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Transformation Nation Town Crier

" Hear ye Hear ye Hear ye"
" Long Live the King and Queen"

RFP # 2013-2303
Request For Proposals
Open Source Public Cel TF Animation Archive

Tender submissions to
Larry Barron
knot_disclosed@yahoo.com

Back in 2006 when it looked like the tf community would be facing
a shortage of tf themed video material ( the dormancy of the
ShadowLord site,etc)
The Founder
figured the solution was for the
tf community to make its own amateur tf themed movies.
So
The Founder
played around with Charcoal-mation to mass
produce cels that others could upload/download
and fiddle about with as the base for a
"Open Source Public Cel TF Animation Archive"

Note the word "base",theory being other amateur
animators,scriptwriters,artists,musicians,voice
actors,editors,choreographers would eventually
contribute to grow the thing and start banging out
short 1 to 3 minute animated shorties.

Basically
The Founder
was building "TF Hollywood" and not
surprisingly it didn't pan out.Creative burnout.
However by the fall of 2006
The Founder
had about 250 to 550 MB
worth of short 3-60 second video tracks,thousands of cels that made
them and audio f/x files,music files and odds and ends from
that project lying about on a cd-rom

So after the creative flameout
The Founder
fled from that cd-rom as
quickly as possible,and
" Open Source Public Cel TF Animation Archive"
went on hold

Come 2013 the folks who do TSA Bash talked about Mako
premiering his new work "Paradox Alice " at the San Antonio,Texas
2013 Bash

So if you're going to make 2013 Bash about tf movies,
why not make it a
"TF International Film Festival" ?

knot_disclosed liked that idea and also learned of the existence of the
long lost cd-rom and the project it was part of
"Open Source Public Cel TF Animation Archive"

So,after about $9.99 in postage,envelopes,a General Public
Licence granting the public the right to do what they jolly well
please with the thousands of cels and video tracks,and the usual
sundry materials,the base for the
" Open Source Public Cel Animation Archive" now resides
somewhere in the USA with

*****************knot_disclosed********************

However since to make animated shorties requires
marketing,artists,audio editors,video editors,voice actors,
scriptwriters,DVD cover makers,spin doctors,cel and
clip choreographers ( "Time Lords and Time Ladies " ),
general creative input

obviously the cels and video tracks from the 2006 project
would require a major effort by amateurs to hammer into
a animated shorty up to exacting standards of the

*************public************

One rather major ingredient for such mini-movies
would be scripts,which is what the thread was originally
about.

However since such a project is beyond the capability
on one amateur,contributions in marketing,scriptwriting,etc
are welcome

the "Open Source Public Cel Animation Archive"
resides with

Larry Barron
knot_disclosed@yahoo.com

Sincerely
The Founder

Pleased to announce the birth of Public Cel Animation
on March 25 2013

for further info and volunteering opportunities
Larry Barron
knot_disclosed ( at ) yahoo.com
( guardian of the 2006 PCA base files )

KISS explanation

A internet based Mechanno/American Erector
set consisting of public domain/general Public
Licence jpeg images,series of animation cels,
.avi's,.wav audio files and the scripts needed to
tell others how to assemble all those bits and pieces
into 1 - 3 minute animated shorties ( mini-movies,skits)

A internet volunteer community that
upload/download and contribute to the Mechanno set
and make the animated shorties,write the scripts,alter
the public domain files to make them fit the
scripts ( and vice versa )

more advanced issues

The animated shorties would likely have jerky
animation,video tracks that might not show the scene
the audio that goes with it describes,mish mash of artistic
styles in the video tracks and audio tracks going from
"John Wayne " to "Mickey Mouse" in mid conversation
( IOW a 'motley' animation style )

Over time the Public Cel Animation gets bigger and
better as people volunteer their skills to marketing,
communications,administration and cataloging,producers
directors,choreographers,graphic artists,etc

contact point
Larry Barron ( a real person in the USA
with the internet capabilities required to make PCA work)
knot_disclosed ( at ) yahoo.com

Sincerely
Morwa Lugi
morwalugi ( at ) yahoo.com