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Watch the trailer for The Hunt, an animated horror short film by Diogo Costa, premiering at MotelX 2024. Follow soldiers confronting past traumas in a dark forest. This 3d animated film is an international co-production between COLA Animation, Studio Kimchi, Studio Unkai and Blauw Films. Discover how this Blender short film uses Guerrilla Animation and talent from around the world create a haunting visual experience.

Discover the latest from Blauw Films in June 2024! Get insights into Syntactic Labyrinths, Operation: Deli Platter, and Heist Club. Explore independent filmmaking updates and behind-the-scenes development.

Welcome to the official teaser trailer for Heist Club! Discover Heist Club, Blauw Films' upcoming animated series featuring 7 eccentric art thieves. Dive into character sketches, pre-production details, and the excitement of creating original 3D animation. Join us as we unveil the world of Heist Club!

Explore the haunting Original Soundtrack of Apple Rot, an experimental horror short film by Blauw Films. Composed by King Khamen, immerse yourself in eerie melodies inspired by strange dreams and uncanny tales. Stay tuned for the soundtrack release date and more details on this chilling original IP.

Discover how Blauw Films pioneers open-source filmmaking with Chaos Group products like Chaos Corona in an interview with Leonardo Verkoelen. Explore their approach to creating original films and sharing free resources for 3D artists and filmmakers. Learn about their mission to empower creativity and innovate in the film industry.

Dive into the eerie world of Apple Rot with its uncanny teaser trailer. Experience the experimental horror of strange dreams and home invasion nightmares fueled by Genesis Orchard apples. Discover the creative vision behind this uncanny original IP by Blauw Films.

Explore the latest developments from Blauw Films in May 2024! Discover our commitment to free resources, updates on Syntactic Labyrinths, Operation: Deli Platter, and Apple Rot. Join us as we empower creators worldwide and share insights into our experimental short films and website enhancements.

Explore 'Dreaming in Blauw', where art meets honest expression and creative dreams come alive. Discover how Blauw Films embraces imagination in projects like Apple Rot and Operation: Deli Platter. Join us in celebrating the spiritual quality of artistic inspiration and the journey of independent filmmaking.

Explore '17 Over Blauw', a conceptual art project symbolizing creativity and imagination. Discover how Blauw Films embodies artistic expression through projects like Apple Rot and Operation: Deli Platter. Join us in embracing the timeless essence of creativity with this unique analog clock.

Discover '2 Farmers Saw a Sheep', an experimental short film by Blauw Films that delves into epistemological questions of knowledge and belief. Explore the blurred lines between truth and perception in this unique cinematic experience. Discover more about Blauw Films' commitment to experimental cinema and artistic exploration.

Discover effective strategies for monetising your independent short films. Learn how to navigate funding challenges, build your audience, and leverage your film as a cultural asset. Explore insights from Blauw Films on generating revenue and attracting investors, distributors, and partnerships.

Discover Blauw Films' free resources for filmmakers and 3D artists. Access our open-source library with production tools, knowledge, and solutions to tackle unique filmmaking challenges. Join us in building the future of the film industry with open solutions and collaborative problem-solving.

Discover how to create the perfect cinematic look for your film, animation, or video game with Blauw Films. Explore key concepts in storyboarding, lighting, lenses, and motion to elevate your visual art. Ideal for filmmakers, 3D artists, and creators striving for stunning visuals in their projects.

Unlock the secrets of CG bokeh to enhance photorealism in your 3D renders. Learn how to manipulate aperture shapes, vignetting, and optical aberrations to create stunning out-of-focus effects. Perfect for 3D artists seeking to elevate their visual storytelling.

Explore the history and impact of the Zeiss 50mm f/0.7 lens, developed for NASA's Apollo missions and famously used by Stanley Kubrick in Barry Lyndon to capture scenes with only candle light. Perfect for filmmakers and 3D artists interested in historical lenses and low-light cinematography techniques.

Discover the terrifying story 'Your Sleep Paralysis Demon Has a Gun' from Blauw Films. Read an excerpt from Eve's diary that plunges you into a nightmare where intruders control your fate and reality twists in unsettling ways.

