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At the risk of sounding sentimental, I'm a little teary-eyed as I put your avatars in this VFX animation... I keep looking at it and thinking "this is sooo cool".

And now please chide me if you see me posting again this morning. Just reply with "what are you doing Elena, go back to your VFX animation!" Yes I'm serious 😆

Offline I go!

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Elena Rossini ⁂2d ago

Good morning Fedi friends!

Awww today is the day!!! I'm working on the last shot of the film, with a mosaic of your fediverse avatars (those who opted in) flying in, then fading out.

I have spots for 135 avatars... and received 700+ responses so apologies in advance if I can't feature yours.

* cough cough check this out @stux @andypiper @symcasolari @blogdiva

The scene is QUICK (you can see them for like 2 seconds) so you'd have to pause the video to see your avatar

(cont')

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Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂3d ago

The fediverse promo video just had its first spectator: my 4-year-old. She came to sit on my lap while I was editing and asked: "can I watch your film?" It was the sweetest thing ever!!! (it's the first time I show her one of my films).

I skipped over the part about the dark side of Big Tech (no need for her to see the worst people in the world) but she didn't notice.

When we got to the last sequence - the screen is black because I haven't had time to do the mosaic of fediverse avatars (yet) - she asked me: "why isn't it finished?" Aw little one, if you only knew how long it takes to do a 4-second VFX sequence, LOL. Tomorrow! Tomorrow hopefully the first rough cut will be complete.

And sort of related: when I was researching my documentary The Illusionists one of the saddest things was reading about the commercialization of childhood. Like how preschoolers already recognize hundreds of brand logos. I've been super present in her life (taking a step back from filmmaking work) and tried to shield my little one from commercial culture. But a moment of pride was this morning. My little one sneaked up behind me while I was editing the fediverse promo video. I pointed to the screen and asked her: "who's that?" She replied enthusiastically: "mamma e Mastodon!" (she calls #Plushtodon "Mastodon"). I found that adorable. My little one at 4 has no idea about commercial brands but she recognizes the Mastodon mascot. I LOVE THAT.

Wishing everyone a great evening and pray for me there won't be any overnight surprises - aka I can sleep a full 8 hours and finally tackle the last VFX sequence. It will be moving to compile your avatars in a mosaic ❤️

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Elena Rossini ⁂3d ago

Good morning Fedi friends!

#EleFediVideos status update: I'm almost done with a first pass of the motion graphics work.

I just finished a long sequence about the toxic side of Big Tech and I'm happy I'm now moving on to more positive things... namely: the mosaic of profile photos of YOU for the very last shot of the film ❤️

I've got 700+ responses and I only have spots for 135 pics, so sorry if I can't include everyone.

I'm off to play LEGOs with my little one for a quick break... ciao!

Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂May 23

This has temporarily become a film production account 😅

26 shots done – 10 to go for the first #EleFediVideos.

I'm currently doing 8 hours of motion graphics a day. Eyes are a little tired but I just reclaimed a dormant superpower (typical of film editors): being able to spot a mistake in a film frame aka 1/24th of a second. We have 🦅 eyes

Elena Rossini ⁂May 23

Hello Fedi friends!

I'm spending every second of free time creating motion graphics for my short film introducing the Fediverse to people not familiar with it. It's coming together nicely but it's so much work 😅

Once it's done, I will release the animations with a CC license that allows other creators to re-use them.

I feel bad I haven't been able to interact with you on here but I will be done soon(ish). Maybe for a release during #FediForum?

Wishing you all a lovely day! 🌞

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Elena Rossini on GoToSocial ⁂May 22

🏕️ my adventures in #selfhosting - day 156 (busy bee edition) 🐝

Hello Fedi friends!

Sorry I've been a little quiet over here but any minute of free time I have (aka when my 4-year-old is in pre-school) I spend working on:

1) a promotional video for the Fediverse with my two amazing interns @samaaberg & @patel.riyen -> #EleFediVideos

2) a presentation about how I use #YunoHost for digital sovereignty - at an upcoming #FOSS conference

I just realized - oh the horror - that it's the first time in 5 months I've been skipping my Monday morning routine of #YunoHost manual backups. So this week I'll be doing it on a Thursday, aka right now 😅

The Fediverse video is coming together really nicely and I cannot wait to share it on here (actually, on my self-hosted #PeerTube).

I'm infinitely grateful to the Fediverse for getting me back to filmmaking and motion graphics after a long hiatus. It feels amazing.

Wishing you all a lovely day!

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I realized I replied from my other, less active, account previously rather than this one. You are free to use this one as well

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Elena Rossini ⁂May 20

Hello Fedi friends!

Thank you for the outpouring of support to my latest post. 599 of you wrote in to consent to the use of your profile pic in my upcoming Fediverse promotional video. I’m really touched ❤️

And a little sad that Nicole the Fediverse chick didn’t chime in. No no just kidding I don’t wanna summon her and her bot farm 😆

Wishing you all a wonderful day!

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