Proof that a 15 minute video can invoke feelings that many two hour movies fail to convey.

@shaunosby5093

5 жыл бұрын

So true.

@shashankv.3464

5 жыл бұрын

And which is created by computer characters only

@nunyabuziness1162

5 жыл бұрын

i want this as remake for netflix "love death n robots" really!!!

@tiaran83

5 жыл бұрын

Aren Liore YES!!

@hanbaichuanzheng9886

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, many writers now prefer to writes short films such as this and not the two hour long movies you used to see so often. This is the reason why many film companies are making (sometimes worse) remakes of old movies, and that short films are so much better than the movies a lot of the times.

The look in Scales eyes killed me! Such painful irony...

@MusicLoverMN

3 жыл бұрын

Cool. Is it done?

I remember being in middle school watching this and deciding this is what I wanted to do. Now 12 years later and working at a filming studio as a VFX artist I still find myself coming back to this for inspiration. Gotta love the Blender community.

@Lampe2020

Жыл бұрын

I just recently found this - because it is the example video in the MDN video player subtitles tutorial.

@SievertSchreiber

9 ай бұрын

Well done @nwpmen2 taking inspiration from this. Sintel is a masterpiece!

@hunter_lul

9 ай бұрын

Proud of you for how far you've gotten man

That was depressing as hell... It's like they said, "look at this cool animation, and oh, by the way, screw you. Have a nice day."

@ruup9405

6 жыл бұрын

Richard Kelsch lol............I was quite depressed but thanks for lifting my mood :”)

@jendorei

6 жыл бұрын

All Blender films are cruel for some reason. Elephants Dream was weird and cruel, Big Buck Bunny was dark humor, and Sintel is depressing and cruel.

@ItsMattYT

5 жыл бұрын

ur depressing richard. have a nice day."

@annonymousauthority123_

5 жыл бұрын

Some depressing stuff

@alexandrepoignant7412

5 жыл бұрын

je suis bô

How often do people make a film where the main character kills the thing they were trying to rescue because they didn't recognize it? Not that often. This brought tears to my eyes.

@narfle

4 жыл бұрын

Come on! Its a story as old as time! Its a frikkin stereotype! It kinda ruined what could have been a cool story. Nifty animations though, they will go far. Need better writers though, rather than just regurgitating the oldest cliche in the book. "Oh no, because of a lack of information, i wound up doing the opposite of what i intended! Curses!". Its THE tragedy plot and it was the entire plot in this. Lets not get carried away. Im sure a feature length movie based on this would have a lot more to it than just the classic go-to for tragedy. Its like this entire comment section never seen/read a tragedy before.

@narfle

4 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Whitmer It just seems a bit pathetic. I wonder how blown their minds will be if they ever discover Romeo and Juliet. I hear its a well kept secret.

@user-ir2fu4cx6p

3 жыл бұрын

Happens in real life , movies always gives you cheers picture not real one .

@mskiki0908

3 жыл бұрын

@@narfle Yeah it's a trope, but it really isn't as common nowadays. And also, there was more to it than just a lack of info and killing the thing she loved, it was also that she was so focused on the fact that he was taken from her and so single-minded in her mission that she didn't realize all the years that passed her by, how much time she spent and wasted, which is why she thought he was still a baby and couldn't comprehend that it was Scales, not to mention how old she actually looked now. The general idea of this could also be said to be a common trope, but it's still true, and really is the main focus of this animation, not the killing/destruction (which is still important, but more of a secondary subject). Your comment seems way more pathetic than theirs. There's no need to be a snob. The nuances of how something is done is just as important as the end result. Not to mention that they are cliches for a reason. Its been done again and again by everyone, just cause someone to use a cliche doesn't make it automatically less valuable.

@testacals

Жыл бұрын

@@narfle The story archetype isn't even that common in today's media. Also let's not act like anything we are gonna make will be original. just because something is bit unoriginal doesn't make it bad writing.

I am still at the cube and can pan and zoom, what next?

@Njumkiy

9 жыл бұрын

***** I dont get it

@Njumkiy

9 жыл бұрын

Oh now i get it :P

@madmax1717

9 жыл бұрын

Adolf Ghostler Don't give up! You're very close to making your own cartoon!

