7 days left to support Project Gooseberry!
The Blender Institute is raising funds to produce the world's first feature-length open movie. I'm very excited for this movie. The story is about a sheep that longs for a more interesting life, when along comes a salesman that gives him the ability to try different lives for 5 minutes at a time, until he finds the life he wants. One of those lives is as a wolf, btw. Here is the teaser trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfezG5M2ICg

Since I have recently started a new job that has tripled my income(don't get too excited, I worked 13 hours per week at minimum wage previously), I am now able to FINALLY support an open movie! One of the perks is the Blender Cloud, which lets you download all of the files from the other open movies AND all of the training videos/files. In addition, you get the same files the studios have access to, allowing you to watch the production of the film in real time! A great deal for 10 euros per month(US$12.80).

I have already downloaded some of the production files from the trailer above and have watched parts of some of the training videos available on the Blender Cloud(valued at US$217.60). Here are two screenshots I tweeted of the production files:
An overview shot of one of the scenes
An easter egg I found referencing their most recent open short film, Tears of Steel

I really want this to succeed, both for the movie and the development this will drive. At the moment, it's still quite a ways away from reaching the funding goal. I haven't been sharing about it as much as I probably should, since I know I don't have much reach, but this funding drive clearly needs as much help as it can get. Even just sharing will help.