CGI 3D Animated Short: "Sintel" - by Blender Animation Studio | TheCGBros
"Sintel" is an epic short 3D animated film classic that takes place in a fantasy world, where a girl befriends a baby dragon. After the little dragon is taken from her violently, she undertakes a long journey that leads her to a dramatic confrontation. For more information, please see the details and links below:
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It is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender.
With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
Sintel is the third animation movie produced by the Blender Foundation. This 3D animated short film was directed by Savannah College of Art and Design Student, Colin Levy.
The film "Sintel" is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000s of donations via the internet community, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for independent animation film.
"Sintel" film by the Blender Institute commenced in May 2009, with producer Ton Roosendaal establishing a core team consisting of Colin Levy (director), David Revoy (concept art), Martin Lodewijk (story) and Jan Morgenstern (composer). In August script writer Esther Wouda was approached as a consultant, which resulted in her taking the responsibility for the entire screenplay. Esther then worked in close cooperation with Colin, David and Ton to deliver the final script early November. Meanwhile, Colin and David realized the first storyboards.
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I watched it when I was young and 7 years later, I still feel the same way after watching it.
Holy shit, that twist. This is so bittersweet and cute.
dont mind me… just back after 7yrs to rewatch the short film that broke my heart… 😢
This is among the certified hood classic among animated short films.
excuse me while i SWEEP UP MY BROKEN HEART
I'm not... I'm not crying.... There's just invisible onions...
I don't get why you guys care about this, it's just an animation... *sniffle* I mean, it's just a bunch of ones and zeros, right? *sob* I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying! And it makes it look like I'm crying!
I STAPLED MY HEART TO THE FLOOR ;-;
+CelticMiner99 stop being a jerk
+Chloe bates Do you know what a joke is?
This was incredibly sad. She spent all those countless years searching for Scales. She never considered that the Dragon that took Scales was it's mother in the first place. And out of self-defense, and a fit of rage, she slain her beloved friend who didn't recognize her at first until it got her scent. Scales' mother obviously lost her baby in the beginning and wanted her child back, which is why it seemed that she kidnapped it in the first place. The girl/woman didn't understand this fact and unfortunately wasted the best years of her life.
Wow....great definition....
I thought we all had this same thought! You know the saying "goes without sying" All she thought was, my friend has been taken. Her journey began
Also because there was that part where the larger dragon "attacked" Scales...toyed with the possibility that the larger was a male but even as a survivalist action, it wouldn't make sense capturing such a young dragon if the male still had to care and wait for the female to hit maturity... So mother it was, and rather violent too 😂 .. however events were all logical and not the dreamy wishful thinking type..the harshness of life
And the rest of Scales' life.
Possible Spoiler alert?
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.
It’s been 5 years since I saw this short film still I love it
I like this,....both sad yet bittersweet. It reminds a person that all the things we held precious in our youth must get older and if we don't see those things for what they are, or were,....we might never get them back,....especially when it's too late. It took me a while to notice that as Sintel looked into the reflection of blood that she forgot that she, much like Scales, got older. In any case, a truly beautiful story worth watching (and telling) again and again.
I've never cried so hard at a 15- minute animation.....
This was so good
Phaedric Alaren
Phaedric Alaren try,n
Phaedric Alaren ikr when she realized it was scales I started bawling!
Phaedric Alaren same
Wow, the foreshadowing. When the old man said that spear has taken so many innocent lives, then it took the life of Scales :(
Kenzie Taylor, why the Hell did he give it to her!
No
@@evilsharkey8954 he knew she would need to defend herself against a dragon. Scales didn't remember who she was until she got very close and if that had not been scales she would have been dead without the spear. The long trek there taught her to take advantage of the best moment to attack which means you don't look very hard at the opposition just at the opportunity so she didn't realise until it was to late that the dragon was scales. What I don't understand is how she didn't know it had been so many years. One or two years lost maybe but that was more like 10 or 15 years.
Shadow Kissed, she didn’t ask for the spear. He just handed it to her.
@@evilsharkey8954 I never said she asked for it...
