The Adventures of Boris Munchausen

Second Episode: Production Snapshot #1

Konstantin Dmitriev — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:11:27 +0000

Ok, after my previous post you probably believe that we are really exist and we really do working. To strengthen (or completely ruin?) your faith even more we are publishing development snapshot of second episode. This is a preview with draft voicing, no music and sound fx – of course this is a very early preview and it’s a sad look yet. But for the brave ones who are curious about the project status and not afraid of spoilers this might be interesting. Cheers!

Live studio webcams

Konstantin Dmitriev — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:12:58 +0000

You might be wondering why there is so few updates last time. The answer is simple – we are busy working hard on the project.

Today we want to introduce an opportunity to watch us working at the project in the studio via live webcam! So, here’s the announcement:

WE ARE BROADCASTING LIVE

every Monday and Friday

starting from 10:00 till 11:00 UTC

Watch us live here
(you can view broadcast archives when we are offline)

I don’t know how much it will be interesting for non-Russian speaking audience, but at least this is a good proof that we are real. ^_^

Many faces of Saladin

Konstantin Dmitriev — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 12:59:41 +0000

Saladin – the main antagonist of Munchausen series – turned to be the most difficult and discussed character for us. Here we would like to share all the different concept versions of his image:

…And here’s the final concept:

Storyboard of Episode 2.0

Konstantin Dmitriev — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 06:23:18 +0000

Hi! Finally, here’s the storyboard of upcoming episode 2.0. Enjoy!

Download storyboard

Launching episode 2.0

Konstantin Dmitriev — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:13:31 +0000

I am happy to announce that we started to work on the second episode of The Adventures of Boris Munchausen. The screenplay is available here. Sorry, it’s in Russian only at the moment.

We plan to do screenplay translation via the Transifex service, but that requires some special preparations – please be patient. Also we want to put some efforts into development of tool that will allow us to automatically convert screenplay translations into subtitles for final movie. So, translating screenplay in your language you will get subtitles as well!

At this moment we already have storyboarding done. Now we need to scan it and bring into the order. Here’s a few unprocessed pages:

As for the first episode, the production will take 8 months – episode will be released in June 2012. This episode is estimated as at least twice complex than the first and we want to do our best. That’s why we also want to launch funding campaign, but before we should do necessary calculations.

The development process will be completely open. We will update our sources repository at regular basis, so anyone will be able to build and see the progress.

That’s it for today, stay tuned!

Version 1.01 Released

Konstantin Dmitriev — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 06:42:09 +0000

We are happy to release The Adventures of Boris Munchausen 1.01. This is a minor update to the first episode, containing some fixes to artwork. See revision history for the full list of changes.

Notice that we have decided to change delivery file formats. Here’s what we provide now:

MPG – Plays mostly everywhere. Big file size. Subtitles are hardcoded – you can’t turn them off.
MKV – Less file size. Not as widely supported by the player as MPG. You can turn subtitles off.
OGV – Say “No” to proprietary codecs! Less file size, you can turn subtitles off, though some players don’t recognize embed subtitles at all.

Enjoy!

Full credits in English:

ARTWORK & ANIMATION BY
Julija Dymova (15 y.o.)
Evgeny Katunov (15 y.o.)
Darya Ljashenko (15 y.o.)
Anastasija Majzhegisheva (12 y.o.)
Oleg Novoselov (15 y.o.)
Dmitrij Pavlov (16 y.o.)
Anastasija Popova (15 y.o.)
Tamara Hudjakova (16 y.o.)

WITH THE VOICE TALENTS OF
Oleg Novoselov as Boris Munchausen
Evgeny Katunov as Streetracer
Tamara Hudjakova as Hacker
Konstantin Dmitriev as Sniper
Dmitrij Pavlov as Strong
Dmitrij Pavlov as Worker

SCREENPLAY BY
Konstantin Dmitriev
Evgeny Katunov
Amadu Merlushkin
Ivan Ushakov

MUSIC

“The Soundtrack Of Our Summer”
by The League
(http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/43184)
License: CC-BY

“Who’s Got The Boogaloo”
by Juanitos
(http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/54844)
License: CC-BY

“Cortez Pizarro”
by Slim
(http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/3100)
License: CC-BY-SA

“Morue1″
by Pute Au Rabais
(http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/61614)
License: CC-BY-SA

“Angel”
by Keffy Kay
(http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/82941)
License: CC-BY

“To The Light”
by Keffy Kay
(http://www.jamendo.com/en/album/82941)
License: CC-BY

SOUND FX
retrieved from freesound.org project
by following contributors:
audible-edge, Corsica_S, davidworksonline, DickBlox,
Erdie, fastson, FatLane, gcmax, HerbertBoland
inchadney, JohnnyDiamond, Langerium, monnie101
Omar Alvarado, pempi, thanvannispen, SlykMrByches
strangely_gnarled, Syna-Max

EDITOR
Konstantin Dmitriev

SOFTWARE
Synfig Studio
Blender
MyPaint
Gimp
Pencil
Remake

DIRECTED BY
Konstantin Dmitriev

Who is your favorite character?

Konstantin Dmitriev — Fri, 02 Sep 2011 15:03:26 +0000

Sources! Sources! Sources!

Konstantin Dmitriev — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:57:39 +0000

Sources of The Adventures of Boris Munchausen are available at GitHub now!

Browse and download sources

Notice, that to build them you need the latest version of Remake – don’t hesitate to get the development git sources. I have provided brief instructions in the README file. Detailed instructions will follow soon.

We giving out all the sources, now it’s you to decide what to do with them. Here’s a few ideas/hints:

Add some cool special FX, like focus blur, motion blur, glows and flares (it’s easy to do with Synfig!)
Create alternative soundtrack in your native language
Trace artwork to vector
Paint a random picture and put it on the wall at shot #220
Use the characters to create your own story

Have your own idea? Add it to the list here and inspire others!

Sources are provided under the Creative Commons License and you are free to modify, reuse, distribute and do other awesome things. See full license here. Notice, that all visual sources (artwork & animation) are licensed as CC BY, while some soundtrack music have CC BY-SA license. Thus, the final compilation (as a movie file) should be licensed as CC BY-SA.

What else can I say? Go ahead, rip it apart, people!

Your Expectations

Konstantin Dmitriev — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 00:19:38 +0000

The Story Structure

Konstantin Dmitriev — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 03:55:28 +0000

If you wondering about the amount of episodes planned in the story, here’s a little clarification. Initially screenplay was wrote as a solid composition. But later we have decided to split it into the following episodes:

The Adventures of Boris Munchausen 1.0: Gathering (released)
The Adventures of Boris Munchausen 2.0: Challenge
The Adventures of Boris Munchausen 3.0: Friendship

Each episode could also have a set “subreleases”, introducing the improvements in the quality of art, animation or even the story flow. I.e. we may have 1.01, 1.02, 1.11 for first episode, 2.01, 2.02, 2.11 for second episode, and so on. The change in the minor number approximately reflects the amount of changes made.