Film Freedom Project (Channel)
The purpose of Film Freedom Project is twofold: To promote and educate about Free-Licensed Open-Source Software for multimedia, film, and animation production. To promote and educate about Free Culture approaches to distributing, marketing, and making money from multimedia productions released under free licenses.
Episodes
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Brief: Lib-Ray Mitaka Architecture
A brief introduction to the 2026 Architecture Proposal for Lib-Ray, called "Mitaka". 00:00 Intro 00:50 Overview of Structure 02:39 Namespaces 04:05 Player Namespaces: "Sys", "Lib", and "Ark" 07:15 Disc Namespaces "Menu", "Media", and "Extra...
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Painting Sound Demo
Demonstration 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/htt...
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Raven Rap
Nicholas 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 seas...
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The Impossible Voyage - Techno+FX Edition
This 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 Insti...
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Experimental 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 Sy...
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Screencast: "Space Bunny" Ragdoll Rig
Screencast 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 lo...
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LunaGen Intro: Part 3 - Use
Third 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 ...
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Lunagen_Intro-Pt2-Implementation
The 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...
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LunaGen Intro: Part 1 - Requirements
The 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 ...
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Pepper & 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 ( @[email protected] ) Animated by Morevna Project ( @[email protected] )
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Pepper & 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 ( @[email protected] ) Animated by Morevna Project ( @[email protected] )
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Pepper & 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.
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Pepper & 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.
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Log Extract: A 3D Prop with MidJourney, Gnu IMP, and Blender
Log 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 text...
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Lib-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 eleme...
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What is Creator Endorsed?
I felt that the previous version ((VIMEO), (PEERTUBE) ) with the dry voice track was a little weak, so I decided to try adding some music and effects....
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What 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]
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Colorimeter Attempt
These are some videos showing the process for color-calibration. I made an attempt to fix the color balance issues on my monitor, but it turns out, it's just too far out of balance to calibrate this way. Probably means I'll have to use another mon...
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The 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 ...
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Devastation of the Xmas
Insert cartoon for Southwest Reprise Theatre's production of "The Very Merry Xmas Carol Holiday Adventure Show", showing the horrors of the dreaded "Xmas", which is the evident villain of the story -- or so it seems, at least. It's a silly cart...
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Alice in Wonderland - Down the Rabbit Hole
This is a visual effects video we created for a community theater production of "Alice in Wonderland". During the play, the actress ducks behind a curtain, this video plays for her fall into Wonderland, and then she emerges for the rest of the pla...
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Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole, VFX Mockup
This is a mock-up of the shot, with an animated video standing in for the matted live-action shot (from the greenscreen shoot). The video is presented on a plane in the 3D animation, rigged to always face the camera. The "flotsam" is incomplete...
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Open Source Production Software: Conception to Completion
It is possible to go from an original idea to a finished animated film entirely using free/open-source software, as illustrated here with examples from the "Lunatics!" project. FilmFreedom.org is a new site we are creating as a portal for acces...
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Blender Dmedia Proposal Video
This is a video I produced for a project we ultimately decided not to pursue. However, I'm proud of my work on this "How It Works" video, so I'm uploading it here. "Dmedia" may be an unrelated trademark. This was the name of the library David J...
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What 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 pe...
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What is Creator Endorsed?
I felt that the (previous version) with the dry voice track was a little weak, so I decided to try adding some music and effects. This is the first time I've really done a soundtrack like this...
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Colorimeter Attempt
These are some videos showing the process for color-calibration. I made an attempt to fix the color balance issues on my monitor, but it turns out, it's just too far out of balance to calibrate this way. Probably means I'll have to use another mon...
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The 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 ...
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Devastation of the Xmas
Insert cartoon for Southwest Reprise Theatre's production of "The Very Merry Xmas Carol Holiday Adventure Show", showing the horrors of the dreaded "Xmas", which is the evident villain of the story -- or so it seems, at least. It's a silly cart...
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Alice in Wonderland - Down the Rabbit Hole
This is a visual effects video we created for a community theater production of "Alice in Wonderland". During the play, the actress ducks behind a curtain, this video plays for her fall into Wonderland, and then she emerges for the rest of the pla...
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Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole, VFX Mockup
This is a mock-up of the shot, with an animated video standing in for the matted live-action shot (from the greenscreen shoot). The video is presented on a plane in the 3D animation, rigged to always face the camera. The "flotsam" is incomplete...
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Open Source Production Software: Conception to Completion
It is possible to go from an original idea to a finished animated film entirely using free/open-source software, as illustrated here with examples from the "Lunatics!" project. FilmFreedom.org is a new site we are creating as a portal for acces...
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Blender Dmedia Proposal Video
This is a video I produced for a project we ultimately decided not to pursue. However, I'm proud of my work on this "How It Works" video, so I'm uploading it here. "Dmedia" may be an unrelated trademark. This was the name of the library David J...
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Monkey See Monkey Do
Object 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://freesoftwar...
About this show
The purpose of Film Freedom Project is twofold: To promote and educate about Free-Licensed Open-Source Software for multimedia, film, and animation production. To promote and educate about Free Culture approaches to distributing, marketing, and making money from multimedia productions released under free licenses.