Sintel, the Durian Open Movie ProjectThe interest in the finals screening on sunday 18th July is overwhelming! We’re getting close to 150 people now, which is the limit for Studio K’s theatre.
For those who intend to visit us sunday evening, make sure you’re on the guest list. Last chance, mail me! (ton at blender org)
Over the course of the project its come to my attention that as developers we get it pretty easy with lots of encouraging comments from the community, however I worry that we don’t properly communicate the troubles we invariably cause when poking about with Blender.
To this end, here is a laundry list of memorable mistakes we made during the project.
– Campbell 🙂 (more…)
In just 10 days the crew’s dissolving… work is done for the large part. Many will go home, a few will be working here still, and some are looking to extend their European experience.
So we’re putting out a call.
Completely off topic, the durianers during the afternoon of the world cup final. Unfortunately no big party in Amsterdam!!!
It’s getting close to the end and it’s all a bit busy here at the institute.
Most of the animation is completed except for some polish and effects, the render team is working overtime and the render farm is running hot enough to cook a dragon.
Here’s a timelapse video of last week’s action. It starts with our Monday morning kick off meeting and ends with the Friday weekly where we all watch the progress so far.
Enjoy!
~Beorn~
BTW, this is available in HD on YouTube
(music: “Perambulator” by Simon Leonard)
The premiere announcement overshadowed this one, so here’s it again:
To celebrate the end of the project, we will organize a good bye party for and with the team, including a private screening of the film in progress. We will show the film twice, including a sneak peek of the Making Of documentary by Ali Boubred.
Durian Finals Party
Sunday, July 18th, screenings on 20:30h and 21:30h
Studio K Cinema
Timorplein 62, Amsterdam
This is a private screening, so we’ll work with a guest list. To get on the guest list is easy, just email me (ton at blender org) your Durian DVD order number, and I’ll return your guest list number! With this number and your name you get admission to the theatre. Seems fair for our loyal investors, eh?
Don’t forget that we will show an unfinished film with an unfinished soundtrack. Only in September we’ll be ready for sure!
-Ton-
Hi Community,
Here’s an update from the animators. Things in the animation team are winding down these days as we run out of shots to do. In terms of character animation there’s only one, maybe two, shots left to do – most of us have moved to other tasks, such as making final tweaks, and doing non-character based animation. There’s still a lot of rocks, hair and particles that need to be moving, but even so this milestone is a significant one for us. (more…)
