Project Gold - Production Log 03

See what the team has been up to, from set-dressing the underwater world to designing the fracture lines of Mikassa's character model for Project Gold.
Read more about the update of Project Gold here: studio.blender.org/blog/proje...
Camera & Editing
Haru Legouge
Music
Dekobe - Another Time
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Kz - Blast Off
• KZ - Blast Off (Instru...
Limes - Blasé
• Limes - Blasé
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[@conradjustinart]

Heartbreaking news!😢 I am certain you will deliver beautiful, vibrant and detailed scenes and breakdowns. Even if it is not going to be a full movie, it will have brought a great value to the world of Blender art. Stay awesome!!! BTW, such cool rocks, Andy!

[@alvarorodriguez1592]

I'm sure it must have been saddening to have to cut the project down. We all feel it with you, quite frankly. You are the best and we love seeing your work, Blender is amazing and you are our avant garde!

[@mitchcnnn]

It's insane the technology that was developed for this film. Even though the project isn't moving forward. I'm sure there will be some very interesting developments in the community stemming from this!

[@MaxSonicUA]

It's really grounding to see that even highly skilled teams like the Blender team face their own set of challenges and sometimes can't bring a project across the finish line as they had hoped. It's a reminder that the journey of creating something, whether it's software, art, or any kind of project, is filled with unexpected hurdles. Even the most experienced and talented people can encounter obstacles that are tough to overcome. Huge respect for the team ♥️

[@Itsnothing389]

Great take.

[@hadriscus]

Yea, it gives some perspective.

[@Erindale]

Incredible work by the whole team! Sad to see it stopping but definitely understandable with that scope and all the new tech and workflows you need to develop. Regardless of the final film, the project files are already such a wealth of knowledge

[@lucianomunoz]

I'm deeply enjoying seeing this project eveolve and seeing them talking about these technical and artistical challenges! SO INSPIRING.

[@richardconway6425]

Really sorry to hear that you've been struggling with this project guys, we all know that you worked really hard and did your best. The art and models you have made so far are fascinating and beautiful. Such an ambitious project; perhaps you just didn't realise how ambitious it really was. A full length movie with these kind of visuals ? That's an undertaking that we normally only see from big studios with huge budgets. It takes a lot of courage to admit that we are not able to complete something we have committed ourselves to, but better that we do it sooner, rather than later. Thank you for everything you have done so far.

[@retroeshop1681]

Oh no, put on hold, but don't cancel it, it looked like it was going to be amazing T_T probably the best Blender Open Movie of them all 😢

[@franciscoortizdecarvalho9341]

This one is the project that I most liked so far, the most compelling and visually innovative. The unfinished pieces will be a proof of potency from the Blender crew in the future, because it will let the observers fill the gaps with their own imagination and freedom. Long live to the Non Finito! Non Finito all the way! ♥♥♥

[@nosirve9458]

I was so excited for this... I'm very sad :( I will wait for the breakdowns :P

[@De8n]

Beautiful visuals. Really love these underwater shots.

[@fredymateodg]

Thank you, Blender! 💛

[@Renn3dArt]

Thank you blender team, makes me be creative that's true!! No joke, cool matee❤❤

[@dracio1982]

Sad news but well Project gold is one of those projects that will always be new, unforeseen, wild and strange... now that I'm writing this I have to think of the song tribute by Tonacios D. Yes, there's a bit of slapstick involved, but the bottom line is that you can't grasp certain things and in the end you can only make a tribute I know Gold was there as an idea like a dream, everything was just not connected and I died a little death of anticipation inside Well, I don't want to die of sadness over things that won't happen. so I'm looking forward to the tribute

[@fabiocroldan]

I don't know if it's a good decision, it promised to be a very artistic and emotional project. Perhaps Blender Studio could ask for more capital from the community or incorporate interns to speed up processes. Blender has a great community that wouldn't hesitate to help. Anyway, greetings to the team, I hope you are well.

[@hadriscus]

That must be disheartening for everybody involved. I'm sure the decision is the right one, though. Too bad because the art direction looks amazing and the node tools (shards, corals...) are super cool.

