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Haha. Random names.
Why did you call Roel Spruit the Blender Nation guy. π
Random girl #1, random girl #2. lol
Anyway, can’t wait to see the final product. I bought the DVD so I suggest you make a great making of or I’ll come after you guys at the Blender Conference!
The music sounds great too.
And Ton sounds great as always.
*waves* Hey Ton. Here I am again. :p
See ya at the conference.
After following the step by step gestation of this wonderful project I completely realise how big what I saw this evening and how this realisation need deep involvement.
Thank you so much to make us keep in mind that your way to work and to drive project is realistic. You prove it again with new progress and Grande Classe.
Many thanks to Ton for his kindness welcome.
Carry on, carry on! Unforgettable day.
1 – We did a pretty good job making sure there wasn’t one.
2 – If you see the film now it is in it’s final state in terms of story, timing, mood, etc, but with render errors. Just trust us that it is worth waiting the extra few weeks to let the team weed out the weirdness. Really.
Thanks again to all who came last night to support the team and our efforts!
Ben, I hope your post is just an ‘in case’ there is a bootleg, I really hope it didn’t get leaked, there’s nothing more crushing than people seeing the final on a crappy rip. I really hope that hasn’t happened…
On a happy note, the renders, and the tidbits that I have seen so far have been amazing looking. The blender films have come so far in such a short amount of time, film after film they’re just so much better than the last, and this is no exception. I can’t wait to see it.
p.s. thank you for the video blog posts, it’s great to get a glimpse at the production! π
I’ve only seen Ali filming the opening titles and someone made a photo with her mobile phone, I thought.
(But you never know, it’s always possible to hide a camera in your hat or something like that.;)
Btw, for who doesn’t know it yet, there was real 5.1 at the pre-premiere, realized with a Firewire soundcard connected to the Dolby CP-650 sound processor! (I’ve also been to the projection booth ;))
It worked very well, the scenes with the big dragon sounded awsome!
Yeah I’ll buy a DVD. The color corrections look great at the beginning. This is quite more professional than any other production from the past, it seems to had a video-game trailer budget :D.
Some more tweaks and if there’s some justice, the big effort will be rewarded.
maddes: That’s the old show business saying: “Always leave them wanting more!”
Indeed there is a part of the movie that is ripe to be expanded by the community. Maybe after the September premiere we will start to see some extra scenes coming from you guys…
@ nathan:
don’t worry – I found it in emule:
“sintel.screener.full.rsvc.mpg”, still loading…
here is the ed2k – link:
— censored —
— please don’t post this stuff here —
— we are sorry this bootleg really exists, but don’t post here —
— the sintel team —
@Ton: You promised to put a zip with 4K print renders online. π
And what was the song during the credits? Will it be in the final movie or is it just a temp song?
Congratulations Sintel team! As well as the movie, I’m really interested in the documentary. The coolest thing is the idea that if I’m could enough and are available, I could one day be a part of this experience! Now that’s Epic!
@ Bootlegger, that’s really funny π
Took you quite some time to edit that I presume..
Anyway.. I saw Sintel in that theatre!
Didn’t tape it.. and now I have to wait like the rest of you people to see it again.
Oh, and those girls are not “random”. Girl #1 is David Revoy’s girlfriend, the strong woman in the background who inspired this great artist to visualise the Sintel concept.. Girl #2 I don’t, I’m sure I have seen her before but I don’t know exactly she is involved with Sintel.
I was having my dinner at the same place and time as the Durianers did (you can also eat at Studio/K) and almost everyone was there, except for Angela. (and Bart from Blendernation couldn’t come due to family circumstances)
Sorry guys for disturbing your conversations! π
But for the rest; everyone was there, also Jan Morgenstern. (and he was not the only German, I’ve also met a friend of Jan and two guys who were filming during dinner with 2 little camcorders on a 3D rig and also had an ingenious device for watching 3D clips on the iPad.
It was very ”gezellig”, like we call that in Dutch! π
Dammit! I though this was the actual premiere until I saw this video (director’s comments about waht was still to do). I had already announced it to some (excited) people. But the waiting will worth it for sure.
In response to Beorn’s comment above (about the community expanding the film), I have a practical question. What would be the minimum system requirements to render the average frame from Durian? Let’s say you had unlimited time to let your system render – what would be the bare-minimum computing power required to load a scene and successfully render it? I am just curious as I would love to try.
@Robbie Losee – 6gb of ram is probably going to be the limiting factor for most people meaning I can’t render many scenes once I get home anyway. Yet. Not all scenes use that much memory of course but that was the farm limit before things got ugly.
Thank you! At present that would be a limit for me, but it does not sound as out of reach as I was expecting it might be. Thank you for the quick reply!