@MichaelMantion

9 жыл бұрын

***** whats in a name..

@MichaelMantion

9 жыл бұрын

***** "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." BTW a definition of Cartoon - noun - "a motion picture using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects."

Anyone here after a decade? I still can't believe it's SINTEL's 10th anniversary!!! Best thing ever made. Idk what stopped Blender Foundation from making such good pictures and OpenMovies in general. 10 years like wow...... Still made me eyes wet! Wish this gets a tribute for being one of the best, if not the best openMovie made for almost an entire decade!!!

@Kilops82

3 жыл бұрын

I have been coming here from time to time since it's release, just to shed a tear when I feel like I need it.

@bhubesh.m8999

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kilops82 I do the same bruh. There aren't a lot of alternatives to this

@aidenfau3209

3 жыл бұрын

i was here from day one

@joshbarrett364

3 жыл бұрын

God I remember watching this a year after it came out and the feels still hit me so damned hard

@MusicLoverMN

3 жыл бұрын

Damn love this video wow

*3* *Things:* First, I realized "Sintel" is an anagram for "Silent" (and also "Listen"). Maybe it's obvious to some people, but I had to watch it 4 times before I noticed. And both Silent and Listen perfectly fit, since most of the storytelling here is not through dialogue, it's through expression of character and excellent cinematography, which you must listen to / observe in order to understand. Second, there's a sound of a baby creature crying out at 1:05 when Sintel stabs the man; the man's groan happens afterwards separately. Maybe this is supposed to be Sintel herself crying out, but I take it as direct foreshadowing of when she stabs the dragon at the end of the film (the baby dragon she knew that's now grown up, hence the baby cry). And third, the scar/vein thing on Scales's wing is actually there the whole time on the big dragon model. I went back through expecting that they had removed it for the shots before the one where Sintel sees the scar, but no, it's there. (You can see it pretty clearly at 9:14 for example.) Anyway, this is probably the best short film I've ever seen: the animation is stunningly detailed, the musical score is eerily beautiful and heart-rending at the same time, the sound design is so atmospheric and wonderful, and of course, the story . . . the story is one that is simple yet immensely powerful. Somehow I've experienced more emotional response and character connection (and absolute surprise) in a 15-minute short film than I do in most modern 2-hour movies. Wow. This is truly a masterpiece.

@roxaszy984

2 жыл бұрын

that's some attention to detail im really impressed and jealous of. hats off to you i know this short movie seems really sad and depressing but this movie still has a positive end, mainly the end after the flowers bloom again and the baby dragon running after Sintel. let's say i have issues with seeing things in an optimistic way and the only reason i really even know about this good end meaning is because i read a comment about it but i also am very deeply connected to dragons (lol not as if i actually sensed or was one but because there is somehting about them that just makes me... happy) so seeing the death of Scales (especially an accidental one but usually regardless of the situation) just broke me immediately. right now as im typing this, this is the 4th time i came to watch this because i came to get the link to this animation to share, and yep, i break down just as easily as the first time seeing this there could be so much more i could do in life if i jsut learned how to see positive and more details of why how and what something is and happening. as an end statement: i fully 200% agree that this is a masterpiece of an animation.

@thebrickccentric3728

2 жыл бұрын

@@roxaszy984 Yeah, the "happy ending" isn't obvious in the film, but it's definitely there . . . and I think the same goes for all of us, best of luck to you. Stay strong :)

@roxaszy984

2 жыл бұрын

@@thebrickccentric3728 thanks, same to you

@jonweman6128

Жыл бұрын

That's an interesting connection and might well be intentional, however, Sintel means "ember" in Dutch, where the filmmakers come from.

@nosense6885

15 күн бұрын

The baby has no scar.

That awkward moment when a demonstration is more interesting than many movies.

@yussufabukar32

3 жыл бұрын

And this still isn't enough for movie companies to implement blender.

If I was Sintel, I would've stayed in the cave, waiting to die. As i do not know how to live life anymore. To think of it, you found something so precious to you, you cherished it, and took tender care of it. Yet, one day its gone,and when you tried your very best to get it back, you unintentionally ended up killing it, making things irreversibly worst. Life is just too cruel.

@AnimatiNuti

9 жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I would've done! Cuddled with Scales, crying until I died.. As awesome as this film is, I sure wish it didn't end with Scales dying!

