CGI VFX Blender Short : Tears of Steel Written and Directed by Ian Hubert
- 6 years ago
Tears of Steel is a short film made in Amsterdam the Netherlands by the Blender Institute, well known for realizing the open source short animation s Big Buck Bunny (2008) and Sintel (new). As usual these films get financing by crowd-funding in online communities of 3D artists and animators. \r
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For Tears of Steel the funding target was to explore a complete open source pipeline for producing a high quality visual effect film, with as theme Science Fiction in Amsterdam.\r
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Producer Ton Roosendaal invited young Seattle talent Ian Hubert to come working in Amsterdam for 7 months to write and direct the film -- assisted in Blender Institutes studio by an international team of 3d and vfx artists, and with a Dutch film crew and Dutch ors.\r
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The films premise is about a group of warriors and scientists, who gathered at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam to stage a crucial event from the past, in a desperate attempt to rescue the world from destructive robots.\r
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The film itself -- as well as original footage and all the studio files -- will be released as free and open content; the Creative Commons Attribution license.\r
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CC) Blender Foundation - \r
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Duration: 12 minutes. Available also in HD and DCP 2.35:1, Dolby 5.1.\r
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Age: Suitable for 12 years and older. \r
Language: English spoken\r
Production: Blender Institute\r
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Producer: Ton Roosendaal\r
Director & Writer: Ian Hubert\r
Director of Photography: Joris Kerbosch\r
Composer: Joram Letwory\r
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Starring: Derek de Lint, Sergio Hasselbaink, Rogier Schippers, Vanja Rukavina, Denise Rebergen, Jody Bhe, Chris Haley\r
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Crew: Andreas Goralczyk, David Revoy, Francesco Siddi, Jeremy Davidson, Kjartan Tysdal, Nicolo Zubbini, Rob Tuytel, Roman Volodin, Sebastian Koenig, Brecht van Lommel, Campbell Barton, Sergey Sharybin.\r
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Project funding: Blender Foundation, \r
Netherlands Film Fund, Cinegrid Amsterdam\r
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Premium Sponsor: Google\r
Main Sponsors: NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard Workstations, Camalot AV Services, BlenderGuru.
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For Tears of Steel the funding target was to explore a complete open source pipeline for producing a high quality visual effect film, with as theme Science Fiction in Amsterdam.\r
\r
Producer Ton Roosendaal invited young Seattle talent Ian Hubert to come working in Amsterdam for 7 months to write and direct the film -- assisted in Blender Institutes studio by an international team of 3d and vfx artists, and with a Dutch film crew and Dutch ors.\r
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The films premise is about a group of warriors and scientists, who gathered at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam to stage a crucial event from the past, in a desperate attempt to rescue the world from destructive robots.\r
\r
The film itself -- as well as original footage and all the studio files -- will be released as free and open content; the Creative Commons Attribution license.\r
\r
CC) Blender Foundation - \r
\r
Duration: 12 minutes. Available also in HD and DCP 2.35:1, Dolby 5.1.\r
\r
Age: Suitable for 12 years and older. \r
Language: English spoken\r
Production: Blender Institute\r
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Producer: Ton Roosendaal\r
Director & Writer: Ian Hubert\r
Director of Photography: Joris Kerbosch\r
Composer: Joram Letwory\r
\r
Starring: Derek de Lint, Sergio Hasselbaink, Rogier Schippers, Vanja Rukavina, Denise Rebergen, Jody Bhe, Chris Haley\r
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Crew: Andreas Goralczyk, David Revoy, Francesco Siddi, Jeremy Davidson, Kjartan Tysdal, Nicolo Zubbini, Rob Tuytel, Roman Volodin, Sebastian Koenig, Brecht van Lommel, Campbell Barton, Sergey Sharybin.\r
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Project funding: Blender Foundation, \r
Netherlands Film Fund, Cinegrid Amsterdam\r
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Premium Sponsor: Google\r
Main Sponsors: NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard Workstations, Camalot AV Services, BlenderGuru.