Sintel Documentary
on November 2nd, 2010, by ali“Sintel” is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation.
This making of/documentary shows the stages of the production from November 2009 until July 2010.
As a making of the processes from concept to finished product are explained, as documentary the feel of an international team and the personalities of the artists are depicted.
Ali Boubred
November 2nd, 2010 at 6:20 pm
Thanks for putting the documentary up! My DVD should be here soon, but it’ll be a few days until I can pick it up, so this is most appreciated.
November 2nd, 2010 at 7:55 pm
Very interesting, and awaiting my DVD!
November 2nd, 2010 at 8:46 pm
Hi,
nice Documentation. Thanks for sharing 😉
greetings
Heiko Ihde
PS: my DVD has already arrived a few days ago (Berlin/Germany)
November 3rd, 2010 at 1:39 am
Already seen it on the DVD, nice docu!
@Ali: Could you make an extra mini-docu on the audio of the film? So about the recording of the voices and Jan’s work? (Months ago Colin wrote on Twitter that you’d filmed at Jan’s studio)
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:39 am
WoW! that was awesome!
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:46 am
Thanks Ali,
watching right now & will definitely enjoy
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:55 am
Damn, my favorite blender institute docu so far.
And it’s always a pleasure to see Campbell in all his unshaved modes ^_^
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:26 am
Lesson Learned…
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:32 am
After watching this document, it’s becoming clearer why the renders are so inconsistent – some shots looked professional, while most looked amateur. At first I thought it may be because of too much skills, but it’s lack of time.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:11 am
Thanks for uploading! Will watch today 😀
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:51 am
thanks for uploading it! 🙂 will watch it tonight…
November 3rd, 2010 at 11:46 am
Could you please offer a non youtube version from your download page or bittorrent? I would love to watch this on my tv from media player.
Thanks! Jan
November 3rd, 2010 at 1:26 pm
If you have an FTP account…
November 3rd, 2010 at 2:10 pm
Great documentary. Watched in on the DVD.
I would have liked to hear more about the two studios you hired to do some shots for you – it would have fitted very well together with the whole “we dont have much time, so we hire more artist”-theme.
But great job, lots of great info there.
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:06 pm
the DVD is here!!!!!!!!! Im sooo excited, it looks so awesome!!!!!!!!
thanks for this.. (Does happy dance)
November 4th, 2010 at 10:04 am
@Jan de Vries.
” Could you please offer a non youtube version from your download page or bittorrent? ”
Its also as HD on the dvd-s. Just so you know.
November 4th, 2010 at 8:36 pm
With Brecht leaving the institute, will there be know-how lost? I mean, how thoroughly documented is his part? What is the bus-factor of Blender development?
November 4th, 2010 at 10:20 pm
No worry, he’s still able to help in his spare time.
November 6th, 2010 at 6:39 am
I have no sound on the Documentary from the DVD…
Is there an issue with the AVI file?
November 6th, 2010 at 7:33 am
No problem here!
November 6th, 2010 at 7:55 am
Re: I have no sound on the Documentary from the DVD…
Is there an issue with the AVI file?
…
Is there a preferred player / codec for playing the file on Windows?
November 6th, 2010 at 12:05 pm
@NickD : Yes, we have a preferred player ; the great multi-platform VLC : http://www.videolan.org/
November 7th, 2010 at 12:16 am
Really enjoyed this documentary. I’m in awe of the talent of this team. They seem so young to be so accomplished. Good job!!!
November 7th, 2010 at 3:33 am
this pretty rocks!!!thanks for doc…can someone email me and tell me if the dvd can be shipped to mauritius please?o.O THANKS… and yes it looks great again…
November 8th, 2010 at 2:37 pm
I got the DVD but this was the first time I watched the documentary.
I think it shows that there are people behind things, and that it isn’t easy to make a film. It takes time.
Blender has become so much better during this trip, but it still won’t make the movie for you.
Devoted people will.
November 9th, 2010 at 5:19 pm
So what I’m getting from this is that the hair simulation in blender isn’t a proper one. Will there be a proper hair simulation in blender some day?
November 10th, 2010 at 8:43 pm
@syrup39
yes it will ship to pretty much everywhere in the world including Mauritius, received my copy day before yesterday (in Moris)
November 10th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
Hi,
are there any new plans about the next project?
Can’t wait for it 😀
November 11th, 2010 at 2:17 pm
I assume it will be a while, if you saw Ton’s keynote, he wants 2.6 to be completely bug free (as much as possible) before Mango starts. But I can’t wait either!
November 12th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
Angela is missing, why? Didn’t she appreciate the production? Of course, no need to explain if it is too personal.
Thank you Ali!
November 18th, 2010 at 12:43 pm
Would definitely appreciate another clip on the audio! Great work by the way!
November 19th, 2010 at 12:09 am
I would have a question regarding computer requirements: did you also use some kind of notebook with external screen for modeling like compared to macbook pro series or only high end computers were used during the project?
Thank you for your answer
regards
Schreda
November 29th, 2010 at 6:34 am
I love the doc. I liked it more then Sintel, but does anyone know what kind of video camera was used to shoot most of this footage, the opening shot outside looks great.
November 30th, 2010 at 12:49 am
I know that now that the project is “finished” that there aren’t many people digging through and looking at these comments, but I just wanted to say thank you to Ton and the Blender Institute. This documentary is a great example of what it must have been like working on this project and in a lot of ways helps clarify what had to be done or in many cases not be done in order to keep things rolling and get the project finished. It was always a very ambitious project from the very beginning and I think I begin to grasp some of the biggest challenges everyone faced.
It is easy for people to look at Sintel and criticize it without understanding the kind of effort needed to even put together a movie, let alone putting together a complete rewrite of the software needed to do so. This documentary goes a long way towards showing why decisions were made and how the team found it’s way through the various challenges.
Having kept track of the blogs since the beginning, kept an eye open in the IRC channels, tracked changes in subversion, and checking out whatever project files I could, I can definitely say there is an extraordinary amount of effort to get this movie done.
Thank you for your dedication and all the hard work. 2.55 is great, getting better every time I update from svn.
Perhaps someone will go through and start another open project and flesh out missing scenes, clean up the various pieces that could be improved, or even add scenes later. That’s the one aspect of a truly open movie I am curious to see in action. The magic in a story really blossoms with it’s retelling – ask any fisherman 😉
Mr Mowgli
January 21st, 2011 at 7:40 am
Sintel should have lasted more than 14 minutes, but it was not possible, it is a sin. Good luck for other works.
January 23rd, 2011 at 10:34 pm
This is very nice insight into the difficulties of making an animated movie. I’m sure 2.6 will have the particle bells an whistles the blender team wanted to have in Sintel, like with hair and smoke.
Also, I’m from the USA and Tons thick dutch accent was hard to follow, even when I turned the volume to the max. It would be great to have sub titles when he speaks.;)