@WallaceAyers

9 жыл бұрын

This film certainly did take a major climax point

@AnimatiNuti

9 жыл бұрын

8 Films What?

@WallaceAyers

9 жыл бұрын

You know the climax was heart-breaking....

@AnimatiNuti

9 жыл бұрын

8 Films Indeed it was.

For everyone watching this and feeling awful, it might help to know that the ending is pretty clearly supposed to be optimistic. Yes, Sintel killed Scales and is left to stagger in shock from the cave-in, but the same flowers that moments ago seemed to be mirroring her grief state start to bloom as the baby dragon is revealed to not only be alive, but scampering after her. Even if she never forgives herself for what she did to Scales, the same determination that blinded her even to the passage of time isn't going to let her abandon her responsibility to the baby dragon. So cheer up, mates. This story didn't end as a tragedy. It's just become a quest for redemption.

@JBinero

3 жыл бұрын

The only thing which would've made this story even better in my opinion is if she rescued the baby dragon from the collapsing cave, but it fought off because it was angry she killed its mother, and she had to kill the baby dragon as well in the end. Then it would have been a true tragedy.

@electricbayonet2

3 жыл бұрын

@@JBinero I don't think that would fit either thematically or logically. If everything up until the cave-in was left the same, I can't imagine any way that Sintel would believably kill the baby dragon, and _especially_ not in self-defense. By the end of the video's story, Sintel is broken. I can't imagine a reason why she'd '[have] to kill the baby dragon' because even if she knew it was going to kill her, she'd probably let it. Or, more likely, she'd just kill herself to speed up the process. If anything, _that_ would be tragedy taken to the fullest degree, because then the cycle of pain would keep going. Scales is still dead, Sintel would die without any sense of closure or redemption, and the baby dragon would be thrust into a cruel and violent world after the death of its mother. It would probably just grow up to be the kind of monster that is eventually slain by a valiant knight/hero/whoever after years of terrorizing the populace for seemingly no reason except that it could.

@JBinero

3 жыл бұрын

@@electricbayonet2 Nah. The human instinct to survive prevails, especially in a panic, and even with her dead the dragon wouldn't be able to live on.

@everknight6267

3 жыл бұрын

Yay u made me happy!!

@everknight6267

3 жыл бұрын

lol y am i replying to myself

I came to learn about animation not to have a mental breakdown

@Rick-pr6du

5 жыл бұрын

Great Zeus hahahaha

@themysteriousdude757

5 жыл бұрын

lmao sameeeee

@ArbitraryOnslaught

5 жыл бұрын

IKR, Dafuq!

@FringeWizard2

5 жыл бұрын

I only watched the video because of your comment. I guess I am more mentally resilient as the film only had me thinking "stupid girl, why would she expect her dragon to be the same size and age, after so many years searching".

@themysteriousdude757

5 жыл бұрын

Fringe Wizard I’m pretty sure it was trying to say she spent her whole life searching for him without realizing. That’s why once the blood comes her appearance starts to change and she looks old

Here, 2024, and I'm truly inspired by this great animation...

7:33 “You’ve only failed to see…” he means that she didn’t notice she was already in dragon lands, but she also failed to see much more. She failed see that much time has passed, to see that she has aged, and that Scales would be an adult.

Wow, at first I thought that it wasn't that good, nice animation and all but not excellent story. Then I saw the end. The feels are real. You win Blender Fondation, you win.

@BlackALLucian

8 жыл бұрын

+Julien Thévenoz (TheChade) I know, you can't deny it. Blender has now become the most powerful "FREE" 3D software in the world. And can be used for all purposes, for free.

@TheSolfilm

8 жыл бұрын

+Julien Thévenoz (TheChade) For my part I love the story. It's very dramatic.

@cherminatorDR

6 жыл бұрын

Depressing as balls.

@bonbonpony

6 жыл бұрын

If only computing power required to use it and run the rendering pipeline for a movie like this one also came for free... :/ On my computer, it takes 10 minutes to render a simple scene with a cube on a table :q True, it has some volumetrics, but still...

@SweetHyunho

6 жыл бұрын

Bon Bon - EEVEE is the good news for people like you and me.

I would love to see a Sintel remake. Just to show how far Blender has come.

@Alekbrew

Жыл бұрын

We might. Just might.

It's amazing how much the production quality has improved in Charge, but the storytelling was already really really good in this old movie, too.

