Firefox Flicks Backstage

After stumbling upon this contest in early February, I immediately began working on my submission, almost instinctually. I have always been a supporter of the Firefox browser, referring nearly 98% or more, of people I come in contact with, to it. I’m enthused, and excited to see the submissions derived from all the participants!

My name is Christopher Richard Kunferman of CRK Design, who has been more than appreciative of the Firefox browser ever since the day I discovered it. As any web developer will tell you, there is true beauty in a browser that interacts, and properly displays websites adhering to web standards. The promotion of this browser, is nearly a revolution, one that the average person would never be able to fully grasp.

For years, developers like myself have had to write additional code, and in many circumstances, break perfectly valid code, in order to have our designs display in a browser that nearly 90% of web users had been using. Even worse yet, was the fact that those additional codes and broken segments, would not display properly, or even display at all, in the other 10% of browsers, and because of this, a monopoly was beginning to occur. This monopoly of sorts has been unseen by the public eye, but suspiciously realized, and voiced by many who for years went unheard. The inconsistency of code due to this, has been holding us back from advancing into the full potential of how we utilize the internet.

What has driven me more than the prizes, and any other additional benefits that may ensue, is my utter belief in this product, and the desire to bring its beauty into the spotlight. It is this passion that is the undying motivation behind my work in progress, and furthers my determination to squeeze 150% of my creative talents, skills, and knowledge into 30 seconds of film. Every aspect of my production so far has been built from the ground up, with only myself, and a single computer to work with.

Without going into too much detail of my script and what the spot will fully contain, I started out with 2d images and realized that they lacked the depth and impact I was seeking so I found myself now exploring the new realm to me, 3d. After much trial and error, I was able to produce and animate a Photo-Realistic rendering of a 3 dimensional Earth and then integrated other aspects like voiceover script. The hardest part of my project thus far, has been the time consuming rendering of the 3d objects. Needless to say, rendering nearly 900 frames, of 3 dimensional images containing anywhere from 988-4067 polygons in the objects, tends to make any computer a little slower than normal. With the rendering complete, I can once again channel my creativity back into the piece. Read more here.

With nearly all scenes completed in my piece, soundtrack and voiceover complete, editing nearly finished, I will most likely continue tweaking, and fine tuning every aspect. My submission is nearing completion, and I look forward to sharing it.

Thank You Everyone @ Firefox Flicks, and Mozilla, for the opportunity to share my work, and for providing such a great product!
Christopher Richard Kunferman, CRK Design

This entry was posted by Cheryl on Tuesday, March 14th, 2006 at 3:03 pm. Comments for this post are currently closed.