I love the ending scene. The little dragon following her and one of the flowers starting to open
I know there's a lot of animated movies but about 90 percent of them are for kids. someone needs to make movies like this for the more mature audience, there's already mature cartoons and videogames I want mature and beautiful movies that have the animation of videogames like The last of us, or Batman Arkham Knight, or the Witcher 3, I don't know if any of u have heard of the movie "9" it came out I believe in 2009 and it was amazing to finally see an animated film that's not just for children, please I wanna see more like this.
+diego garcia Omg yes, 9 was really dark and scary. I thougth it was for childrens too but, heck no. I loved it
+diego garcia "9", Yes! An excellent film!
I have seen 9, it's a really great movie.
THANK YOU
yes I saw 9 at the cinema it was very good
It's depressing though how she killed the one thing she searched so hard for
as we, the planet
I think that was the most painful part.
💔
Damn the feels...
At least she might raise Scale's baby ...
OMG so sad. She didn't notice how time flew past during her search for the dragon. Aaaww.
I've learnt my lesson guys. I think we all did. Never watch these kind of videos in the morning. It'll ruin your day. 😭❤
Too late 🥲
I caught the feels from this and I cry everytime
I cried a lot A LOT !!!!
Hessa Alnuaimi the tears were flowing like Niagara falls
+Olivia Camacho (im a seal) so true ;-;
+Hessa Alnuaimi (:3[▓▓▓]
my eyes are stinging, all those years thinking i have to save my baby dragon, when she though time didn't pass. And she killed her friend, RIP SCALES we will remember your story!
この作品をやっと見つけた、幼い頃に見ていてずっと記憶に残ってた。うろ覚えな記憶だけでたどり着いた
She never realized how much time had passed in her quest for searching her dragon...Until she noticed her shadow in his blood. Brilliant work though.
And that made us realize THE IMPORTANCE of MIRROR right now 😂😂😂
Reflection* sorry for calling you back here lol
And the scar in his wing. So sad and such a metaphor for life. Before we know it, it is too late. Experience here, unfortunately.
This animation was beautifully made. People should always remember who their friends are and take a look twice before doing anything about it.
think twice that's what true
+kate lewis would you remmber someone if it was a long time... and they were taken away... your anwser would be yes ... but in real life you would of griefed over them and everything you can to get them back... human nature... you would be in gulfed in rage, dispair, and hatered... and besides no one living thing wants to die...
+Jayton O'Brien ř
+Shib Sankar Bera r what...
revenge is blind though
I wanna cry now this was really good.
dont be turned on.
cherry dagatan what Lmao.
+Kassandra Vencill 🌚
cherry dagatan 😀
I knowwww.. It's so sad..... :'(
thanks for people commenting/explaining that it had taken her so long on her quest she didn't realize she had grown old and that the baby dragon would have grown up....so now she killed her friend and left the baby following her an orphan. what a sad story. assuming the baby dragon at the end catches up to her. beautifully done but wish i hadn't watched it.
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If it helps, I think that however tragic the story was, it's meant to end on an optimistic note. The baby dragon following her is part of it, but what helps confirm things is the way that the flower petals start to open.
😭😭😭😭😭😡😡😡
I know many would disagree but I feel like its symbolic of parents never truly letting their kids be free to live their life on their own terms and eventually killing their drive and their creativity. They think they know the best for their kids and are just protecting them from this vile world , but they end up destroying their kids and the relationship they had with them.
sounds like someone needs a hug.
that ending hit me right in the feels T.T scales
The story however short, was...utterly heartwarming. By chance had your entire talented team of colleagues acquired a high honour or prestigious award, I myself would not be too taken aback. Bravo, and I do have hope towards the success of something even better for your teams future films.
My god. The animation on this is beautiful, the story is great and the voice actors and music are wonderful! I really can see this becoming a full length film!
And that ending music with this video, brakes my heart!!!😭😭😭
I would really love to see this made into an actual movie
I think It's possible to talk to Ton and Colin to make it a full length feature... But they working on Agent 327 movie now... So IDK.. But making a script could be good.
YEAH!!!
YEAH MEE TOo
if this would happend in the third movie in how to train you dragon you would explode.
If this was a movie and scales still died then I wouldn't watch it.
I cried my heart out!! All she wanted was revenge on the dragon that took her dragon but ended up killing skitz! In the end where Skitz relived who she was broke my heart the most!