Who cares whether you like the story or not. What's really important is that Blender IS! I whole-heartedly salute the Blender Foundation for what they give everyone. Their obvious mission, goal, and method could never happen here in the U.S., because my country and the people who truly control it would never even consider such an open and egalitarian approach to the dissemination of knowledge, technology, and art. The Blender Foundation should be a reminder to the entire world what can be achieved when you take politics and economics out of the equation and focus on that which truly matters: the honest advancement of knowledge and creativity for all of us.

I have been coming back to this short film for the last 7 years now. It’s probably the first short film I found on KZread ever and I love it so much.

All these years later, I do and don’t know why I always stumble back to this short. It’s absolutely beautiful and well written, but ever so bittersweet. Knees to the floor every time.

@princevegeta9149

2 жыл бұрын

Same here. I like it and hate it at the same time, I like it because it’s so good and I hate it because scales the dragon died and the bad plot because there’s no way she wouldn’t realize scale has grown

Beautiful, skillful animations with rare albeit good accurate voice acting and fanatic script. 11/10 will watch again. This story also has a great and strong message: people change over the years, and perhaps without noticing, so do you. To go through the fire and the flames for those you love is great, but don't let it blind you into abandoning who you are, and expecting your friends to remain the same. A though and sad lesson, but an important one nonetheless. ps. OMGOMGOMG I LOVE DRAGONS.

@giorgeonika8734

7 жыл бұрын

Navnik BHSilver I

@anastasiadunbar5246

6 жыл бұрын

"ps. OMGOMGOMG I LOVE DRAGONS." I can tell by your profile picture scalie.

@l3tho836

5 жыл бұрын

that was deep as hell, but well said. thank you

that dragons lance weapon shes using, its cursed, the old man said that in the beginning. the old guy said that the weapons has seen allot of innocent blood. aka i think the lance is what ended up making her loose track of how long she was traveling for. and it blinded her when she entered the cave.

@gremlinton9815

5 жыл бұрын

I guess TF2 does make people smarter...

@mozhem_povtorit

5 жыл бұрын

@@gremlinton9815 Frankly, I don't get what he means... dude just had a poor English, i'd not call him dumb right away, lol

@nilaksh007

4 жыл бұрын

@@mozhem_povtorit Are your comprehension skills that poor ?

@mozhem_povtorit

4 жыл бұрын

@@nilaksh007 ...I just read it again. I needa notice, it kinda makes sense

@prettysick9070

3 жыл бұрын

@@mozhem_povtorit bud I think you're the one who needs to improve on english

I watched this animation when i was 10 and everytime i wanted to sleep while remembering the story from the animation it just made me teary eyed

"This blade has a dark past, it has shed much innocent blood."

@shashankshekharsingh9336

3 жыл бұрын

😳

@3nertia

3 жыл бұрын

And that is called Foreshadowing! :

That travel montage was editing genius :D

@mojolotz

5 жыл бұрын

That montage could be stretched out to a whole series and still not do much more. Its great.

i remember when i was like in 5th or 6th grade, our schools allowed us to use tablets for educational purposes and they like put a lock on it with an app or sum. all the stuff like google and gmail were accessible tho. so one student went on wikipedia an somehow discovered this short film and the entire went mad bout it. ngl i was fuckin addicted too, i used to watch it every single day, during class before going to school, on our bus etc. but when i grew up i forgot the name of the movie and here i am, at 15, after like years of searching. love this.

Lesson needs to be taken... Kill first---Ask later isn't a good logic...R.i.p Scales

@Verrisin

8 жыл бұрын

uygar başkaya Yeah, well, it's driven by fear. It's not logic...

@uygarbaskaya4439

8 жыл бұрын

Martin Verrisin Good point.

@KineticWasEpicVideos

8 жыл бұрын

+uygar başkaya ...unless you are playing COD, than it's the best thing to do.

@uygarbaskaya4439

8 жыл бұрын

KineticIsEpic Lmao.Although In that game you can do that shoot first think later tactic after all mens don't die just because what?!They were bein shooted by a rpg for 10 seconds?!Pfff this is cod people don't die from gunshoots or rockets in that game but I can't say the same for glitches appearing out of nowhere.

