Georgiana's point-of-view, as a "hard-SF fairytale", reflecting her youth, but as through children's ears, we overhear the adult story required to get her there. We chose to start with a child's point of view, because we must start from the element of wonder before we engage with the complexity of reality. Trailer primarily for project fundraising for "Lunatics!" Open Movie Project by Anansi Spaceworks, featuring finished or nearly-finished animation. Our toolchain is entirely free software, with Blender being the most essential element (and used for all 3D work). Final compositing, editing, and titling was done in Kdenlive. Our 2D art tools include Inkscape, Gimp, Krita, and MyPaint. Some animated textures for displays were created with Synfig. Credits for this Trailer: Screenplay by Rosalyn Hunter and Terry Hancock. Produced and Directed by Terry Hancock. Character Design by Daniel Fu. VOICES (Appearing in Preview): Narrator - Melodee M. Spevack. Hiromi Lerner - Karrie Shirou. MODELS: Mechanical Models by Chris Kuhn. Principal Character Models and Base Meshes by Bela Szabo. Additional character models, wardrobe models, and character rigging by Keneisha Perry. Sculpture and Fixtures Models by Sathish Kumar. Set and Location Models, Greens Modeling, Landscapes and Earth/Moon models by Terry Hancock. Additional Models by Mat Behr, Michael Stransky, Brandon Farley, WTInteractive@BlendSwap, Goten22@Blen...https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/d2ef7431-23fb-4be0-8c45-5e5fda86edc1-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jfuZfNDQB245xZ9vXcFaAJ1960162022-05-30T02:58:56.485ZOpenMoviePromoBlender3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/txBKt6yZkYfkLJ2yZHwTmqhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/65caa16d-f2a0-49a8-aace-bac681aac403.jpgDallas Blender 3D Symposium Presentation: "Introduction to the Lunatics! ProjectA 23-minute introduction to the Lunatics! Project, emphasizing the project team, size, history, and comparisons to other free-culture / open-source animation projects. Also examines the Non-Photorealistic (NPR) style ("toon-shading and ink") that is used in the production, and the aesthetic and pragmatic reasons for choosing it. [NOTE (2022): This was produced after-the-fact, using my presentation slides, since we didn't get a good recording of the event]https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/ac670eef-b984-4d18-a73b-89ce557a6c3c-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/txBKt6yZkYfkLJ2yZHwTmq1367022022-05-30T03:10:51.315ZBlender3DPromoPresentationOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3AY1pppSCok2Doto23HFMChttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8df8142b-3b26-465f-8ad1-4f8b3f8a651e.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Tumbling Letter Title Effect (Part 1 - Physics)This is the first of two videos explaining the tumbling-letter title effect we use for the opening credits of "Lunatics!" The movement of the letters are simulated using rigid body physics simulation.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/00b80580-f691-4a87-92ce-5e69e129e9bc-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3AY1pppSCok2Doto23HFMC120032022-05-30T03:18:13.682ZBlender3DPhysicsSimulationTitlesYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cFdQ5J4pzq2hs8piPtBu9uhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/bdfa4224-cb70-4cbe-b2b2-bd4451fc3589.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Lipsync with Papagayo (Part 1: Marking Phonemes)Papagayo is a tool we are using to automate the process of generating lipsync movements to match voice actors. This is a line from our "Lunatics!" pilot, "No Children in Space" as it plays in Papagayo with our own "Hiromi" avatar to demonstrate the sync.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5e8e703d-5de8-4f53-9e80-1368d2132d24/d58484bb-3907-4d32-bc50-8df3c08ff7cd-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cFdQ5J4pzq2hs8piPtBu9u120072022-05-30T03:25:45.332ZPapagayoAnimationLipsyncYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fFeEkGsvhQjM863zcdxGJ5https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/73f0ced1-0345-47e5-9093-916f5137e8c8.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Tumbling Letter Title Effect (Part 2 - Reversal and Style Animation)In this second part of the Tumbling Letter Title Effect tutorial, I explain how to get reverse playback using the Blender Visual Sequence Editor, and then how I animated the materials and freestyle lines for the letters to get the "toon materializing" effect. Part 1, which explains the use of physics simulation for the tumbling, is here: https://vimeo.com/143082633https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/d6853732-d723-48af-ad33-694e39de8b34-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fFeEkGsvhQjM863zcdxGJ5120032022-05-30T06:52:47.356ZBlender3DBlenderVSEAnimationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jSp1opgLKFPs7TikW2JHcxhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d8f6cad3-0c61-4af1-9a53-8e72cb6a502a.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Importing Lipsync into Blender (Part 2)In this 2nd tutorial on lipsync with Papagayo for Blender, I explain how to import the MOHO .dat lipsync file into Blender for animation. Direct link to the download page for the script on our site: http://rs.lunatics.tv/pages/view.php?ref=262https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/5bf102cb-4f86-4bd6-8dc6-bc2e1fca15f3-360.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jSp1opgLKFPs7TikW2JHcx1200112022-05-30T06:57:23.404ZBlender3DPapagayoLipsyncPoseLibraryYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3VshsckjL9AszWRz2M1P4Yhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ded02eca-c639-48bc-8cb4-df5979400c3c.jpgR&D: The need for "diff" and "patch" operators for Blender filesCollaboration on programming projects has been dominated since the 1970s by "merge-based" version control, which allows multiple contributors to work on a project together without stepping on each others toes. This can be generalized to other "list ordered" data, but handling "graph structured" data like Blender files is not something we have free software tools for. So artists are still stuck with "lock based" collaboration methods, where only one person can work on a file at a time, even if the edits they are making are cleanly separated. Merging edits requires a person to meticulously check and manually merge changes, which is a lot of extra work that shouldn't be necessary. However, algorithms do exist (some of them rather recent) for doing this kind of work, and I think it's time we started turning those into a practical tool for collaboration on artistic works. This is just one small piece of an infrastructure research and development project for the "Lunatics!" open animated series project. I'm going to be posting more of these videos over the next few months. Eventually they will be cut together into a longer project proposal. I'm not quite sure where this going in terms of the big picture, so I don't really know which part will be first in the proposal. This is also my first "explainer" video using the Synfig 2D animation package. I will probably be making more use of this.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/f9ba9417-d469-4955-b838-79cb751e2e96-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3VshsckjL9AszWRz2M1P4Y120032022-05-30T06:59:27.257ZBlender3DAssetManagementDAMSVCSYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cswzcaRWDLx1KuDeKb6uz8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/0782532e-8306-4777-9f10-81ed27726ab4.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Detecting Link Failure in BlenderThis tutorial is about a problem with Blender (up to version 2.76), which I consider its absolute worst failing: link-failure and the resulting loss of data. There are a number of ways around this problem, which I will cover in a 2nd tutorial, but in this one, I just want to focus on the problem and how you can tell that it's happening. Recovering from this is a pretty advanced topic, and if you've got anyone more experienced to turn to, this video will tell you if it's time to go ask for help!https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/30b0c651-d987-4141-91d7-6754dfcad0c0-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cswzcaRWDLx1KuDeKb6uz8120022022-05-30T07:03:49.756ZBlender3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7BngCuBKz37596Z1SeKQMbhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e061ca41-1abd-476a-a9c4-89dda3ee3c4c.jpgResult of 3-Camera Technique TestThree-camera animation test. Footage was rendered in Blender from three camera views of the same animated motion. The footage was spaced-out to allow for process editing effects (dissolves). The final edit was completed in Kdenlive, by overlapping the footage from each shot. The Blender file contains 5 scenes: * Scene Action -- Contains the animated cubes. This is what the animator interacts with. * Cam-1 Shot / Cam-2 Shot / Came-3 Shot -- Contain animated cameras only. The director (or DP) interacts with this scene. * Sequence -- Contains a sequence editor session with the footage arranged for rendering and output (the resulting shot is longer than the original animation, because the shots are time-shifted so as not to overlap). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/f39a6a64-384a-4b70-8afa-fe75cfefdf3b-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7BngCuBKz37596Z1SeKQMb11022022-05-30T07:07:12.517ZBlender3DTestsDemoYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sVUpiXLXm7gERi2xJkHqZnhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ddd22ed2-0e0d-4c6e-b262-16c6813df7f6.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Setting up Multicam in BlenderA multiple-camera configuration allows animating a scene just once, and capturing the action with several cameras. Although Blender has a facility for switching cameras during rendering, it does not allow for any overlap for transitions (or to allow for creative changes in the editing phase).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/fe824843-b9bf-4a72-9c1d-7be3633ec6a1-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sVUpiXLXm7gERi2xJkHqZn120062022-05-30T07:10:11.963ZBlender3DMultiCamBlenderVSEOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/2fYx6dhGXLzbU18ZwQork1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b386fa42-4bec-4a68-a09d-ace65d5ef7ed.jpgA Virtual Studio for Anansi SpaceworksThe time has come for us to adopt a better system for workflow and asset management, and to put it all together into a "virtual studio" system. We want to do that entirely with open-source software, and integrate it well with Blender, Synfig, and the other pipeline tools we use. In this video, I outline the problem and present a plan of the desired solution. Actually implementing it will be the subject of a follow-up video later on. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b61df44e-3bf9-4b98-93e4-fef5cdfb76a3-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/2fYx6dhGXLzbU18ZwQork11195032022-05-30T07:20:28.436ZOpenMovieVirtualStudioCollaborationFilmMakingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/tZ7y4gRASBajMj4LBAzx9Whttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/79d6b8ab-e9e1-44f0-b39b-9a8fe0a4ba22.jpgAudio Ambience - "Bubble Tank"Draft of ambient audio loop for the photosynthetic algal reactor in the colony (it's a tank full of algae with air bubbled through it to pick up oxygen from photosynthesis). Made from multiple original recordings mixed, equalized, and looped in Audacity. This is my first ambient sound loop for this project (seemed like an easy one).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a6ac8cff-080d-40c7-bdaa-e11ea99a0f29-270.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/tZ7y4gRASBajMj4LBAzx9W90022022-05-30T07:20:29.188ZAudioAudacityAmbienceYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/mTCNsJKEBAkrgMBWFPc8kmhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c92b4867-f6a1-4a4f-acc1-74ced503087a.jpgSkeletal Face Rig DemoKeneisha Perry has redesigned the facial rigs for Lunatics, replacing the original shape-key-based rigs with a simpler skeletal rig. This is faster to apply and may be simpler to animate. They still work with Papagayo, as this demo shows. She's also moved on to rigging more of the characters, which is going faster now.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b0848802-6aa9-4cf5-bcd2-8805ba85d594-450.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/mTCNsJKEBAkrgMBWFPc8km100012022-05-30T08:00:38.015ZBlender3DAnimationRiggingCharacterYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cyxwVxt2NCY881sKhU3rJchttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2a562fb8-aaab-4141-a959-ca4b56c1f6a9.jpg"Lunatics!" Trailer for ArlingCon 2017Revised preview trailer with title sequence for presentation at ArlingCon 2017.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/421c5437-ad37-4ada-9a08-267c1d2f3fce-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cyxwVxt2NCY881sKhU3rJc275032022-05-30T08:13:52.165ZOpenMoviePromoArlingconYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/t6WqHBSJqWPfSKvFWrdANWhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/842a4ce9-6cb9-47bc-aac8-a43b1af41008.jpgAnimation Test - Mission Control Room (Monitor Flicker)This is a test of a flickering-monitor effect on the Mission Control Room set. Created for the "Lunatics!" animated pilot ( http://lunatics.tv ). It's really just a 2-second test, repeated 20 times, so you have some time to look at it. I'm not 100% sure whether I want to use this or not. Flickering like this is more characteristic of CRTs than LCD monitors, but it kind of looks a little more "alive" than a static shot. (Of course, there will be some people in the final shot). The monitor screen are textures with emission settings of course -- a few are AVI video textures. The flicker is achieved by animating a property on a control object (an empty) which is not rendered. I found out that attempting to use a Material property or a Scene property WILL NOT WORK, due to bugs in how drivers are updated in Blender 2.7x. So it's necessary to use an object with custom properties as the driver source. The "emit" property of the screen material is then driven from this with a simple expression. That way, only the one object property has to be animated (it's a 4-frame animation cycle). The same property is also used to drive the intensity on the bluish hemi lights associated with each set of monitors, which accounts for the reflected light on the desks (and also walls and ceiling). The model was created by Travis Souza based on online reference photos from the Mission Control Center in Moscow/Star City and updated console designs by Terry Hancock. The chair is by Lekanus@BlendSwap (PD), although this is a low-poly version revised to match our NPR rendering style. Materials, textures (including animations created in Synfig), lighting, and rendering by Terry Hancock.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/310dda9a-af08-4860-bfbd-6b2dd5abe7fa-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/t6WqHBSJqWPfSKvFWrdANW50032022-05-30T08:14:55.341ZBlender3DOpenMovieSetTestYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5RV3RZyHJa3tPoi5Yq413Uhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/5aa29566-99cb-49ee-a5ff-57a3b2e72537.jpgEffects Test: Lander Flame & Debris AnimationRevisiting this part of the project, now that I understand Blender texture nodes and other data structures better. This is a simple animation meant to represent the lander's retro rocket firing and stirring up dust on the Lunar surface. This is meant to be somewhat cartoonish, to match the NPR style of the lander and Moon. The animated texture nodes are shown for the debris spray animation, as well as a wireframe animation for the four meshes used to create this effect.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/94b2d6e9-e56d-45fa-ab8e-4d8a0848a7ec-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5RV3RZyHJa3tPoi5Yq413U44062022-05-30T08:15:57.565ZBlender3DAnimationFlameFXFXDemoYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4dzDxbv1yzAHJPgkwqGQhPhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7b7a723c-02cd-4df8-8721-c5c2b8207d37.jpgAnimation Test - Signature with Dynamic Paint RevealTest using Blender's dynamic paint to reveal an already prepared signature graphic (no sound). The timing is fairly close to what I want, though it might need some tweaking. The biggest problem is that the brush is revealing some parts before they should be visible. Might need to narrow the brush down a bit.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/ee366f84-636e-473f-925b-eed8876d7ffd-540.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4dzDxbv1yzAHJPgkwqGQhP20032022-05-30T08:16:01.491ZBlender3DAnimationWritingDynamicPaintDemoYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/dCkcoW13HG757RjUQXPJefhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8e09e538-274a-4b69-ad2e-7292e8f7d360.jpgAnimated Writing TestAfter much more experimentation, I've manage a very slight improvement in the writing animation, and also of course added a simple rigged pen to follow the motion (though this is probably not the pen I'll use in the production shot). I didn't want the pen to look too mechanical. A person writes mostly with the wrist (or fingers -- but when writing large letters like this, the wrist motion dominates). So while the point of the pen follows the text, the top of the pen moves less. I rigged this with two separate animated curve paths in Blender, using bone constraints to get the pen to follow them. I'm hoping this will be easy to integrated with the IK rigging of the character. (No sound).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/79d5d937-a418-41ee-a269-5ef2dd1acf95-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/dCkcoW13HG757RjUQXPJef20072022-05-30T08:17:12.400ZBlender3DAnimationWritingTestsYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/evdnKXexd7cXEv5qmpQKPqhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/24000518-7b3e-49e9-932f-438c1b8b7660.jpgSignature Effect - Dynamic Paint OnlyThe dynamic paint texture used to key the dynamic paint reveal effect. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/60faa660-e967-461f-9dce-02ec0a0a57c7-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/evdnKXexd7cXEv5qmpQKPq20032022-05-30T08:19:47.859ZBlender3DAnimationWritingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/2s72jq9J8uMJthbWavVszFhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/383405d3-3a1d-4b67-8209-d2315c644964.jpgMoontruck RiggingRigging for the "MoonTruck" model for "Lunatics!" Presented by Chris Kuhn, who created this model and the constraints-based control rig for it. [NOTE (2022): The components of this model have been color-coded for simpler modeling and rigging, it is NOT going to look like this when the materials and textures are finished] https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3c631131-c52e-4701-90c7-6057866e3837-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/2s72jq9J8uMJthbWavVszF431002022-05-30T17:39:55.803ZLunaticsTVMoonTruckBlender3DOpenMovieAnimationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/d82nhjkFE1VxVtyfZ8JDB9https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/81b57389-5de6-43b8-803e-cf15d4dc642a.jpgPreviz: Georgiana Lerner signs her nameThe director animates! It's no secret that I'm not the top character animator around here, but I am learning! I decided to do this one, because I was interested in the rigging to follow the signature effect (which is using the "dynamic paint reveal" technique that I documented in my production log http://wp.lunatics.tv/?p=3094 ), and also because the character animation part wasn't too sensitive. The character rigging is by Keneisha Perry, based on the rigify rig. The model is originally by Bela Szabo, with a lot of modifications by Keneisha Perry since then. Character design by Daniel Fu. The hand IK controller is rigged to follow the location and rotation of the pen. I then hand-animated the body and head to follow the action of the arm. This is from the "Touring Baikonur" montage in the pilot. It's a tradition that cosmonauts sign the door of the hotel room in Baikonur that they stay in the night before the flight, so we decided to include that. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/afcc6522-2bbb-464a-a7cd-161a84c8424b-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/d82nhjkFE1VxVtyfZ8JDB910062022-05-30T17:44:41.875ZLunaticsTVS1E01Blender3DRiggingFXYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/wAfDQMKs8o6LYsCTcUo9GLhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1ebb8adf-d77d-45f1-83ae-d6b9e21e9df4.jpgLearning to Use ArdourThis is the first "Worklog" video that is mostly production work, so I can post it. I've found making these worklog screencasts is a useful motivational and analysis tool. This one shows what it's really like to start learning a new piece of software -- a lot of poking at things and having read manuals, search the web, etc. I spend quite awhile trying to figure out how to "keyframe an effect", which is what it would be called in Kdenlive. But in Ardour, what I was looking for is how to control a "fader" (which is a type of "processor"), how to add a "plugin", and how to control it with "control points" on an "automation lane", which is edited using "automation mode 'touch'". https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/66130f9c-9f7a-49ca-b6f7-eb2cefc05db6-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/wAfDQMKs8o6LYsCTcUo9GL5840122022-05-30T18:12:45.942ZArdourSoundDesignSoundMixingYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/rtPYq3dAG1ixavMMG3AX1Jhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c8049285-5ae5-4fcf-b0cb-f92546fea8ab.jpgWork Log 2019-02-11: Assembling Animatic Sequences in KdenliveI'm starting to assemble the components into a new animatic. I've created the Audacity sound stems, Ardour audio mixes, and Kdenlive video edits for each sequence, and started replacing shots with updated GL renders showing newer character animation. There is still more to do, obviously, but it's coming together! https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/81a2d2e4-256c-4bc9-a726-476260819bb8-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/rtPYq3dAG1ixavMMG3AX1J787072022-05-30T18:30:00.431ZLunaticsTVWorkLogAnimaticKdenliveYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/aYpU8YWLS5F6QYLGR8pLHHhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f14fdb48-898f-4321-85d8-031002d7d005.jpgScreencast: Keneisha Perry on Appending Character AnimationsKeneisha Perry shows the process of adding animations to a scene, using the Non-Linear Action (NLA) editor, from existing action libraries to a shot file (this is a shot from our pilot episode, "Prolog"). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a89c1e2c-27ea-485e-a056-de58c1118236-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/aYpU8YWLS5F6QYLGR8pLHH1356012022-05-30T18:50:21.205ZScreencastBlender3DAnimationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/eMCciPQetGjzc8KTJZtbwHhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/3f63603d-ff1a-4ff6-886e-7cdfc2044e8f.jpgScreencast: Fixing Broken ProxiesKeneisha Perry illustrates the problems with updating an animation shot file when a character's proxy has become "broken" -- meaning it has become unusable due to changes in the library file (typically, the rig or rig object name had to be changed for some other file to work correctly). In these cases, the animation has to be transferred from the broken proxy to a newly-created one from the library file. This seems like something that could be (easily?) done with a Python plugin in Blender, but we don't have one to do it. This is a good example of the reason we could use programming help on the project -- there are a lot of little tasks like that this that would probably help with production (but we don't really want to stop production to work on them). http://www.patreon.com/lunatics http://lunatics.tv https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/52dc640d-0a2a-4fb3-be6c-99b1977dfaed-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/eMCciPQetGjzc8KTJZtbwH292012022-05-30T18:54:24.112ZBlender3DScreencastAnimationRiggingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pn2PD2BPUwZZP3XtAUedWehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/3ad07643-e701-4949-8d7e-3d14cbff6720.jpgInfluences and Aesthetics of Shading Style in "Lunatics!"This was a video I prepared, originally as part of the 2-Minute Tutorial series. But I never posted it, because: 1) it was not technically a tutorial, 2) it uses a lot of copyrighted source art I wasn't sure about publishing (even though this is almost certainly "fair use" as it's a critical discussion of art styles), and 3) I wasn't totally happy with the way I presented the information. However, I never got around to revising it to make it better. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/9785dc0b-fb50-4017-8ee3-b9c7e6345905-720.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pn2PD2BPUwZZP3XtAUedWe120012022-05-30T21:33:21.802ZLunaticsTVNPR3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4DHroQE9N5GQKRcyqzMCDzhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8fa2d994-4b46-49b0-8e40-330928c027a7.jpgSoyuz Flight Sequence Assembly: Linking Plan ExplainedWe are developing a tutorial/demonstration course, illustrating our production design process for "Lunatics!" open movie project. This is the first video as part of that course, explaining the plan for linking the various sources files together to create the sequence (this sequence is the flight into space aboard a "Soyuz-SF" spacecraft at the end of episode one). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/cee58823-295f-4c13-97ea-af6eeb46d964-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4DHroQE9N5GQKRcyqzMCDz528002022-05-30T21:43:05.690ZFM4LBlender3DLinkPlanYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sT1tGHXscWxUVt399wuaNThttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f83141b5-ba70-4017-ab14-284a7228c3eb.jpgSequence Assembly: SF-1 IntroThis is the introduction to setting up the SF-1 subsequence of the SF-SoyuzFlight sequence. It will contain the character action and shots inside the Soyuz spacecraft during the launch, and be intercut with other subsequences later. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/c0e274df-cf51-4a68-b5dc-aec3c66d5212-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sT1tGHXscWxUVt399wuaNT116002022-05-30T21:44:44.182ZLunaticsTVOpenMovieBlender3DYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9udmhSE5HYhmdtG4PddwBrhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/258a3a73-026c-4d6a-8186-608bea24dbc0.jpgSoyuz Flight Sequence Assembly: How the Teddy Bear Rig WorksIn this 3rd video in the Sequence Assembly series, I explain the way the teddy bear rig is supposed to work, before going into how I updated it to work in the sequence. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/86b49b0c-489e-43e5-ae6e-d9719f126a94-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9udmhSE5HYhmdtG4PddwBr618012022-05-30T21:53:10.622ZLunaticsTVBlender3DRiggingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fTDooAFxbqhp1VVCDSJvMkhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9e3890a3-f14a-4ca4-b142-036102ac548b.jpgSoyuz Flight Sequence Assembly: Fixing the Teddy Bear String RigBefore assembling the Soyuz Flight sequence, SF-1 subsequence, I had to make sure the component libraries were up to date. This video details the fixes I made to the Teddy Bear String Rig to rescale it and make it work correctly with my set. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/ddd32721-58fb-440c-9d33-94af1af1ba53-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fTDooAFxbqhp1VVCDSJvMk984002022-05-30T22:17:25.701ZFM4LBlender3DRiggingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7ffryVHdW1bkfeUP8DrkPhhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/0df67d93-fd33-463b-bf87-c4a27fa23e6a.jpgOpen Source Production Software: Conception to CompletionIt 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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/887cdcbd-cc5b-481e-9a91-adc54864689b-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7ffryVHdW1bkfeUP8DrkPh263062022-05-30T22:03:25.585ZFilmFreedomPromoFreeSoftwareOpenSourceFilmMakingYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/14jrG74x4Kj1CXueZPHUPYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/05f7f599-b4ed-4fad-b52f-1476cf5f25c4.jpgAlice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole, VFX MockupThis 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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/fe5d6487-d5fd-4ec9-906f-a843f48c0d61-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/14jrG74x4Kj1CXueZPHUPY96032022-05-30T22:05:29.064ZBlender3DDemoTestVFXCommunityTheaterYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/828sVspgcqoBYq8yowwW6Yhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/3fe92473-d373-4f47-b4db-e62d2fcc21e7.jpgAlice in Wonderland - Down the Rabbit HoleThis 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: http://www.reprisetheatre.com CREDITS: "Down the Rabbit Hole" video by Terry Hancock. Starring Skyla Jennings. Lighting and effects assistance: Rosalyn Hunter, Nicholas Hancock, Ariel Hancock. Sound Recordist: Sylvan Hancock. Music/Effects from FreeSound.org contributors: Tommaso Suonho, Black Boe, Richard Frohlich, Eric Hopton, Vaelen, Dave Incamas. Assets from BlendSwap.org contributors: Luca Sassone, DomKim, Hans Erickson, HJ Media Studios, Monte Drebenstedt, Artur Shaihullin, Fatih Eke, Wig42, Leon Cheung, Anatoly Skugarov, VladGl, Giovanni Lucca, Megeon, Ricardo Pereira, argonius, Mauro Belletti, Edita Aksamitiene, lankusiek, Matt Sour, Dee334, Dale Cieslak, Juan Maldonado, Hillary Ford, Ridgerunner2270, Yusuf Umar, yd. Film released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0/International at FilmFreedom.org. PROJECT NOTES: Budget was $0. So the green screen was made of bed sheets, and since we'd never done this before, we made a number of mistakes in the video shoot. However, with enough time in Blender's node-based compositor, we were able to get a usable traveling matte to put the character into the CG Rabbit Hole scene. 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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/8a287075-b830-44e9-8648-7fc9c9f6a4c8-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/828sVspgcqoBYq8yowwW6Y990142022-05-30T22:07:33.621ZBlender3DVFXAnimationCommunityTheaterYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9uuymZGWQMiAnAvKp4NmZFhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/452708e7-d7e7-471c-ae72-8970501a601d.jpgDevastation of the XmasInsert 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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/656bceb4-e65b-499d-8e80-d9712db7954c-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9uuymZGWQMiAnAvKp4NmZF128062022-05-30T22:09:02.086ZBlender3DAnimation2DAnimationCommunityTheaterYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/oohcWPQSa1KHthjj5CXz2Rhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/86a145dc-4ce1-4023-b484-38ed44c4d77a.jpgThe Making of "Down The Rabbit Hole" (2020)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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b81a23e1-c486-462d-99a6-e372a99ef5ba-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/oohcWPQSa1KHthjj5CXz2R16640122022-05-30T23:08:48.438ZFilmFreedomBlender3DFilmMakingLiveActionCommunityTheaterYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3jG8qnWRydZcZhyyGWAo5ehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c7fde4c4-8fff-4697-8742-f1f0121c0560.jpgColorimeter AttemptThese 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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/7c337aea-8579-484a-ac5d-5e9ce4173693-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3jG8qnWRydZcZhyyGWAo5e55002022-05-30T23:11:29.027ZColorimeterMonitorColorManagementYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cVQUKhqfCZ2CXfuUQu2nJkhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f082d122-9d88-446b-a015-29563ce1a292.jpgWhat is Creator Endorsed? (Voice Over Only)A brief description of the "Creator Endorsed" business model, contrasted with the "Copyright Restriction" approach. [NOTE (2022): Probably don't use this one. I made a better version a couple of months later]https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/5b13ccf7-7f74-4718-a4d0-44c94bfcad26-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cVQUKhqfCZ2CXfuUQu2nJk1030122022-05-30T23:12:55.199ZFreeCultureBusinessModelCreatorEndorsedYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7uwYAjbQDHc2YisgQiAgT1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/780d1dcd-dc04-49af-809d-52905f07e079.jpgWhat is Creator Endorsed?I felt that the previous version (([VIMEO](https://vimeo.com/498550193/82f18b7922)), ([PEERTUBE](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cVQUKhqfCZ2CXfuUQu2nJk)) ) 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 (FreeSound ID, username, title): Music Tracks: 337307 frankum "progressive-chords" 468407 onderwish "sci-fi-survival-dreamscape" 437222 esistnichtsoernst "rachmaninoff-barcarolle-on-airy-synth-pad" 209315 unfa "space-organ-ambient-music-2013-11-30" 175190 minigunfiend "chill-chord-01" 324566 klavo1985 "pirate-at-sea-organ-music" 540048 szegvari "fairy-dream" 495825 andriped "tekno-jazz-drum-atlas" Effects: 119557 vrodge "office-printer-start-up" 352957 ryanestradadotcom "broke-yeti-music-created-by-a-glitching-microphone" 50900 rutgermuller "car-seatbelt-clicking" 144321 fumiya112 "crash" 209578 zott820 "cash-register-purchase" 519426 kookienomz "pirate-yar" 50888 rutgermuller "car-door-porter-unlocking" 135369 blackie666 "wobeep" 113218 satrebor "click" For more about the "Creator Endorsed" mark, please refer to QuestionCopyright.org ( https://questioncopyright.org/creator-endorsed-mark ). For more about the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license, please visit CreativeCommons.org ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ). For more about "Lunatics!" Project, please visit our hub website ( http://lunatics.tv ) or our Patreon page ( https://www.patreon.com/lunatics ).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/8ee88d8c-8de3-4076-b2e0-11489f2618c2-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7uwYAjbQDHc2YisgQiAgT11050132022-05-30T23:14:25.682ZFreeCultureBusinessModelCreatorEndorsedYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vwHVdGCzJE5rACQL2gkG2Bhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/624afac7-a079-4470-b85f-303c10390b70.jpgLib-Ray Test Article for 2021 Development (LOUD NOISE)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. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/56fa6341-c308-4935-888c-1521538f8753-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vwHVdGCzJE5rACQL2gkG2B432052022-05-31T02:21:44.585ZCWFreeCultureTestPatternLibRayYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/xmJq6aA6v1zEvNbHLsNWk1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4150b160-187b-4377-9e2b-22e3c90b496f.jpg"Lunatics!" Trailer for Episode 1: Prolog / "No Children in Space"This is our third trailer and a proper preview for episode one, now that we have enough fully-rendered footage to make it. This trailer features Hiromi more, and includes a bit of the dialog. We're beginning rendering, although we're still working on a few scenes, and we're now aiming for release early this fall -- will update with a release date once we have one. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/0b54622d-1016-48df-b70a-fbd6b98ee14a-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/xmJq6aA6v1zEvNbHLsNWk1795322022-05-31T02:45:23.066ZTrailerPreviewLunaticsTVS1E01YESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/eEmkdBPjUTuEsJiEaT7yFbhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/eaba7827-a075-4d05-aadf-be0157e6634c.jpgDemo: ABX FIle Context DiscoveryABX is our "Anansi Blender eXtensions", which is our studio helper code. I'm currently working on the core functionality, and one thing I need is to get some context on the file I'm processing so that we can correctly generate names, identify appropriate configurations, and so on. To this end, I've written a "FileContext" module to get information from the path, filename, and on-disk explicit data files (in YAML format). This applies to any kind of file, not just Blender, so it'll probably be a prototype for a similar module in KitCAT as well. For ABX, this will be followed with a "BlenderContext" to module to work with data stored inside the Blender file (and probably to copy one to the other). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a06e65a0-9fc4-4c7d-b626-24f1c1895598-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/eEmkdBPjUTuEsJiEaT7yFb264002022-05-31T02:49:11.637ZabxinfrastructuresoftwareBlender3DpluginYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/wVdsN7czFrKhmRJgqxbDTqhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f5136ca3-a210-4545-8c74-6b5e0da43c9c.jpg"Dude... the grass is moving!"This is a good example of an animation mistake that didn't show up until final rendering. The grass in this shot is a billboard particle system. Normally, they are not supposed to move, and so the "Physics" simulation panel is set to "No". However, in this case, I mistakenly set it to "Newtonian", which apparently causes the grass to fall under the simulated force of gravity, causing a very disconcerting and obvious error in the final render. However: there were no animation key frames at all in the scene file the grass is taken from (it's defined in a background set); the grass does not appear at all in the GL pre-visualization renders; and the movement was really not obvious in the handful of check renders I ran prior to rendering the shot. [Lunatics Project | lunatics.tv](https://lunatics.tv) [CC By-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/43724865-79bd-4101-b1b4-501ffc1c9551-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/wVdsN7czFrKhmRJgqxbDTq295142022-05-31T04:55:28.373ZBlender3DOpenMovieBloopersParticleSystemYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/oeKXZEiFgMBcdSsXhxLDrChttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/77bb3cba-a440-48d4-8bf8-4c85a0a61c20.jpgWork Summary: Sky Rig for Timelapse EffectsThis is topical summary of my worklog screencasts for the entire process of creating the Sky Rig for the "timelapse" sequences in the "Lunatics!" pilot. This includes a lot of missteps, but doesn't include research or tutorial training time, although I had to do some of that. Overall it took about 27 hours spread out over a few months in 2020, so this video at 60X is 27 minutes. Set to CC By licensed music by Kressof from the album "Turn". (No voiceover). I plan to record an instructional screencast on how to use the rig and sky model. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/3c499dcb-a0aa-4dd0-afcc-2ee22091577c-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/oeKXZEiFgMBcdSsXhxLDrC16420142022-05-31T05:45:59.125ZSummaryScreencastSkyRigOpenMovieBlender3DYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/uAv3jNMLHGZbkD1RJTHGeGhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2de9bf6b-d082-4e36-8411-b5c6e510bf3d.jpgCloud Animation Tests (August 2020)Testing parameter ranges and texture development for animated cloud effect used in the timelapse sequences in the "Lunatics!" pilot episode.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/af97a9e8-9139-436b-aeb9-ab130cdd5cef-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/uAv3jNMLHGZbkD1RJTHGeG146032022-05-31T05:48:51.163ZLunaticsTVBlender3DTestsYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/dU9Pu4aK5b7hrEMz1gd6sLhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/550eef68-df6f-483d-8372-c0e08a27dfe8.jpgRevised Main Title Sequence (November 2020)Main title sequence intended for the 3-episode pilot arc, revised in November 2020 to fix some remaining title animation issues that had been bugging me. Sergei now has a portrait image. And some title animations have been tweaked to look a little smoother. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/52eebb5b-8eff-49b4-9095-26a20cded526-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/dU9Pu4aK5b7hrEMz1gd6sL1210132022-05-31T17:14:45.408ZLunaticsTVOpenMovieBlender3DInkscapeYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5UDyqyiAqacDgNHDLJUuY9https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a5af959e-77b7-4e98-8a41-1055408e4af5.jpgToon Rocket Plume 2020Revised rocket plume effect, test animation (no audio). After a lot of experimentation, I settled on this very simple effect as the most appropriate. It's mostly just a moving texture with a four-color ramp. [NOTE (2022): this is NOT the final effect. I did a LOT of work trying to figure out a good aesthetically-matched effect for rocket plumes effects. This is obviously something we need a lot of for a space-technology series, and there's actually a fair amount of variety. And many aesthetic choices: more "realistic", more "cartoon", more "movie-expectation" (because Hollywood movie notion's of rocket plumes are rather different and much more showy than the real thing, which people often think looks "fake", because they've never seen the real thing)]https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/fed3bf3d-8aef-411a-965c-be8c279bc741-800.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5UDyqyiAqacDgNHDLJUuY916072022-05-31T17:15:12.592ZBlender3DFXRocketPlumeTestsYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4pbn2HGUz1MMuYu6v8wYTBhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fca75615-af5f-451f-9303-dfcb7ea24938.jpgCompleted Rocket Plume EffectCompleted rocket-plume effect, from three different angles, with the sound effect. [NOTE (2022): Getting a decent non-photorealistic, but compelling, rocket plume special animation effect to match our 3D-anime-ish style was a challenge I spent a long time on, but I'm pretty happy with this version, finally!]https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/4d7eb732-2e0b-44ed-98a2-eb623ff5d84b-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4pbn2HGUz1MMuYu6v8wYTB160112022-05-31T17:18:25.060ZBlender3DNPR3DFXYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/hnQyZoyZAPYE9EMFreU7L6https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8458db87-92f4-4538-87cc-1a16c91387e1.jpgTesting the Soyuz Launch Vehicle Re-riggingRe-rigged the Soyuz Launch Vehicle using armature and drivers. Adds more accurate movement for pod-staging, including the pods tumbling away from the vehicle. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a84f4549-ab5f-4ba3-87ca-6dd3d09cd0ee-540.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/hnQyZoyZAPYE9EMFreU7L68092022-05-31T17:55:54.475ZBlender3DArmatureRiggingSoyuzYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sBfvrQgNyN13TzgPhUwpYrhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2bca1feb-e600-4296-a6ec-3d30c21936ef.jpgPromo Turnaround: Hiromi Aoki LernerTesting out a style for a promo video with a character turn-around video. Character of "Hiromi Aoki Lerner" from "Lunatics!" Concept: Rosalyn Hunter Art Design: Daniel Fu Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Art Direction: Terry Hancock (no sound) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/574211a1-1e27-4fc7-8291-92b2e34cf825-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sBfvrQgNyN13TzgPhUwpYr170102022-05-31T17:56:16.689ZPromoBlender3DOriginalCharacterYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/gqtAGu3UdkNY6fF7aVJ9drhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/cc6ba222-1038-4e9b-9f6f-c67adcc3f3c4.jpgPromo Turnaround: R. Allen EmersonTesting out a style for a promo video with a character turn-around video. Character of "Hiromi Aoki Lerner" from "Lunatics!" Concept: Rosalyn Hunter Art Design: Daniel Fu Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Art Direction: Terry Hancock (no sound)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/91279c65-85ce-48a8-b0a6-2d6587e786ee-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/gqtAGu3UdkNY6fF7aVJ9dr170102022-05-31T17:56:37.470ZBlender3DPromoOriginalCharacterOpenMovieLunaticsTVYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/iQBc8BZuYjXcYXx6wkqrn3https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c7a2414a-3221-4fb8-988d-84f2c4c4d73c.jpgPromo Turnaround: Robert LernerTurnaround for International Space Foundation founder and colonist Rob Lerner. Written: Rosalyn Hunter Character Design: Daniel Fu Model: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Rig: Keneisha Perry Turnaround Animation: Terry Hancock (no sound) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/57b7e73f-8012-460a-b903-677f53729b89-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/iQBc8BZuYjXcYXx6wkqrn317092022-05-31T17:56:59.235ZBlender3DPromoOriginalCharacterLunaticsTVOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/r3297sHj2ggcFPrJdXCc1Whttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/bb624c0e-c950-484f-9dd1-bcff463ef9d4.jpgPromo Turnaround: Anya TitovaTurnaround animation for the Anya Titova character model. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/202ed763-3722-4073-b4d6-447f9929e042-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/r3297sHj2ggcFPrJdXCc1W170182022-05-31T17:57:20.634ZBlender3DPromoOriginalCharacterLunaticsTVOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sktnQ6rzwGcQHsFhuskCq7https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7a790939-e02b-40cb-b5d8-7ea536264c70.jpgPromo Turnaround: Sarah AllisonCharacter model turnaround for Dr. Sarah Allison, from "Lunatics!" Lunar geologist, EVA specialist. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/a4751144-393c-41f0-9ae6-0b182a9f3676-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sktnQ6rzwGcQHsFhuskCq7170142022-05-31T17:57:40.532ZBlender3DPromoOriginalCharacterLunaticsTVOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pwYk7qMxGspBRuULuVUGoAhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d0ce6f34-4106-421f-addb-6372c09316d6.jpgPromo Turnaround: Joshua FarmerCharacter model turnaround for Dr. Sarah Allison, from "Lunatics!" (no sound)https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/32af8294-6ed0-496a-8b5c-7d0c1853b0be-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pwYk7qMxGspBRuULuVUGoA17072022-05-31T17:57:59.744ZBlender3DPromoOriginalCharacterLunaticsTVYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/s9UkWdDjtfdifmqAKgiJ8ihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/97ac5160-9f88-4985-b213-4656d7a9e69d.jpg"Lunatics!" Open Movie DVD PromotionalShort promotional video showing what you get on the upcoming "Open Movie Edition" DVDs, which is the main / first release of the episodes. Music is "To Receive the Answer" by Distemper, CC By 3.0. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/342836f1-ab26-488a-8428-eab5098826b1-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/s9UkWdDjtfdifmqAKgiJ8i170552022-05-31T18:04:41.552ZPromoOpenMovieDVDLunaticsTVYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5Evs4kSbHcxTC3P1kwpNAehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e17d8bab-a9e1-4feb-b86f-993f48873e13.jpgShot Test: SF-3-A (Soyuz Ascending with Rocket Plume Effect)Test of the rocket plume effect with the Soyuz launch vehicle, which is the first shot in the "Soyuz Flight" sequence (SF) in "Lunatics!" episode 1 (it's in "block 3" because of editing changes -- block 1 groups all the cabin interior shots). This is the one-piece Soyuz model, originally created for the Launchpad Mech set, but isolated here in this one shot. After this, the rigged staging model will be used. Because this shot is so simple, it renders pretty fast, and made a good test for the final look of the rocket plume in use. Soyuz model by Chris Kuhn. Fire effect and rigging by Terry Hancock. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 / "Lunatics!" Project | lunatics.tv https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/ca4134b4-35ff-458e-981c-39bb2f0b652c-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5Evs4kSbHcxTC3P1kwpNAe250102022-05-31T18:05:35.619ZBlender3DFXRocketPlumeYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fNukcdkCDyoUg2hXQdFrirhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fe3cfdda-fcbc-48f6-89bd-d965d35cb2e1.jpgApril 2021 Activity in 9 MinutesScreencast logs of April, sorted out by project: 38.6 hrs on "Lunatics!" Production: mainly the "LA-Launch" and "SF-SoyuzFlight" sequences, and then constructing a new whole-episode animatic. 25.3 hrs on Anansi Blender Extensions add-on (ABX): this month, I extensively modified the "Copy NLA" feature which has now become "Copy Animation"; and I expanded the "L.Ink Compos" feature into "Ink/Paint Config", with options for handling transparency, billboard objects, and fixing the sky background compositing. 15.1 hrs on Lib-Ray media format: setting up unit and functional tests and creating a small test article video to use in more tests. Also came up with a plan for how to integrate visual testing (I had some visual testing working a long time back, but I got the test code muddled up with the application code pretty badly -- a lot of my current reorganization is just trying to sort that out). 3.0 hrs on collecting the codes for automating the robotics on a Primera Bravo II disk publisher that I purchased recently. I put this under a new project "Bunsen", which is very experimental right now, but I might be writing about it -- it's a studio utility to run disk burning on my file server through a web interface from my workstation. It's sort of a learning project, but I also hope to put it to use publishing short runs of M-Disc DVDs or other optical disk archives. https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/fe729496-8008-4f1a-9e81-72768bf07e1c-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fNukcdkCDyoUg2hXQdFrir5610122022-05-31T21:49:35.636ZWorklogProductionDevelopmentYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/psUvjcZhhv8LV4fsYgCyRihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c929ea1c-3e75-4629-bd3b-b2bc831b7190.jpg14-Segment LED Prop Demo AnimationThis is a simple demonstration and rigging test animation for a 14-segment display prop in Blender. It can display a choice of 22 messages (if you design them not to overlap, you could even do multiple messages at once). This is more than enough for the applications I need it for, and it doesn't require a script to support it. Relies on the "DSEG" font package from www.keshikan.com, which is packaged for Debian as the 'fonts-dseg' package, under the SIL Open Font License. This was created for a close-up shot of a control panel in the pilot episode of "Lunatics!", "No Children in Space", though I anticipate reusing the display or at least the design later.