Mis respetos y mucho amor para todo el equipo. Es un trabajo maravilloso el que han logrado hasta ahora.

[@RmanSt]

❤Blender is the best program! ❤

[@adarshgirpunje7690]

Nice work

[@89ZY]

Thank You..Blender😊😊

[@AMINE-uj8mx]

This project looks amazing excited for it

[@jbdh6510]

It has been canceled

[@Kram1032]

Very sad to see this shelved. It did really look very very ambitious and I'm looking forward to seeing what's been made. Are the issues purely organisational (say, need more people or need more careful earlier planning before heading into asset creation for stuff that completely changes) or did you run into some other limitations? I hope you'll also eventually do a retrospective on this one.

[@richardconway6425]

Yes, a retrospective would be very interesting, and also instructive for anyone contemplating a big project of their own. I think you got it in your first sentence. It was a very ambitious idea just in concept, and I think this only became apparent once it was all under way, when the artists started to grapple with what they had been tasked with. I get the impression that it would have taken all their efforts to produce just one tenth of the intended result; perhaps they may have been able to make a beautiful, 10 - 12 minute short. But it did seem there were some technical difficulties too - the complexity of the underwater 'sets' meant that they were coming up against continuity issues, like for example, inconsistencies in the water depth across different scenes. Perhaps that's because different artists were working separately on different scenes, and had interpreted the implied water depth differently. I'm sad for them, because it's always really hard to accept a less than optimal result, when so much has already been invested, but I don't think anyone was to blame. It was simply a case of not realising the magnitude of what they had decided to do.

[@Kram1032]

@@richardconway6425 the continuity issues, as I understand, happened because the story changed from what had initially been planned. Basically they would've had to majorly retool to make the scenes consistent again

[@animation_craze]

This project looks amazing excited for it❤

[@jbdh6510]

It has been canceled

[@hadriscus]

@@jbdh6510 I assume they're excited about the release of the work done so far

[@colorsreflections]

sua arte é muito legal

[@wigglepixel]

Sad news indeed, especially dissapointing for the team working on it. Not something easy to do. I think it's very admirable that the team has taken this difficult and brave decision.

[@Dead_Last]

Since im not interested in story. All i want to see is that painterly style and hopefully some improvements in texture painting that come from it.

[@Manoel_Dias]

Blender Studio launches a version of Blender 2.80 for weak computers like Windows 7 and includes the same integrated renderer optimization system like Blender 2.79

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@andy which theme are you using in Blender. Love the covid icons in the panels @9:17 When we see it on big screen. But also later @9:42

[@kornholioefx]

I'm curious, since this is one of the open movie projects for Blender, will all the production files (i.e. Blender files, concept art, storyboards) be available to the public? I'd be curious if others could potentially finish out version of the film.

[@mious-]

Great to see desktop linux! What distro do you guys use? (gnu/linux my bad lol)

[@tinolm6202]

Ye looks like everyone is using KDE there, also couldn't tell you which distro tho

[@mious-]

@@tinolm6202 yep that's why i asked 😃

[@richardconway6425]

I think Cent OS is/has been popular with blender staffers, I believe I've seen people like Pablo Vasquez using it, but of course, he's not in the Blender studio team. But, I have no idea what the studio people use. I would imagine they all have their own personal preference. They certainly like open source software, they use other stuff like Krita, for example. In fact, it would be really interesting to get a list of all the oss that they use.

[@mious-]

@@richardconway6425 Yeah for sure!!

[@junechevalier]

Do you need UV map for those rocks? :o looks like a pain to unwrap manually

[@NicCrimson]

12:14 How do you get the asset shelf to pop up? (Note: not the asset browser)

[@U-Vocabulary]

Which monitors do they use for such incredible tasks?

[@richardconway6425]

31.5" diagonal, 4k resolution, I would guess. Good quality IPS type, perhaps colour calibrated. Non shiny screen surface, for daytime studio work.

[@animatorFan74]

Really sorry to hear you won't be completing this project..... did you discuss scaling everything down to make it more manageable? So you can make a similar animation, but just not as huge as you anticipated?

