Awesome project from Blender -
Open VFX pipeline for Blender.
Project Mango is Blender Foundations 4th Open Movie, again produced and realized in the studio of the Blender Institute in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
About 6 artists and 2 developers will be invited to come over to Amsterdam for 6-7 months to create a short vfx-based sci-fi movie with Blender. Lead by renowned Blender artists Ian Hubert (direction, script) and David Revoy (concept art) this is going to be an exciting project again!
Just like project Orange, and Peach and Durian, the end result itself and all of the production files are being published under the Creative Commons, free to be reused and for everyone to learn from. More importantly, the team will challenge Blender itself to the max, inspiring the developer community to prove Blender is ready for feature quality VFX production. Special attention will be spent on motion tracking, color pipelines, Global Illumination render, grading and masking, and just ensure the Blender 2.6x series keeps being well tested and improved.
You can help us to realize this project by purchasing the DVD box edition of Project Mango in advance!
In the DVD box you will find:
an NTSC and a PAL DVD with film and extras
DVD-ROM with film in HD
All studio data to recreate the film from scratch (CC-by)
All software to recreate the film from scratch (GNU GPL)
A lot of extras, like documentary, tutorials, documentation, raw footage, and so on.
Visit the mango.blender.org blog for more information about this project.
Orders before February 16 2012 can get a film credit. Later orders can get a credit mention on the website and a special section on DVDs. For a real film scroll credit you can still choose to become Gold Sponsor.
Go an have a look and support if you can. @safegaard