Sintel is the latest CG project from the Blender Foundation. The Blender foundation is a non-project organisation that funds projects exclusively using Blender, a free-source 3D software package. As well as creating an amazing animation the project is also used to test and improve the blender software. The story is about our protagonist, Sintel, who finally finds companionship to have it taken away from her. She sets out on a mission that turns out to be an obsession and in the end leads to her killing the one she loved so dear.
This film is beautifully animated, but it is not without its flaws. During production, for the first while there was only one animator. This is why some of the moment in the first town scene looks unnatural. There seems to be a lack of a sense of gravity when Sintel is moving the piece of wood and then when she jumps up to the roof. After analysing the movement there doesn't seem to be enough squash and stretch in the character. Saying that, the animation of Sintel running up the temple is beautifully done. You can see there was a transition, this is where the extra animators started work on the project. The facial animation of both Sintel and Scales work really well together. Expressing the feeling for each other without the need for any dialog. Sintel's body language was consistent through out of sensitive, innocent girl just looking for companionship. In the raining scene you could almost feel the force of the rain from the body and facial animation of Sintel reacting to it.
A beautiful crafted animation with a story that flows really well from scene to scene. This context review was a look into the animation but i was also amazed by the beautifully modeled and textured scenery and the lighting that brought it to life.
Sintel from BULGARI on Vimeo.
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