Download a free 3D T-shirt mockup template for product visualization and character design. Compatible with Marvelous Designer, Blender, and more.

Explore the Deli Squad in Operation: Deli Platter, an elite team trained for tactical espionage and military action. Meet Pedro Gomez, Nathaniel Haviv, Omar Karim, Philipe Beaulieu, and Captain John Wright as they embark on a mission to secure the mysterious Deli Platter super-weapon.

Explore 'Birds Watching from the Sky' from 'Operation: Deli Platter', an original animated series by Blauw Films. Follow the Winged Forces' surveillance above the Pacific in this tactical espionage narrative.

Discover 'The Fire in the Control Room' from 'Operation: Deli Platter', an original animated series by Blauw Films. Follow Captain John Wright and the Deli Squad's explosive mission to uncover the secrets of the Deli Platter super-weapon.

Discover how Blauw Films' 'Operation: Deli Platter' uses night vision effects in their animated series. Follow the Deli Squad's mission through ocean bunker tunnels and learn techniques for creating realistic night vision in 3D and VFX.

Explore the Free Nations' mission in Afri Proxica from 'Operation: Deli Platter.' Follow their journey through the desert, investigating banana trade routes and facing powerful militias in this tactical espionage series by Blauw Films.

Discover the 3D render series, Rooney: A Synthetic Being created by Charlotte Simons. Explore AI-generated dialogue and realistic cybernetic android scenes using Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona.

Learn techniques for photorealistic Earth renders using After Effects and Cinema 4D. Improve your VFX with Earth Digital setups, Rayleigh Scattering, 86k NASA texture maps and HDR star assets.

In Operation: Deli Platter the Free Nations soldiers travel through the depths of the desert with their blue lasers searching for the banana trade. Learn about the story of this original IP by Blauw Films and see the renders made in Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona. Explore the Desert Exfil scene from Operation: Deli Platter. Discover how 3D renders and CGI create intense dust storms and enhance storytelling.

Discover Operation: Deli Platter, Blauw Films' tactical espionage and military action series. Operation: Deli Platter is a 3D animated series about the conspiracy filled world of the Free Nations and the mystery surrounding the super-weapon the Deli Platter. Learn about the original IP by Blauw Films and what story it will tell.

How to create a realistic 3D model of planet Earth based on all the natural phenomena of our real planet. Learn how the atmosphere, clouds, land and aerosols affect the look of our planet.

In this breakdown I cover the different techniques to consider for achieving a photorealistic planet Earth 3D Render. I'm using Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona with our setup Earth Digital to to achieve realistic land and oceans as well as a layered atmosphere that accurately behaves according to Rayleigh Scattering.

We have launched the latest website for Blauw Films. This will be the place for all the developments of our film productions as well as Resources for filmmakers and creators.

Morph-Man is a full-body 3D mesh for character design and digital costume design. Learn how to use the Marvelous Designer project file, and fit the character suit on any avatar.

We try out Bandicoot Imagining: a textile digitisation service that’s easy, low-cost and can be done at home. These PBR Textile materials are 4K in resolution and can be used for 3D garment visualisation, 3D costume design, digital fashion design and game character design.

When texturing your 3D-scene to look realistic it is good to add small decals and details to your assets. You can do this directly Cinema 4D or 3Ds Max using Chaos Corona Decal or your can apply your decals directly to the UV-map in an external texturing software. Learn how we use industrial decals to achieve photorealistic 3d-renders for our film productions.

Blauw Films Character Morph-Man in collaboration with textile reseller Bakermat. For the launch of Bakermat’s Virtual Library, costume designer Charlotte Simons was asked to use their PBR Materials in an artwork.

Learn how to create a realistic hologram inside of Cinema 4D with Chaos Corona. Using the layered material and anisotropy we can make a holographic foil shader in C4D that uses a normal map to drive the 3D light spectrum. This effect give a nice rainbow effect from the light source.

