Thoughts on Big Buck Bunny (BBB)

[Forcemaster2000]

Just finished watching Big Buck Bunny and was amazed and entertained by it! One of the stated goals of the project was to emulate the look of a Pixar film. I think they did that in spades. I was amazed by the rich vibrant color in the movie, and the characters definitely had that "Pixar" quality to them.

You may remember the first open-source movie, Elephants Dream. This movie is leaps and bounds beyond it, if only in the area of crafting a much more enjoyable movie experience. Anyone else who's seen it have any thoughts on it?

P.S. if you've only watched it on Vimeo or Youtube, it would be well worth your time and bandwidth to download one of the High Quality versions, the compressed video streams just don't do it justice.

[JeffrySG]

I just watched this today and thought it was terrific! It's definitely worth downloading a HD version. It's so cool to see this done with all free OpenSource software, especially in a day and age where huge companies like Adobe and AutoDesk are buying up everything. I loved the look and feel of the short. Congrats to all that were involved!

Big Buck Bunny

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You can also support the project by buying the DVD.

You can help us to realize future projects by purchasing the DVD edition of the Peach project.

On the Big Buck Bunny DVD (two disks) you will find:
- The movie (10 min) in best DVD quality widescreen format (versions in both NTSC and PAL)
- The HD version of the movie (.avi and/or .mov)
- Commentary tracks by the creators
- All .blend files, models, textures, and so on... the material used to create the movie.
- The original script, breakdown, storyboards
- Documentation and video tutorials by the team members about all technical aspects the movie; like how to re-use assets, animate characters, or add new shots.

(although with the dollar worth nothing these days the DVD is kind of expensive in us dollars.)

[Melak]

Just watched it today as well, I agree. If you can, watch the high resolution video! (its also just 700MB big)

Nice package on that DVD, can't see Pixar or similar releasing all the materials used in the creation of their movies