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/25096522-12ed-4562-8aa5-05372962390e-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/psUvjcZhhv8LV4fsYgCyRi140122022-05-31T21:49:40.560ZBlender3DRiggingLEDAnimationDemoYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8DSo6JxXmmPyVp3hE5myTEhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c56cadef-7511-4fbd-b19b-ab8ac4fe74c6.jpgYear of 2021 in ReviewA 10-minute overview of the production and development work I did for "Lunatics!" and related projects in 2021. Happy New Year! https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/9a95cdf0-b685-4cbd-81a2-806ee87e6183-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8DSo6JxXmmPyVp3hE5myTE601062022-05-31T22:18:34.494ZAnnualReportLunaticsTVOpenMovieFilmFreedomAnansiSpaceworksYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8vpCd6dEgYCS9ab7K6ZAKnhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8edcfeed-ef8a-4f1d-97df-2822acd609ad.jpg2MT: 2-Level Editing in Kdenlive (for 22-2-22)It's been over 7 years since my last "2-Minute 2-Torial", so it seems only right to bring it back for "Twos Day" -- Tuesday, 22-2-22 (ISO - or 2/22/22 or 22/2/22, if you prefer your dates American or European, respectively). Transcript: Did you know that you can use a Kdenlive edit as a clip in another Kdenlive edit? This is very useful in animation workflow, because we often want to use stand-in versions of shots, and then replace them, later. In this shot, for example, I simply used a drawing and panned across it in Blender to create a quick "storyboard animatic". I also wasn't sure exactly how long it should be. I can adjust that with the speed setting in Kdenlive. Later, I went through several versions of the shot, as more and more elements were animated. These aren't just different shots. In Kdenlive, they are different kinds of shots: The storyboard animatic may use the "Change Speed" tool to adjust the timing, or the "Transform" effect to pan and zoom the image, working with just a few still images as the source. The Open GL animatic previews are usually AVI video files, rendered directly from Blender. And the final renders are usually a series of frames rendered to a lossless format like PNG images, for maximum fidelity. This is called a "PNG stream", and is the usual format for our final animation output. Each of these is stored differently, and you can't simply reload the clip in the Kdenlive project bin with the new versions! But you can update them easily in a separate Kdenlive file. Then you use that Kdenlive file AS the clip in the scene you are editing. With proxy-workflow (which I'll explain in another video), this is just as fast as rendering the shot and including that, but there will be no loss of quality when the project is rendered. It also makes it easy to use special effects, like limited framerates, as I used for this "timelapse" shot. Only the shot file needs to know that it was anim...https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/37c2542c-f082-453c-b03b-e86399295d70-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8vpCd6dEgYCS9ab7K6ZAKn120062022-05-31T22:32:58.368Z2MTTutorialKdenliveFilmFreedomYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/g13qAmKxqRAU7skBY9CxLhhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a7445e39-0a1a-4452-bbd4-9cf3d720f922.jpgLog Extract: A 3D Prop with MidJourney, Gnu IMP, and BlenderLog Extract (Annotated Screencast, derived from my Worklogs) of the creation of a 3D prop, based on a render from the prompt-driven generative art AI service MidJourney. The render is created, using MidJourney. Then it is converted into texture assets, using Gimp. A simple model is created in Blender, then the textures are mapped onto it. This allows the "prop" render from MidJourney to be used as a 3D asset. Total work time on this was less than two hours. I did this as a proof-of-principle, in evaluating applications for incorporating prompt-driven AI art into my artistic workflow. Software used: MidJourney (SaaS/Platform): https://midjourney.com Gnu IMP / GIMP (Gnu GPL 3.0): https://gimp.org Blender (Gnu GPL 3.0): https://blender.org Music is from MusOpen: https://musopen.org/music/43775-the-planets-op-32/ Art/Screencast by Terry Hancock: https://mastodon.art/@TerryHancock https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/797a92e1-13bc-4124-a90f-1322af1ffac4/7d4a8048-76bb-46bc-ad1c-527ba72373ac-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/g13qAmKxqRAU7skBY9CxLh5010202022-07-22T08:44:58.272ZScreencastMidJourneyGimpBlenderWorklogYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/6hAq8cpTYBtBuMhzghpGyMhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2daa2dae-79f7-4431-a5b7-9a5af8cdfd29.jpgAlien Scene with MidJourney and Gnu IMPAn experiment with combining MidJourney renders in Gnu IMP, extracted from my daily worklog screencasts, set to "Cosmo Zoo" from Olga Scotland's "Iron Flowers from Sirius" This was purely a "proof of principle" for the workflow, and not part of any larger project. MidJourney is an AI generative art service, which accepts a "prompt" which is meant to be a kind of description of a scene, which it then tries to render, based on a large training set of art and images. As such, it is prone to cliche, limitations of language, and of the language model it uses. Sometimes creating a scene you have in mind is challenging, especially in one go. But sometimes you can create usable elements, and then assemble them the way you want.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/2acecd9d-fc14-4dbf-a87d-442eec3ed345/f60c41d9-8e54-4a91-bac6-494c1d66ee16-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/6hAq8cpTYBtBuMhzghpGyM2100172022-07-26T01:56:39.393ZLogExtractMidJourneyGIMPYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fsp1EmPrEFWnCnerPfPLYChttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9381abaa-09de-4201-830d-32362b1f651e.jpgPepper & Carrot ep. 3 "The Secret Ingredients" (Teaser)Teaser for upcoming episode 3, "The Secret Ingredients", in which Pepper meets Saffron in the marketplace and learns about the Potion Contest.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.amazonaws.com/vid/b1c04613-9b75-44cb-af85-43c4d9a2d3c6-1080.mp4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fsp1EmPrEFWnCnerPfPLYC600252022-10-22T20:44:46.531ZTeaserPepperCarrotOpenMovieYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7DLVmVmBy8w7QxJP5e7gkFhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/547fefee-e944-4960-aa86-c9d1f3555e81.jpgPepper & Carrot - Episode 3: The Secret Ingredients (English)Pepper goes to the market, learns about the upcoming Potion Contest, and searches for the secret ingredients! Be sure to click the "SUPPORT" link for info about supporting the creators. Based on [Episode 3 of the Pepper & Carrot](https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/ep03_The-secret-ingredients.html) web comic by David Revoy. Produced by [Morevna Project](https://morevnaproject.org/). https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/35dd08cd-d676-4281-9e3d-fe9b5ca95c91/76d6ec94-7de7-4216-94cc-ae51cbc316c5-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7DLVmVmBy8w7QxJP5e7gkF205513312022-10-28T14:00:01.666ZPepperCarrotMorevnaProjectOpenMovieDavidRevoyYESFilm Freedom ShowcaseNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pd7LsdTyGCs6d7HLZcrP9bhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/0fc132c6-5d13-4104-8018-b9243be3f04f.jpgPepper & Carrot - Episode 5: Holiday Special (English)Pepper and Carrot celebrate the season! Be sure to click the SUPPORT link for information on supporting the creators. Based on [Episode 5 of the Pepper and Carrot webcomic](https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/ep05_Special-holiday-episode.html) by David Revoy. Produced by [Morevna Project](https://morevnaproject.org/pepper-and-carrot/episode-5/).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/bbf348cc-92f0-4ba3-918a-746e5c399d2e/2a0bdb7c-8ab1-4db6-8d81-86e901c2e5bb-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pd7LsdTyGCs6d7HLZcrP9b1130682022-10-27T22:20:48.868ZPepperCarrotMorevnaProjectOpenMovieDavidRevoyYESFilm Freedom ShowcaseNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5jg7gymKZwbnbP6Xq6Qo9Qhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/94282545-94c7-41f5-b421-a0a9d50685ad.jpgPepper & Carrot - Episode 6: The Potion ContestIn this episode Pepper goes to Komona island to participate in the Potion Contest. Be sure to click the SUPPORT link for how to support the creators! Based on [Episode 6 of the Pepper & Carrot](https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomic/ep06_The-Potion-Contest.html) web comic by David Revoy. Produced by [Morevna Project](https://morevnaproject.org/pepper-and-carrot/episode-6/).https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/22f140d0-7532-4c25-af6f-c0f3230f9628/21098a36-8ee6-4518-a008-bb2356742588-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5jg7gymKZwbnbP6Xq6Qo9Q4555722022-10-28T03:18:55.282ZPepperCarrotMorevnaProjectOpenMovieDavidRevoyYESFilm Freedom ShowcaseNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7uRfiBsgmMeYqCezw9QHYAhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/966bd9ce-02bb-41bf-823c-5949c03039d7.jpgPepper & Carrot ep. 4 "Stroke of Genius" (Teaser)Teaser for upcoming motion comic animated episode 4 of "Pepper & Carrot". Based on the comic by David Revoy ( @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org ) Animated by Morevna Project ( @morevnaproject@mastodon.social ) https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/349e01bf-3f74-40d7-be0d-3e4d294b6316/8e4b66af-66ba-47cf-a4b6-8f78e88d7dc4-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7uRfiBsgmMeYqCezw9QHYA570172022-11-24T17:13:46.376ZPepperCarrotOpenMovieTeaserMorevnaProjectDavidRevoyYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vcmuA1BHnW3LUb33QkHBg4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a2287c13-b785-4d6b-a7b1-4c056ae0a673.jpgPepper & Carrot - Episode 4: Stroke of Genius (English)In episode 4 of the comic by @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org , animated by @morevnaproject@mastodon.social, Carrot has an uplifting experience from Pepper's latest potion, and really sees the light.https://film-freedom-pt.s3.us-west-004.backblazeb2.com/hls/ec6ed4f0-1c63-40e2-8676-9b109989396d/4110274e-d42c-4578-a4b9-5f2244f8fabf-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vcmuA1BHnW3LUb33QkHBg421551672022-11-27T14:00:20.462ZPepperCarrotDavidRevoyMorevnaProjectOpenMovieYESFilm Freedom ShowcaseNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/dzZjV9Hi7g43JHTwUspA6ahttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1dac90da-af20-4fa5-af0d-7398993ca946.jpgScreencast Session for 2023-02-10This is my first in a new series of (mostly) realtime screencasts, which I'm going to try to do weekly. In this one, I am looking my original website-generator software, "LunaGen", which needs improvements and refactoring, after being left for awhile. I'm also looking at my old Eclipse IDE which I've become somewhat disillusioned with, and at a new IDE, called VSCodium (which is a free binary version of the open-source part of Visual Studio Code from Microsoft). Once I get into, I discover some problems with Git-LFS and then run into a mysterious problem with my tests for LunaGen. 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:00 Lunatics.TV site 00:13:15 Eclipse Issues 00:18:25 LunaGen program structure 00:30:20 Reviewing VSCodium 00:41:15 Git-LFS Issues with LunaGen code 00:54:55 LunaGen Unit-Testing / Functional Testing with VSCodium 01:12:10 Script Execution Problem 01:17:10 Conclusions / Denouement https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/65ec896d-253b-4c8d-b54f-209f462821ab/ff5aed2e-e887-4c5c-b1f5-0d2b7cb246ef-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/dzZjV9Hi7g43JHTwUspA6a54330362023-02-10T10:55:33.349ZScreencastDevelopmentLunagenVSCodiumYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/mQDVEM2CszkaNS8HpAyFwhhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e04b7a9d-1037-4c8d-a1e5-c3ba3cf78efc.jpgScreencast Session for 2023-02-24: PLSS "Hero" Prop for Lunatics, Part 2This week's screencast is a continuation from last week, working on the Portable Life-Support System (PLSS) pack prop for the "suiting up" sequence in Lunatics, ep 1: "No Children in Space". In this video, I finish the control panel "hero" prop that goes on the pack (this is the main added feature): 00:00:38 Finishing Control Panel (Decal) 00:14:33 Adding Extra Controls (Non-Working) 00:47:07 Creating the Screenprint (Labels) 01:19:03 Importing and Applying the Screenprint 01:39:24 Creating the Proxy Version of the Prop https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a8c1d8b2-2b1e-4906-83b1-4134f848cd98/131bb614-eed6-4a54-8e0d-9f6ae3901c02-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/mQDVEM2CszkaNS8HpAyFwh7150082023-02-24T21:28:17.883ZScreencastProductionLunaticsBlenderInkscapeYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5WcJd2z2ctqivCQMTqFZ8Mhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6eea06e5-9ea4-449d-9fa3-514c165aaf85.jpgScreencast Session for 2023-02-17: PLSS "Hero" Prop for Lunatics, Part 1This is my second weekly realtime screencast. In this one, I am starting work on a prop needed to finish a new shot added to the pilot episode. I added this shot to solve a problem with the animation and pacing: 00:00:40 The New Shot and Why I'm Adding It 00:07:09 Demo of PLSS Control Panel Display Rig 00:12:54 Review of the PLSS Prop (Overall) 00:14:58 Branding Art for Control Panel I had TONS of technical problems this week, which stretched this out over the whole week, though I had planned to try to do it in one day. That soured my mood a little bit, and I'm afraid some of that probably shows on my face. Sorry! I felt really good about getting back into production work, though, and making the screencast gives me some motivation to stay on track. I finally got a bunch of stuff done that I've been neglecting for many months now. Because of the length, I decided to break this into two parts. I'll put the 2nd half up next week (and I expect there will be a 3rd part after that). The captions were created using Vosk in Kdenlive. I have edited some of them, but some of the later ones are kind of comical, especially when I was mumbling (no I was NOT discussing "mass slaughter" under my breath!). I may try to upload a better edit. This is a re-upload, due to my accidentally omitting the music credits in the previous upload.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/27f5f218-1538-49bc-8e24-3cb67d580e7f/39516be7-97ea-4289-8e76-a495caca2fa4-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5WcJd2z2ctqivCQMTqFZ8M45740102023-02-24T22:36:31.758ZBlenderInkscapeProductionPropLunaticsYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3ZFcBtRmqF2yv4Ghh8Vj2vhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/0bbd8cd5-5e7e-4262-a549-c650460bd4c9.jpgScreencast for 2023-03-03: PLSS Prop, Part 3 - Modifying the Pack to Fit Control PanelIn this realtime screencast, I am working on fitting together the PLSS control panel element that I developed in the previous two segments with the PLSS pack that is the larger part of the prop I'm replacing. 00:01:15 Matching Units 00:03:09 Final Tweaks to Control Panel 00:09:16 Freestyle Preview Render Setup 00:16:52 Merging Proxy Into Pack Prop 00:23:35 Re-Topology & Model Tweaks 00:39:43 Modeling Pocket for Control Panel 00:55:19 Test Render Very lightly edited auto-generated captions were generated with Vosk and Kdenlive. Often not very accurate, especially when I'm mumbling to myself as I model. Features music by Doc & Lena Selyanina from "Songs of Vastness", Jamendo #72300 / CC By 3.0 The intro is by Satoration@freesound.org #54825 / CC By 3.0 There are no commercial sponsors for this work at this time. The only project support I have is from Patreon, Ko-Fi, and Gumroad store sales. Please check the SUPPORT links for these videos. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/183fd487-85f2-4c36-ade5-c252f1302197/04b19bdb-6808-480c-b17e-182810a3696f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3ZFcBtRmqF2yv4Ghh8Vj2v3474082023-03-05T22:51:48.559ZscreencastblenderproductionlunaticsYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bjosNP2E1mK8Nb8ke8eMDbhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f1b79190-978e-4d81-9f14-64a8a8017634.jpgScreencast Session for 2023-03-24: PLSS Prop LinkingFinal screencast in my series on upgrading the Portable Life Support System pack prop for "Lunatics!" ep. 1 "No Children in Space", after a two-week hiatus. This was a prop added at the last minute to solve some problems with the "Suiting Up" sequence. I've shifted a little away from the "real time" concept with this video. I've switched to doing a more conventional screencast with some acceleration, and then providing voice over commentary, which I think works much better. 00:13 Introduction 01:25 Adding a parent empty to the control panel 02:49 Appending and positioning the control panel 05:05 Troubleshooting armature problem (broken parenting) 06:50 Correcting bone-parenting for LED display 08:36 Problems with packing images (removing unused texture images) 09:18 Going back to the old depsgraph, to avoid a bug with the armature. 10:27 Correcting for Freestyle rendering 11:00 Merging the prop with the test acceleration couch (first try) 13:50 Testing in the animation file 14:18 Discovered armature is not linked properly 14:45 Switching to direct-linking of the "hero" prop to the animation file (like character models) 16:18 Done! / Conclusions and Possible directions for future videos https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/538c9e05-dd77-478a-b9a7-10f19122aa98/2494bc1d-2795-4331-b942-c18b42d53d9e-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/bjosNP2E1mK8Nb8ke8eMDb1198082023-03-24T10:34:53.648ZscreencastblenderYESFilm Freedom ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/wsA8jdVmsEuJ3Jt9eyt5Qehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/64b78d14-e15e-4857-a0ec-a3a813edd570.jpgTrail Camera 2023-03/27 to 03/29Trying out the video mode on the trail camera. The SD card was failing, so this ended well before I picked up the camera. Also probably cut off that last video clip, which is a shame, since 3 dogs showed up at once, which is kind of interesting to know about. Seems neighborhood dogs are visiting. Probably drawn by the rabbits, I guess. But I only caught one rabbit on the video this time.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f6a8875e-228f-4528-9978-3db7c567f055/3c1b5a83-6c75-4d9e-aa2e-382100a3f96e-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/wsA8jdVmsEuJ3Jt9eyt5Qe1090232023-04-20T22:08:49.237ZrabbitdogstrailcamYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vgfn9v8CFg6ZEzj9TQtujKhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e4fa0043-a39b-4a06-a6ff-9d237242a604.jpg"Space Bunny" Ragdoll Physics Test (2023-04-27)This is a test animation of my physics-based simulation rig for Georgiana's toy "space bunny" from the "Lunatics!" pilot. I was having difficulty animating this realistically, so I decided to try simulating it. The idea is that the core of the model will be parented to Georgiana's hand or the belt strap holding it, and the physics will determine the rest of the movement. It's a qualified success, but there are still some issues. The collision with the floor (and the cube) seems to happen well outside their apparent boundaries, and there is an odd sort of oscillation that I can't seem to get rid of. However, the overall movement is pretty good, particularly when it is not interacting with passive rigid body world objects.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ecfa07ba-5194-4cc0-9406-036167582047/14777d58-1f80-45de-910c-5b7723039242-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vgfn9v8CFg6ZEzj9TQtujK85152023-05-02T00:26:35.096ZBlenderSimulationRagdollRiggingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sZgqkqL7hzSiX3vehPwcPuhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7a63bbaf-2d55-4d43-8f68-64038caf5984.jpgLunaGen Intro: Part 1 - RequirementsThe first of three parts of an introduction to my "LunaGen" software. I may add slides to this later, but currently it's just me talking. This video is also used in my unit-testing. Transcript: What is LunaGen? When I was setting up my new site for Lunatics Project, I was disatisfied with the options I could find for setting up a static landing page which could provide access to released video episodes and associated viewer content (as opposed to developer or production team content). So I created my own "Lunatics Site Generator", which I contracted to "LunaGen". This is a presentation of my design concept, in three parts: requirements, implementation, and use. -- PT 1: REQUIREMENTS I wanted a page that would be served *statically* Many popular web applications, including Wordpress, which we had been using for our project website, work *dynamically*. Each time you visit one of those sites, a program runs on the server to combine your 'request' with the data it has stored in a database or on the file system, to construct the HTML page that it sends you. After that, your own computer might do some more work, interpreting a Javascript program that the web page has sent you, which then draws the page in your browser. -- That's a lot of complexity, and the important thing is: It happens EACH TIME someone visits the page. That's fine, if you only get a 100 hits a day. It might even be more efficient, if the pages that are served up have a strong chance of being different from each other, due to being rapidly changing or personalized for each user. But if you get a MILLION hits a day, and the webpages are all pretty much the same anyway, then it is very wasteful, and requires much more of the server -- which, can mean your server crashes or you have to spend more money on more resources to keep it from crashing. -- By contrast, for a *static* website, all the generation of the ...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/da8c80b0-b1ee-4bd0-9d45-9585136c09ae/43537eb1-7287-4cef-83f2-a8488c7db746-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sZgqkqL7hzSiX3vehPwcPu485042023-05-07T04:11:24.046ZlunagensoftwaredevelopmentinternetYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qViyzWrZtJHBQX9t2WxLjNhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e16ac771-fdfd-4a9a-b8c1-8c8ecdca499d.jpgLunagen_Intro-Pt2-ImplementationThe second of three parts of an introduction to my "LunaGen" software. I may add slides to this later, but currently it's just me talking. This video is also used in my unit-testing. Transcript: PT2: IMPLEMENTATION -- Since I am both the user and developer for this software, I chose to use familiar formats: The structured data language is YAML. The templating language is Jinja2. And it's tied together with Python. In fact, most of the functionality of LunaGen is really just the functionality of YAML and Jinja2. The Python code is quite tiny and simple. In the simple case, all it does for each desired page, is load the YAML and Jinja2, read the YAML data into a Python namespace, give that namespace to Jinja2, render the Jinja2 template, and write that out to disk. Even if the page consists primarily of a long list of repeated elements, it isn't necessary to do anything in Python, because Jinja2 supports that kind of loop functionality. We only really need Python manipulations to deal with more complex tree-structure, such as the relationship between "series" (or "seasons") and "episodes". -- <Aside> I adopted the British TV term "series", because the US TV term "season" suggests a rigid annual schedule, which I knew I couldn't keep up with. -- And we need Python to handle interlaced content, where I want to interrupt one content stream with another. This is a simple alternation pattern where secondary content is injected, one element at a time, in between the elements from the main stream. We thus apply the Jinja2 templates for the chunks of content, and then insert those chunks into the master template for a given page. This is how you get the page structure you see on our current Lunatics release pages. This is how I handle things like monetization, advertising, and announcements. These secondary blocks can appear in between the primary content blocks. -- https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c9cc920c-62f7-4e09-9d76-de135755300a/3c7f9194-a288-439f-802e-850f7199c84e-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qViyzWrZtJHBQX9t2WxLjN128042023-05-07T07:28:32.073Zlunagensoftwareyamljinja2pythonYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/2BBbLwKqVpFxsGDvfSX1yfhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/30da5a17-c4e1-4fac-8954-d0dc80027c84.jpgLunaGen Intro: Part 3 - UseThird of three parts of an introduction to my "LunaGen" software. I may add slides to this later, but currently it's just me talking. This video is also used in my unit-testing. Transcript: PT 3: USE -- Now, let's take a look at the code. -- First of all, there are FOUR separate elements that combine to make a page: The *skeleton* The *site data* The *site templates* The *theme*. Each of these is a tree of folders and files, which you will need to create for your site. Then you will run LunaGen on them, to build a static HTML site to deploy. Currently, this is all there is, but the design will eventually allow for a cron job to run on the server to update changing parts of the site, without having to fully regenerate it. -- As a site developer using LunaGen, you create each of these four elements. The structural division is intended to relect the different schedules for updates, as well as technical structure. The *skeleton* is the base of your page. It's a directory that will be copied first into your site build. It may contain sub-folders and files. It's also the primary way to provide images and sound or video clips that will be served directly from your site. If your site doesn't require much of the latter, then you likely will be able to create the skeleton once, and not have to change it, unless you make a major redesign of your site. -- The "theme" allows you to choose an external source for a lot of style decisions. You might decide, for example, that you want several LunaGen sites to share a similar theme. Or, you might want to use an existing theme, rather than having to do all the design work directly on your site. The theme can also override design decisions that are included in the LunaGen source code. These usually provide top-level functionality such as the way secondary and primary streams are combined. Which a theme designer can alter. A ...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0d11dac2-fec3-46c0-ba91-f52802ff0b86/27b5715e-18b3-491b-88df-9755a393001f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/2BBbLwKqVpFxsGDvfSX1yf1304002023-05-07T08:26:12.651ZlunagensoftwarestaticcmsYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/f15CQvQA9qnbaUjrmwAVCthttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a9126fd0-f95f-4742-9c14-ba7b4637c38f.jpgTrailcam - Our Garden in a Spring Storm (Uncut)I set up this camera with the intent of catching any critters munching on our veggies, but none of them would want to come out in this storm! But I got a nice dramatic video of the storm coming and going. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7162cc37-f27a-4461-a416-573ff361d9a7/86a3216c-65ad-413f-b344-5531b8f6b918-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/f15CQvQA9qnbaUjrmwAVCt46230222023-05-13T19:35:57.761ZtrailcamYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/p78a6ra9Hx1TyCHet3sxC7https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/24486095-f23c-4890-ba5d-be0f60427688.jpgSwallowtail Caterpillars (2023-05-14)This is a "wild dill" or "prairie parsley" plant, growing just outside my office, which had several Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars on it -- too many, I think -- they're going to run out of food. Also this plant is in an inconvenient spot, and after this, I removed it. But first, I migrated these critters to other plants in an area I don't intend to mow. Swallowtails have a particular connection to this plant. They lay their eggs on it and then the caterpillars live off of it prior to forming a chrysalis to transform into butterflies, continuing the cycle. One year we raised a Swallowtail from the caterpillar in a jar, and then released it once it hatched out of the pod. I like to imagine these little critters might even be descendants of that one butterfly!https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/bb1d0ff4-a751-4c7a-8e28-811ae9b2e95a/4784f366-eb02-406f-9cae-eb692c5aeccc-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/p78a6ra9Hx1TyCHet3sxC7480112023-05-15T21:24:32.920ZnaturecaterpillarbutterflyswallowtailYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bX2KtA58Ghkbrbc5LUGcZshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d9b2497e-564c-4e6e-a00a-d82b079da8fd.jpgScreencast: "Space Bunny" Ragdoll RigScreencast video with commentary, showing how I used a physics-simulation "ragdoll rig" for Georgiana's "Space Bunny" ragdoll. I was having trouble animating this, and decided that it might be better to rig the doll using simulation. After a long time, I've finally gotten around to doing this! I learned this technique from a couple of CG Cookie tutorials from several years ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HryXEpIz-cg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-4ivgyP_6Q I haven't changed very much from that technique, except to adapt it to our model. The "Space Bunny" ragdoll prop was modeled and rigged by Keneisha Perry for Lunatics Project. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/58aa5f46-54e1-4e4b-9b5d-e528930e5310/76c87fe5-f88a-48dd-9cfe-4a8303a8078f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/bX2KtA58Ghkbrbc5LUGcZs19455102023-06-04T20:55:30.265ZBlenderRiggingRagdollPhysicsSimulationYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/xpnwerg2R29FVrvqRJYqsXhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/bb082e19-18d6-408e-94f7-dbd93805b3a8.jpgApril 2023 Project Report (Music, No Commentary)APRIL 2023 Project Report Music, No Commentary This month, I finished the ragdoll rig for the "Space Bunny" ragdoll that Georgiana has on her spacesuit during the latter part of the episode. I also made a lot of small practical fixes on the project website / virtual studio: new/fixed icons, some of the project rules and other utilitarian text. Found out about a site that generates legal "contributor agreements" and looked into adapting that to our project. Also wrote a general "contributor guide" that covers project goals and practical considerations, as well as the licensing policy. We started work on a small live-action film project with some local theater students, and did some location scouting at local parks. I decided to add some LED lighting strips for indirect lighting in our library. That was a fun project, though the particular strips I bought required a little modification. And finally, I needed to do some handyman work. HIGHLIGHTS: 00:00 Summary 00:10 "Lunatics!" - Ragdoll Rig 03:43 Website/Virtual Studio Updates 08:55 Contributor's Agreements & Guide 13:11 "Field Trip" - Location Scouting 13:30 Installed Indirect Lighting in Studio 15:13 Shed Lighting / Electrical 15:37 Lumber Recovery 15:55 Music Credits / Patreon Links https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/fe4eab08-be09-49c9-977e-6ddd88542ffb/82b0a6f2-a06e-44cc-a5a5-10bf17a158d3-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/xpnwerg2R29FVrvqRJYqsX9695132023-08-06T05:16:53.596ZworklogsummarymonthlyreportlunaticsYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/51V4gyQ8Tk5JLSWrVYB1EShttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c6ab3e87-5eca-483d-8f70-b9e75cd9d1c0.jpgMAY 2023 Project Report (Music, No Commentary)MAY 2023 Project Report Music, No Commentary In May, I got back to working on shots for "Lunatics!" As a warm-up, I created some of the billboard crowd panels that I needed for finishing up shots in the launch preparations sequence. These were also among the files that I had to recover from Git problems. I started work on the (re-)animation of the Soyuz pod-staging shot. This shot was previously done with a rig that limited how the pods could travel away from the vehicle. This has since been corrected, and I needed to re-do the shot with the new rig. The Soyuz also has decal and texture detailing now. This is always stressful for me, because I liked the old shot, so I'm sort of competing with myself. I discovered a new collection of film and television stock sound effects that are apparently in the public domain, which would mean we can use them. There are a couple of anticipated uses of a brief "national anthem" signature to be mixed into some future episodes, so I also collected some public domain recordings of several different national anthem instrumentals to be edited, taken from Wikimedia Commons. I made further edits to the "New Contributor Guide" on the website, including some project history. My previous video-embedding tests for LunaGen used 3rd party videos which have since become unavailable, breaking the test. It was always my intent to replace those, so I did that this month. It's the first time I've uploaded videos to Vimeo in over a year, and the first time in several years for YouTube. I have to say, the experience reinforced my decision to use PeerTube primarily from here on out (I will still upload key videos to Vimeo for the next year, at least, though0. Using Git and Git LFS for storing and versioning production files has turned out to be a disaster, to be quite frank. Among the tragic outcomes, I somehow managed to get LFS placeholder files into a conflict with their antecedants, result...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/20854074-89fc-48e5-bcb9-4015abc2a726/a8e9590d-9e3d-4f0f-893d-82106039fda3-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/51V4gyQ8Tk5JLSWrVYB1ES7830152023-08-06T05:41:43.782ZsummaryworklogLunaticsProjectYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/njk6BbAbWh2MndbG2oBLobhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ced865a3-6a0e-482b-819c-ece23f3568ae.jpgJUNE 2023 Project Report (Music, No Commentary)JUNE 2023 Project Report Music, No Commentary In June, I continued working on the Soyuz Pod-Staging animation, and in particular, I finally got to the bottom of why the flame plume controls weren't working to separate the pod flames from the core stage flames. Fixed now, and animated. Building on the work from last month, I got the LunaGen "Series/Episode" test case working in my functional tests. This was really the functionality that justified writing LunaGen in the first place, so that's pretty important to me! I learned a lot more about how YunoHost servers work, and in particular how to go about backups and restores. And how to use those mechanisms to move onto a new server or merge components from one server into another. I successfully moved my Pixelfed server to the main YunoHost cloud server (I had set it up on a different one, and at this point, it was the only thing left on there). This allowed me to shut down the extra server and conserve my hosting costs. Unfortunately, the attempt to migrate Misskey to Calckey in-place was a failure, even after many hours of work. I have now decided that this is more trouble than it is worth, and will simply have to start over again. I'll most likely make this transition along with changing from cloud hosting to co-location in a local data center. We also made the first concrete steps towards moving to co-location: I purchased an older Dell PowerEdge R720 server. This a pretty old server, but for that reason, it was cheap. It was also easy to find one that would support 3.5" hard drive bays, which was important to me, as a major motivation for moving to a dedicated server was the simplicity of keeping production data files locally on the server, rather than in object storage, which has proved to be annoyingly slow. I added face-in-box commentary on the Space Bunny Ragdoll Rig screencast that I finished in April, and uploaded this to our PeerTube. I received a few purchases...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ac9f1186-76be-488a-9192-570f804dfcae/24ee076c-1006-4555-a5be-a52ff670afd2-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/njk6BbAbWh2MndbG2oBLob12400132023-08-06T07:17:38.802ZsummaryworklogLunaticsProjectYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/1vjeoLov6j7H6XjcrNUc7mhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/728f4f6d-a133-40b4-8127-16a969e0d12c.jpgJULY 2023 Project Report (Music, No Commentary)JULY 2023 Project Report Music, No Commentary This month, I finished the pod-staging animation. I also needed to re-render the rest of the sequence to incorporate repairs I made to the set file (it had been missing a large texture file). Started work on repairing the Western Kazakhstan Railway set and the exterior shot of the train that it is used for (S1E01-TR2). Upgraded Inkscape 1.3, which includes a new feature I've been asking for for years: a method to organize installed fonts. This version now incorporates "Font Categories", which is a folder system in the font menus. I proceeded to sort my fonts using it. This is going to be a big time-saver! During an internet outage, I decided I really should have a way to write, preferably in Markdown format, without needing to be online. I can, of course use Kate (text editor) for this, but I'd like to see the formatted output while I'm working on it (not necessarily WYSIWYG -- a preview window is fine). So far, all the easy-to-install options on Debian/Ubuntu have trouble formatting real Markdown files in my collection, so I don't know if I've found a good option yet (it's also possible that my Markdown files are non-standard). Installed outlets and a light on my workbench. Put a new thermometer and hygrometer in the studio server closet. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Summary 00:15 "Lunatics!" - Soyuz Podstaging Animation (finished) 06:27 "Lunatics!" - Soyuz Launch Sequence Exteriors (S1E01-SF4, A-D) 07:24 "Lunatics!" - Train Exterior Shot (S1E01-TR2) & Railway Set Review/Scaling 09:35 Inkscape 1.3 Release (Upgrade from PPA) 09:50 Sorting Fonts with new "Font Categories" feature 11:28 Testing Offline Markdown Editor Options 12:52 Mini-Split Heat Pump (Air Conditioner) Installation in Studio 16:03 Electrical outlets and light for electronics workbench 17:01 Thermometer/Hygrometer for server closet 17:07 Music Credits / Project Support URLs https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0417cdf5-5248-4795-ab8e-9db68081065c/9b0ce9e8-b3f2-49ca-84a0-11948e0b4801-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/1vjeoLov6j7H6XjcrNUc7m1036092023-08-06T08:04:46.593ZsummaryworklogscreencastlunaticsYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/m1zCwx9CumAqDYakyJPnT1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4ee9780b-7713-4723-b039-e692ee7a3de9.jpgTest Footage for "Lunatics!" Soyuz Flight ExteriorsA collection of shot footage rendered for the "Soyuz Flight" sequence of the pilot episode of "Lunatics!" The status of these is "pre-composite", which means they are composited using the default configuration in the render file as a preview of what the final composited image will look like. This also means they include descriptive text overlays and frame counter. Further adjustments in lighting, contrast, etc, may be done in the compositing stage. For more information, check the [Lunatics Production Log](https://lunaticsproject.org).https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a20b7f8f-4b12-431f-92d6-eb9b382d44ba/952358a2-9343-459a-b0e3-71f674e49bb1-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/m1zCwx9CumAqDYakyJPnT1540152023-08-06T20:05:54.291ZLunaticsProjectTestsYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8NX1HBQfgaSujhenbhxCoBhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2a1acb5c-aa86-4552-9d0c-a7bc7f0db675.jpgSeq: TB-TouringBaikonur - Check w/ Temp Audio (2023-08-26)Render of current status for sequence "TB-TouringBaikonur" from "Lunatics!" S1E01 "No Children in Space". Pre-compositing render with metadata overlay (this is before post-compositing, at which time I can do some cleanup on stray lines or add missing ones). Incidentally, the tannoy voice at the beginning is incomprehensible to me. I tried to make sure it didn't have recognizable place names in it. Not even positive what language it is (I suspect Russian or Ukrainian). But if you can understand it and comment what it says, that would be helpful! Hoping it doesn't give away that it was recorded in a different city! (Lviv, IIRC?) https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3f3e162c-a05f-445e-9a86-5c397c9db207/6e0b60ab-89c1-474a-98bb-73d5a8443ca2-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8NX1HBQfgaSujhenbhxCoB1325142023-08-27T09:41:36.155ZLunaticsProjectTestsSequenceS1E01YESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ejYktyDLgfEL8ULrgfaW2Vhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6136538c-016f-40bb-80d2-9e4f563bab0e.jpgLunatics S1E01-SR Sequence (2023-08-31) Pre-Compos.2023-08-31 Status of "Soyuz Rollout" sequence from the pilot episode, "No Children in Space". Probably final animation? There are obviously things that could be improved, but I need to move on to other stuff. Rendered and pre-composited, with metadata overlay. This has only the music. There will also be some diagetic sound: the train engine, some foley, etc. And post-compositing will be done from the EXR output, which allows for a bit of final tweaking of color and line details. Scene Credits: Mechanical Modeling: Chris Kuhn Characters, Rigging, Walk-Cycle: Keneisha Perry Set, Direction, Camera: Terry Hancock Music: "Once Upon a Time" by A.K. 1974 from "Orchestral Works", Jamendo #55503 CC By-SA 3.0 (Diagetic sound hasn't been added yet) TECH BREAKDOWN: 00:10 - leader 00:10 - sound-ahead cut (no video) 02:03 - SR-Soyuz Rollout Sequence 00:06 - hold for wipe to TB-1-A 00:10 - trailer https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6bece899-db3f-4402-95a3-a2dd10cf20ef/e56f07dd-08c0-42c7-bd60-42bd35029d0e-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ejYktyDLgfEL8ULrgfaW2V1595242023-09-01T07:01:09.660ZLunaticsProjectNoChildrenInSpacePilotAnimationYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/knuTm87cMaQZMcYWGr46vThttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9c50dc2b-3112-46a8-a430-dd4b073cd4a5.jpgAugust 2023 Monthly ReportThis month, I did a lot of production work, which accounts for most of this video: First experiments with manually setting up compositing from rendered EXR-stream animation. SR-SoyuzRollout sequence completed, including re-timing SR-1-C and revising the music to accommodate the longer sequence. Revised Kdenlive assembly for TB-TouringBaikonur and TR-Train sequences. Worked on reconstruction of TR-Train shot. This is to undo accidentally link breakage that happened years ago, as well as revising the external shot to use an alpha-transparency to be composited with TR-3 animation from the train interior (no longer trying to animate Georgiana separately in TR-2. I also installed Blender on the Dell PowerEdge R720 server, copied the Lunatics source and Render folders to it, and started rendering shots there. I purchased this server to use for colocation of our web resources, replacing the current Cloud-based configuration. But I realized that while I have the server on site, I should use it to do rendering. It's much faster than my workstation, and I'm not ready to deploy it as a web server yet. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00 Title Card 00:15 EXR Compositing Nodes 02:16 Regenerate Pad Crew Animation Loops for SR Sequence 04:06 Re-Timing and Revising of SR-1-C Close Pass of Soyuz on Transporter 05:54 Reconstruction of TR-2-A Shot of Train Exterior 08:31 Rendering Shots 14:36 Assembling Lunatics Sequences: SR, TB, TR 20:46 Experimental Development 21:57 Rsync Push/Pull Scripts 23:02 Photos from August 23:31 Covered and Replaced Server Shelf 23:53 Re-Mounted Fire Extinguisher 23:59 Patreon/Credits https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9cde0e0e-2834-4747-8a5c-ebbbd74cad01/7899491c-82c6-4cb7-a736-624d828d72cf-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/knuTm87cMaQZMcYWGr46vT14570182023-09-06T06:51:13.285ZmonthlyreportLunaticsProjectSummaryYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/eNw5Nq6qEFpHtUk8SboHBFhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/39083f76-5f0f-465d-af51-42ccd9262daf.jpgInk, Paint, and Composite for S1E01-SR-2-CDemo of the separated Ink & Paint layers. The ink is against white here (the ink alone is a transparent overlay). The composite shown here is the pre-composite output, generated in the initial render process. I'm still considering how I want to organizing the compositing stage. Ideally, I want separate access to the ink and paint layers for touch-up work (i.e. to matte out bad lines, add new ones with Grease Pencil, and similarly to make corrections to the paint layer). Masks (which are basically "traveling mattes" can be used as nodes in compositing. I know very little about Grease Pencil, so it's time to learn!https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6fc58e1f-0e6c-4ba2-b4f1-b5164cd5af69/93cd41d9-2b8e-4b98-97af-c4abbb01ccee-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/eNw5Nq6qEFpHtUk8SboHBF310162023-09-13T15:57:20.511ZLunaticsProjectInkPaintCompositeYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/stdQtKsDMTezHtL3rngmCzhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f9ffdf3b-d230-4c11-955b-952122130fa3.jpgRe-Timing / Previz Test - S1E01-LA "Launch" SequenceTest render of re-timed launch sequence from "No Children in Space". After re-assembling the sequence, I felt parts of the sequence were too rushed, so I tried stretching some shots, and making other adjustments. The sequence is now about a minute longer now. This is okay, because the episode was pretty short to start with. It could stand another minute or two of runtime, especially if it improves the pacing, and I think it does. Of course, this is almost all pre-viz animation. There's even a couple of storyboard stills (those are shots that weren't included in this sequence before). As a matter of interest, there are actually two completely different versions of the Soyuz interior here -- the bit with the bear swinging on the string is from the original Teaser Trailer, which is a completely different set. One of my upcoming tasks is to repeat the animation from that sequence, with the new character rigs and set. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d65a98e9-94af-40b7-a035-6fc8e72001e1/40ecc2cb-3393-4174-a1ee-02baa5e99622-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/stdQtKsDMTezHtL3rngmCz1755152023-09-22T04:26:44.585ZWIPLunaticsProjectPrevizBlenderKdenliveYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/83RUbSvzXZ9mEwALi4iCE2https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1bb0f53c-3173-432a-8ce1-be68d22dfe82.jpgSeptember 2023 SummaryThis is a screencast of Lunatics and Film Freedom Project work from September 2023 at 60X (1 minute = 1 hour), set to music from our free-public-licensed music collection (titles and credits at the end of the video and below). If you want to support our project, we have options: [Gumroad Storefront](https://anansispace.gumroad.com) [Film Freedom Project on Patreon (Per Month)](https://www.patreon.com/filmfreedom) [Lunatics Project on Patreon (Per Episode)](https://www.patreon.com/lunatics) [Lunatics Project on Ko-Fi](https://www.ko-fi.com/lunaticstv) Production 00:10 EXR Compositing Nodes 01:18 Lunatics S1E01-LA-1-A/B Action-Across-Wipe Shot for Launch Seq. 02:50 Lunatics S1E01-LA Sequence GL-Rendering / Assembly 08:18 Lunatics S1E01-SF Sequence GL/Storyboard Rendering / Assembly 11:40 Lunatics S1E01-TR Sequence Assembled from Previous GL/Renders 12:41 Lunatics S1E01-SU Sequence GL/Storyboard Rendering / Assembly 13:22 Lunatics S1E01-PC Sequence Checking Existing Assembly 14:02 Lunatics S1E01 All Sequences Review Writing 14:44 Film Making for Lunatics - Project History #3 17:31 Film Making for Lunatics - Introduction 17:59 Film Making for Lunatics - Project History #4 / Fixed Media Development 19:55 VS Codium for Blender Add-Ons (Test & Run Scripts) 20:52 Package Dependency for Add-Ons 22:09 Multi-Version Blender Add-On Testing (Test Installation) Music: Tunnel Surf - 4 FMA Microsongs / CC0 v1.0 (Public Domain) Zero Project - "Labyrinth", "Ocean Trip", "Moon Flight" from album "E-World" Jamendo #85671 / CC By-SA 3.0 "The Secret Book of Dreams", "The Age of the Empire", "The Defeat of the Demon King", "The Lower Dungeons" (Excerpt) from album "Fairytale 2" Jamendo #79368 / CC-By-SA 3.0 https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/391635c2-2a7a-4d1c-b5cd-69795d4e0725/6ede5229-3852-4a43-94d7-7e495831d844-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/83RUbSvzXZ9mEwALi4iCE216220162023-10-10T03:47:39.872ZLunaticsProjectWorklogYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/35BpkokhoqLfRhun9Pw3mqhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6bc50a2d-0a1c-4499-8ce6-4a4384ab0fb1.jpgOctober 2023 TimelapseActivities for October 2023, as a 60X Timelapse (1 min = 1 hour), with music (no commentary). Highlights: 00:13 Review of the entire Lunatics pilot episode (all sequences), taking animation notes, including... 02:09 Re-timing decisions for the "Launch" sequence, leading to... 02:15 Shot Animation: re-timing LA-1-A/B, adding billboard extras characters, and updating pre-compositing. 13:37 Character animation fixes for LA-1-C (also needed to review NLA Editor practice for this!). 19:10 More ventilator problems in LA-1-D (where to put Georgiana's so the hose works!) 20:13 Extended the mech shot of the launchpad elevator (LA-3-A), and added an extra, but also needed to fix a scale problem. 25:58 Decided to upgrade all the timelapse video cover posters for this PeerTube site. 30:57 A bit of recording for a college play and some icon design work for a biology textbook. 32:19 Writing "Lunatics Project History #4: Fixed Media" for [Production Log](https://lunaticsproject.org) and "Film Making for Lunatics" book. 39:04 Installation of Debian + Proxmox + Yunohost on Dell PowerEdge R720 server for web migration to datacenter colocation. 47:02 Troubleshooting a disk problem on the cloud server (Gitea created a lot of small log files and used up all the iNodes!) 48:16 Investigated how PeerTube stores local and object storage information for videos (for migration reasons) 49:28 A brief slideshow, including our trip to Junction, TX to catch the Annular Solar Eclipse. No great photos, I'm afraid. Music for this Month: Lee Rosevere - "Face of the Clock" FMA Microsongs / CC0 v1.0 (Public Domain) Absolut-2 - "Деревня Моя", "Если...Значит", "Кресло", "Диско-Девочка", "Ванна", "Раз,Два,Три", "Black Jack" from album "Деревня Моя" Jamendo #42305 / CC By-SA 3.0 The James Quintet - "Pay the Piper (Take 05)" "Untitled Jam 02" "Time to Split (Take 05)" "Stella (Take 02)" from album "The Studio Sessions 1" Jamendo #48475 / CC-By-SA 3.0...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/10d711e1-c670-4efe-ba34-c1f43516adc8/2d1d3f8d-cac9-4c3a-879a-5b46f075fb38-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/35BpkokhoqLfRhun9Pw3mq3043072023-11-09T22:07:23.394ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseMusicBlenderProxmoxYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/2jvKQecykCLhRuWx3BWUw5https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9a10b306-7e60-446f-b1a4-45ca2bfc77a7.jpgOctober 2019 TimelapseProject-related activities from October 2019 (edited in November 2023). This month, I worked on assets for the Lunatics pilot, most notably the set-dressing for the open-air market set in the "Touring Baikonur" sequence. This month also almost the entire production of "The Devastation of the Xmas", a short film that I produced for a production by the Southwest Reprise Theatre in Fort Worth, TX. This was part of an extremely silly community-theater holiday play, which my daughter acted in. I was also at the experimental phase of developing what has come to be the "Ink/Paint Compositing" feature in our "Anansi Blender Extensions" (ABX) add-on for Blender. I began recording daily screencast worklogs in January 2019, but it took me quite awhile to work out a system for what to do with them. I did not create any "topical summaries" or "monthly timelapse" videos from them at the time. This month, I decided to start doing the 2019 logs after completing the current ones, as I find the monthly timelapses are much better for documentation. And then I decided to create the slightly-redacted "timelapse" version to put here. Highlights Lunatics Production: 00:12 Drawing the 2D flats for shot LA-1-D, in the launch sequence (Krita, then Inkscape). 07:09 Modeling the 3D steps and railing for LA-1-D. 07:44 Laying out the 2D background trees flats for the "Cosmonaut Trees" set (for "Touring Baikonur"). 08:15 Drawing image textures for the decorative boxes on the Market Set. 10:14 Clothing rack flats for Market Set. 10:43 Bookshop shelves for Market Set. 11:45 Fruit rack (apples). 13:19 Folded clothing rack. 13:22 Decorative box 3D models. 15:28 Integration of set and props into shot TB-2-D (Hiromi buying one of the boxes for Georgiana from a salesman in the market). 15:42 Working on TB-2-E (Hiromi and Georgiana walking out of the market). 15:52 Bookcase color and bump texture images. 16:24 Bookcase 3D models. 16:45 Integr...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0aaedd37-b5e8-449d-bd95-006d7e33d9c0/660504ca-825b-4e30-b163-cda5f96703dc-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/2jvKQecykCLhRuWx3BWUw532510192023-11-10T18:39:03.117ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseBlenderAnimationYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fQ7i8j85u8ZKi5My6QzH7thttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/70c91e59-db60-414f-b1bd-3432c417fa52.jpg2023 Year's ProgressA look back at Lunatics Project work over the year of 2023: * Migrating Production Sources from Git/Gitea to Nextcloud. * Moving to VS Codium, from Eclipse. * Ragdoll Rig for the "Space Bunny" doll. * Consolidating Self-Maanaged, Fediverse-Based Site (Mastodon, Misskey, Pixelfed, PeerTube, Wordpress, Nextcloud, Gitea). * Purchased and Prepared a server for colocating our project site in a datacenter. * Refactoring LunaGen static website generator. * Tried out doing "real time screencasts" (but dropped this as too time-intensive). * New "PLSS Control Panel" prop. * Website / Virtual Studio Revisions. * Collected more CC-0 Audio F/X clips. * Tested configuration for Disk Duplicator robotics driver development. * Animated the pod-staging shot with updated assets and rigging. * Several updates to the all of the Soyuz Flight exterior spacecraft animations. * Tested direct and virtualized installations of virtual studio site (Debian, Proxmox VE, and YunoHost). * Caught up on the 2023 Creative Freedom Summit. * Learned (more) about Computer Networking from FreeCodeCamp.org class. * Installed a new high-efficiency heat pump in the studio for heating and cooling. Much easier to concentrate! * Began work on reconstructing the TR "Train" sequence (there were a number of technical problems with these files). * Used Inkscape's new font folders feature to organize my fonts and speed up my design workflow. * Started developing my EXR Compositing workflow (what I need to do after rendering). * Created a new testing system for Anansi Blender Extensions (ABX), to make supporting multiple versions of Blender easier. * Revised several shots to get better pacing. * Completed assembly edits and review of all of the sequences in the pilot episode to determine what's missing and adjust overall pacing. * Started using the server machine to do rendering, which has been a huge speedup. * Added "billboard extras" and "crowd panels" to shots that require them. * F...