@trikillerx

8 жыл бұрын

+uygar başkaya Yep your right the right way is :Kill first---- DONT ask questions later. RIP Scales

This came out when I was 10 years old. When I was 12 I got into game development and found this video. Ten years later, I'm working a full time job in IT and was working on a client's PC when I came across this video in their files. From the file thumbnail I recognized it instantly. The name and story had left me, but I knew that it was the short film that blender made that got me so interested in game development. Which, in turn got me into computers and led me to the job that I'm working in today. I sat and watched this whole thing on a client's PC while on the job. As a 22 year old man I didn't think I would nearly start crying at work.

How to not train your dragon

@maksymblazkowicz5552

9 жыл бұрын

:'(

@Njumkiy

9 жыл бұрын

Maxym Blasko well this made me laugh

@joniibryant6462

9 жыл бұрын

Njumkiy Lets Play Me too!

@maksymblazkowicz5552

9 жыл бұрын

Njumkiy Lets Play surely, yes!

@shokkz6365

7 жыл бұрын

How to kill your dragon

Honestly seeing a story with a sad ending is refreshing, i can tell you the ending of 99% of all movies ever made. "Its a happy ending". Its why i like game of thrones and its why i loved this :D

@bonbonpony

6 жыл бұрын

That's perhaps because people usually want to end the movie when they come to a satisfying conclusion :J

@ReiLN

5 жыл бұрын

I know I'm like 5 years late, but if you still think like this... Boy, is anime the solution for you! Have depression? Anime will fix it, however it will tear it down in the last 2-3 episodes and make you cry for the next couple days and you'll think to yourself, "Never again". But you'll always have that empty void because you enjoyed one anime, so you'll try to fill it with watching another, hoping it has a good ending, but it won't and the void gets bigger and repeat.

@sirspuntsalottheiii1500

3 жыл бұрын

@Amin has now and boy I hear its mighty disappointing

I can't believe something so beautiful was made over 9 years ago ... with a program that is still to this day free ... Some people won't realize how empowering Blender, and all of its people, really are.

Only the best stories can make you cry, and while I've lost count how many times I've watched this remarkable piece of art over the years showing it to people I know, Sintel brings a tear to my eye every time. This film is inspiring not only for the beautiful story but for the magical quality animation. Bravo!

@ColinLevy

5 жыл бұрын

This means so much to me. Thank you so much!

@Voreoptera

Жыл бұрын

I could not watch it more then once, and I still cry seeing the video title.

This short film was riveting. The musical overlay was astounding and so were the animations. I was bawling like a little kid at the end of this video and not many videos are able to do this to me.

This short film proves it's not about graphics that make a film great. It's all about storytelling! Loved it.

@fargeeks

3 жыл бұрын

I think this is the oldest 1080p video on KZread

this is an animation made over nine years ago; still it holds up on all the levels. Kudos to the creators and talents.

Damn that was heart wrenching! more so than most movies!

@RuppSha

10 жыл бұрын

I second that. I think my heart is broken right now...

@Voreoptera

Жыл бұрын

My heart has never been the same after this.

That was incredible powerful movie. So powerful in fact that is made me feel so much sadness when I figured out that Scales what the big dragon after it sniffed her and I knew that Scales was going to die. I'm still crying over this and trying to type at the same time just makes typing this even harder because I have had to stop after after every few words to get enough of the sadness out to continue this, right now my thought feels so raw I haven't even scream, bellow, or yell yet.

Cutting Onions: The Movie

@mr.pavlenkorytp5390

4 жыл бұрын

Hah.

Still brilliant after all these years . .

Jesus FUCK I wasn't ready for that

@CornboneMedia

8 жыл бұрын

yeah!

@guard13007

6 жыл бұрын

Yep. I stumbled across this on another website and was like "eh might as well watch some silly thing" and dear god it was not that at all! D: It hurts, like, I am almost actually crying...

they could make a full feature length movie from this story

@hobbyonadime1417

7 жыл бұрын

I totally agree- It could be fleshed out a bit and make a great feature length.

@kaceyhowell6570

7 жыл бұрын

imagine the render times though on a full feature length movie in blender

@olfmombach260

7 жыл бұрын

+BeholdenCypress Ayyy... RIP Pc

@krasavchikable

7 жыл бұрын

render farm and no problem

@olfmombach260

7 жыл бұрын

***** Render farm _and Bill Gates_ and no problem

What a fucking brilliant movie, absolutely love it! An alternative ending would be for her to hug the dragon as it dies and as the tunnel collapses on them, that would drill the final nail into your heart.