Relize
Dam it, I Haden's finished the video yet
+1fungamer I often do that mistake myself! Haha xD Never read the comments before the end :P
lol
Actually, the dragons' name was Scales. But still, a very deep and moving story.
i watched this when i was 13 and it's been 7 years i still think about this and gets sad sometimes
me too
With so much work and dedicated effort put into this beautiful work of art, it belongs somewhere beyond KZhead!
Extremely well done! This is my second view, and I think it is all about the futility of life but the baby dragon appearing at the end reminds me of the circle of life. So, I think even when we think that we have failed our life's purpose there is always a chance at a new beginning.
oh the look scales gave! my heart split in two! :_(
he feels betrayed by his own human being
@@youling_fozer7855 scales was betrayed by her best friend. By the person that protected her and healed her.
Shadow Kissed yeah.... even sadder
It reminded me Toothless in the 1 movie when Hiccup was going to kill him ( gladly that didn't happend at the end😳 )
Shout-out to my dad who dowlanded this and played it to me back when I was 9 because he thought it was a kids movie (which got me actually traumatized back then lmao)
A wonderful slice of fantasy, it was cake with my coffee. Thanks to all those persons who teamed up to create it.
I am still being blown away that this was created with amateur software. Really fantastic job!
"Amateur software" lol? Dislike
+Viktor J whats wrong with being amateur? Or are you going to deny that Blender is free and used primarily by people for whom 3d is just a hobby?
We have just different opinions. You are right- Blender is used mostly by hobbyist. However in my opinion Blender in last few years became more than just an amateur program. It contains everything from 3d modeling, through sculpting, VSE to 3d camera tracking. I need to admit that it is lacks few high end features, but nothing game changing. Therefore Blender should be considered as a full professional 3d production pipeline
+Viktor J IMO something should be named "professional" only when it's being used by... well, professionals. Besides those blender foundation movies, I have no examples of Blender being used anywhere in professional digital areas or pipelines. And so the attitude remains same - if you wanna 3d for fun, use Blender, if you wanna make money with 3d, you will need to learn 3ds Max, or Maya, or Cinema 4d in any case, even if you already know Blender. Because VFX studios do not use Blender.
+Viktor J Well the fact it contains everything doesn't make it professional tool. For professionals time is money, and Blender's toolset is still lacking many important features. This makes working with this software very time-consuming, because you need to make many workarounds to make what professional software can. And fiddling with software takes time, thus costs money. Blender is app for hobbyists and amateurs, not professionals. I work in this industry and compared to (for example) Houdini, Blender is a kids toy.
Either it took her a long time to find her dragon or it grew up very fast.
the first. you can see she grew older at the end. we saw her as she saw herself throughout the story until the end
+FailGirlGamer it did take her a long tie cause she had grey hair
FailGirlGamer shes a fucking idiot
FailGirlGamer that's a wyvern
FailGirlGamer it took a long time
I like how the baby dragon at the end follows her
Yeah, A little bit replenishing.
@@darwinabel5057 Or perhaps, her chance at redemption. She didn't know she'd aged, and forgotten that as she grew older, so too would Scales. She became obsessed and lost track of time in her travels.
😲😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😭
So sad... Ending song really ties it in nicely. Beautiful voice!
Scales, NO!!!!I seriously kept saying "Oh my friggin- Look at the wing! THE WING!!!"
If only she had paused to think before acting. Oh well, such is the price a warrior pays when he takes the hero's quest but doesn't learn on the way.
Most impressive. If I could get this kind of resourceful animation and funding, I could no doubt bring about something even Disney would notice.
sad story and the old man was right again that this blade has taken so much innocent lives.
and he said you failed just because u dont see... and she didnt saw the scar on his wing...
OMG i've been looking for this for a month now. Thanks for reloading it.
The closing song is so totally right on for the closing
Reading some the comments, I have seen how this short film has devastated a fair number of you. I myself found the inadvertent death of scales to be devastating, causing me to shed a good number of tears. Tragedies like this can leave one buried deep in guilt and anguish for the longest of times as they dwell upon the past and what may be if things had gone differently. However, we all must learn to face reality, pick up the pieces, and move on. Scales is dead and nothing we say or do will ever change that. There are ultimately two options: The first is to reflect upon this tragedy again and again and bemoan what has happened, and the second is to press on with our lives and learn from the mistakes we have made. The protagonist of this story lives on, and so does Scale's offspring. Looking after this new infant dragon may not be enough for her to atone for what she had done, I feel it is at least a start. I may not be the best at explaining this, but I just felt like sharing my opinion. With that I will end by saying that no one is truly gone, as long as they are in our hearts.
