Sintel, the Durian Open Movie ProjectIn 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!!!
Apart from open and direct community involvement, we’ve also asked a couple of studios and professionals to help us with the film.
Claudio Andaur from Licuadora Studio in Buenos Aires writes a full report on how they have realized one of the great shots in our film.
Read the full article on LicuadoraStudio.com
(English | Spanish )
Thanks guys!
-Ton-
On Big Buck Bunny we did the wings of both the flying squirrel and the bird with hand animation. In the case of the bird, that went really well. But for the flying squirrel it imposed a lot of limitations on us and made things just generally a huge pain for both animation and rigging.
So for Durian I decided to use cloth simulation for the membrane of the dragon wings. This has led us down a long, winding, extremely annoying road. I thought it was going to be easy. Little did I know…
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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)
In the studio we have a variety of systems: Maqina Xeon workstations, Dell Xeon blades, off the shelf Intel I7’s, older workstations from Big Buck Bunny and our Justa-Cluster i7 render nodes so we thought it would be interesting to compare render times.
The tests below are not as comprehensive as they might be, but since we also use these systems on the farm and as artists workstations we decided to keep it simple.
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-