Realistic Graffiti Decals for 3D urban environments, texturing and graphic design. Made to be compatible with Photoshop, After Effects, Substance Painter and every rendering software. Alpha and Albedo maps included.

In this breakdown we cover the making of the cinematic for GURA Corp's AORU designed by Edon Guraziu for his upcoming video game. The cineamtic was rendered in Cinema 4D with Chaos Corona.

Explore the world of Gothic storytelling and classic Gothic story elements. Learn about eight key literary characteristics that define the genre, from the use of the sublime and terror to the role of confinement and supernatural elements. Discover how Victorian ideologies influenced Gothic tropes and learn how to recognise and replicate these elements in various disciplines, including film, fantasy stories, costume design, and fine arts.

Explore the process of digital costume design in the creation of Eve's tank top for the 3D animated horror short film, 'Apple Rot,' by Blauw Films. Learn how to use Marvelous Designer and Zbrush from modeling her face to designing her tank top. Gain insights into the inspiration behind Eve's character design and the selection of materials for her costume. Follow along as the blog outlines the steps taken to bring Eve's tank top to life, including experimenting with fabric scans and creating PBR textures.

Blauw Films announces a new original IP that covers young and eccentric museum thieves as they rob historical artefacts from the conspiratorial elite. This will be an animated series that is built for transmedia purposes. Stay in the loop with the developments for Blauw Films original IP.

In this breakdown of texturing a gun inside of Substance 3D painter I look at the custom holographic tiger camo UMP-45 from the animated series Heist Club by Blauw Films.

In Syntactic Labyrinths mankind stores their collective knowledge into an unmanned spaceship they call the library. The Library was designed by Fraser McPhee for the film and has gone through a variety of design iterations.

Explore the art of photorealistic CGI with our guide to lens aberrations, bokeh effects, and 3D rendering techniques. Learn about spherical vs. anamorphic lenses and discover tips for creating stunning 3D models and animations.

Explore how Blauw Films achieves photorealistic 3D renders by replicating real camera lens details using Chaos Corona and our custom Bokeh Builder tool. Learn about depth of field, aperture shapes, and light compensation to create stunning visual effects in your CGI projects. Download our Bokeh Builder from the Resources page to enhance your workflow.

Discover how Blauw Films is transforming independent filmmaking. Learn about our open-source film studio, collaborative ecosystem, and commitment to sharing resources, knowledge, and the filmmaking journey from start to finish.

Discover how Blauw Films embraces a solution-driven approach in independent filmmaking. Learn about defining your desired effect, tackling unique challenges, and leveraging strategic partnerships to bring ambitious visions to life.

Learn about the business model developments of Blauw Films and about our business structure. Blauw Films is here to create productions, provide solutions and host a community that connect creators and consumers while providing access to the gate-kept secrets of the film-industry.

Learn how Blauw Films is breaking down barriers in the film industry. Discover strategies for making short films independently, overcoming industry challenges, and achieving sustainable success with our open-source model.

Discover the 3D animation, rendering, and texturing process for Apple Rot's Eve bathroom scene. Learn about using Zbrush, Cinema 4D, Substance Painter, and Chaos Corona in our latest short film.

In Apple Rot we explore a mysterious apple farm named the Genesis Orchard that is responsible for producing the most expensive apples that are of really bad quality, often rotten to the core. Over the last 100 years the purchasing power of consumers has drastically decreased to the point of accepting the bad as good enough.

A look at how revenue and budget strategies for the costume design department in film productions work. How to finance the clothes and costumes for your film, and how famous movies turned their characters into cultural assets through strategic partnerships and sponsorships from brands.

Explore the evolution of Hollywood costume design from the silent film era to the Golden Age and beyond. Discover the pivotal moments and key figures who shaped this craft, and learn how costumes became integral to storytelling on the big screen.

Explore the intricate worldbuilding of "Syntactic Labyrinths," a sci-fi short film by Blauw Films. Discover how costume design, including hazmat suits, reflects humanity's survival underground and journey to Andromeda, blending practicality and individuality amidst a post-apocalyptic backdrop.