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/78178594-d50e-4def-8a23-752307381d03/3fdfa907-f083-494f-aa8c-7f7bffe04ca2-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fQ7i8j85u8ZKi5My6QzH7t5700192024-01-01T00:00:38.549ZSummaryLunaticsProject2023NewYearsYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vCfSsNDcnZSNxE6UZzyjDKhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/54dbe482-16d7-480e-b92a-463d95d23746.jpgMonthly Timelapse for November/December 2023 Activities for November & December 2023, as a 60X Timelapse (1 min = 1 hour), with music (no commentary). November had very little production work, so I've combined it with December. Highlights: (November) 00:13 Adding Teaser Trailer footage to LA-5 as reference 00:52 Virtual Studio 2023 / 2024 Planning 01:02 Installed Blender Versions (2.71, 2.79b, 2.83LTS, 2.93LTS, 3.0.0, 3.6.5LTS, 4.0.1) (December) 01:12 Lunatics LA-5 Animation 05:15 Updating Kdenlive 'LA' Edit with New Renders 07:07 Sokol Spacesuit Material Fixes (Visor and Suit Material) 08:20 Restored Teddy Bear Texture 08:39 Video Texture Re-Rigging 12:22 Combining Screens into Single Video 14:10 Re-mapping Screen UVs Onto New Combined Video Texture 15:14 Located MoonTruck Model (Briefly thought I lost it!) 15:28 Profile Renders for LA Sequence (Testing CPU/RAM Requirements) 16:32 Lunatics LA Sequence Renders on Narya (Server) 21:50 Lunatics TB Sequence Renders 22:48 Working on TB & SR Sequence Blender Files 23:13 Updating Kdenlive LA Edit Again 23:30 Animation Adjustments to the Bear Swinging in the Soyuz 24:19 Music Credits / Patreon / Gumroad Music: Gumbel - "Snack" FMA Microsongs / CC0 v1.0 (Public Domain) Technological Sun - "Simpleton" "Blood Simple" "Road to Damascus" "Tech Sun 08" "Dream Scape" from album "Technological Sun" Jamendo #32716 / CC By-SA 3.0 https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/efe8f5f9-f8f7-4c41-84f1-2e0e614c7745/0651ecfe-e773-4485-9be6-43b19f89b512-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vCfSsNDcnZSNxE6UZzyjDK14800332024-01-04T01:43:39.605ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseBlenderAnimationKdenliveYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/o2kuqddtncWx2xRnvVfXwEhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f70b3b8d-daf4-424b-ab8e-0bd06960516a.jpg2022 Year's ProgressSummary of project progress from 2022. This would've been a post for the end of 2022, but I never made it, so I decided to make it now, after finishing the post for 2023. 2022 was dominated by the work on YunoHost as a new basis for our "Virtual Studio", implemented on our existing Digital Ocean VPS. This was also the year that Elon Musk purchased Twitter, triggering a huge migration of users onto other platforms, which quickly made the Fediverse in general and Mastodon in particular, much more viable as social media. So I also "moved my flag" to the Fediverse this year, consolidating my presence there (I had actually set up a Mastodon account in Fall of 2021, after some earlier failed attempts). AI art became a big deal, and I did some experiments using MidJourney during Summer of 2022. HIGHLIGHTS: 00:10 January - Reports, Backups, and Other for 2021 00:35 Added a "Transporter" effect for a home video I made in 2021, which included a small transporter set from the Space History Museum in Alamagordo, NM. 00:50 February - all about testing and reviewing YunoHost web applications 01:30 March - integrating non-YunoHost web sites and ResourceSpace 02:10 April - deeper integration, and automated installation with Ansible (not completely successful) 02:33 Comparing how assets appear in Gitea and ResourceSpace 02:50 Setting up the Virtual Studio with YunoHost based apps: Portal, Misskey, Wordpress, Gitea, PeerTube 03:19 Visualizing Git repo with Gource proved that the history was preserved in the migration 03:30 June - customizing Gitea and integrating Git/LFS support for large multimedia files 04:10 July - detailing PLSS prop for "Suiting Up" sequence in Lunatics 04:20 Got a MidJourney account and started experimenting with AI diffusion-based art, demoed some example uses 04:50 August - rigged control panel "hero" prop for PLSS 05:02 More MidJourney experiments with retouching and a video made with only MidJourney and Kde...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b258ce2e-cd93-4097-ae20-78c276630a0e/5a20060a-9b61-4988-a478-e5f1a375b569-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/o2kuqddtncWx2xRnvVfXwE5930422024-01-08T02:33:03.816ZLunaticsProjectSummary2022YESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ht2CtEjyDa2cK9Wtgj2bLbhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9a3deba6-5ac4-4fcc-a2f0-38c3654eeb32.jpgExperimental Alien Seashore Motion Graphic (2022)When MidJourney and Craiyon hit the Internet in Summer of 2022, I did a lot of experiments to see what could be done with them. I also wanted to see just how much animation I could squeeze out by only using effects in Kdenlive (no Blender or Synfig or other animation tools). I did not want to go much beyond moving cut-outs, so this is more "motion graphic" than "animation". Like many AI Art projects, this one comes across as a little creepy. I created (evoked?) the individual cel assets with MidJourney, then used the "rotoscope" in Kdenlive to cut them out, and various effects to create motion. My notion was that this is an ocean shore on some alien planet, where a spacecraft has crashed, leaving debris washing up on the shore. So it's meant to be a dirty seashore, and the sky suggests the atmosphere is not quite Earth-like (but I guess breathable?). I imagined that perhaps giant genetically-engineered beetles might be involved, and who knows what's going one with the organic-looking balloon? I originally posted this test directly on my Mastodon account, but that's no longer present, so I want to have a copy up on my PeerTube. (Reposted in January 2024). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/85584de0-3970-41dd-a6f9-4f68a67340d2/498a7d51-8d9c-4fa1-a09e-e23c62367e7f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ht2CtEjyDa2cK9Wtgj2bLb405142024-01-19T19:52:47.970ZMidJourneyAIArtExperimentalAnimationYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/2mzXTsVQemBZdS2njjhDb4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d47ac533-bda5-40cc-ab74-b1fe4c0ef209.jpgRender Cluster Build - Part 1 (2017)This is a timelapse I assembled from video I took in 2017, while attempting to build a Render Cluster based on a homebuilt Ikea "Helmer" based case. This ultimately did not pan out as I intended, due to problems with the power supply, and the project got put on hold (I'm still trying to get back to it in 2024!). It'll have to be reworked quite a bit. However, I need this video to embed in my 2017 summaries, which I'm revising on my Production Log, so I'm uploading the unfinished project as it was in May, 2017 (the video this is derived from was taken from December 2016 to May 2017). One day, perhaps there will be a Part 2 where I finish it with a more-conventional power-supply solution. And if I ever do get it to work, there will probably be a more-detail video with explanations of what I'm doing. Until then, "Timelapse go BRRRR!" at 150X. Unlike my usual screencasts, you get to see me in this one. At some point in the video series, a bandage appears on my thumb, due to a sheet-metal drilling accident during the process that sent me to the ER. Fortunately for all of us, the accident itself was not recorded! The Music is a selection of tracks from "The First Chaos" by "Alone in the Chaos" (Jamendo #18561 / CC By 2.0/BE). That album has no track names -- just numbers.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0af8f1e2-1bcf-461b-902f-143abc474f1b/bc2a0b45-58e0-48e9-ba5f-4cd0d22b090c-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/2mzXTsVQemBZdS2njjhDb46100152024-01-20T19:55:38.030ZComputerRenderClusterHelmerYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3X9Aw9MHgtsPFWPMztMt3zhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/10c87fe3-1f1c-4620-b0cc-ffb09c37af26.jpgJanuary 2024 TimelapseThis was mostly a month for reports and documentation, with only a tiny bit of production and other activities. HIGHLIGHTS: 00:14 Audio Retiming for "LA-Launch" sequence of pilot. 02:25 Importing Stock Props from BlendSwap for "Mission Control Room" set dressing. 04:52 Downloaded and Burned A/V Linux ISO for Workstation The rest are summaries and reports: 05:06 New Years 2024 Posts 05:20 2022 Year's Progress (catch-up from last year) 05:34 2023 Summary Conversion to Markdown & Static HTML 05:48 Testing Themes for Pelican (Static HTML Generator) 06:02 Customizing "Taman" Theme for Lunatics (Creating "Taman-Lunatics" Theme) 06:42 Writing the 2023 Anansi Spaceworks Business Report 06:57 Burning the Last Archive Disk for 2023 with the Reports 07:11 Editing and Converting 2022 Summaries 07:25 Writing the 2022 Business Report 07:39 Changing Summary timestamps back one minute from 00:00 to 23:59, so the dates are more intuitive. 07:43 Writing Summaries for 2017 (filling in a big gap in the Production Log) 07:57 Editing/Redacting Videos for 2017 Summaries 08:11 Writing Summaries (no videos) for April to December 2016 As you can see, this included some catch-up projects for past logs that never got written. I had been converting my old Patreon posts to summaries on the Production Log, but hadn't got to 2017 & 2016 yet. So now I have. This pretty much closes the gap, since I kept Patreon Newsletters from 2014 to 2016, and before that are Kickstarter posts and posts directly to the Production Log. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/17e57b4c-35b5-4164-8fbf-df8b0f611579/6188cebe-cae1-4756-93b4-4fed6217d0da-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3X9Aw9MHgtsPFWPMztMt3z5330302024-02-10T23:13:00.599ZLunaticsProjectBlenderAudacityKdenliveYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/moHZhkaAGLmkT1ruousvYDhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a2e95ad5-c29e-496d-b2a8-55265520f4a3.jpgSet Tour: Mission Control RoomAnimated "tour" of the Mission Control Room set, after dressing it with props and adding posed extras characters. In the actual episode, this will only be on screen for a few seconds and mostly from behind the characters, so they don't really have to hold up from other angles, or for very a long time. But as a behind-the-scenes extra, this tour allows you to see the set up close. Of course, this does reveal some "easter eggs" and some details that aren't quite convincing at close range. The camera moves along each aisle, up close, and then around the outside of the desks. Music by "Monoton" (remixed slightly from two tracks "Wunderwerk der Technik" & "Start to Odyssey") from ["An Odyssey to the Moon", Jamendo #40852)](https://www.jamendo.com/album/40852/a-odyssey-to-the-moon). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a523030d-9093-4b96-b9d6-3a4840e7aaf9/4e19c251-5a92-41a6-9c1a-f48488d69dcb-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/moHZhkaAGLmkT1ruousvYD2385232024-03-03T20:56:43.523ZLunaticsProjectSetTourBlenderOpenMovieAnimationYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pjhyEUE65vALoY8KPzftzKhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4b47f529-5206-44b9-9777-2579d1d02e50.jpgSolarEclipse-Timelapse-2024-04-08Timelapse from my trail cam during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse, in Texas. This is not quite as I had hoped. I messed up the configuration, so it used memory faster than I had planned (it was also taking video snippets, which take up a lot of room -- and those were not very interesting, although I did use one of them at the end of this video). As a result, it cuts off during totality. I'm pretty frustrated by that, but it's not like I can try again! Unfortunately, it's not really possible to see the dimming due to the eclipse, due to the camera changing exposure to compensate, until the very end, when it switches to "night mode" during totality. But that's pretty cool, isn't it? The music is from Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition". A public domain performance from MusOpen, by the Skidmore Orchestra. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/bccfc8d6-f463-49b1-b2e3-21146bf01a51/fe07830a-de20-4f04-8552-f4c463d2de0b-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pjhyEUE65vALoY8KPzftzK49082024-04-13T00:05:09.284ZYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/6EzMGoGzBYxBJZjJmt16ZChttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/eeb45098-7176-4113-8712-d07010696eb3.jpgApril-May 2024 ReportThis month, rather than a timelapse, I'm doing a direct report on what I've been up to. 00:00 Intro 01:43 Computer Maintenance 03:06 New Laptop: "Oyuki" 05:01 Consolidating Graphics Assets 06:31 YunoHost Upgrade 06:55 Certificate Update [1] 08:51 Grub Failure on Sintel 10:43 Nextcloud Sync Tests 17:36 Applying Nextcloud Capabilities 22:09 Nextcloud Lacks & Limitations to Solve 24:44 Nextcloud Renders Symbolic Link Tests 26:59 Nextcloud Renders Stub Folder Method 28:00 Nextcloud Security Model & Privacy Concerns 30:17 Nextcloud Gotcha! Share Within Share 31:33 Nextcloud Group Folder Inbox 33:37 Nextcloud Reflections on Potential 37:11 Finishing Up May & Fun With Stickers 38:39 Goals for June 40:47 End Credits As promised: [1] The domain certificates on a YunoHost system are in /etc/yunohost/certs/<domain_name>/*.pem Sorry there's no captions, but much the same material is in the [April-May 2024 Summary](https://lunaticsproject.org) on the [Lunatics Project Production Log](https://lunaticsproject.org), if you prefer a text version. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2de0c771-65c2-4bfe-94f7-2926a65cc472/4638efa0-d2bc-4a9d-9c48-9e9e10b01b72-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/6EzMGoGzBYxBJZjJmt16ZC24640122024-06-09T21:23:21.301ZLunaticsProjectReportNextcloudYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/3w9eHWUseR34oLrHE473mthttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/15125892-f288-4a70-97a3-5f694a1f8fbb.jpgNextcloud ThoughtsReport on Lunatics Project / Film Freedom Project for 2024-06-09. This week, I was trying to figure out how to use Nextcloud for collaboration on the Lunatics Project source repo. There are some conceptual problems in the video relative to Nextcloud, as I hadn't really figured out the tools yet. I'll clear that up in the next one.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1467aa99-d05d-4bfd-9f3e-db41f295d38b/ea212a50-c1e8-4ae0-9c2d-304435aa5dff-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/3w9eHWUseR34oLrHE473mt740052024-06-16T21:10:27.504ZLunaticsProjectNextcloudReportsYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5Bfy6QjejUqJhJNU6i4HKShttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/44d00879-4b89-4130-b8a9-745c12694c04.jpgReport 2024-06-16: Nextcloud Shadow TrickReport for the week ending June 16th, 2024. Clearing up some misconceptions about the Nextcloud file system, Group Folders, and External Storage Folders. And then discovering a nice little trick to "have my cake and eat it too": I did figure a way to have a stable Nextcloud share, but also use the files for rendering from Blender, using the symbolic link to the Renders folder on the filesystem, without including that in Nextcloud. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/25508e33-c06a-4f0b-8bf0-4892f59c775c/0a1bfb7e-c6b0-4c21-a5b5-1bd06148f6f5-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5Bfy6QjejUqJhJNU6i4HKS468032024-06-16T22:45:09.226ZLunaticsProjectNextcloudBlenderReportsYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/wbyQvCmrL5jbcBHdzTooHdhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b155a23f-ce86-4edf-bce8-4a02340284e5.jpgWeekly Report 2024-06-23: Audactiy 2 to 3 MigrationThis week I moved the Audacity sound projects in the "Lunatics!" source tree over from the file+folder format of Audacity 2 to the unitary file format of Audacity 3, which removes a major hassle with checking the projects in and out of version control (and other risks to project integrity). In the process I also took notes to help with updating and correcting our credits for audio files, and then I also went on to do this for the Blender files in the project -- which is still on-going into next week.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f46bd569-d2ef-4d52-92f8-b18156a2a02e/a754ae1c-86c5-499e-b5e4-31af902a4319-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/wbyQvCmrL5jbcBHdzTooHd627022024-06-24T19:56:27.866ZLunaticsProjectAudacityYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/tXWpJhoty9p313Daox73F6https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/bde00579-9eaf-453d-958a-9718a5b80415.jpgWeekly Video Log 2024-06-30My video report for the last week of June, 2024. 00:00 Completed Review of Blender Files in Lunatics Source 01:00 Reviewed "imports", and migrated two new models 03:08 Static/Dynamic Server Plans 04:17 Digital Ocean Droplet for Static Server 04:51 Going Back to Apache (No YunoHost) for Static Server 06:33 Fallback Design Considerations 07:14 Less Posting on [Vimeo](https://vimeo.com/filmfreedomproject) 10:52 More Posting on [Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/@terry_hancock) 12:02 As for [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6MIjSEVghkYr7pnCG_InCQ) ... 12:35 I finally bought an e-Book reader! 12:59 Mainly for technical books, because they become obsolete 14:02 Why I don't read the e-Books I have (screens are bad) 15:41 Another low-month for Lunatics Production, Sorry. 16:16 Research for Blender Dependency Checker Script 16:54 Using Blender as a Python Library through Subprocess 19:43 Concluding Remarks 20:43 Titles / A Little Nature Break https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e2762e96-5be2-4d53-aeb7-09e2d232ef83/ca3d43b0-a794-4ddc-b350-61062cc65c6e-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/tXWpJhoty9p313Daox73F61258012024-07-08T19:26:40.087ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogTerryHancockYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jHXYVc6DdvCxLr8xjtydcmhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a3f6928e-bcc7-40c5-900d-ba5941f18272.jpgWeekly Video Log 2024-07-07: Static Website, E-Reader, Kdenlive Path Problems, and Blender Depend...My log on events from 2024-07-01 to 2024-07-07 for Lunatics Project: 00:00 Hello / Video Policy Changes (Review) 00:53 Embedding Dynamic Content on Static Site 02:29 Review/Demo of Inkpad Color 3 e-Reader 08:47 E-Books I Read Recently (and Web Statistics) 09:45 Criticisms of the e-Reader 12:08 Kdenlive Portability Issues (Absolute Path Problems) 15:11 Fixing Kdenlive Path Problems (Sort of) 17:33 Blender Dependency Checker Script Work 20:08 Technique for Making Remote Procedure Calls into Blender 21:23 Creative Blocks / Personal Notes 21:54 Rain Coming from Beryl 22:13 Conclusion 22:18 Bonus Tree Frog https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/97a07d7b-c2e6-4d8d-a694-bf56da197372/c2dbf476-612b-4dc8-9798-6cb48082f353-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jHXYVc6DdvCxLr8xjtydcm1354072024-07-09T05:22:32.048ZLunaticsProjectEReaderKdenliveBlenderHTMLYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/71XGdTqLeHgXut29HnQW6jhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/edd30f65-7f66-4f73-9448-025a0025fd31.jpgTextless Lunatics Pilot OpeningTitle animation for "Lunatics!" pilot episode, without overlaid text. Music: "Space Zine" (TV Size Cut) By Elaine Walker Performed by Zia. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/30b9277f-8eed-431a-b221-cc589161eabc/f1abcfbf-854f-4c7c-9462-436697781c0a-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/71XGdTqLeHgXut29HnQW6j1120152024-07-11T05:28:07.964ZLunaticsProjectOpeningYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/1fmju4eqXGa7EaoeSXeETuhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9cac4e82-b73c-41c1-90a3-22b9820aa794.jpgTextless Lunatics Pilot ClosingTextless episode titles / end credits animation. 00:00 Episode Credits Animation 00:24 Black for Credits Pages 00:54 Coda Music: Insignificance - "Don't Lose Heart, We're Nearly Through" from "One Minute and Two" - Jamendo #46114 / CC By-SA 3.0 https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/0200ef42-e40f-4bd2-af6a-67a7ae1257fa/0f07faf8-1ab9-405d-a17f-db774931284f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/1fmju4eqXGa7EaoeSXeETu620172024-07-11T07:55:04.929ZLunaticsProjectClosingYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/oCydfVBaBNemiHH6fc8tK7https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6b3bfcc6-8d25-45ed-866b-bb7b016ec00c.jpgLunatics Project 2024-07-17 Weekly ReportThis week has been mostly about Kdenlive work. 00:00 Intro 00:13 Video Playback Issues (False Alarm?) 01:39 Textless Opening/Closing 02:15 Kdenlive Portability Problems 03:39 Characterization Tests for Fixing Kdenlive Portability 04:09 Why not just use "archive project" (use case details) 06:22 Can Kdenlive retain relative "up-and-over" links? 06:45 Actually, yes. The Kdenlive format CAN handle the relative links. 07:06 Made all the Lunatics Kdenlive edits portable. 08:19 Relative/Absolute links in Kdenlive (contrasted with Blender). 09:27 Need for a Kdenlive Portability Fix Script. 10:03 Summary 10:32 Patty, Studio Cat and Network Administrator... https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b743ad5b-9b09-4d25-8de5-3f5535d0ead8/28e9b9b9-7514-4f1e-9494-46c3c858b110-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/oCydfVBaBNemiHH6fc8tK7655022024-07-17T17:25:04.083ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4y33UXbLdmJUuR6TYh1bBHhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/412b1f04-8101-43c1-b758-04b91a3f7e41.jpgVideo Log 2024-07-23: Kdenlive PortabilityThis week was mostly about applying what I learned about making Kdenlive project portable to the Kdenlive edits in the Lunatics source tree. I did find some pretty buggy behavior along the way, but I also updated the assembly of the pilot episode. 00:00 Intro 00:08 Low-News Week (sarcasm) 00:17 Applying Kdenlive Portability Edits to Lunatics 00:34 Nested Editing Overtaxed & Buggy 01:17 Went Back to Staged Editing 01:41 Discovered Title-Image Bug Depends on Opening Context 03:30 Working Around the Bugs 04:00 Finished Updated Kdenlive Edit of Episode 1 04:27 Next Priorities 07:25 End 07:31 Karst https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1cc47ae8-d158-4391-af18-8d079aebd3bf/42fe0981-ed69-46c1-899d-ddf5dab50092-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4y33UXbLdmJUuR6TYh1bBH464022024-07-24T20:58:02.332ZLunaticsProjectReportKdenliveYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ibTdHs2dBaJXescTXrocKLhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/854fb05c-1519-4140-ac7f-0684358755a0.jpgVideo Log 2024-07-31: Animating Again!Video log for 2024-07-22 to 2024-07-31. July is over, and not everything I had hoped to get done in Q2 (officially over a month ago) is done yet, but the good news is that I've started animating again. 00:00 Hello/Intro 00:06 Well into Q2 now (oh well) 00:38 Animating a shot now 01:58 Looking Ahead to More Character Animation Work 02:44 That's it. 02:51 Sunflowers https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8b305c21-60a5-4542-a635-cd1cdd55c016/3fbfa188-57c4-4fb9-9f93-d3ac3e4fd189-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ibTdHs2dBaJXescTXrocKL183052024-08-01T04:04:55.258ZLunaticsProjectAnimationKdenliveBlenderYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/egGTdRatWH7VirQcib8UN6https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/a0590eff-2589-422c-bd8c-f16cfc4605f4.jpgVideo Log 2024-08-21: Chaos, Refactoring, and PolishingIt's been three weeks since the last video log, because this has been a chaotic mess of a month for me, but I nevertheless did get some production work done. The control panel animation I was working on before is finished (though not rendered, yet -- what's show here is the previz). And I worked on refactoring the video textures for the Soyuz capsule so that they are generated by rendering, rather than being included in the source files (which saves a whopping 8.4 GB). 00:00 Intro 00:12 Chaos and Repairs 00:36 Control Panel Animation Finished 00:51 Refactoring Soyuz Video Textures 10:03 Outro 10:09 Water Being Weird https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6b78277d-2a2c-4050-a0c7-cdb7efffc2d9/29237570-8b40-4af0-9faf-88bf79fa7941-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/egGTdRatWH7VirQcib8UN6619022024-08-25T02:29:14.890ZLunaticsProjectSoyuzKdenliveYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8PFYzyLgA3rDf4nisp7tBshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/60be3cce-530c-432b-aa97-c216db11465d.jpgVideo Log 2024-08-31: Resetting and ReframingEnd of a trying month for me, but I did review the animation shot I was working on recently, in context. Also found out that Patreon is switching policies at the end of the year, so I'm considering what to do about the transition to monthly, and I'm also planning some minor changes to the website hosting. 00:00 Intro 00:10 Suiting Up Control Panel Animation 00:43 Crises / Recovery 00:59 Apache / Static Websites 01:18 Patreon Notification 01:54 Changeover Plan / Episode Release 02:38 Safety Edit if Necessary 03:04 Outro 03:13 Bumblebee https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3f589047-0a2d-4668-96c3-6889f77c1834/902bfe68-aa7c-4ff5-88cd-22557b215155-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8PFYzyLgA3rDf4nisp7tBs208022024-09-04T13:24:39.901ZLunaticsProjectEditingPatreonWebsiteYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qzNajEJvYRMuCGbaXcJ8j5https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c9f78d58-0ddd-4a18-8023-12452281f54b.jpgVideo Log 2024-09-18: Back to Work / WebsiteReport for 2024-09-01 to 2024-09-18. Links to the articles mentioned: [July 2024 Summary](https://lunaticsproject.org/2024/07/31/july-2024-summary/) [August 2024 Summary](https://lunaticsproject.org/2024/08/31/august-2024-summary/) [New Patreon Policy](https://lunaticsproject.org/2024/09/09/new-patreon-policy/) 00:00 Intro 00:09 Household Chaos Ends with Mower Fixed, Yay! 00:25 Articles posted (see links above) 01:09 Static Websites Separated to New Droplet. 01:54 Static Portal to Dynamic Site (Proof of Principle). 