Gods ten years later and somehow this video is even better than the first time I saw it. I never noticed that you can see Sintel's older face in the bowl in the beginning, or picked up on the foreshadowing when the old man says that the blade has claimed much innocent life.

Breathtaking, I've only just begun my blender journey. Making something every day until I get to the point I can create something on this scale. Pretty amazing short story as well. Props all around to all involved in this great piece of work!

@hasanfaraza1524

2 жыл бұрын

what level are you now?

@legacylee

2 жыл бұрын

@@hasanfaraza1524 I've been 2 years in but it's only been this past year that over really been digging into the tutorials and practicing hard core, so I'm still very early in my development but I'm a quick learner and have been figuring out a lot of stuff on my own. As far as level, are you talking about with pwnisher's weekly challenges? I haven't completed in any other those just yet, never got to finish my infinite journey but did try the Corridor Digital VFX Iron Artist challenge (didn't make top ten but still gave it a go) and now I'm working on the Rokoko mocap challenge. I will start jumping into weekly challenges when Clint comes back from his honeymoon. Not sure if that's what you meant by what level I am,

@hasanfaraza1524

2 жыл бұрын

@@legacylee I got my answers. thank you for your respond, I hope you'll achieve your targets.

My brother showed this short film to me when I was 12, I'm 21 now and watched this again after forgetting the plot but just remembering how it made me bawl my eyes out, I am now crying again and this is honestly the best writing I ever saw in a film, it really should be made into a full length movie for it's 10th anniversary.

I don't remember when last time short animated movie made me emotional like this. Story broke my heart into pieces😢

The song over the ending credits always has me weeping even after so many years

I'm not good at interpreting movies but in addition to what others have said once she shed Scale's blood she saw her aged reflection in it's blood and how old much she had really aged and how long she had been looking for Scales...You can see her aged look in the reflection in Scale's blood..I would never even watch an animated movie like this but I'm glad I did...It was an awesome creation!

This is an amazing piece of Blender art, and even better considering that is was funded by the community. Way to go, Blender Institute!

Ah yes, the video that started my Blender journey over 8 years ago... I am glad to be back here 🙏

What a beautiful & haunting piece of animation magic. The ending damn near killed me... was not expecting that. I had just finished Big Buck Bunny & Elephants Dream; this one wins hands down.

Sony should be charged for fraudulent copyright claims over this video. Nobody should be above the law neither should their lawyers who don't know anything about copyright. No wonder Sony is having finacial issues. They steal other peoples work and claim it's theirs.

@alexkemmler

10 жыл бұрын

Supposedly their claiming of copyright over the version they used for the 4K demos violates the CC 3.0 license and therefore voids their right to use it. So I guess BF could go after them to stop.

@reganminty3096

7 жыл бұрын

Marc Macoy what did Sony do?

@KarriKoivusalo

7 жыл бұрын

Sony used Sintel renders in their 4k television ad campaign, YT automated content snooper picked up the matching content from Blender Channel and assigned the copyright to the one with more money.

@marioalexanderski9598

4 жыл бұрын

No wonder Michael Jackson hated Sony

@lucystephanieproperties

4 жыл бұрын

@@KarriKoivusalo wow that sucks.

Nobody makes me feel my own feels!

@spacecookies7716

10 жыл бұрын

At least you're not feeling someone else's feels, because that'd be weird.

9 years, and it still brings to tears as in 2010. Damn it, the best Blender movie by plot. And what a song it has in the end!

I've just watched this again, after many years, and it is incredible to see how it has held up! It was so ahead of its time! The character development and animation, the cinematography, the sets, the shots, everything is A++++. However, I'm still on the fence with the storyline. Scales steals the show. In my opinion, when Sintel kills Scales, she also kills the connection that the audience had with her. It doesn't matter that Scales was killed in self defence. Sintel is a "tragic hero" who killed the heart of the movie. My heart stayed in the cave with Scales. When the cave was collapsing, if Sintel would have stayed with Scales, to die with her, I might have felt differently. I could have cared less if Sintel fell off of the cliff that she was moping on afterwards, and I could have cared less that the little dragon was scampering after her. I didn't give a damn about her after she killed Scales and saved herself. That's a tragic hero that just became a coward. Regardless of my opinion on story, this is still an incredible showcase for an amazing Open Source project. Kudos to everyone on this. It still blows my mind.

