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[piggy classy <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx>]

Also, I wonder if it's possible for us to use commissioned songs for the
video. That way, we'll own the music. I found David Carney to be a great
composer who writes very atmospheric songs:
http://music.dvgmusic.com/#portfolio

On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 9:57 PM, piggy classy <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Sorry, I forgot to do "reply all" in my last message...
>
> Thanks everyone for all the comments.
>
> The song was taken from this Google video:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxKJ7yN-PPM&feature=plcp
> I think it's a commissioned music, since I couldn't find it anywhere with
> Google.
>
> Honestly, I didn't start making it until I've found this song. As soon as
> I heard it, I knew it would be a good song for Luna promotion video:)
>
> I thought URW Gothic is the official elementary font?
>
> I think for the official Luna promotion video, we need to make two of
> them: a short one (screen recording) to go on the front page and a longer
> one (people talking and screen recording) in the Discover page with
> explanations for each apps.
>
> Another problem I've heard from some other people is that they couldn't
> really understand what elementary os is by just visiting the website. Maybe
> we should add something to the front page explaining what it is?
>
> Also, the video was made with my uncle's laptop, which I have to give back
> this weekend. My own laptop gets stuck at the booting process, and I
> wouldn't be able to make more videos until that's fixed:(
>
> Thisispiggy
>
> On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:45 AM, Daniel Foré <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hey Piggy,
>>
>> Don't be disappointed! Your work is very good. It's only that we all have
>> gotten used to pushing each other for absolute perfection ;)
>>
>> I love the song. Is it a free song that we can actually use?
>>
>> I agree that it should show off only default apps to avoid confusion
>> about what Luna does out of the box. The HTML5 apps like Angry Birds should
>> also work in Midori just fine :)
>>
>> I think we need to be especially strict about showing only Midori as our
>> web browser simply because we have a lot of competition, FUD, and
>> misconceptions to overcome with it. People should know that it's just as
>> fast and just as capable as the big players (just like our OS!)
>>
>> I showed the video off to my dad (old guy test) and he said he really
>> enjoyed it, but that the transitions were too fast. I agree that in some
>> cases it felt like things weren't shown on the screen long enough to really
>> absorb.
>>
>> Another thing I would make sure is to use either Open Sans or Open Sans
>> Light for your font. This would more closely tie your ad into our official
>> branding.
>>
>> Also "elementary" is never capitalized. So, for the website I think it's
>> fine to write either "elementaryOS.org" or "elementaryos.org"
>>
>> But I liked the timing with the music, the selection of features you
>> chose to show off and the overall feel. It just felt good to watch :)
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 10:22 PM, <thisispiggy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> kroq-gar78, thanks! But do you mean not capitalize it? It's already
>>> capitalized.
>>>
>>> Pim, thanks for the suggestion. I agree that it should have more
>>> elementary apps... But I was aiming this video more toward non-Linux users,
>>> so I didn't think it would matter much. We should make another more
>>> technical video for linux users.
>>>
>>> Also, I agree some parts are pretty fast, and I do have things to hide!
>>> For example, the scene with software store ended abruptly because a pop up
>>> comes up immediately afterward with user agreement, and I didn't want to
>>> include that. I've been trying really hard to fit the scenes to the video,
>>> and I hope the next one will be better.
>>>
>>> Sigh, a bit disappointed that it doesn't live up to everyone's
>>> expectation..
>>>
>>> Sent from my mobile device.
>>>
>>> On Aug 29, 2012, at 21:41, Pim Vullers <pim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> > On 08/29/12 18:32, piggy classy wrote:
>>> >> This is my first time posting here. I'm also new to Launchpad and
>>> >> everything, so I'll be making mistakes.
>>> >>
>>> >> I have made an unofficial Luna promotion video. You can see it
>>> >> here: http://youtu.be/Lw3fGLFqjHs
>>> >
>>> > Nice, I would however only use apps that will actually be bundled with
>>> > elementary, for example, use Midori instead of Chrome.
>>> >
>>> > Some fragments are really fast, such that a user has hardly any time to
>>> > look what it actually happening. (Sometimes almost like there is
>>> > something to hide.)
>>> >
>>> >> I have also made a Google Doc to share some of my tips so to make it
>>> >> easy for everyone else to contribute: goo.gl/XUmPL <
>>> http://goo.gl/XUmPL>
>>> >
>>> > You might have mentioned that this was about contributing for the
>>> video,
>>> > not to developing the OS.
>>> >
>>> > Pim Vullers
>>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Daniel Foré
>>
>> elementaryos.org
>>
>>
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