Piiichan: “So, there are girls interested in Blender after all :D”
Of course :O
I wish for the next post the credits… dunno why but i love credits, if they are made in a nice way of course… if you only have black screen with white letters it’s boring… i hope you made/make nice credits guys :>
I would use just traditional credits.
In Big Buck Bunny the film ends with a big laugh and the credits are a funny addition to that, but that’s not the case with Sintel. (don’t try to read a spoiler in this π )
Man… I really want to see Sintel again, damn that two months… AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!
Nooooooooooo! not the old guy…. damn it, instead of using one of those cool and dangerous looking dragon they choose an old ugly guy for showing the power of blender?! it can not be. Splah = Fail. ^^ But congrats for reaching the beta status.
I already asked him, but the Blender Institute seems to be still since the last few days…
The last sign of life I could find was a Tweet from Colin 2 days ago…
afaik no one posted this here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWkuJ60eml0
this shows jeepster sculpting the Dragons head.
Maybe this should be in another blogpost, but as this is the latest, i think it will be read by more people..
Sintel, the Durian Open Movie Project
July 19th, 2010 at 11:57 am
Wow Look at all those people! Congrats guys!
July 19th, 2010 at 12:04 pm
Haha. Random names.
Why did you call Roel Spruit the Blender Nation guy. π
Random girl #1, random girl #2. lol
Anyway, can’t wait to see the final product. I bought the DVD so I suggest you make a great making of or I’ll come after you guys at the Blender Conference!
The music sounds great too.
And Ton sounds great as always.
*waves* Hey Ton. Here I am again. :p
See ya at the conference.
July 19th, 2010 at 12:07 pm
That’s great π
Random Girl #1 haha
Colins Dad looks sooo like Colin π
nice Names, really “The Blender Nation Dude” π
“The render farm guy”
Random girl #2
Nice, really π
And the short audio snipplet that was audible sounded great too π
July 19th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
excelent work…
July 19th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Great work guys ( posted my critz soemwhere else ).
July 19th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
ΰ²₯_ΰ²₯ then. When it will be ready for us?
July 19th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
So where did one of those guys posted the camversion? π I want to see it so badly but i wouldn’t downloaded illegaly π
July 19th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Congratulations!!! π
Good luck now on Siggraph π
July 19th, 2010 at 12:37 pm
Can’t bloody waaaaaaaaait :D:D
July 19th, 2010 at 12:39 pm
*checks all torrent sides for a Sintel cam recording* :p
July 19th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Yeah Soenke!
Quaaake!!!! π
Let’s get a deatmatch party tonight!
Congratulation again for the movie!
July 19th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
Some construtive criticism — WWWWWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
July 19th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
LOL – Jimmac!
So proud of you all xxxxx
July 19th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
After following the step by step gestation of this wonderful project I completely realise how big what I saw this evening and how this realisation need deep involvement.
Thank you so much to make us keep in mind that your way to work and to drive project is realistic. You prove it again with new progress and Grande Classe.
Many thanks to Ton for his kindness welcome.
Carry on, carry on! Unforgettable day.
July 19th, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Excitment infiltrating through defenses! :O Hyperventilating.
July 19th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Did anyone who was there bootleg the movie? I want to see the movie, NOW!! :d π
July 19th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
congratulations on getting there……
hopefully after the release and siggraph 2010 you will get more sponsors…
July 19th, 2010 at 3:09 pm
Great work guy’s. I can wait to show this off to all my friends here and I hope soon (someday) I’ll have my film for you guy’s…. Long live BLENDER!!!!
July 19th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
WOOOOW !!
JUST CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THE MOVIE !!
July 19th, 2010 at 3:49 pm
To anyone looking for a bootleg:
1 – We did a pretty good job making sure there wasn’t one.
2 – If you see the film now it is in it’s final state in terms of story, timing, mood, etc, but with render errors. Just trust us that it is worth waiting the extra few weeks to let the team weed out the weirdness. Really.
Thanks again to all who came last night to support the team and our efforts!
July 19th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Weeks?
2 months! π
July 19th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
Ben, I hope your post is just an ‘in case’ there is a bootleg, I really hope it didn’t get leaked, there’s nothing more crushing than people seeing the final on a crappy rip. I really hope that hasn’t happened…
On a happy note, the renders, and the tidbits that I have seen so far have been amazing looking. The blender films have come so far in such a short amount of time, film after film they’re just so much better than the last, and this is no exception. I can’t wait to see it.
p.s. thank you for the video blog posts, it’s great to get a glimpse at the production! π
July 19th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Yes it is a ‘just in case’ post. I genuinely don’t think any bootlegs/rips were made.
July 19th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
Ahh, very good to know, thank you for responding back, I was bummed thinking that someone posted a rip π
July 19th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
Congratulations kids!!!!