Discover how to create compelling storyboards with Blauw Films' expert tips. Learn the importance of pre-visualization, sketching ideas, defining action, and designing elements to effectively communicate your vision and streamline your film production process.

Want to join the Blauw Films open-source community? Collaboration and Teamwork are the most important. Learn about the community guidelines for starting an open-source project or joining an existing one.

Uncover why Blauw Films embraces open-source collaboration! Learn how Earth Digital thrives on community contributions, enhancing creative solutions. Join us for a journey of accelerated innovation and problem-solving.

Character illustration and Costume Design concept art for 'Apple Rot'; the creative process and collaboration between Charlotte Simons and Ab Wienk, through drawings and digital art. Discussing costume design, 3D costume design and animation. Revealing the character Tall Sad for creepy pasta short film Apple Rot.

Learn how the Costume Designer collaborates with the other film production departments to realise the vision. Explore creative workflows with directors, actors, and various film production departments. Learn the essentials for creating compelling character designs and costumes for film.

Dive into the inner workings of the Costume and Wardrobe Department for film and TV. Learn about the design process, the roles within the department, and how costumes help tell a story. Discover insights from script breakdown to final fittings and explore the essential tasks of a costume designer.

Learn the art of storytelling with a guide to internal and external logic, achieving a balance between creativity and consistency. Explore world-building techniques for a coherent narrative.

Discover and learn about world-building techniques from Hemingway & Sanderson. How to write detailed, immersive worlds for your films and stories that your audience will find believable. How to start writing complex stories? Start with the Iceberg theory.

Me, My laptop and my notebook. Call that my Triangle Offence. Quote by Nipsey Hussle. There is brilliant business insight there. Contextually one does not need much more when you position yourself between two dependencies of an exchange.

Let’s explore Brandon Sanderson's Laws of Magic systems explained: Sanderson's Laws guide writers to create captivating worlds. This blog provides a framework for creating compelling magic systems in world-building. Understand, limit, expand, and be awesome!

Learn the secrets of creating compelling magic systems in your stories. Discover the balance between hard and soft magic with insights from Brandon Sanderson, ensuring your magic feels both wondrous and grounded. Dive into examples and practical tips for engaging world-building. Download our Free Building Worlds Document now!

Learn to design sci-fi costumes for characters, by analyzing climate, government, tech, and culture. Access more insights with the Free World Building Document. Storytelling techniques for concept artists, character designers and screenwriters.

Learn how to approach costume and character design for Science Fiction and Fantasy stories and films. With world-building questions you can build the universe of your characters and original stories. Collaborate with the director and imagine the world in the story you're designing for.

What is the importance of identifying your core themes and shaping your characters and narrative? This blog is for novel and screenplay writers who want to learn more about themes and subtext. These writing techniques will give you the right insights to make audiences connect with your world and characters.

Almost every outdoor shot needs sky-replacement and cloud compositing. Blauw Films offer a free download of cloud image assets for compositing and VFX shots. These cloud assets are high-resolution and come in a high variety of colours and landscapes.

Secrets of Effective Production Management: Learn how clear, concise communication can harmonise diverse departments. Learn how production management for film and animation works.

What are the key areas that require your focus when scaling your business?

The importance of People Skills is often overlooked. However, it is considered to account for 85% of your project's success.

In this episode of Royals & Rogues podcast, Leonardo Verkoelen from Blauw Films speaks to Alec Miller about the power of open-source filmmaking and IP development.

To ensure customer satisfaction in sales, decide on the ticket price based on the combination of material value and emotional reward.

In moments of challenges and setbacks, fostering understanding and avoiding negativity become essential. Rather than resorting to sharp criticism or judgment, take the time to comprehend the motives and emotions of others.

The power of inspiration and the art of reflection in achieving your creative goals. Discover how nurturing your initial sparks of inspiration, persistently defining clearer goals, and dedicating time to crystallize ideas can lead to success in story development, with valuable insights for filmmakers and creators alike.

Discover our commitment to creativity, innovation, and empowering storytellers and entrepreneurs through our company ideology.

