Big Buck Bunny

Big Buck Bunny is a computer-generated short film that was made ​​mainly using free software, in particular the 3D graphics software Blender.

Both the finished film as well as the production materials such as animation data, characters and textures were published on 30 May 2008 under the free Creative Commons - name registration will license. With the announcement of the film, it was described as " funny and furry " ( funny and furry ), which is achieved mainly through slapstick comedy.

Action

The main character is an unusually large and voluminous rabbit ("Big Buck Bunny " ), which enjoys the beginning of the movie in flowers and butterflies. However, when the flying squirrel Frank the squirrel Rinky and Gamera the chinchilla show up, kill two butterflies and throw the rabbit with fruit and nuts, it decides to give up his meekness and to take part in the rodents revenge. For this purpose, it is based on various traps.

The film

Background

On June 10, 2007 Ton Roosendaal announced a sequel to the first project of the Blender Foundation from 2006 - Elephants Dream - to. In August 2007, a production team with eight members from seven countries came together in Amsterdam Blender Institute. This studio was established by the Blender Foundation, to facilitate the creation of free movies and games.

Code-named Peach began work in October 2007. Apart from the actual film, there were also improvements in the software used Blender as facilities for the presentation of fur, trees and volumetric light as well as some bug fixes. After the premiere of the film on 10 April 2008 in Amsterdam and dispatch of pre-ordered DVDs from the 20th of May, he was released on 30 May 2008 on the Internet.

The film was financed by the Blender Foundation, donations from the Blender community, the presale of the DVD of the film and commercial sponsors. On the basis of the film, a computer game called Yo Frankie or code names Apricot was created in Blender Institute.

Another short film by the Blender Foundation, Sintel name was also produced by Ton Roosendaal, and released on October 1, 2010.

Persons involved

  • Sacha Goedegebure - Director
  • Andreas Goralczyk - Artistic Director
  • Enrico Valenza - Artistic Director
  • Nathan Vegdahl - Animator
  • William Reynish - Animator
  • Campbell Barton - Technical Director
  • Brecht van Lommel - Technical Director
  • Jan Morgenstern - Composer
  • Ton Roosendaal - producer

Software used

  • The 3D graphics software Blender
  • The Linux operating system (Ubuntu)
  • The image editor GIMP
  • The vector editor Inkscape, about the logo
  • Subversion for version control
  • The Python programming language

Gallery

Frank, Rinky and Gamera ( v.l.n.r )

Scene at the end, in the Bunny Frank begins

The landscape

Scene of the movie in Blender

Previous picture overview

The three " bad guys "

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