Go nuts!!!! you deserve it π
July 19th, 2010 at 4:54 pm
I’ve only seen Ali filming the opening titles and someone made a photo with her mobile phone, I thought.
(But you never know, it’s always possible to hide a camera in your hat or something like that.;)
Btw, for who doesn’t know it yet, there was real 5.1 at the pre-premiere, realized with a Firewire soundcard connected to the Dolby CP-650 sound processor! (I’ve also been to the projection booth ;))
It worked very well, the scenes with the big dragon sounded awsome!
July 19th, 2010 at 4:57 pm
So this means: wait for the proper release, a crappy cam version is like watching the Mona Lisa through glass with Vaseline on it!
July 19th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Oh, as Beorn’s Mom said: now do an extended version of it …
π
July 19th, 2010 at 5:14 pm
Yeah I’ll buy a DVD. The color corrections look great at the beginning. This is quite more professional than any other production from the past, it seems to had a video-game trailer budget :D.
Some more tweaks and if there’s some justice, the big effort will be rewarded.
July 19th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Awww… no bootlegs? That means no one likes the movie enough to break the rules. Sad.
π
(But seriously, thanks everyone for giving us an extra month or so to polish up the film before release!)
July 19th, 2010 at 5:28 pm
What a terrible period of waiting, I’m biting my nails! π
@Nathan: Already busy with setting up the selling of the ”Nathan is silly” T-shirts? π
July 19th, 2010 at 6:06 pm
maddes: That’s the old show business saying: “Always leave them wanting more!”
Indeed there is a part of the movie that is ripe to be expanded by the community. Maybe after the September premiere we will start to see some extra scenes coming from you guys…
July 19th, 2010 at 6:13 pm
@ nathan:
don’t worry – I found it in emule:
“sintel.screener.full.rsvc.mpg”, still loading…
here is the ed2k – link:
— censored —
— please don’t post this stuff here —
— we are sorry this bootleg really exists, but don’t post here —
— the sintel team —
Aaargh – no, sorry, just a sillly joke π
July 19th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
bravo and courage to finish this magnifique epic Sintel.
I am very happy to hear people laugh and see that everyone enjoyed the first projection.
+ +
(Sorry for my broken English)
July 19th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
pues esperar para verla π
por que nadie grabo con un celular la peli???
asΓ es como llegan los estrenos a MΓ©xico xD
July 19th, 2010 at 8:31 pm
from the reaction of the people in the video I think the movie should be amazing
July 19th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Great and how long is the final movie now?
July 19th, 2010 at 9:35 pm
@Ton: You promised to put a zip with 4K print renders online. π
And what was the song during the credits? Will it be in the final movie or is it just a temp song?
July 19th, 2010 at 10:34 pm
Not a spoiler, I promise… π
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqO8NaK6GGc
Great work guys! Cant wait for the real one!
July 19th, 2010 at 10:53 pm
That was the Epic’est soundtrack of a movie intro that I ever seen/heard! π
July 19th, 2010 at 11:04 pm
Congratulations Sintel team! As well as the movie, I’m really interested in the documentary. The coolest thing is the idea that if I’m could enough and are available, I could one day be a part of this experience! Now that’s Epic!
July 19th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
@ Bootlegger, that’s really funny π
Took you quite some time to edit that I presume..
Anyway.. I saw Sintel in that theatre!
Didn’t tape it.. and now I have to wait like the rest of you people to see it again.
Oh, and those girls are not “random”. Girl #1 is David Revoy’s girlfriend, the strong woman in the background who inspired this great artist to visualise the Sintel concept.. Girl #2 I don’t, I’m sure I have seen her before but I don’t know exactly she is involved with Sintel.
July 19th, 2010 at 11:12 pm
That should have been:
Girl #2 I donβt know, Iβm sure I have seen her before but I donβt know exactly how she is involved with Sintel.
July 20th, 2010 at 12:06 am
LOL @ Bootlegger. Great done with so small reaction time to do it.
July 20th, 2010 at 12:33 am
Wish I could have been there … congrats to the whole crew. The crowd size was really impressive, did anyone take a head count?
July 20th, 2010 at 12:54 am
I was having my dinner at the same place and time as the Durianers did (you can also eat at Studio/K) and almost everyone was there, except for Angela. (and Bart from Blendernation couldn’t come due to family circumstances)
Sorry guys for disturbing your conversations! π
But for the rest; everyone was there, also Jan Morgenstern. (and he was not the only German, I’ve also met a friend of Jan and two guys who were filming during dinner with 2 little camcorders on a 3D rig and also had an ingenious device for watching 3D clips on the iPad.