I remember watching this many years ago and crying, but I still clicked on it even though I was aware of the tragedy T-T
Exactly me. Hell, I searched for it... I was watching cgi shorts and thought "Hey, remember that dragon short that made you cry for like an hour a few years back? We should watch it again."
Jayska Teag yup T-T
and still cried? spoiler, yes
I don't dare watching this again...
Such a beautiful short film. The ending broke my heart though. Would love to see this as a full length film, but with a happy ending. So sad but good.
Oh God, the nostalgia. Been a while since I've last seen this. The feel is still strong 😢
My dad stumbled upon this today, watching on our tv, and I thought: That looks familiar! Brought me back here. lol
Watching it a second time and spotting the scar during their fight. This had amazing detail and now my heart hurts
Her reflection on the water the old mam offered her showed us her old face. Only noticeable if you already knew the twist.
I remember watching this when i was a child and i was crying about the end. Took me so long to find this short film again. Glad i could see it again
That was fucking sad. Beautifully done though, amazing animations and story and everything lol. I absolutely loved it.
Language!
Second time watching this sad story. Even after several years, it still brought a tear to my eye even though I already knew the ending, This is one of the few shorts that really sticks in ones memory - unforgettable. The story and presentation is spot on. Thank you to the makers of this wonderful short. - dave
Thanks Dave
That was so heartbreaking. :( The quest we tavel doesn't seem so long when we fight towards something /someone we love.
God I remember seeing this when it first came out, utterly devastated me emotionally. Seeing this now and already knowing how it was gonna end, this could have made a REALLY good movie if we actually followed that red-headed girl's journey to find the dragon. The twist that we see with the protagonist being older than we thought (and herself in context) would have made a much bigger impact on the entire audience.
Man, if only she knew at that moment when the Dragon sniffed her that it recognized her! If only-! T.T
It was so good and sad!! It made me cry 😢😢😢
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
me too😭😭😞😞
R.I.P
This was beautiful. End of story, though it definitely shows how self image doesn't really change, and how our experiences change us. From being willing to save a child, to killing anything that jumps out at you.
I'm pretty sure the dragon who took scales was her momma... She was just protecting her own baby.. just like scales did so many years later. This was very well done but I didn't cry. I think I gave become hardened by too much crying lately from sad or touching films.... But I def felt the pang in my heart.
Yi cried so hard I only smiled at the end I legit wanna See a full length movie of this
that was so sad for scales i literally just cried because i looked at how hurt he was and his sad look 😖😖😖😖😭😭😭😭💔💔💔💔💔
No matter how many times I rewatch this, it absolutely wrecks me 😭😭😭
this is better than 95% of nowdays films from Marvel, DC or others... That's perfect.....
Absolutely beautiful but really sad ending. Would love to see this as a full length movie.
I did not sign a permission slip to go on this field trip of pain. No I did not.
It's so meta! How human always struggles to get happiness, but when it comes to them in a form that they don't undertstand they just threw it away.
The message in this is so clear. I've never cried this much after watching a short animation, which had good quality by the way.
whoever made this owes me a box of tissues....
I'm glad the baby followed her back. Maybe she can find forgiveness and redemption again.
Utterly beautiful. I'm blown away. And yes I cried. How could I not? Please please please....sequel!
I haven't cried like that in years my God you guys are awesome at telling stories
Hasn't this been uploaded multiple times?
+Candyfloss I was just about to say "I've seen this before".
+The RedCross Logic So was I.
+Candyfloss repeats are common on tv... expect the same on here
+Candyfloss It's definitely a reupload, but the old one(s) aren't there. They do it every so often for Sintel, but I'm not sure why? I don't think this happens for other things posted here. Perhaps copyright.
Yeh too many people are doing it these days. Now I think of it I've seen it before too. Only way to stop channels from doing this is if we all just unsub. However most people aren't going to do that. I always do it if I don't agree with a channel.
This is a amazing animation this could be passed as a series of some sort
Deeply touched... and I'm 70... Thanks for the message...
