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| Directed by | Colin Levy |
| Written by | Esther Wouda |
| Produced by | Ton Roosendaal |
| Starring | Halina Reijn Thom Hoffman |
| Music by | Jan Morgenstern |
| Distributed by | Blender Foundation |
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Running time | 14 minutes 48 seconds |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Language | English |
| Budget | €400,000[2] |
Sintel (code-named Durian) is a short computer animated film by the Blender Institute, part of the Blender Foundation.[3][4] Like the foundation's previous films Elephants Dream and Big Buck Bunny, the film was made using Blender, a free software application for animation created and supported by the same foundation. Sintel was produced by Ton Roosendaal, chairman of the Foundation, and directed by Colin Levy, an artist at Pixar Animation Studios.
The name comes from the Dutch word sintel, which can mean cinder[5] or ember, as confirmed by Ton Roosendaal in a blog comment:[6]
"Sintel" is [a] piece of glowing coal or metal. It glows brightly, burns, and then becomes ashes...
Overview
Work began in May 2009. The film was officially released on September 27, 2010 at the Netherlands Film Festival.[7] The online release was made available for download on September 30, 2010. [8] The film was viewed over 1,000,000 times within a matter of weeks.
Plot
The film begins with a woman, Sintel, being attacked while traveling through a wintery mountainside. After defeating her attacker and taking his spear, she finds refuge in a shaman's hut. He asks her why she's travelling, and she confesses she's looking for a dragon, leading into a flashback. Sintel was a homeless loner, looking for food when she discovered an injured baby dragon. She nursed him back to health and named him Scales, the two quickly formed an emotional bond. One day while Scales was flying he was captured by an adult dragon. Determined to get him back, Sintel began the long and dangerous journey that led her to the shaman's hut.
She's ready to give up, when the shaman tells her they're in dragon lands, showing the glyph on the spear as proof. She finds the tree pictured on the spear and near it, a cave with the adult dragon and his baby. The baby runs away upon seeing Sintel and the adult dragon attacks. After a brief battle, the adult dragon pins Sintel to the ground, but freezes when he sees her face. Sintel takes advantages of this and stabs the dragon in the heart. As she's about to land the killing blow, she then notices the scar on its wing is the exact same as her old friend's. Sintel discovers in a moment of horror that she has been fighting Scales.
Scales bleeds out rapidly, and Sintel stares in shock at her reflection in a pool of blood. She has many gray hairs, worn and wrinkling skin, and several scars on her body, revealing she is significantly older. The long search for Scales had lasted several years and she had never realized it. The cave begins to collapse as Scales gives his last breath, and Sintel runs for the entrance.
After mourning over the friend she killed, Sintel leaves, heartbroken. Scales' baby, having nowhere else to go, follows her.
Announcements
Some sections were displayed on October 25, 2009,[9] the trailer was made available on May 13, 2010,[10] while an almost-final version of the movie screened at a "pre-premiere" on July 19, 2010.[11] The full movie premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival on September 27, 2010,[12] and was officially released online on September 30.[13] [14]
Technical information
Following Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny, and Yo Frankie, the short movie is the fourth project created by the Blender Foundation. Sintel was created by the Blender Institute, a division of the Blender Foundation set up specifically to facilitate the creation of open content films and games.[15][16]
The film was funded by the Blender Foundation, donations from the Blender community, pre-sales of the film's DVD and commercial sponsorship. Both the final product and production data, including animation data, characters and textures are released under the Creative Commons Attribution License.[15]
Improvements to Blender
As with the previous Blender Open Movie Projects, Blender developers worked extensively to improve the software in accordance with the needs of the movie team. Improvements were made in the user interface, the particle system, sculpting, shading, the render pipeline, constraints, and smoke simulation. These features were released to the public with Blender v. 2.50 alpha through 2.54 beta.[17]
Film
Reviews
Dutch daily newspaper Het Parool featured a capture of the film on its front page, along with a short review describing it as "darker and less accessible than its child friendly predecessors," but also stating that in "image quality, detail and characters, the film is on par with Hollywood animation." [18]
Trivia
- During the scene in the market where Sintel and Scales are chasing a chicken for food, you can actually see the character Proog from the Blender Foundation short film Elephants Dream.
- The Gatekeepers could have possibly been the guardians of Scales and the dragons who had come before Scales, as they are sometimes referred to in concept art as "the guardians", thus explaining why the symbol on the Gatekeeper's spear led Sintel straight to Scale's cave. It could also just be a pure chance of circumstance that the spear ended up in Sintel's possession.
- Originally, there were four Gatekeepers, each with their own sets of skills, but three of the four were cut from the film, leaving only one for Sintel to fight.
- In the scene that shows Sintel looking for food in the alley, she comes across a durian fruit. This is may be a reference to the movie's code-name.
Game
Full article Sintel The Game.
A game based on Sintel was officially announced on Blenderartists.org on May 12, 2010. This game is called "Sintel The Game".
References
- ^ Durian Blog: "Durian Open Movie Project » Blog Archive » Sintel official premiere", Durian Open Movie Project Blog, September 1, 2010
- ^ "Blender Foundation Releases Open Source Movie Sintel". NewTeeVee. 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ^ McConnachie, Dahna (2008). "Open source on the big screen: Matt Ebb tells tales of Elephants Dream". Computerworld.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Sanguinheira Diogo, Rui Paulo (2007). "Modelling 2.50". Linux-Magazin.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Definition of Cinder". Dictionary.net.
- ^ "Logo/identity design". Sintel.org.
- ^ "Durian Open Movie Project » Blog Archive » Sintel official premiere". Durian Open Movie Project Blog. 2010.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ "Sintel — Official site".
- ^ Durian, Project. "Durian First Minute — 01". Vimeo.com. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ ""Sintel" Trailer, Durian Open Movie Project". YouTube. Retrieved 2010-07-25.
- ^ "Sintel Pre-premiere". Durian.blender.org. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Sintel Official Premiere". Durian.blender.org. 2010-08-16. Retrieved 2012-02-22.
- ^ "Sintel Release Expected Thursday, September 30th".
- ^ "Sintel Web site".
- ^ a b "About". Peach Open Movie. Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ "Blender Institute". Blender Foundation. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ Blender Release Log for 2.54 beta "Blender 2.56a Beta". Blender Foundation.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Animatie 'Sintel' zet de standaard (Animation 'Sintel' sets the standard)". Het Parool. September 9, 2010, 11:07.
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