It was very ”gezellig”, like we call that in Dutch! π
July 20th, 2010 at 2:56 am
Hi guys, a shame I couldn’t be there. I’ll return for the TRUE!!! premiere, hah.
Hope you had a blast.
Cheers, -William
July 20th, 2010 at 3:11 am
A “pre-“premiere? Shoot, after talking to Pablo, I was sure it was the real deal. Ah well. You chaps have fun re-living it soon!
July 20th, 2010 at 3:35 am
Maybe this release will, in some small way, make up for the World Cup loss to Spain?
July 20th, 2010 at 3:52 am
Dammit! I though this was the actual premiere until I saw this video (director’s comments about waht was still to do). I had already announced it to some (excited) people. But the waiting will worth it for sure.
July 20th, 2010 at 6:27 am
In response to Beorn’s comment above (about the community expanding the film), I have a practical question. What would be the minimum system requirements to render the average frame from Durian? Let’s say you had unlimited time to let your system render – what would be the bare-minimum computing power required to load a scene and successfully render it? I am just curious as I would love to try.
July 20th, 2010 at 8:25 am
So, there are girls interested in Blender after all π
July 20th, 2010 at 11:18 am
@Robbie Losee – 6gb of ram is probably going to be the limiting factor for most people meaning I can’t render many scenes once I get home anyway. Yet. Not all scenes use that much memory of course but that was the farm limit before things got ugly.
More specs here – /development/system-benchmarks/
July 20th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Thank you! At present that would be a limit for me, but it does not sound as out of reach as I was expecting it might be. Thank you for the quick reply!
July 20th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Piiichan: “So, there are girls interested in Blender after all :D”
Of course :O
I wish for the next post the credits… dunno why but i love credits, if they are made in a nice way of course… if you only have black screen with white letters it’s boring… i hope you made/make nice credits guys :>
July 20th, 2010 at 1:57 pm
I would use just traditional credits.
In Big Buck Bunny the film ends with a big laugh and the credits are a funny addition to that, but that’s not the case with Sintel. (don’t try to read a spoiler in this π )
Man… I really want to see Sintel again, damn that two months… AAAARRRRGGGGHHH!
July 20th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
Am I the only one who noticed that they have Weird Al Yankovic working as the render farm guy…?
No wonder Durian rocks! π
July 20th, 2010 at 7:11 pm
you are cool guys π
goodluck!
July 20th, 2010 at 11:26 pm
off topic
Screenshot Blender 2.5 Beta (graphicall.org)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_oJd6VH1ROp4/TEYNjDMYlKI/AAAAAAAAAYg/iWCFwIlj-m0/s512/PrintScreen.jpg
July 21st, 2010 at 12:40 am
Nooooooooooo! not the old guy…. damn it, instead of using one of those cool and dangerous looking dragon they choose an old ugly guy for showing the power of blender?! it can not be. Splah = Fail. ^^ But congrats for reaching the beta status.
July 21st, 2010 at 1:19 am
Well, on to the nest release! π
July 21st, 2010 at 1:20 am
Correction: nest = next. (can a mod fix this? Thanks!)
July 21st, 2010 at 6:56 am
“Γa se dit merveilleux?”
LOL π
Didn’t catch that one the first time.
July 21st, 2010 at 7:18 am
@stenosis: probably they’re saving the dragon splash for the final release.
July 21st, 2010 at 5:22 pm
This is getting exciting! I am really looking forward to checking Sintel out. Oh, and those Sintel shirts are great. I want one… pulls out moniez!
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:44 am
Yes, when will the T-shirts be availible in the blender store.
July 22nd, 2010 at 7:47 pm
Ton Said:
July 17th, 2010 at 14:07
“The tees will be sold on the finals party to visitors, and will be available in the e-shop too. I will post a zip with the png of the prints monday!”
Hello Ton? Wich Monday did you mean? π We are so hungry for any material, we are starving … So, pleeeease.. give us something to look at.
July 22nd, 2010 at 11:11 pm
I already asked him, but the Blender Institute seems to be still since the last few days…
The last sign of life I could find was a Tweet from Colin 2 days ago…
July 23rd, 2010 at 2:44 am
Good news: At least Campbell survived the stress:
http://cia.vc/stats/author/campbellbarton π
July 23rd, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I was hoping all of the Sintel Team members would leave one last blog post of their final thoughts…
July 23rd, 2010 at 5:05 pm
Community claims a new post from Brecht
July 24th, 2010 at 11:39 pm
afaik no one posted this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWkuJ60eml0
this shows jeepster sculpting the Dragons head.
Maybe this should be in another blogpost, but as this is the latest, i think it will be read by more people..
July 28th, 2010 at 10:02 pm
Will someone tell soenke and colin to go home…its wednesday night and it 9.00pm over here (UK)