[@dmitryvolkov7178]

3:08 - you use KDE and Nautilus?)))

[@TheDreamBuilders-qo1uj]

Wow amazing, This is very good. I am interested in learninag 3d animation Where i should start.

[@dennisbuyse258]

Depends where you are. If you are new to blender entirely then the famous donut tutorial by andrew price on youtube is a good start.

[@brayanalexandercidbalderas5915]

What do I need to do to work with you in the Blender Studio? I've searched how to apply and found nothing 😢

[@hadriscus]

I imagine the first step would be to put out some outstanding work of your own

[@user-ej2kj5kk9c]

What date is Project Gold released?

[@regularladz]

Oh hell no u aren't quitting on this 😢

[@ardxncy]

LFG!!

[@CGaMarkings]

Blender, share the storyboard we'll continue it, we'll try

[@MrEshen25]

I don't really understand the difficulty with shot continuity that they mentioned at the end. If the story boards sell the progression, couldn't they just make smaller more curated bespoke sets for the individual shots, and stich them together in post?

[@hadriscus]

Yes, I'm not sure either. That shouldn't be a problem, as long as the film sells the illusion of a continuous world, the actual set doesn't have to be strictly to scale.

[@terrenceseverino493]

I turn there 999 likes to 1k likes and it's great using a blender.i was hoping to make on my own animation.

[@yacinesan]

Give a call to Bassam kurdali he will probably help you solve the extremely complex technical challenges this kind of projects has.

[@ignyflame9855]

😭

[@yacinesan]

I can see the bitterness in his eyes saying that . Anything related to water simulation is extremely challenging in 3d not talking about full environments for a short film.but I think you can do it with a few more cups of coffee 😉

[@yacinesan]

When you can't do something, a wise old 3d artist told me, give it a cigarette or two with a cup of coffee (just thinking about the solution ,no stress no actual interaction with the pc )

[@hackenshaw]

It’s not April 1st… not funny!

[@Con_Koumis]

why not make it a real open movie, and anyone can contribute, it might be messy but interesting?

[@bawbak8800]

Honestly it feels like no one who is working on this project is happy with working there, and it feels like it's coming from a lack of good project and team managing and experience

[@Leocesar3D-mx6rm]

The frustration is tangible. And this material was recorded before project cancellation.

[@richardconway6425]

I'm not sure that's entirely fair. It seems to me that the real issue was the original ambition. A full length movie with these kind of visuals? That is a huge undertaking, and one normally only attempted by big, well funded studios. It's quite possible that they just didn't realise what an endeavour it would be, until they got stuck into it. And of course, once they had committed themselves to the project, it was going to be really painful finding this out. I don't think assigning blame is the least bit helpful, much better to have a rethink about how to prevent this from happening again.

[@hadriscus]

@@richardconway6425 I'm not sure what you mean by "full length", but this was meant to be a short film, like the previous open movies.

[@richardconway6425]

@@hadriscus ah, ok, my mistake. For some reason I thought they were intending to make this into something 'feature length'.

[@ADEPS.]

3:05

[@jbdh6510]

:(

[@saulthetaxidriver6100]

Who asked?

[@GinnyGlider]

You dumb asked... 😜

[@dablicecze]

First

[@zedeon6299]

does this means blender isn't capable enough?

[@retroeshop1681]

Don't you listen? It's not about the tech, it's about the project being larger than they anticipated and they just don't have the resources right now to complete it.

[@RyoMassaki]

@@retroeshop1681 Did you listen? He mentions technical and creative challenges. Artists can solve creative problems, they can't necessarily solve technical issues.

[@retroeshop1681]

@@RyoMassaki Dude, you're the one not even listening, he says it's a creative and technical challenge, not an issue, it's clear you don't understand how a production works, so check the video again and probably many others about film production, as you don't know half of it, that's why he says it too big of a project to tackle right now, it's not a Blender issue, it's a resource issue, and Gold is demanding a lot of it, time and money, so it's no longer viable, that's why it won't go into production.

[@NeedsMoreSubs]

I don't know how to do it anymore because they changed how you do it so here's the manual... Yeah, that part really resonated.