The Brighter Planet Blog

“Brighter Planet Better Stars”

In several previous “Behind the Scenes” posts I have released my animation production files for download with the hope that someone might be able to learn and benefit from them. They serve little purpose sitting in a drawer on my external hard drive. It seems only natural to give them away, for those animations would not have been possible if others hadn’t given me the tools to produce them. This is the spirit of openness.

In this current video I benefited again from this spirit of openness. The sound track that fills the second half of the piece is built from sound files that generous and talented people have given away under a creative commons license. This video would not have been possible without these sounds.

Financially I saved money because I was able to finish the video in a shorter time. Environmentally I conserved energy by not traveling out myself to record trains and motorcycles and jackhammers pounding away. And lastly I found a deep joy to think that we (the strangers who recorded these sounds and I) were able to work on a project together. What a feeling of abundance!

This time around the best thing I can think to give back to the community of artists flowing across the internet is my thanks.

Thank you 3bagbrew for your recording of a steam engine at a museum.
Thank you benboncan for your field recording of a narrow guage steam train starting off uphill.
Thank you bondegi for the sound of three jackhammers.
Thank you johnmcd for the sound of a Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Thank you sandyrb for however you found that huge explosion.

-Daniel