Well, I discovered this film because of the Sony screw up, glad I did... made me cry! Beautiful story...

This is terrible... this made me cry so much... its so well made you cant help but feel sad at the end

@WonderCreationStudios

9 жыл бұрын

HarleyQuinn f Well...it's not terrible, it's just powerful.

@redgopnik2227

8 жыл бұрын

Wonder Creation Studios Nah, not powerful. Painful, if you have been through similar stuff.

@WonderCreationStudios

8 жыл бұрын

Champ PC Gamer No, I've never been through similar stuff like raising dragons from a baby, and then spending a quarter of my life or longer tracking them down and then accidentally slaying them when they are adults and neither have you.

@redgopnik2227

8 жыл бұрын

Wonder Creation Studios I meant losing something very dear to you, and it being your fault :P As you can probably tell, I am never very good at making myself clear

@madkat_hq4020

8 жыл бұрын

Wonder Creation Studios I meant it made me feel terrible. I really wasn't expecting something sad when I watched it

That was a shocker when you as watcher realise that she not only killed her old friend but also that she everything she had dedicated her whole life into this quest to see everything crumbles in the end. That is heart wrenching and something many people can relate to. Very well done.

I saw this movie a long time ago as a child and it still scars me to this day. This is the kind of stuff that should AT THE VERY LEAST be played before a movie the way they showed bao before The Incredibles 2. These are little masterpieces.

Why didn't she just restart the game? It always works for Rayquaza.

@AnteP-dx4my

8 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahah

@brianbrabham24

2 жыл бұрын

that’s hilarious

A beautifully made short film with a simple storyline, which proves that the fantasy genre can work just as well on a small scale as on a blockbuster. It’s impossible not to feel absorbed by the near-perfect art direction. The filmmakers have designed a world pretty ambitious to execute in 14 minutes, and the result is mind blowing. Its atmosphere and detail reminded me of the Shane Acker film 9

I am here after a long time since I watched this as a kid. I am 24 now and the film still moved me to tears...

are we all ignoring the fact this was made in 2010 with totally free software, and still looks better than some videos made in 2019 using high end expensive programs? Hats off to the blender creators

feels sooo many feels i didnt know i could feel

The fact this was made in 2010 using a free software is incredible.

I found tears in my eyes.. Clicked as dude want to relive childhood classic RPG adventure and end up realize how old I am with the plot.

That Breaks My Heart Every Time I Watch

Wow......and all I've done with blender is distort a cube....

@aishworyaparajuli3949

9 жыл бұрын

Utpal Parajuli AHAHAHA ikr!!

@jupahe6448

3 жыл бұрын

isn't a dragon just a VERY distorted cube?

Der beste Film, den ich je gesehen habe. Ich bin verliebt in diese Geschichte. Einfach Wunderschön und Faszinierend! 🏆

Back when i was in college we didn't have the technology like netflix or streaming services, so i watched this over and over as a form of entertainment. It became my comfort movie whenever i felt my rented room feels too quiet and empty. Glad for some reason i got reminded of this animation

I want to learn so much more about this world and its lore. That moment when she realized she spent her life holding on to grief and chasing the past hits so hard.

Thanks for making me cry like a little girl.

And online and free again!

@iskremape

10 жыл бұрын

my understanding was that it was automated. and no ones fault really. if anything it was youtubes fault for having fucked up policies.

@amirdagan3472

10 жыл бұрын

its a short film short films are LEGAL to be online if you nodest its here for the last three years and truly theres nothing wrong with that plus the upload of the movie its the makers of it well basicly its alright:)

@cekuhnen

10 жыл бұрын

Well all left is for Sony to update the License information for Sintel on their entertainment website.

@runlevel0

10 жыл бұрын

amir dagan it's not that short films are or not legal. It's that this film BELONGS to the Blender Foundation and is released under Creative Commons 3.0, a free licence. Sony has not only no right to take it down, it has not even the right to claim it belongs to them, they have BROKEN THE LAW, TWICE. They have stolen the work from others, not by making a small copy and watching it with their friends but by claiming attribution on something they don't own and that's a crime of slanter, And to add insult to injury they have forbidden to the own creators of the movie to use their own Intellectual Property in the way they see fit. I read that some people where thinking on crowdfunding legal actions against such abuses, I would very gladly participate if somebody sets up such a project!

