This week we received two times great news!
1) The Amsterdam Cinegrid consortium – researching 4k media distribution and creation – grants us support of 20k euro. That’s to encourage us to at least use a 4k pipeline for filming, storage and conversion, tracking and keying in our studio. This makes it possible we deliver (parts of) the film in 4k, but this depends on factors we will only know in a few months.
2) The Netherlands Film Fund today confirmed we get a wonderful grant of 30k to support the filming process, and another 30k for the animation/CG side of our project.
With both subsidies, our current sponsors, and the ongoing DVD sales (yes, we still need you!), it means our project now is financially being covered in a decent way; allowing us to hire a good film crew, good hardware, great artists, and of course development time!
-Ton-
Is production time going to be extended? Are you planning to have more artists?
That’s all possible, but it’s not like we’re too rich now :) Most of the money was already spent! We can make some choices now at least.
This is great, congratulations again!
I’ll buy the team a beer!
hi ton,just a question,do you know this great website that fund creative project?
http://www.kickstarter.com/help
Kickstarter only allows payments via Amazon.com accounts, it’s very USA centric.
What about http://www.indiegogo.com ?
Greattttt… Congratulations… I will be buying my DVD soon :)
Wow, thats quite a lot of money! @_@ Hope you spend it on making Mango even more awesome! ;D
Don’t forget better craft services! yum.
Please, please, please, add some more minutes to the movie.
fuck yeah !!!
How about a Blender CGI feature movie starring ME :)
Just kidding, but a sci-fi feature movie could REALLY help the Blender Foundation’s finances, enabling it to hire more developers to make Blender even greater!
+1 for the feature film-idea
-1 for you as an actor! ;)
please, please, please dont add more minutes to the movie.
Wow 80K more is a nice amount. Want Mrs. Jolie in the movie… hmm let me calculate…
I believe that the Blender Foundation should ask some well known movie stars (but not the top movie stars obviously) to star in the movie, all expenses paid but no fee. Medium actors like Gretchen Moll or Rosamund Pike would probably be interested if it didn’t take too much of their time. Why don’t they give it a shot? It won’t hurt to try.
We work with Netherland’s most renowned casting agent Kemna. Announcements & decisions coming next week :)
So are the actors all going to be Dutch? Not favorable since many of them have HUGE accents when they speak English. Although Carice van Houten is ok in that regard.
Given that it’s set in Amsterdam that shouldn’t be an issue ;) An American or British accent would be more out of place.
Dutch money means involve Dutch people too. Our Blender crew itself is already very international.
Some A-list actors do non-profit work, don’t they? Would not hurt to ask?
wow :) ! congrats !!
Mango is going blockbuster ;) !
If there is too many gold I want a pony … Blender don’t have pony at all. And no GSOC-student would apply this year to add some ponies in blender
Great!!!
Geweldig!
Very good news Ton! Congratulations!
Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss!
Great news Ton!
yeah!! How cool is this! I like the development time! ;D
gread news :)
@team
will you do stereoscopic version of the movie? :D
That would add at least 30-50k euro to the costs of production. (10%-20%). A sponsor to cover this couldn’t be found (yet…).
So that would mainly require a stereo camera right? So the filming could be mastered in 3D, and if budget allows it a stereo edition made afterwards?
It could always be converted to stereo later. Good use of the new masking tools……
this is great news indeed! :)
That’s really great news! It’s so good to see the Blender Foundation being as recognised, respected, and helped as you guys deserve. Fantastic! :D