I love dragons, this got me right in the feels. Time does fly by when you're on that type of quest.
Why isn't this a movie!?!? .....with a happy ending :,(
+McKaylah Kiere That's why they put the baby dragon to follow in the end, and let your imagination tell the rest.
My imagination tells me that history repeats itself. Very sad.
@@nizitamaruvaka2294 It wouldn't be able to repeat itself because apparently Scales died, which means her hatchling won't be able be taken away.
"I think I'm gonna follow the human who just killed my mom." 🤔
Scales is a boy.
Eschel Manilall of course 🙄 boy create eggs.
scale is a woman (she/her) not him
If only they converted these animations into full blown movies. Would love to watch them!
Every living creature in this world makes mistakes like that. It leaves us broken beyond recovery more then anything else. The lesson from this video for me is to always approach life with heart and an open mind.
Old or not, This short film kind of reminds me of cutscenes from a novie gaming company. I mean that as a compliment - It's done really well - it's short comings come off as just a lack of funding for the big stuff. I would expect to see this from games with lesser known dev's - but really well done and put together.
+The Opinionated Reviewer You would expect this quality from lesser known dev's, are you crazy?
MrQwerty2524 You don't think you could see some of these scenes as cut scenes in a game? It's an actual Compliment - I think its fairly well done.
+The Opinionated Reviewer mok
Pareciera que ella al final se da por vencida... solo espero que la pequeña cría la alcance y le de otra razón para vivir porque ahora que están solos se van a necesitar más que nunca. Wow... vi este cortometraje hace años y hoy que lo volví a encontrar me destrozo como la primera vez.... me gusta mucho pero en serio te rompe el corazón
So sad, I predicted this would happen but it still made me cry.
I remember watching this years ago (like many others) and to this day I still love it.
This would make an amazing game
Google Sintel the Game there is an Alpha out there
Aimériel Bé There´s PC game for it :)
Why do ALL or almost all the animations they do have to end up dead? What a damn obsession to do so "dramatically" unnecessarily.
Guess it's the only way to make you feel something over 15mins, either deep sadness, or deep life/fact questionning theme.
😒 You gotta learn that not everything is rainbows and unicorns. Life isn’t perfect and you can’t always get what you want. I think that’s what they’re trying to,portray at least
Astounding work based on free software, take my breath away!!!
Almost all the time I thought about making a game out of it. This animation looks like an ingame animation clip. Fantasticly great!
Caramba...,isso foi profundo!, e triste... Meus parabéns a todos que desenvolvem esse tipo de de animação da CG Gosto muito do trabalho de vocês.
IT IS THE BEST FILM!!!! I CRIED)😫
Sometimes you fight so hard to get to your dream that when you get it you won’t realise it .... very powerful story.
Im so in awe over impact, moral and visual esthetics. So damn well done.
You saved him, you killed him RIP Scales 😭😭😭😭😭😭 I hope they make some merchandise of him. 😭
I think Scales is a girl...
Finally, someone that made a decent looking CGI short.... most are really shitty.
LOL SO TRUE
+James Carter Fuck why don't you make one. CGI is really difficult, and we all need to start from somewhere to get better and better.
+Bree Salmon Hes a consumer, the channel is here for it, people watch it, and if they want they put their opinion in on it. Hes allowed to do it, and you cant just say shit like "Appreciate this, u cant do it, why dont u try it yourself". Of course he probably cant but its his opinion and hes entitled to it as a consumer.
+TheHeffs yes but he should actually know what he is talking about, it's disrespectful to the people who made this CGI as they put a lot of work and effort into it and someone walks in saying it sucks, he didn't say this one sucked but the other people may be offended and he should keep his mouth shut and enjoy what they did for him
James Carter have you tried animating?
So here I came back, and the ending is still so harsh, so real.
If you guys hit the "feels" button any harder you would have broken me. That beung said, well done.
Oh! That's okay! I didn't need my heart anyway! Please excuse me while I clean this shattered mess up.
"How to Kill your dragon"... Sequel to "How to train your dragon"...
Muhammad-Amin Jacobs read the books that's true how to kill your dragon
Hah hah ha😂😂😂
Sintel is a true classic.
This inspired three completely different stories for me and made me cry the first time I watched it.