@amirdagan3472

10 жыл бұрын

i didnt check this out if you say so ill guess youre right

2020 anyone?? This animation is still pretty great considering how old it is. Blender has come such a long way! Not only Blender, but other 3D modeling/rendering software too. I can't wait to see what the future is like for movies and games, cus' it just keeps gettin' better and better...

that is the best short animation movie that i have ever seen, I will never forget this movie

Story was good. The reflection of her in dragon blood is epic.

Wonderful animation. Amazing and heartfelt story. The closest feeling I got to this short was 2009's Avatar in regard to music, emotions, character/environment design and a heartfelt story of finding oneself by finding something you are so separate and distinct from the conventional stereortypes. 12/10

I just stumpled upon pictures of this and thought it looked cool. Then figured out its a 15min short film thats over 10 years old But I did not expect to cry my heart out this evening...

Compared to now this was to plain. Blender truly has grown a ton.

Why does this movie always show up when I'm trynna watch something on a movie app 🤦🏻‍♂️

That was an awesome and emotional movie. I loved it. The heart break of killing your best friend.

Holy cow. This left me bawling. I can't stop crying.

Still tears me up after all the years.

@suripuki1984

5 жыл бұрын

Same

the heck? what an ending.. sometimes we do things mindlessly and end up hurting our loved ones

it took me nearly 4 years to find this. What a shame. Thank you, guys.

@lapizza7175

3 жыл бұрын

Are you serious? You just need to put "blender,dragon story"

*The best Shortfilm* I´ve ever seen- still remember it after all these years. First saw im in my school time feeling so nostalgic.

These are like actual movies with movie-level effort condensed into 15 minutes.

Great film! But this ending made me... cry... And die.... And....so much more ;(

Is this what Blender is capable of?

@karolisg3079

7 жыл бұрын

this was made 6 years ago lol its much better now

@KhyrisEidan

7 жыл бұрын

I guess.. I can't find anything that shows the major power of Blender..

@karolisg3079

7 жыл бұрын

Theres plenty of examples visit www.blenderguru.com or even better download blender yourself

@Saidriak

7 жыл бұрын

Blender is capable of so much more now.

@MechNominal

7 жыл бұрын

This wasn't enough for you?

i am now 17 years old still watching this short film i’ve been watching it since i was young like around 8

This not an animation this an art of emotion

Im halfway through and I dread I know what will happen. Scales looks exactly like the dragon that grabbed him and she's going to kill that dragon -_- oh dear god. I don't think I can handle this 💔 --- and YUP I was right. Jesus Christ. Fuck

@SuperGoose42

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't realize until Scales was almost dead ALTEORI WHY DID YOU SHARE THIS AND MAKE ME CRY 😭😭😭

@TheDoomSlayer1263

3 жыл бұрын

WHY DID YOU SAY THAT ALTEROI NOW YOU SPOILED IT FOR ME.

@scyther5607

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDoomSlayer1263 Why did you read comments before watching. 😭😭😭

@Nezkredk

3 жыл бұрын

10 years later and this animation still makes me sad. Still holds up really well even to this day. I'm glad you liked it though!

@peacelovebrandy13

3 жыл бұрын

did you make a vid on this?

It was gorgeous! Really moving short film. Definitely in my favs. :3

I first watched this in 2010 and I occasionally come back here to feel the deep m, heartfelt impact that this short animated movie can give in just only 15 minutes. WOW. 👏🏽

this made me cry :*( such a touching and wonderful film!

I kind of feel bad for Scale’s mother, because she just had her dragonet taken away from her, and she might have thought that Sintil had stolen her dragonet. Plus, if you were Scale’s mother, how would you feel about your own dragonet taken away from you?

It is completely amazing to see how a free program has evolved into a beautiful community full of great artistic minds sharing their ideas with the world, the fact that anyone with a pinch of talent and a load of ambition can make a work of beauty like this on a free program is amazing

Don’t tell me this is not an abstract of a fabulous film. The adventure of Sintel must last more than 15 minutes. And the theme song is wonderfully touching.

The end was so sad, i'm crying now ;(

this is amazing this is one of the best videos i have ever seen