02:44 Outro 02:54 Puffy Clouds https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c71351de-c1ae-44d3-8a36-ff90d5a6f8f4/ea71e71e-4084-4d6a-b708-dff7fd928d35-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qzNajEJvYRMuCGbaXcJ8j5181022024-09-19T05:11:08.803ZLunaticsProjectWebsiteReportYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/26URzTwcZgU8wyVMjeruqahttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/66cd8ddd-61e8-43a5-beef-8378418b43e3.jpgThe Impossible Voyage - Techno+FX EditionThis film is 120 years old this year! It is the only-slightly-lesser-known Georges Méliès science fiction film, "Voyage à Travers L'Impossible" which might be regarded as a sequel to his "Trip to the Moon". Join the elite company of the Institute of Incoherent Geography on their exciting (and frankly silly) 1904 voyage, across the mountains, through the occasional building, and right into the mouth of the Sun. The film itself is scanned from a hand-colored original, and is presented in "pillar-box" 720p format to show the entire original frame (I might do a tilt-scan version later). The original file was from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Impossible_Voyage). Of course, this was originally a silent film, which would've typically been presented with musical accompaniment. I have sweetened the deal with a selection of free-licensed modern music, featuring Graveyard Child Escape (techno), Grégoire Lourme, and Gotika; along with a large array of sound effects from FreeSound.org (and other sources), under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license (Attribution to "Terry Hancock" is fine. Credits for the music and effects are included at the end). Please share as widely as you like, and if you want to say thanks, support my other projects, or pitch in to help out the Internet Archive, FreeSound, and other stewards of the Public Domain, so we can keep making things like this. There is also a [Making of Impossible Voyage Techno/FX Edition Timelapse](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4tXcFx4RrJneYD6zXWgAbS).https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/08ec6e35-44ba-4b9c-8a68-7db2a311d021/32812b7e-556e-4aca-815d-fe18427b5a0f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/26URzTwcZgU8wyVMjeruqa12945562024-10-14T22:07:32.665ZPublicDomainScienceFictionGeorgeMeliesEarlyFilmYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bMCjxAzLR6mgsivjYfhhWShttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fd08eda3-cd23-4452-b2e8-6d634231cafd.jpgRaven RapNicholas Hancock recorded this rap version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" for a school project in High School, years back, and we've said for years that we ought to make some kind of video to go with it. Last year, we picked up a black bird seasonal decoration at a local store, and I got the idea to try something with stop motion. This is my *very* first stop-motion project! So I decided to keep things extremely simple. No armatures or fancy effects, just a bunch of winter squash on a miniature stage. And the black bird, of course. I did consider adding a face & mouth to the rapping squash, but decided to leave it as-is. It seems appropriately Halloweeny -- although the action in the poem is actually set in December. This is also the beginning of a new personal project of creating short complete experimental projects each month. That's the plan, anyway. There is also a [Making of Raven Rap Timelapse](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9dfuR5NW7pRtQtCiLyGkiU). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/575a3d34-8f99-4e59-80c4-79825e86f50e/84fdf119-d585-4ec3-b086-a92bb6f7e56f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/bMCjxAzLR6mgsivjYfhhWS3665612024-10-22T23:17:38.486ZExperimentalAnimationEdgarAllanPoeTheRavenYESFilm Freedom Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pdHVASk8wYPvWfaYBSUK9Rhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/12f28308-5960-4308-867a-e44a7fb839b0.jpgVideo Log 2024-10-24: Experimental Projects, Bendy Bones, and Sequence ReviewIt's been over a month since the last report, so there's a lot in this one. 00:00 Intro 00:23 Static Website Migration Review 01:13 Content Security Policy issues (fixed already?) 03:24 Rationale for Monthly Experimental Projects 05:08 [The Impossible Voyage](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/26URzTwcZgU8wyVMjeruqa) "Techno+FX Edition" Soundtrack 07:31 [Raven Rap](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bMCjxAzLR6mgsivjYfhhWS) 13:58 Possibilities for November / 2D Animation Packages ([Synfig](https://www.synfig.org/), [OpenToonz](https://opentoonz.github.io/e/)). 17:12 [Foley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foley_(filmmaking)), [Digital Foley](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Bender#Digital_Foley_System_%28DFS%29), and [Hydrogen](http://hydrogen-music.org/) 19:51 Lunatics Project Progress 20:00 PLSS Control Panel Animation & Camera Movement 21:00 Context in Suiting Up sequence 21:39 Velcro Strap and Bendy Bone Rig 22:49 Dissatisfaction with Suiting Up sequence (Problems to solve) 24:50 Train Sequence problems to solve 26:08 Press Conference lipsync animation missing 26:47 LA & SF Interior Soyuz animation 27:46 Episode run-length 29:04 Conclusions 31:20 Red berries on the vine in Fall See also my [Production Log Post on Experimental Projects](https://lunaticsproject.org/2024/10/24/two-experimental-productions-for-october/). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/bc08f37b-4cc2-45ee-b1f7-d8ab4ebb7bad/b4c87860-5de8-4f90-ad62-5d0e9232abd2-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pdHVASk8wYPvWfaYBSUK9R18890162024-10-25T13:50:10.829ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogOpenFilmFilmFreedomAnimationYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/834VdLSmP6vwiDNSmbab7ihttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/5562b9d4-608f-4a0b-8292-a1306be42686.jpgVIdeo Log 2024-10-31: End of OctoberA brief note for the end of October, since most of the month was covered by my previous report. 00:00 Intro 00:29 Concert (Home) Video with Smartphone 01:43 Bendy Bones and Alternative Approachs with 2D 03:14 End of October / Halloween 03:34 Final Remarks / Timelapse 04:12 Outro 04:18 Courtyard in this warm Fall https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/38f9df59-958a-41fe-9661-26c0979c2ddd/b270ff4b-c631-4b64-b951-4351d31c903f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/834VdLSmP6vwiDNSmbab7i272042024-11-04T05:21:06.704ZLunaticsProjectBlenderYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/eLoBe9r59P67coc8GGoR9yhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/454a6da7-b0a5-47f9-80e0-fbc92acd3785.jpgLunatics Production Timelapse (July to October, 2024)Although much of the Spring and Summer of 2024 was dedicated to technical work, I did manage to do some production too. This timelapse gathers work from July to October of 2024, by topic (although this is also approximately chronological): 00:00 Titlecard 00:10 Textless Opening and Closing for Lunatics. 02:46 Fixing Kdenlive Scene Edits to be portable (i.e. use relative paths for clips and images). 18:16 Attempting to assemble pilot episode using direct-edit links (failed). 19:15 Assembling pilot episode using staged renders (fell back to old method). 22:52 Control Panel Animation for new shot in "Suiting Up" sequence. 26:54 Camera direction/animation for new shot in "Suiting Up" sequence (camera movement for the shot above). 27:57 Rebuilding "Suiting Up" sequence with new shot, for review. 28:08 Refactoring Soyuz Console video textures to reduce bulk of source files (moved texture source to renders folder). 35:16 WIP on velcro strap for Georgiana's spacesuit: modeling and rigging. 37:07 Created a custom alpha transition for Kdenlive for use in LA sequence (probably will re-do this). 37:32 Credit titlecard and support info. The music is from JMF's album #10 "Passable", Jamendo #20776, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike, v3: 00:00 Purplecord 06:58 Spiritual Moove 16:25 Spritet 20:26 Compo (trimmed) 25:30 Routing M Wave https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/6f7975f2-ec7e-49f6-90f6-2c06cf54f404/838fc68e-e688-4864-b5d9-4596d5753239-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/eLoBe9r59P67coc8GGoR9y22680182024-11-07T06:05:47.674ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseProductionYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4tXcFx4RrJneYD6zXWgAbShttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d457bf28-7363-4ec0-b13e-049fe4865a74.jpgTimelapse: Making "Impossible Voyage" Techno/FX SoundtrackMaking of [Impossible Voyage Techno/FX Edition](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/26URzTwcZgU8wyVMjeruqa). Over about 5 days in October 2024, I created a soundtrack with music and effects to go with Georges Méliès' "Impossible Voyage" 1904 silent film. This is a 60X timelapse of most of that work, set to music (from the same Graveyard Child Escape album, "New and UnNew" that I used for the soundtrack). 00:00 Titlecard 00:12 Collecting sound effects from https://freesound.org (You might notice that I screen-capture the webpages to be sure of licensing and attribution -- something I've learned from a volatile web) 06:02 Aligning sound effects to events in the film. 07:00 Collecting more sound effects 16:03 Reviewing/checking the results 16:48 Adding effects and adjusting timing 17:30 Rendering 17:55 Rendering FX-only render (will be published later). Music tracks: 00:00 "New Techno Stuff" 03:44 "My Dragon Auto" 08:04 "Dance of Alpha (Winter Hear)" 13:07 "It Falls (Industrial-Metal)" 16:46 "Hard Disco Awaken, Pt. 1.0" from "New and UnNew", Jamendo #79658 / CC By-SA 2.5/CN https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1c328450-085a-4cd9-ae2f-3bab0ee34416/796aa06e-a224-4cf9-bfed-f76065571090-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4tXcFx4RrJneYD6zXWgAbS11160242024-11-07T06:59:44.071ZMakingOfAudioAudacityKdenliveEarlySFYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9dfuR5NW7pRtQtCiLyGkiUhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9eb7ab11-8af9-47c9-bd14-caa35c625f16.jpgTimelapse: Making of "Raven Rap" (October 2024)Making of the [Raven Rap](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bMCjxAzLR6mgsivjYfhhWS) music video. Over 7 days in October 2024, I created my very first stop-motion project, based on a rap version of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven", recorded by my son, Nicholas Hancock, as part of a high-school English class, some years ago. We've been wanting to make a video with it for sometime, and the inspiration came last year when we got a collection of seasonal winter squash and a decorative black bird model. With my decision to do more experimental projects and Halloween coming up, this seemed like a good choice for a small project! Although this video includes digital work in 60X timelapse, it also includes some still photos and live video: 00:00 Titlecard 00:16 Locating and converting the audio track from my archives. 00:30 Constructing a stop-motion animation stage from some scrap plywood 00:41 Backdrop rug and door mat dressing of stage. 00:51 Trying out layouts of the squash, books, and other elements 01:04 Used a desk in our spare room for the animation setup. 01:37 Video of animation process, using the same smartphone-camera that I use for my logs. 02:19 Continuity shots to document the layout of the stage. 02:45 Lighting tests with colored "sunset lamp". (This is a $10 LED spotlight I purchased on Amazon). 03:25 Original stop motion camera images (straight-ahead animation). 03:44 Acquired the original words for the poem (and transcribed the rap introduction at the beginning). (Some of the original timing of the animation was not logged). 03:46 Added on-screen text. 05:21 Collecting source files. 05:25 Selecting and adding backing-track music. 05:35 Iterative tweaking of timing and close-ups. 05:59 Revising on-screen credits and title. 06:24 Experimented with adding a vector-graphic face (decided against it). 06:47 Review 07:01 Another editing pass on the on-screen text. 07:08 Corrective volume-shaping of the audio tracks. 07:40 Checkin...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/427ef805-2aa6-4e7b-88c3-54f8038cf0ba/4730acf0-6771-4bc4-a9d5-3211693b88ef-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9dfuR5NW7pRtQtCiLyGkiU4865102024-11-07T07:11:36.617ZTimelapseMakingOfRavenRapMusicYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cdwypRDkXegqPhtch2yK9khttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4437ff59-f70e-4030-b6b0-9825a19590f2.jpgVideo Log 2024-11-15: Election Anxiety, Production Timelapses, Assessing Priorities, CommissionsA little bit more somber tone in this report. The US election did not go the way I would have preferred, and I have a lot of anxiety about what that's going to mean. But I am doing both production and technical work. 00:00 Intro 00:09 US Election News 00:38 Article for Production Log about Consequences 01:21 Priorities Largely the Same 01:29 Colo Server Plans and Virtual Studio 02:02 Repair Crises 02:43 More on Production Log Articles 03:02 Planning to Open for Commissions/Contracts 03:28 Production Timelapse Videos 05:05 Independence Thoughts 05:39 Colocated Server and Virtual Studio 06:59 Lunatics Production Work 07:11 Crunchtime for Release 07:59 Conclusion 08:16 Weeds in the Wind https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5ad44875-414f-4d69-80a8-0994234dc13f/233a16ea-0d06-43eb-b039-bc226358cbd9-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cdwypRDkXegqPhtch2yK9k511072024-11-19T07:19:39.132ZLunaticsProjectProductionNewsYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jwrejcP5R38U8DpM1AXRFkhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/802c19e6-aaef-4a87-8eca-74fef9fbf0ea.jpgVideo Log 2024-11-28: Crunch Time!Feeling much better than last time. I am back to work on animation. This is all about the remaining animation I'm working on, primarily focused on the two exterior train shots at the beginning that I worked on 11/22-11/27. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/96045b74-358b-476c-bd85-7919d6149545/c2b8271b-529b-4957-b24e-7441b558417c-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jwrejcP5R38U8DpM1AXRFk796072024-12-04T02:02:29.877ZLunaticsProjectAnimationBlender3DFreestyleYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/xvkwtq3cV79SWNqFux8q5qhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1db39892-3b7b-429a-b783-7b360a0a8599.jpgLunatics S1E01-TR3 Character Animation CamerasMulti-camera view of Work-In-Progress animation for the train interior sequence (TR3). These are cameras I set up in the animation file to use for animating. I rendered this GL previz video to help me decide on camera angles for the camera direction file and to identify remaining animation problems to fix. The characters were animated by Keneisha Perry from 2014 to about 2018, and then I've added some changes already this year (2024), but I need to see if there's more I have to do. We're getting very close to releasing our pilot! We'll need more support if we're going to go beyond that. Find us on: [Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/lunatics) (Monthly subscriptions) [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/lunaticstv) (Monthly subscriptions, one-time donations) [Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/LunaticsProject) (Subscriptions) [Gumroad](https://anansispace.gumroad.com) (One-time donations/Sponsorships, Merch) Credits for work in this video: Work-In-Progress 2024-12-13 Finishing Animation for Release - GL PreViz Animated by Keneisha Perry Modified by Terry Hancock Char Models: Bela Szabo, Keneisha Perry Train Model: Chris Kuhn Music: "Nylon" (JMF, "Direction Orient") Voices: Melodee M. Spevack, Karrie Shirou, Ariel Hancock, Nadezhda Dmitrieva, Shamil Aminov https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ff23e696-d8d4-4de0-b40c-dc0f2636e7a8/de7b7516-85f5-4b65-9e1f-20a19a2f2ab5-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/xvkwtq3cV79SWNqFux8q5q1405122024-12-13T23:30:14.099ZLunaticsProjectAnimationBlender3DWIPArtYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7Sr4nRkKLnKhU5LjzKKguohttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4f3eac6d-559a-4ba9-8cde-8610a438b720.jpgVideo Log 2025-01-05: Early Pilot Release! (For Patreon)This is my first video log after completing the early "New Years 2025 Release" for Patreon patrons, and the first after my "crunch time" declaration to work almost exclusively on production. It's also the beginning of 2025, and I'm considering what to focus on for this year, both finishing old business and starting new. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/37a17690-1c09-41d2-bfe7-93ca9ce01e12/e93af69c-0606-4433-8fdb-fb9c5469b739-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7Sr4nRkKLnKhU5LjzKKguo2902062025-01-08T20:52:02.465ZLunaticsProjectEpisodeReleaseNoChildrenInSpaceYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/c6eAHhn7udkTcXzL6qmza9https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ebb05555-c1d2-4a53-bf05-70a9f8d59528.jpgLunatics Audiodrama: "Earth"This audiodrama episode was produced in 2013, using the dialog originally intended for the animated episode, combined with additional voiceover by Terry Hancock and music. [FULL CREDITS](https://lunaticsproject.org/2013/11/20/earth-audiodrama/) https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/59cf9fdd-45c4-4818-82e8-0138f7dfcaf6/4449e71b-5380-4ed9-8e3d-1c37a9eee794-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/c6eAHhn7udkTcXzL6qmza92065072025-01-11T00:13:06.279ZLunaticsProjectAudiodramaEpisodeYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4YrqkeSEwfzHGaNsaa8zxwhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1b05024d-ff48-4543-b818-06e21e9b30ac.jpgNovember/December 2024 Timelapse: Crunch Time - New Year 2025 ReleaseTimelapse of production work in November and December of 2024 (mostly December), leading to the New Years 2025 release of the whole episode for Patreon subscribers. This was prompted by the need to switch over to monthly subscriptions at Patreon, so I wanted to have finished an episode. A public release will occur in April. Mainly, this completes work on the "Train" sequence at the beginning of the episode, then polishes some existing shots through the rest. The music is the entire album "The Pride and the Fall" by Luminous Flesh Giants, Jamendo #92241 / CC By-SA 3.0. No commentary (except for on-screen intertitles). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/202cbb80-98bd-4f09-86e2-da733e8d5290/ff16ab43-78b5-4304-86a3-bfd55068ad07-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4YrqkeSEwfzHGaNsaa8zxw41260122025-01-18T20:09:15.940ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseBlender3DKdenliveMusicYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ieCMxgavPMr965rKpETQafhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/eee8ffe2-2cf7-4241-8715-133c2a1a82bf.jpgLunatics Project Animation Tests (April 2013)Animation tests from 2013. Includes Soyuz staging with Chris Kuhn's original model and rig, and animation of Georgiana for the Teaser Trailer, using Andrew Pray's "Georgiana" model (this was later replaced with a different character model).https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8b92b225-a774-49ea-8435-5ff99ee2c1d0/7e5411c7-dc3a-40d7-b241-d1c384e06dc4-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ieCMxgavPMr965rKpETQaf108082025-02-08T06:33:39.973ZYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/sHgTy9vcNyuiQiEeTHAPvWhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c4591e8f-1ed3-4736-a777-95cc0ed2aafa.jpgVideo Log 2025-01-21: January ThoughtsApparently, I forgot to upload this videolog in January! Here it is now. We run our partnership on the calendar year, so I file taxes at this time, write annual reports on the previous year, and spend time re-evaluating my plans for the upcoming year. It looks like there will be a lot of changes for us in 2025. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/d850e43f-5805-48e0-81b3-969f04182564/be4425ef-558c-4866-9fee-4ea6d01e1609-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/sHgTy9vcNyuiQiEeTHAPvW951042025-02-18T04:37:04.551ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ogLmGtxWAm4DCBDRJkcUjahttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7d4b5dcc-412e-4788-af65-ff4d3d61d5e7.jpgFebruary 2025 Timelapse: CompositingTimelapse (60X) of production work from February 2025. This month was mostly spent on archiving work (which is not included here), but I spent about seven hours to work out the process for compositing and masking out stray Freestyle ink lines with rotoscoped masks. Then I applied this to the "Touring Baikonur" scene in the pilot episode, "No Children in Space", in which Hiromi and Georgiana tour the sights in the town of Baikonur prior to leaving for the Cosmodrome. I also needed to re-render some of the shots, which had somehow slipped through the cracks in my rendering schedule.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b45c8aff-23cf-4cfe-8742-3c77ad10e155/9140eba1-fb37-4385-990c-9b3f459fd1a4-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ogLmGtxWAm4DCBDRJkcUja4135132025-06-12T01:47:11.830ZLunaticsProjectBlender3DCompositingFreestyleYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jFaTjCXpkUGtem867bgg8whttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d4a4255a-abc9-4251-9c63-c035e2a4f774.jpgMarch 2025 Timelapse: Compositing, Re-Rendering, Animation FixesMarch 2025 was a heavy production month, as I attempted to make a April 12th deadline (sorry, that didn't work out). Many small fixes to the Touring Baikonur, Press Conference, and Soyuz Rollout scenes. Also constructed a new replacement shot "SF-1-A" for the Soyuz Flight scene and started on the Suiting Up scene (work continued on that into May). Chapter/Intertitles: 00:10 Assembly & Compositing of TB-TouringBaikonur 03:11 Assembly & Compositing of SR-SoyuzRollout 07:41 PC-PressConference Compositing Test 07:56 Troubleshooting Bldg 254 "Aquarium Room" Set (Random Crashes) 09:17 Learned to Use --debug Option. Now the crashes are predictable. 10:46 PC-PressConference Compositing Setup 11:46 Press Gallery Extras Test Render (for Illustrations) 12:00 PC-PressConference Compositing & Mask Rotoscoping 12:18 US Reporter Model Corrections 15:08 PC-PressConference (Re)Rendering 16:42 SF-1-A Updated Replacement of Vignette Shot 17:20 PC-PressConference Slug Rendering & Merge 18:33 PC-PressConferencing Compositing 28:00 SF-1-A Replacement Shot Reprise 28:36 S1E01 Whole Episode Assembly & Review 31:44 SF-1-A Lighting Configuration 34:13 SF-1-A Ride Animation (Oscillation of Couch & Character) 35:17 Fixing Bone Weighting in Georgiana's Headset & Eyelids 37:40 Soyuz Window Fixes (Correcting transparency for portholes). 39:19 Troubleshooting SU-SuitingUp Music Tracks: 00:00 Collision Spherique 05:15 Voix dans les Nuages 09:15 Angel Live 13:05 Afterlife 19:22 Discovery 25:46 Fatness 32:12 Fly Away Music Credits: Prince - "Collision Spherique", "Voix dans les Nuages", "Angel Live" from Collision Spherique - Jamendo #65441 / CC By-SA 3.0 Pretonika (Sing...https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/973c983b-fd7c-471f-9cfe-035d9bb98e48/a270cf2c-2549-4b61-af7a-bd4b8ae4c5ce-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jFaTjCXpkUGtem867bgg8w25995582025-06-14T10:18:19.674ZBlender3DLunaticsProjectAnimationCompositingLightingYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/r5E6p8SLUahha5BUGbJToThttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/3ca049d1-df35-4657-80c7-3d2268712893.jpgApril 2025 Timelapse: Suiting Up Reconstruction This month was another heavy production month. I got close to the original April 12th deadline, but then I realized I really want to revise and improve the Suiting Up sequence, and I could see how to do it. So I announced that I was pushing back the release. I made a tentative target of May 1st, but I still wasn't ready then, so I pushed on into May. Intertitles: 00:10 Suiting Up Reconstruction 02:36 Manual Lip-Sync Timing 04:06 Character Animation 07:59 Shot Linking 09:39 Space Bunny Pose & Parenting 11:08 SU-1-N, O, P Shot Linking 13:45 Adding Supporting Characters (News Crew) 17:05 Zipper Cutaway Shot 18:40 Camera File Preparation & Rendering 21:38 Space Bunny Animation/Parenting Fixes 28:52 Suiting Up Test Assembly (New Shots) 30:51 Character Animation (Revisions) 31:43 Cleanup Blender File (Remove Stray Objects) 32:45 Fixing Mask Modifiers (in Python for Sergei, then News Crew) 33:47 Character Action (Now editing NLA action strips) Music Tracks: 00:00 "Electric Sheep" 04:19 "Silent Love" 08:06 "Weekly" 12:08 "Invisible" 15:13 "Stars on the Floor" 19:53 "Absent" 24:40 "Another Girl" 28:20 "Mirror" 31:57 "A Circle in a Square"https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cb1aead2-ab95-4b09-bf2a-539d29da840b/5288e83e-0045-43a6-9761-7e2f9f1e46f7-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/r5E6p8SLUahha5BUGbJToT21180512025-06-16T04:34:37.067ZLunaticsProjectPilotEpisodeBlender3DKdenliveAnimationYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vZGrYEafwHN7Us72owQJNYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2aba1b6c-6cc5-4f09-add8-fbd9f056a749.jpgVideo Log 2025-02-17: Beginning Compositing, Infrastructure ChangesThis video log was a bit rambling. I started with the compositing tests, and then wandered through various infrastructure changes and release plans for this year. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:11 Compositing test (TB-2-C shot) removing stray ink lines 01:35 Nodes and workflow for compositing 02:50 Patching paint-layer errors (planning) 03:33 Archival project / annual reports for 2024 04:01 Pelican static blog, possible migrations for old posts 04:56 Revising Production Log back to the beginning (for migration) 05:53 Infrastructure changes 06:03 Gumroad no longer supports physical products. 06:13 Self-hosted storefront options 07:30 New ISP and closer colocation option 09:20 Publication plans for limited-edition DVD release 11:58 Soundtrack/Soundfile CD -- ethics and administration issues 12:58 "Active" and "Passive" contributions 14:00 4-disc limited edition concept 15:34 Concluding summary 15:45 Compositing time requirements (estimating) 16:30 Other finishing work: animation and recovery 16:50 Suiting Up and Aquarium Room recovery 18:59 Fireworks (sort of late Chinese New Year, I guess) 19:06 Cat (Patty) For more about the DVD release ideas, see the Production Log article, [Pilot-Episode DVDs](https://lunaticsproject.org/2025/01/31/pilot-episode-dvds/). For whatever reason, I didn't get around to editing and uploading this until June! https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f2e757c9-925e-42a1-8c37-f09c37989cec/b2060c04-1b9c-40da-9716-606de4aff487-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vZGrYEafwHN7Us72owQJNY11570202025-06-16T23:46:39.695ZLunaticsProjectCompositingBlender3DVirtualStudioPublicationYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/puyq818Urf2TJXWzDekTXYhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ce6a4d0f-c4bd-4c03-af7b-b2f0cec795e8.jpgVideo Log 2025-05-02: Finishing SequencesThis log covers the large gap from February and also the work in April to reconstruct the "Suiting Up" sequence, which also led to extending it. My voice is a little odd from congestion (allergies, I think). Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:14 January and February administrative work 01:03 TB-TouringBaikonur Compositing 02:03 Troubleshooting Aquarium Room Set 03:46 PC-PressConference Corrections, Rendering, and Compositing 06:05 SU-SuitingUp Sequence 07:56 Working with the Non-Linear Animation (NLA) editor 11:43 Manual Lip-Sync Animation 13:36 Retiming/Extending SU-SuitingUp Sequence 16:00 Recreating SF-1-C Shot (Replacing shots from Teaser Trailer) 17:02 LA-Launch - Mission Control Room Shots 17:29 SF-SoyuzFlight Ride Animations 18:05 TR-Train Shot May or May Not Reconstruct? 18:30 Expectations for Finishing Episode 19:23 Audio Mixing Considerations 19:49 Outro 20:24 Wildflowers Towards the end you can hear there's a storm blowing in. Also, our cat, Patty, wants into the studio (she got to come in after I finished). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/be3efde2-2b05-476f-92dd-f919aa2b1a02/851fb30c-62d6-493d-8d3e-1cfee962bfb1-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/puyq818Urf2TJXWzDekTXY12440152025-06-18T09:00:53.488ZLunaticsProjectAnimationBlender3DYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/7HtHkgpDHeMEo2KJrf3hUGhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/5065a854-7eda-42b7-a9b3-64ea7ba2bc11.jpgMay 2025 Timelapse: Retiming AudioThis month, I finished the "Suiting Up" sequence sound and synchronization with the animation, as well as tweaking the character animation to correct many errors. At this point, I've signed off on the animation. The only things remaining are compositing and the possibility that I might cut some after reviewing the whole episode. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:10 Sergei Walk Cycle (Hand popping problem) 00:40 Sergei Expression & Sitting (Now using "Tweaks"/"Edit" for Actions) 01:05 Sergei Walk Again! (Lost yesterday's animation work) 02:02 News Crew Animation and Corrected Blocking for Camera 03:56 Check Renders 05:03 Rendering 06:51 Suiting Up Sequence Test Assembly with New Renders 09:18 Retimed Audio Sync 10:58 Putting Retimed Audio into Assembly Edit 11:25 More Animation Tweaks: Hands, Eyes, Head Turns 14:49 Zipper Sound Effect Recording and Breakdown 16:03 Updated Assembly Edit 17:14 Checking Updated Renders 17:38 Problem with Hiromi's Hand Interfering with Chair Arm 17:51 Yet More Renders 18:12 Final Diagetic Audio Stems (Dialog and Ambience) Music Tracks: 00:00 "Жизнь"/"Life" 05:23 "В противоречии"/"In contradiction" 09:07 "Далеко"/"Far Away" 12:55 "Все решено"/"Everything is Decided" 17:26 "Не так"/"Not So" From Dogma-Dalyeko, Jamendo #43251 / CC By-SA 3.0. This is the whole album -- a nice fit to the length. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/366167b0-c474-4797-af2e-0d088a611d00/9dc97007-08da-447b-8d0a-28b48fc2b022-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/7HtHkgpDHeMEo2KJrf3hUG12240302025-06-20T01:03:35.219ZLunaticsProjectBlender3DKdenliveAudacityAudioYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/jonKMkJfTmasGsYA7YpzrThttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4cc9f0f7-a0e4-4a3b-bf7e-2da4ae28da99.jpgVideo Log 2025-06-20: Audio for "Suiting Up"Since last time, I've been working on logs, timelapses, and summaries. I also completed the animation, assembly, and audio mix for the "Suiting Up" sequence. I discovered an interesting program to generate Morse code audio. And a very nice video on the Fediverse was released: ["Introducing the Fediverse"](https://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN) by Elena Rossini, which has been trending on PeerTube. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:14 Monsterdon and Fediverse 00:41 Recommendation: "The Future is Federated" 01:01 PeerTube 01:11 Catching up on logs, timelapses, and summaries 01:51 Morse code and ham radio 02:45 Ham radio in Lunatics? 03:02 Morse code audio generator 03:36 Morse generator demo 03:51 Examples of benefits from keeping logs 04:48 New phone for LineageOS 06:04 Lunatics status: audio work on "Suiting Up" 07:29 Compositing setup for "Suiting Up" 07:58 Pacing question for expanded scene 08:30 Other shots to do next 08:47 Frustrations over time and predictions 09:13 More frequent video logs planned 09:54 Outro 10:03 Busy Bumblebee https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/94e44406-af58-4fcd-84c3-74b2fff1c8d9/e79b0866-bbd3-4e25-9194-5d38ea464a85-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/jonKMkJfTmasGsYA7YpzrT6420212025-06-21T13:34:02.329ZLunaticsProjectAudacityMorseCodeFediverseYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/hSdYafC7BHTM4oRgXzRhH4https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/ff6929d0-06a4-4e0a-a1ef-f84bb351e212.jpgVideo Log 2025-06-28: Mission Control Room ShotsThis week, I started work on the Mission Control Room shots for the Launch sequence. And then I had to deal with some IT work to fix our websites. 00:00 Intro 00:07 Mission Control Room shots in Launch 01:35 Missing video textures problem 02:12 IT Problems 02:22 Static landing pages and Virtual Studio concept 03:09 Certificate configurations in Apache 03:44 Summary 03:54 Other remaining work 04:29 Outro 04:33 Antenna So far so good: a nice short video a week after the last one. Doing better!https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/88956627-65f6-467f-9e35-b657e96071e5/65006873-df8f-4be6-8213-bd9e3c323758-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/hSdYafC7BHTM4oRgXzRhH43040142025-06-29T09:59:10.057ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogBlender3DYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qFGMGmjhVhdjeq4PRJ4Cr7https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1f251698-1d82-4715-b2ad-9e8135fdd354.jpgVideo Log 2025-07-07: Launch Retiming and Lip-SyncWorked on Lipsync and retiming this week. Also a bit of accessibility work on the release webpage. 00:00 Intro 00:06 Lip-sync for shot LA-2-B (Capcom in Mission Control) 00:36 Launch scene retiming 00:42 Revising retimed audio in Audacity 01:36 YunoHost server resize, due to PeerTub runningo out of disk space 02:52 CSS media query work to fix Lunatics site appearance on e-ink displays 05:40 Next week's goals 06:39 Time constraints for 7/20 release 06:57 Outro 07:05 Fireworks https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c7e678a5-c79e-4d96-a0fb-36a93e784cb8/268b93ac-f744-40f0-b8f2-7d8fefe98ea1-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qFGMGmjhVhdjeq4PRJ4Cr7448052025-07-08T10:27:32.414ZLunaticsProjectBlender3DAnimation#CascadingStyleSheetsYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/uxHyVpMa9UXTuBk1VxmF4Mhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/cdd42d64-77d9-482c-9b45-4b3cfe5d8386.jpgaudiomoMenstrualCycleThe complex interplay of hormones that ebb and flow during the human female menstrual cycle are converted into sound. Audio of human female menstrual cycle. Created for the 2025 audiomo sound festival.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e72d8e69-492c-4a02-910d-cebbd61fe207/49d0ea7c-5ce6-419f-941f-00868b5bd302-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/uxHyVpMa9UXTuBk1VxmF4M240042025-07-12T19:08:14.805ZfemaleYESMsHuntersScienceClassNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ivBnfWsyZAS6xEDST7SG8xhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7c7d735b-62a9-47e1-9926-7663b03eec8c.jpgRozzychans Poem - JigsawA poem set to music about how life is like a jigsaw puzzle. A reflection. Image by Corinne Mildiner Music by Andre Louis Poem by Rozzychanhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/8dcdb8d0-ca17-405c-888e-b59e15193565/19988116-f5aa-4deb-9b11-c0ec0b5d3d16-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ivBnfWsyZAS6xEDST7SG8x132552025-07-12T19:43:31.748ZYESCoping, Learning, LivingNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/mmNuzTrwZ6H39YtxYnY9Kwhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/61da20ff-ae7e-4ca8-8fc2-7bf5870c5ddd.jpgCicadas and the Golden HourAt the Golden Hour of twilight, cicadas chirp in the summer time. A tale of daily life, and how to wander into fairie.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a4de4d02-e71c-45e3-97af-99e309645e4c/d63b3ff1-2a7d-43d8-ae58-517722e94115-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/mmNuzTrwZ6H39YtxYnY9Kw375022025-07-12T20:18:46.860ZYESCoping, Learning, LivingNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/mP3DNEosiHQM7ggHgTCuQyhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/8d6d3da2-fd8a-45c1-ba2a-78fd5ae76583.jpgA_Day_of_HaikuA story with poetry set to background music about poets meeting to discuss Haiku. Includes three haiku with the structure 5 7 5. Poems by Rozzychan Original Music by Andre Louishttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/a8885d57-ca10-4993-bc21-e42dc783b3e0/f98f05d8-1fd1-4d8f-9f8c-f84abd16cb1f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/mP3DNEosiHQM7ggHgTCuQy1780122025-07-12T20:30:45.805ZYESCoping, Learning, LivingNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8nsB1Z7qzJ5pW5DFaeS3v1https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/98cb4989-e796-40f6-8608-ce9a99f4827b.jpgLA-2-D: Transition to Capcom in MIssion Control (GL Previz)I animated the Capcom responding to Sergei in the animation file for this shot, but then I realized it took too long to get around to her. So I reblocked the camera move to go more directly to the Capcom. This sacrifices an overview of the big screens and the Mission Control Room set -- but there's another shot, LA-2-C, that shows more of it, so I don't really need it here, and I'd rather show the Capcom. The blank screen at the beginning will have a video texture of the Soyuz in flight (as if from ground tracking telescope). The idea is to start out with a magical impossible camera shot, but apply filtering to make it look like the video from the telescope, and then smoothly transition to Mission Control and the Capcom. Not there yet. Still could be a little cleaner, but I think this is an improvement. I often go through a lot of variations like this to figure out how I want to compose a shot. That's one big advantage of the 3D animation workflow. This was recorded to check lip-sync, so there is only the "voice stem" -- there's a lot more in the full soundtrack, though I'm still working on that, too.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3baefc24-3afa-4396-ac11-1b77e9c7fd5a/1659b73e-e883-4eae-8794-39dec5973106-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8nsB1Z7qzJ5pW5DFaeS3v130092025-07-12T22:05:38.996ZLunaticsProjectWIPPrevizYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9tTRuzionNHxyz5FaNWinhhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4b164420-eefa-4346-90b2-cd12bba35a0d.jpgbone_clinic _the_long_bones (240p)Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology. How to remember the long bones of the body. Human anatomy.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/44ae2595-a7aa-4290-a39f-d818899466e6/f64f63fb-fbf0-4842-ba73-80965bcda226-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9tTRuzionNHxyz5FaNWinh2415122025-07-17T06:49:41.371ZYESMsHuntersScienceClassNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/4Lo8DTWqgss7g723JHXy6thttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d77e3c4a-155f-4799-9b33-90ca038bfbc7.jpgVideo Log 2025-07-19: Yet Another Slip & Mission Control Room ShotsWell, sorry to say, this pilot is not going to be finished in the next 24 hrs. But the shots I'm working on for the Launch sequence are looking pretty good. It's definitely going to work, but I will need to do another iteration on them. 00:00 Intro 00:09 Schedule Slip past 7/20 01:00 Mission Control Shots (LA-2) 03:59 Other Shots with Animation to Finish (Now LA-7) 04:53 Audio Dialog Editing Changes 06:56 Infrastructure, Shop, and Promotion "Pre-Launch" Work 08:33 Outro 08:40 Stormy Sunset https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/1e7dc7fa-3577-4f96-bf0b-0f6ea279b325/921ca064-6ba7-469b-9b08-5218ad9f6394-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/4Lo8DTWqgss7g723JHXy6t580092025-07-20T10:15:36.122ZLunaticsProjectAnimationBlender3DYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ogX72tdVVciVwTDBUfkGKyhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b8d60661-8785-4697-99dc-f0bdcd17eeca.jpgWaves coming ashore on lakeA peaceful bit of footage of waves coming ashore on Lake Whitney in Texas 7/22. No voices. Just wind and waves.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b4632a81-f57f-46b0-b61d-e98666cbee16/8b4f032d-a4e1-4cee-aa93-6c79e635d20a-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ogX72tdVVciVwTDBUfkGKy1045152025-07-27T02:31:15.841ZLakeWavesNatureCC0SilentSundayYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/pdDp19x6f6By47AGGjyQMdhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b3845abe-a69f-4062-a9f8-255d39684fc6.jpgJune 2025 Production TImelapseIn June 2025, I completed the final stage for "Suiting Up" animation, which is compositing. Then I started relinking and reblocking LA-2 from the "Launch" scene. These are the shots in the Mission Control Room. This included re-adding extras and set dressing and also repositioning and animation cameras. Then I tracked down a problem where the Soyuz Console video texture was not showing up. This turned out to be a flaw in the rsync script I used to update the render server -- it did not included rendered textures, which are under my "Render" folder and normally handled separately from source files, since they are actually generated. Bookmarks: 00:00 Intro 00:04 SU Compositing 02:17 LA-2 Relinking / Reblocking 03:28 LA-2 Previz Renders & Launch Test Edit 04:58 Whole S1E01 Episode Test Edit 06:44 Troubleshooting Soyuz Console Video Texture 07:33 Collected Static Video Footage for Effects Use in Kdenlive 08:23 Fixing the Rsync Scripts and Re-Rendering Soyuz Shots with Console Video The video static videos are in preparation for video textures in the Mission Control Set, which I'd be working on in July. Music Tracks by "Eclipse" from their eponymous album on Jamendo, #42152 / [CC By-SA 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) 00:00 "Собі сама"/"By Myself" 02:40 "На відстані"/"At a Distance" 06:04 "Непотрібні думки"/"Unnecessary thoughts" https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/bc062930-1fca-43a9-8829-d0bc8439ed1e/18c913e7-7384-4f32-94b6-2491ddacbdd8-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/pdDp19x6f6By47AGGjyQMd5810182025-08-04T20:57:36.260ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseBlender3DKdenliveYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/5csJqkh9zmpEhh3TM57vWKhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/d20163c3-60a9-4b06-850d-3f8ce0f6f755.jpgJuly 2025 Production TimelapseJuly involved several iterations on the Launch sequence, particularly the "LA-2" shots, which are set in Mission Control. Towards the end of the month, I started work on lipsync and animation in the LA-6 shots set in the Soyuz interior. 00:04 Retiming Launch Sequence 00:36 LA-2-A Lipsync 02:08 Retiming "Launch" Voice Stem (needed separated voices for lipsync in LA-2-D) 02:33 Replacing Georgiana's line in LA-6-B 03:05 Integrating the Voice Stem 03:34 Animating Capcom in LA-2-D 04:34 Creating Video Texture Panels 04:58 Back to Animating Capcom 05:32 Tweaking Camera Path in LA-2-D 05:53 Moved Soyuz Shots to "Launch" Scene, Creating LA-6-A & B shots. 06:18 More Animating for LA-2 07:10 LA-7 Rocket Boost Animation for Video Texture 09:06 Preparing Video Texture 1 10:45 Preparing Video Texture 2 11:44 Applying Video Textures to Video Panels 13:42 Uploading Video Textures & Rendering LA-2 Shots 14:11 Reviewing LA-2 Shots 14:47 Reblocking the Camera for LA-2-D 15:01 Linking Center Video Panel from LA-2-D into LA-2-A & LA-2-C 15:13 Re-Rendering LA-2 Shots 15:36 Reviewing Updated LA-2 Renders 16:00 LA-6-B Lipsync Music by "Serphonic", Album "Inspirations" Jamendo #24712 / [CC By-SA 2.0/DE](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de) 00:00 Last Hope 05:02 Switch 2 (excerpt used as bridge) 05:34 Midnight 11:17 Witness (Instrumental) https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/21fe35bc-2f4a-4abb-84b4-7550322dfb8b/6b0293c7-80a3-4a55-ac0a-2d28b5c52fb5-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/5csJqkh9zmpEhh3TM57vWK10040312025-08-06T10:26:00.364ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseBlender3DKdenliveAudacityYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/nWHufU6pcBAwEL75Z65h6Yhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e878529e-cde5-478d-ba8a-f67058878a92.jpgVideo Log 2025-08-11: Covid, Timelapses and SummariesI came down with CoViD on August 1st, and have been slowly recovering, but it's going to be awhile before I'm back up to speed. This report: 00:00 Intro 00:07 CoViD Strikes 00:42 June & July Timelapses and Summaries 00:56 Essay: "Inside the Dark Forest" 02:26 Essay: "AI, Automation, Ritual, and Process in Art 05:17 Possible Video Essay? 06:33 Some Project Steering Thoughts 07:00 Animation Status on Lunatics 08:44 Summary - Working on CoViD Time 09:35 Outro 09:41 Beckoning Cat (If you're wondering: the beckoning cat is from July, well before I caught CoViD. I am obviously not going out to restaurants at this time!) https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b1b3a490-55c5-4a07-9993-80fd4397462a/470520f7-d7a6-4699-8ad8-20be04a20049-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/nWHufU6pcBAwEL75Z65h6Y6020122025-08-12T02:24:51.957ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogDocumentationEssaysYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/26e5yuJ1SKgxx5mnMmsAJyhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7a10d3bf-b85e-474b-a40b-60ac0b2ed3ff.jpgRide Animation Test (Previz) - Sergei OnlyWork-in-progress previz. This is what I mean by "ride animation". No Sound. This is only the acceleration couches and Sergei. I don't have a rig to connect the characters to the seats, so I just animate their "Torso" bone to match the seats' movement. There are many more sophisticated ways I could've done this, like using noise generators. But I just did this by hand. I kind of like the rougher oscillation this produces, anyway, and it requires less setup. There are two loops: a low frequency base oscillation with a period of about 40 frames and a high frequency oscillation closer to 7 frames, using the "Add" operator in the NLA strip.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/08d3eae1-398f-4246-bc61-9cb8e703061c/54758fda-cd3d-46c7-80e1-45cf88889ec0-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/26e5yuJ1SKgxx5mnMmsAJy215222025-08-18T05:57:31.814ZLunaticsProjectBlender3DPrevizWIPYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/d9jH8YwByZiVvofV9vm7VDhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/df9f7370-d402-46d7-b3ea-1e89a3ef4e54.jpgWaves at Lake Whitney State Park, TX 2025-07-22Waves lap at the shore of Lake Whitney in Texas, July 22nd, 2025. This is not the area that had flooding, but the lake was pretty full.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/625724e2-2030-461a-816a-7db77d6d002f/f8dd90ed-5635-42fb-ae93-401771650a25-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/d9jH8YwByZiVvofV9vm7VD260112025-08-22T23:54:50.205ZNatureSoothingWavesLakeYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/9iX1EBmMy7eJto93HLd8pzhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fb176589-b3e1-4b71-86b7-05458cc7b848.jpgFloor Cleaning Robot at the QuickTripThis is a floor cleaning robot I saw at the QT / QuickTrip travel stop. I wish I'd manage to get the sound of it talking, because it goes around repeating that it's cleaning. They also have a screen with little eyes that "blink". I've been seeing more utility robots like this around when I go out. I noticed one earlier carrying trays of food at a restaurant. I think the attempt to humanize it is interesting.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/434aa7c8-1f03-4791-83df-772d82045513/e1a640b2-16f7-4657-bab2-427508d03bce-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/9iX1EBmMy7eJto93HLd8pz100152025-08-23T04:31:32.924ZTechnologyEyesrobotYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/gM3PE8o2UStyUMiCZYs8oJhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f8d8f681-a131-427c-be02-8b66dc0b0486.jpgVideo Log 2025-08-31: Bad Month and NLA ProblemsFinal report for August 2025: 00:00 Intro 00:08 Objectively Horrible Month (CoViD Mostly) 00:39 LA-6 A/B Animation Status (Last Lipsync!) 01:35 NLA Editor Experiment/Tutorial 03:08 Animation Status 04:17 New Articles in Production Log 05:01 Summary 05:18 Waves Upon a Shore https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/7fc349d9-3e78-4e16-aafb-f11cd3e9f5d2/f489cd03-dfc9-4398-8902-8cfddb935d4a-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/gM3PE8o2UStyUMiCZYs8oJ3290202025-09-02T04:52:38.161ZLunaticsProjectReportsBlender3DNLAEditorAnimationYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/v4a3bFKYDgxLRn3w32n3pAhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/2c83b0c9-9842-41b6-8db7-a84ccdeaf4bc.jpgAugust 2025 Timelapse: Launch Character Animation and NLA ExperimentAugust was a tough month for me. I had CoViD for the first two weeks, then I worked on the "LA-6-A" and "LA-6-B" shots in the "Launch" sequence, trying to add lipsync, expressive animation, and finally a "ride" animation incorporating vibration from the launch. However, I got tangled up with managing the Non-Linear Animation (NLA) Editor strips, and so I decided to do an experiment and record it. 00:00 Titlecard 00:04 Animation for Launch LA-6-A & B 06:33 NLA Editor Experiment In the end, the footage from the experiment was a bit too meandering, so I decided to re-record a shorter "NLA Demo", with a more directed approach. Still working on this in September. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/eb49d275-7a03-4bac-8133-56b598bab4b8/cd72e13b-d47a-4b5f-aa5b-91b1c1c2b7fd-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/v4a3bFKYDgxLRn3w32n3pA8380102025-09-12T16:37:58.552ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseBehindTheScenesBlender3DAnimationYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/u6sAy3fAdRg3EXxMkFdh6Fhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/363f9e69-6893-4e08-aa7d-c96c13e53fd0.jpgVideo Log 2025-09-24: Coloring BookReport on Lunatics Project activity for the end of September. This month, I had a few more delays, so the episode release is going to slip a little further, but also I did a nice side project for this month by creating "Lunatics - No Children in Space: The Coloring Book" for a local Zine Fair. 00:00 Intro 00:07 Bad news - Oct 4th is not happening 00:54 Zine Fair and Coloring Book 04:35 Animation and NLA Demo Afterwards 05:40 Summing Up: Zine Fair, Episode, NLA Demo 06:30 Until Next Time 06:34 At the Zine Fair (9/28) Felt really good about the Zine Fair. I found it positively motivating. And I did sell one coloring book, donated one to a local college library (which has a Zines collection), and got several questions about Lunatics Project. Also makes me want to attend more events. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/e382fdd4-fda7-4f14-a96e-3d1ce839a779/69e0d6af-dd28-4370-806a-c9100d6a9f32-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/u6sAy3fAdRg3EXxMkFdh6F4100102025-10-01T10:01:48.609ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogColoringBookYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/viLjwBhhVtUbexiPkjZbjEhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/6c93d947-9b90-4585-a455-75f90dc6ac09.jpgSeptember 2025 Production Timelapse - Zine FairThe main event this month was a Zine Fair in Denton (annual "Denton Zine and Art Party" or "DZAP"). I had to be at this event to help out my daughter, so I decided to contribute. And so I made a Coloring Book (or Storybook) version of "No Children in Space", using just the "Ink" render layers from shots in the animation. With one exception, I didn't even do renders -- I just converted the ink layer from existing rendered shots. I also continuted editing a demo of operator effects in Blender's Non-Linear Animation editor. But it seems like I still don't fully understand it myself, as I got lost trying to apply it to the LA-6 shots that inspired me to do the experimentation and make the demo. 00:05 Recording NLA Demo 01:57 Editing NLA Demo 05:44 Fediverse Guide Illustration for Production Log 06:08 Trying to Fix NLA Trouble in LA-6 Shot File 07:37 Coloring Book - Frame Selection and Ink Layer Extraction (VLC, Krita) 12:57 Coloring Book - Text and Layout 18:51 Coloring Book - Extra Images and Layout 19:24 Coloring Book - More Layout 20:09 Coloring Book - Font Selection 23:06 Coloring Book - Rendering Alternate Angle on Staging Shot 24:07 Coloring Book - Cover Art and Binding 24:41 Coloring Book - Printing and Assembly 24:58 Coloring Book - Proofreading Corrections 25:39 Zine Fair Signage 26:30 Zine Fair Event 26:57 Music Credits Music by "10th Octave" (10-я Октава) Album: Ты уже не Ты (2017) Часть 1 / You're Not You Anymore (2017) Part 1 Jamendo #168286 / CC By-SA 3.0 00:00 Ты уже не Ты / You're Not You Anymore 03:54 Кровоизлияние / Hemorrhage 06:48 Цена / Price 09:52 Замешательство / Confusion 12:34 Каждый День / Every day 15:39 Заголовки Газет / Newspaper Headlines 19:46 Заголовки Газет (Single) 23:57 Ты уже не Ты (Single / Partial) https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/ed53fa61-f5bb-4e00-8d38-5d01456fc1ca/15cfce83-85f8-412f-ac09-5bc6acee63b7-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/viLjwBhhVtUbexiPkjZbjE16210142025-10-11T07:33:33.190ZLunaticsProjectTimelapseScreencastZineFairYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/6GdEGjHL5k67jCJx5vssAkhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/79e97b4f-f9a3-4db4-8695-8c7773abcd9c.jpgVideo Log 2025-10-19: Lib-Ray Mitaka, Lunatics Shot Tweaks, HistoryNot quite a month since the last video log, so a lot of little things to cover, including a new architecture for the long stalled "Lib-Ray" project, minor shot corrections in the Lunatics Pilot, and progress on the Lunatics Project History series. 00:00 Intro 00:31 Fan Project Episodes Archive 01:15 A Simpler Way to Implement Lib-Ray Player 01:38 Lib-Ray Player "Mitaka" Architecture 08:04 Lunatics Production: Shot Tweaks SR-1-B, LA-1-D, LA-4 C & D 11:04 Project History 4 - Fixed Media Publishing 13:14 Project History 5 - Soldiering On 16:33 Project History 6 - After the Fire 17:32 Project History 7 - Animation Workflows 17:47 Interns and the Need for a Virtual Studio 19:58 Bunsen Disc Duplicator Project 22:10 Concluding 22:53 Black Vulture on Our Internet Dish Fashion note: the "Hawaiian Shirt" I'm wearing in this is one my very few personal sewing projects from years back. I found it again while doing some cleaning recently. Still fits, still in good condition, and I think it looks good on me! Not subtle, though, to be sure. Despite the similarity, it's actually quite a bit thicker than a typical Hawaiian shirt, so it's nice in this Fall weather. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2e1b4021-afca-4832-9f03-bd4f3236d98f/99b6ef17-a9a6-4c54-b3a3-5a95309291e4-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/6GdEGjHL5k67jCJx5vssAk13900142025-10-21T04:41:33.692Z#LibRayProject#LunaticsProjectYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/kAtAtbeFwGhSgUpJXwSuCGhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/b2aa47e8-8284-40d7-b767-4bf3e555368c.jpgTwo-Minute Tutorial: Creating the Illusion of a Distant Horizon for Exterior SetsHow we created the illusion of distant horizons for exterior sets in "Lunatics!" This is a two-minute tutorial that was, evidently, exclusive to Patreon subscribers in 2015, and was never uploaded until now! https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/9eadeda5-3adc-4efc-95ce-8b04e8249b50/e8b3a96b-59c9-4d89-84d4-9dac0e764fc8-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/kAtAtbeFwGhSgUpJXwSuCG1200252025-10-24T21:45:40.248Z#2MTTwoMinuteTutorialBlender3DSetsOpenMovieYESLunatics Project (Channel)NOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fi4Khiopwh2phNpyCnA6cahttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e3232034-b550-4baa-9f57-0e147023c205.jpgPreviz Animation test of Georgiana and Hiromi2015 Screencast of animation in Blender for Train sequence in pilot episode.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/73c1e4de-ae04-4a19-a861-a94c54f845db/cc64581e-f1e7-413a-9e5d-7aacaa6dd5ae-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fi4Khiopwh2phNpyCnA6ca1210112025-10-25T07:59:09.392ZLunaticsProjectGeorgianaLernerWIPAnimationKeneishaPerryYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8u7b2HV8tLfKU4YZCW7WTdhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/857cae20-a29a-4df2-a609-d58cd47d798b.jpgGeorgiana somersault animation test2015 animation tests by Keneisha Perry. Georgiana: Low-gravity somersault. Pad crew man walking. Lipsync animation tests with Georgiana and Hiromi. Character design by Daniel Fu. Model by Bela Szabo and Keneisha Perry. Rigging and animation by Keneisha Perry.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3c9c99b2-8c15-466f-acc7-9cb210dfd142/9f0877b4-9901-4bf1-a63f-369739ad4eee-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8u7b2HV8tLfKU4YZCW7WTd580212025-10-25T08:07:27.076ZLunaticsProjectGeorgianaLernerAnimationYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/hzmRDhHyn6RPAzRTRuYYDXhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f5d172b8-9815-45d3-8a11-1a104b056468.jpg2011 to 2015 Side-By-Side Train Wheel ShotSide-by-side comparison of 2011 storyboard animatic of train wheel and 2015 Blender animation.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/863a9daa-7688-4675-95ce-f28e90eabcd9/d81f5c76-df81-48b7-86bf-23997c23207f-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/hzmRDhHyn6RPAzRTRuYYDX980102025-10-25T08:24:23.846ZLunaticsProjectAnimationYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/wSnpXZYZNTQRSYDSkFaubjhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/de2d4072-279d-437b-a83e-84dbeba4d2c5.jpg"Glory to the Conquerors of Space" Monument Fly-Around Test Shot (2015)Fully-rendered test shot animation from 2015, flying around the "Glory to the Conquerors of Space" monument in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, from "No Children in Space". [No Sound] This was one of the first fully-rendered NPR3D shots, which helped to establish the look for the show. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f9fa8b6e-5211-41a4-9a18-b256f8f6d2fe/69ae214c-aa64-4f0d-ab09-f07c82d01be4-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/wSnpXZYZNTQRSYDSkFaubj16072025-10-26T21:41:08.116ZLunaticsProjectBaikonurShotWIPBlender3DYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/6k1HQLi1NwbVLvMMusdxaPhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/e777e723-7306-4135-b1ef-b2c618fb1fcc.jpgPress Conference Draft 1 (2016)First Draft of Press Conference Animation included in February 2016 Patreon Newsletter. (Uploaded October 2025, while converting the 2016 Newsletter.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/2b2544fe-3275-4dde-9f19-1b67098a4f55/05c223ac-d190-48e6-a85e-44f24396ef6c-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/6k1HQLi1NwbVLvMMusdxaP198062025-10-27T05:00:22.954ZLunaticsProjectPressConferenceAnimationBlender3DYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8qGZktYihX5B27xNuU5HwAhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/85c2a3ca-7a0d-4713-99c9-19f96049a54b.jpgPress Conference Draft 2 (2016)Second draft of the Press Conference multi-cam cutting. Included in the Feb 2016 Patreon Newsletter. (Uploaded October 2025). https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3c2314c8-f53c-47c0-84c4-fdae495c9012/5db4b46b-cda5-452c-8603-344bc34431ec-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8qGZktYihX5B27xNuU5HwA1980152025-10-27T05:05:46.404ZLunaticsProjectPressConferenceAnimationBlender3DYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cbDnV8qwjpH6oPmFD9hPqZhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/35d9d112-4a66-4561-8d72-17091d5caa48.jpgVideo Log 2025-10-31: Finishing OctoberPardon my slightly cut-off head -- I messed up the camera position for this log. Will try to do better next time. In this report, I talk about my activities in the latter half of October: 00:00 Intro 00:10 RealSocial.Life outage, shopping for new hosting 01:25 Other Catitude on MSTDN.Social 02:04 Converting the Patreon Newsletters (Sept 2014 to April 2016) 05:07 Power failures and a new UPS 06:01 Preparing character turnaround "GIFs" for Mastodon: Hiromi, Allen, Anya, Rob, Josh, and Sarah 08:03 More NLA Editor experiments: figured out the extra operators apply to the "Active Action" 10:53 Applying NLA experience to fix LA-6 and SF-1 shots in Lunatics pilot 11:25 Camels in TR-2 train exterior shot 13:27 Conclusions 13:35 Cat mask for masquerade (Also my new "Other Catitude" avatar on MSTDN.social) Until next time! https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5a90ff75-71fa-4a75-b68f-1072209d3725/f7881bbd-58ae-4684-af86-aa5508da2590-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cbDnV8qwjpH6oPmFD9hPqZ8300222025-11-03T06:14:32.682ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogNLAEditorBlender3DTurnaroundsYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fnvdDtiDUf4WKJKXZtLkwLhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/bbc0abb3-1463-4700-aeda-8f35ec9d655d.jpgOctober 2025 Timelapse: Animation Tweaks, Turnarounds, NLATimelapse of production activities from October 2025. 00:00 Titlecard 00:05 Launch 1-D: waving on the gantry steps extended 00:38 Soyuz Rollout 1-W: gopher animation extended 00:48 Launch 4 "Soyuz Ingress": animation review 01:12 Launch 4-C: improving animation curve and camera angle 01:31 Launch 4-D: changing in/out points for shot to match animation better 01:44 Launch 4: checking animation updates 01:50 Launch 4: updating compositing node system and camera angle 02:06 Rendering updated shots 03:08 Reviewing updated rendered animation 04:16 Geometry for reflection world and camels in Train 2 exterior shot 04:53 Turnaround loop videos for Mastodon for the six adult principal characters 06:18 NLA Editor operator experimentation for demo Music: "Indian Echos" (trimmed) from JMF - "Survolable" Jamendo #34955 https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/74609110-e23e-4777-a8df-5971bb1b2414/b33fe227-271a-4e95-a5fa-c99242974fb5-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fnvdDtiDUf4WKJKXZtLkwL4060322025-11-04T02:24:31.911ZLunaticsProjectAnimationBlender3DCharactersTurnaroundsYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/fds6gcVJZFcJBhyybsfen5https://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/4bf48f23-8ec5-40ea-aa7e-2eb53ac48b75.jpgVideo Log 2025-11-12: Website UpgradesNot quite two weeks since my last report, a lot of little things are happening, but the most notable has to be the much-needed upgrades to the web application server that runs our Wordpress, PeerTube, Pixelfed, and Misskey instances. 00:00 Intro 00:08 Breakthrough on LA-6 Animation 01:05 Remaining Animation in the Pilot Episode 01:57 IT work 02:04 New UPS Installed 02:17 Upgrading the YunoHost Web Application Server 02:34 Unwinding PeerTube Complications 04:29 Upgrading to YunoHost 12, Debian 12 (Bookworm) 05:16 Misskey app is still "broken", so I can't upgrade it 06:39 IceShrimp and Friendica as alternatives 07:04 New apps and Nextcloud 07:37 "Stub" Nextcloud 08:31 Static Landing Website (lunatics.tv) repairs 09:53 New Banner Ad Designs (for comicad.net probably) 12:54 Static archive of Production Log (Wordpress) 13:59 Conclusions 14:48 Moonlight https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/731cf209-c674-472e-858b-a203fb9c8faa/ba42c8d6-9e17-49e7-953f-f7931f4e8187-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/fds6gcVJZFcJBhyybsfen58980242025-11-13T11:25:05.601ZLunaticsProjectWebsiteVirtualStudioYunoHostMisskeyYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/vTowgZjzAuJYFVQgDR9Wfohttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/3429d215-1afd-442d-9c7c-c5bdae03f5fa.jpgVideo Log 2025-11-21: Web Work and CompositingSince my last video log, I've completed a number of improvements to our web servers and also started setting up the compositing for the "Launch" sequence. 00:00 Intro 00:07 Simply Static Archive of Production Log 00:39 New "News" page on release site 01:49 PeerTube Customizations 02:38 Wordpress Customizations and Home Page 05:39 Experimental Misskey Upgrade 07:30 Migration Path and Alternative Fediverse Software 11:26 Nextcloud (File-Sharing) 14:10 ForgeJo (Software Version Control System) 15:09 Other Utility Web Applications 15:35 Compositing S1E01-LA "Launch" Sequence 20:10 Conclusions 20:11 Elm Tree Shediding Leaveshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/f205d544-d7f4-41ee-baae-641c0bbc4b0a/b485827e-8d89-4773-9a67-8cd38d244a28-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/vTowgZjzAuJYFVQgDR9Wfo12280102025-11-23T11:40:10.016ZYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qEaofGTjC6YVtNtWftGTGPhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/fd404b86-173f-4b6e-b6d8-232688f09386.jpgVideo Log 2025-11-29: Compositing Launch SequenceStill working on compositing shots for the "LA-Launch" sequence in the pilot. Also a bit more tweaking on the website. 00:00 Intro 00:09 Compositing File for "Launch" 00:18 Re-Rendering Some Shots 01:36 Rotoscoped Ink Mask for LA-1-C Shot 03:37 Billboard Alpha Corrections (Also Required Re-Rendering) 10:28 Featured Images Added for Key Pages on Production Log 13:02 Next Steps 14:18 Conclusion 14:37 Juniper Berries https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c7af5fbe-65df-4418-ac11-9ccd96f04a1b/e98736c9-ac50-4c32-8eff-cf51f0490448-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qEaofGTjC6YVtNtWftGTGP8960182025-11-30T11:13:17.333ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogCompositingBlender3dYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/bkYtunKTFxUximpEGr4J6Uhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/43302b99-f25a-4f88-86e8-66ddeefd513c.jpgVideo Log 2025-12-06: Launch Edit & Technical IllustrationsThis week, I finished a draft edit for the LA-Launch sequence and made some technical illustrations for upcoming articles and videos. 00:00 Intro 00:14 Review and commentary on of LA-Launch draft edit 04:36 The scary to-do list and time blindness 05:56 Titlecards 06:19 On the Fediverse 07:12 Fediverse Guide illustrations 07:56 Computer configuration drawings 08:41 Plans for next week 09:57 Conclusion 10:09 Storm clouds https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/53c55250-69a9-4a76-93f4-81c1fb4c9846/f65ce82d-a57d-4da2-a242-8381fbd12519-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/bkYtunKTFxUximpEGr4J6U6600132025-12-07T06:39:03.772ZLunaticsProjectVideoLogKdenliveOpenMovieInkscapeYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/ozQPDkbeh1uzwyxmkwEHJDhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/7662d6ea-7730-4849-ac7f-949a511cb46d.jpgNovember 2025 TimelapseTimelapse of production work in November 2025: Lunatics Production 00:05 LA-6-A & B animation (NLA problems fixed) 01:04 LA-6 Rendering/Checking 01:56 LA-Launch Scene assembly 02:18 LA-4 Soyuz Ingress Checking 02:28 LA-Launch Scene compositing 08:13 Rotoscoping ink masks in LA-1-C 09:57 LA-4 Rendering Setup 11:29 SR-1-C Gopher shot Rendering for extended animation 11:41 LA-1-D (2.5 D shot of waving from the gantry stairs) 12:41 Rendering on the Render Server 13:24 LA-2 Mission Control and LA-3 Launchpad Exteriors checking nodes for re-rendering 14:20 LA-Launch scene assembly (with corrections as they came up). Experimental 16:18 Video loops for Mastodon (~GIFs) with live video recordings Promotional 17:15 Lunatics banners and ads, based on "ComicAd" sizes 22:41 Lunatics large square promotionals for social media, etc. Music (Miguel Herrero, "Soundtrack EP", Jamendo #33287 / CC By-SA 3.0) 00:00 "Sadness" 06:06 "Memories" 08:49 "Medieval" 12:32 "Discovery" 15:22 "Space" (Soundtrack EP2, Jamendo #33291 / CC By-SA 3.0) 18:45 "Sand" https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b6e2aea5-7829-4f99-aa49-3785aaec5b9d/e91765d4-5198-4fb7-9d9e-4953969f865d-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/ozQPDkbeh1uzwyxmkwEHJD14500272025-12-12T07:08:15.126ZLunaticsProjectYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/os2r56kTWNXNNEZCjzbm6phttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/503c9a37-6405-4ecc-8b1d-75cb03c3cd36.jpgVideo Log 2025-12-14: Audio MixingThis week, I had some unexpected IT work to do, and started on the audio mixing and retiming for the "Launch" sequence. 00:00 Intro 00:08 Power Supply Failure / Replacement 00:36 Better custom wipe for LA-1-A to B 01:02 November Timelapse/Summary up on Production Log 01:19 Caught missing specular reflection nodes in compositing files 02:25 Retiming audio stems in Audacity for Launch 04:17 Applying stems to Kdenlive edit 05:21 Ardour workflow for 5.1 surround sound (pros and cons) 08:51 Outro / Until Next Time 09:03 Sunny but cold today Some extra notes about the 5.1 workflow: I know I was kind of meandering on this. With Audacity, I can map tracks to output a 5.1 surround flie, which I can then play in VLC, but I can't directly monitor it or pan tracks with it. I can do that in Ardour. Or at least, I think so. I played around with this in an earlier version. I hope to have a little bit more concrete experience to share next week. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/b5cb456d-15bc-4e30-bf68-f108055cfb69/db4e625b-3d6e-4a2c-b501-d22c8f05d775-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/os2r56kTWNXNNEZCjzbm6p566072025-12-15T04:28:17.753ZLunaticsProjectAudacityArdourKdenliveAudioMixingYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/rFbvwHfiySurHDJJ1jwhaehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/aba613ed-7d90-4262-9333-21344af95d8b.jpgVideo Log 2025-12-21: Compositing on the SolsticeThis week, I revisited the compositing in the LA-Launch sequence, correcting the missing spec nodes and fixing the billboard alpha nodes. I also discovered a shot (LA-3-A) that I'll need to re-render. Sadly, I also found out that my ISP is IP-blocking FreeSound.org, which is a whole new kettle of worms. And of course, Christmas is up, so this may be my last report until New Years Eve. 00:00 Intro / Sappy Solstice! 00:09 Compositing in LA-Launch 00:38 Shot file error in LA-3-A that requires re-rendering 01:08 Compositing Billboard Extras Material ID error 01:39 Sound effects 02:18 FreeSound is blocked by my ISP 02:56 Just about all I can do in 2025? 03:38 Conclusion / Happy Holidays! 03:55 This rosemary bush used to be a rosemary Christmas tree, look at it now! I said I'll see you after Christmas, but it'll probably just be a year-end message, because I don't anticipate being able to do a lot. But we'll see what happens. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/cfecf333-e86b-40d8-9818-d7af922c22a7/077004d6-e41e-45cc-8e18-d8265486a491-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/rFbvwHfiySurHDJJ1jwhae2490202025-12-22T05:57:25.759ZYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/1BmvPR11nXBMtrUr4qEy5Qhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/9db76fbe-90da-46c0-a116-c8f4be50a81d.jpgVideo Log 2025-12-31: Recapping2025My final video log for 2025, reviews December, but also the whole year of 2025. 00:00 Intro / Happy New Year! 00:24 Took Christmas Off (No production work since last log) 00:36 Geoblocking problems 00:58 Scouting sound effects locally 01:21 Background landscapes for Train sequence 02:00 Audio side project ("Crab Chorus") 02:59 Sadly, I still have not finished "No Children in Space" in 2025 03:17 However, I did do a lot of work on it... 03:24 Started with the New Years 2025 Edit 03:49 Compositing workflow developed and tested (February) 04:21 Fixing the Press Conference Aquarium Room set to work in Blender 2.79 (March) 05:20 Re-rendered, fixed animation, and composited Press Conference (April) 05:46 Corrected animation, added new shots, rebuilt "Suiting Up" scene (May/June) 06:50 Created shots for Mission Control in "Launch" scene (July) 07:06 Fixed missing LipSync (Press Conference, Launch) (July-August) 07:43 Problems with NLA Editing and subtracting base pose (August-October) 08:29 Writing 08:38 Political Essays "Dark Forest" 08:58 DVD Release Design Article 09:18 Compositing Workflow 09:23 AI, Automation, Ritual, and Process in Art 09:46 Lunatics "No Children in Space", the Coloring Book 10:11 Project History Part 4: Fixed Media Publishing 10:42 27 Essential FOSS Packages 11:20 December Projects 11:54 Remaining Shots 13:06 ISP Geoblocking, Proxy, and VPN Issues 14:14 Website build-out / Nextcloud and Production Sources 15:25 Web Store with Abantecart 15:54 Goals for January 2026 18:35 Kinetic sculpture https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/04efac9e-31e2-4981-bff9-3ae9fa877328/57786458-d721-4397-b3f0-0d3b18d2c6c3-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/1BmvPR11nXBMtrUr4qEy5Q11390372026-01-02T02:02:24.641ZNewYearsLunaticsProjectAnimationYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/1vUodo8eP8g2yG8rUAgfathttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/47bacea3-3fd0-42b4-bf0b-46f5df327d5b.jpgDecember 2025 Timelapse: Composited Assembly and Audio RetimingProduction work from December 2025. Still not quite there, but getting close to the end of production on the pilot. 00:05 LA-Launch Sequence Composited Re-Assembly 01:55 New Horizontal Brush Stroke Wipe Transitions (Used for LA-1-A/B) 02:11 LA-Launch Audio Re-Timing to Sync with Edit 02:34 Preparing to Combine Re-Timed Audio Stems (Added another counter at the end) 03:06 Exporting Audio Stems from Audacity and Importing to Kdenlive 03:33 Revising Ambience Stem (added ambience for Mission Control and corrected transitions to match shots) 05:01 Corrections to Compositing (Mainly added specular reflection nodes and fixed bulletin-board extra masking) 06:06 Background Plates for TR-3 (Exterior landscape shots for windows in interior train action) 06:23 Recording for "Crab Chorus" Audio Project (Side Project for January) 09:02 Credits Music by 5220, from album "Shock of Beta" / Jamendo #38372 / CC By-SA 3.0 00:00 "32 Bit Metal" 01:49 "Devil's Night" (Extended) 03:48 "The Happy Acorn" 05:39 "Walking Alongside Death" 07:30 "The Happy Acorn" (Repeat) https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/042cd9fb-962c-4a83-93d0-e805c8839cd5/7dd73a7c-ae4c-4bdc-bcf0-5558a0604edb-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/1vUodo8eP8g2yG8rUAgfat5600152026-01-04T09:47:59.538ZTimelapseLunaticsProjectCrabChorusYESLunatics Project: Timelapse ScreencastsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/qMGkxLG1Yq6ZuyTYaRuoQehttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/265c483a-380d-4439-acb6-7873ff41fc29.jpgVideo Log 2025-01-24: Archive SeasonFirst video log for 2026. The last three weeks have been mostly about creating my annual archives and reports. 00:00 Intro 00:10 Cold Snap 00:24 No production yet 00:32 Annual Archives 04:06 Sprinkle Trinkle Town Pop-Up Art Market 05:30 MiroTalk - video conferencing test 06:47 PeerTube Migration and Export Tests 08:55 Object storage problems and AWS lockout 09:46 ISP Geoblocking status - developing 10:10 Spring cleaning and reorganizing 11:34 Assets & Equipment Review 12:45 Production for next week? 13:00 Conclusion 13:06 It looks like snow, but it's mostly sleet Not sure how many people actually watch these logs, but I'm going to keep making them anyway. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/c8bca7f4-129f-469a-be70-c2725ab82495/1546ec4e-914e-4262-9232-546daae7a5ff-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/qMGkxLG1Yq6ZuyTYaRuoQe8270172026-01-25T01:02:05.293ZLunaticsProjectArchivesVlogYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/cp7nbqe63UHan8kuX6yGgshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/c51b2636-f93f-4259-8d90-f02f5b5b3f64.jpgSunrise Timelapse 2026-01-27Timelapse from my trail camera, showing the sun rising during a cold snap. You can also see a bird foraging in the lower right of the frame around 20-40 seconds in.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5c4e8dfd-0fc7-4ab5-a77d-413d074ee850/56143ace-4847-4ae0-a14d-b123ba50dbd5-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/cp7nbqe63UHan8kuX6yGgs705222026-01-28T04:21:35.446ZTimelapseTrailcamSunriseYESdigitante_channelNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/8ftmKsqVMCitnu9HAciHsJhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/cb05f868-097e-44e0-88e8-e427d3fcd1e8.jpgComparison of Train Ext Backgrounds for TR-3 SequenceThis is the train interior action from "No Children in Space", with two different methods for handling the background plates (what you see out the windows). At the top is the first method I used for the "New Years 2025" draft edit. I basically just fudged them by using a still test render, applying some blur and then shifting it in the appropriate direction for each shot. The lower method is the current test, using the method I had always planned, which was to render video of the camera moving down the railroad track in the set. There are a couple of places, where I attempted to match the interior movement (where the camera is turning during the shot). The match is still imperfect -- I might go another round with the backgrounds, to match the movement better. In fact, the difference is not as great as I thought it might be, but I do think the rendered video backgrounds are a little better.https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/3ab53e42-fbe5-48fb-aadb-44e932d4f2aa/c9970a3c-8ca5-4f58-8bc0-0abb43a3e3e1-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/8ftmKsqVMCitnu9HAciHsJ680132026-02-03T00:37:29.300ZLunaticsProjectWIPTrainBackgroundsYESLunatics Project: Work in ProgressNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/gVVcP4EAGi9LoaTFfmhinQhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/f873f609-db0e-4dc1-9397-900aaf7c3254.jpgVideo Log 2026-02-09: Episode Two AssetsAs I have been busy with archiving (finished!), reorganizing, and cleaning my workspace, I have not really made very much progress to talk about on the remaining episode one production, so I thought I would review where we stand with assets for episode two (working title "From the Earth..."). Since we originally conceived what are now the first three episodes as a single pilot episode, we did quite a bit of work on the later parts, including most of the work for episode two. 00:00 Intro 00:09 Archiving, Organizing 00:27 New Scanner (Epson FastFoto FF-680W) for Cards/Photos 00:42 Storyboard Workflow, Using 4x6 Index Cards 03:40 Thinking About Later Episodes 03:51 Assets for Episode Two: Audio, Visual, 3D, Rigging 06:56 Assets for Episode Three and Beyond 09:16 Status on Episode One: Background Plate and Reflection World Plate 11:17 More About Reorganizing 12:19 Conclusions 12:46 Winter Woods Coda music is "Be With You" by Pipe Choir, from the Free Music Archive project, CC-0 Public Domain Assignment. https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/810049a1-8c9a-4fa6-8d0a-6b0a68fdeb16/2a8fc224-2338-41bf-b45d-e65fdf68388c-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/gVVcP4EAGi9LoaTFfmhinQ781062026-02-12T16:47:47.584ZYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/w/czY9yyDbuUHp3UZ6noBBUBhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/lazy-static/thumbnails/1349c70e-5975-4013-aa6c-bf26e1585f3e.jpgVideo Log 2026-02-22: That Train ShotThis week's production work is all focused on one shot: the opening shot of the train sequence (technically it's the 2nd shot in the scene, because the Moon-Earth space shot is included as well as the action on the train). This shot has been in a broken state for several years, and it's very satisfying to finally make some progress on it. 00:00 Intro 00:07 The Train Shot (Old Version) 01:50 What's wrong with the old version? 02:59 Freestyle Limitations -- Simulating Transparency & Reflections 05:00 New Shot Composition: 4 Rendered Planes 07:33 Work this Week: Key Frame Renders & Test Composites (in Gnu IMP). 07:56 Results and Work Remaining 08:44 Flipping the Reflection Shot (Scaling the Camera did NOT work, actually) 09:36 This shot update has been waiting for a long time 10:14 Conclusion 10:39 Mistletoe Berries https://tv.filmfreedom.net/static/streaming-playlists/hls/5dd2abff-4f78-4165-8809-36952773928f/56b6eb44-4269-47e0-a85e-704659786473-master.m3u8https://tv.filmfreedom.net/videos/embed/czY9yyDbuUHp3UZ6noBBUB646012026-02-23T19:17:22.526ZLunaticsProjectCompositingBlenderAnimationYESLunatics Project ReportsNOhttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/lunatics_project/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/film_freedom_project/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/ff_screencasts/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/ff_showcase/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/digitante_channel/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/lunatics_wip/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/lunatics_timelapses/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/mshuntersscienceclass/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/lunatics_reports/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/c/cll/videoshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/a/lunatics/video-channelshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/a/ff/video-channelshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/a/digitante/video-channelshttps://tv.filmfreedom.net/a/mshunter/video-channels