A story idea from the archives…We can explore different characters through the perspective of a selfie-camera.

What are the basic concepts of SEO one needs to know before promoting their website?

Learn about the important aspects of working with clients effectively while providing the most value.

Learn about this simple 5-step approach to elevate the world of your story.

Some things in business never change but have an undeniable effect on your quality.

When thinking about self promotion have you considered how much noise you make?

Writing a story for a novel or a film is complicated creative workflow. There are many elements at play, but it all starts with you. These are 5 questions you can ask yourself, to make your story more valuable and loved by audiences.

An acting masterclass by Ivana Chubbuck. She is a wonderful coach most well known for her Chubbuck Technique. This acting technique says that the truth of an actor lies behind the eyes.

Freelancing, if you're starting out it can be quite challenging. These 5 tips are unconventional but have helped tremendously with my freelance career.

This thought has been at the core of the Blauw Films philosophy. What does the future of film distribution look like?

All filmmakers use imagination to tell their stories. This blog provides great exercises and resources to train the imagination for storytelling and worldbuilding purposes.

Learn how we tackled the dreamy desert landscape in Operation: Deli Platter using Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona.

Hello, hello! My name is Leo :) I’m the founder of Blauw Films and a director. The company has grown over the years and I’d love to take you on a trip down memory lane!

Learn about the storytelling that influenced our design decisions for Operation: Deli Platter.

Discover the behind-the-scenes of creating the Operation: Deli Platter poster. Learn about the techniques used to render a realistic banana and banana clip in Cinema 4D with Corona Renderer.

Creating a realistic render of the moon requires a fine control of brightness. To not get an over-exposed moon we make use of the ACES color space to maintain the detail of the moon in the bright areas.

For the production of Syntactic Labyrinths, a science-fiction short film by Blauw Films, there was an in-depth process of Character and Costume Design. Learn how costume designer Charlotte Simons has explored the look of the hazmat suits for the inhabitants of Babel.

Learn how we made photorealistic Yu-Gi-Oh! cards for our Tribute film Yu-Gi-Oh! Game of Shadows. This set of renders have been made in Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona. The world of Yu-Gi-Oh! created by Kazuki Takahashi is rich and filled with detail. See these custom concepts of Kame Game Store, Kaiba Corporation and Joey Wheeler's Apartment.

This breakdown covers how we redesigned the classic Poké-ball inspired by the original sketches of Ken Sujimori for Pokémon. The Poké-ball design is inspired by a practical consumer good that would be used in the Pokémon universe to catch real Pokémon. These are 3D concept renders made in Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona.

Learn how we made an establishing shot featuring a star-filled night sky, created using Corona Renderer's camera settings in Cinema 4D to achieve the perfect balance of brightness, bringing an accurate and enchanting touch to the scene. Learn how to do the best sky replacement and day for night conversion in Visual Effects and compositing.

Learn how we created photorealistic 3D renders of planet Saturn in Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona. Saturn is a gas giant that requires volume and rings to achieve a realistic result. This tutorial covers the best approaches for achieving photorealism in space renders and of making cgi planets.

Learn how I created a photorealistic Kamehameha effect in Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona. In this breakdown I compare a render of a Father Son Kamehameha with a still from the Dragonball Z anime.

Learn the techniques we used for creating photorealistic 3D renders of planet Earth in this space shuttle example. Learn how to use Earth Digital as a realistic setup for creating space renders. And learn how to best create camera imperfections in your 3D renders using custom aperture maps and the Bokeh Builder.

Sky and Cloud compositing is essential for most outdoor scenes. The Blauw Films Clouds Pack has over 600 High Quality RAW Cloud images, developed for professional cloud and sky compositing. This is a tutorial on how to tackle sky replacements. Learn how to track and seamlessly composite cloud assets inside After Affects.

Abstract Music Video with frequent collaborator skttrd for their track ‘Instant’. Take a look behind the scenes of the production of this low-budget music video, and how we achieved the abstract visuals for the progressive techno music. We used Cinema 4D and Chaos Corona to create an abstract atmosphere using reflections.