hey, blenderheads.
i was searching for something to cheer up the cold, lonely [for many people] christmas days… i ended up with “hey, why not make a christmas short movie with blender”.
this is what came out, a complete 3 minutes short movie made with blender2.23.
here is the site with a download link and some screenshots: just one wish
it’s a story about cold, hope and one wish. joe, the main character is living in a cave somewhere in the mountains. he is the last survivor of a rock climbing expedition, spending 7 years of his life in the cave. his future is indeed not very bright. then, the night before Xmas, he made a wish which could change his life…
i was working on this short for more or less 3 days. i created 36 .blend files and about 4 gigs of finished movie material.
[hmm… nice chance for a ‘making of’, anyone interested? ]
i hope you like it.
this is my Xmas greeting to the blender community, YOU ROCK!
Merry Christmas!
and a happy new year
YEAH ANDY… That is great. I like the first scene most. The one with the snow and the many trees. And the story is great. With that Blender notebaok hrhr, realllyyy cool.
The story was good, the guy had perfect emotions and with the add of music…really nice! That’s something I would like to see from TV, quite nice [but long] advertisement.
hehheh… very nice…
there are some problems with camera movements, and animation… (shaking)
and perhaps a little bit too much panning around the scenes…
music fits like a glove!
but… I like it much… very… the mood and style is what I enjoy… little bit slow and sad… but beautiful.
That deserves a standing ovation from the Blender community. Absolutely wonderful!
Your work shows us the limitless, outer reaches of Blender’s potential. You have extreme talent, not only in the jaw-dropping quality of your work, but how quickly you can create it. 3 days!? Wow!
absolutely superb work.
3 days from scratch? Impressive !
excellent rythm, nice animation, funny ending, emotion…
You got it all !!!
congratulations !!!
hey,
i just came back from my Xmas vacation and my jaw dropped when i saw your comments…
t h a n k y o u s o m u c h
:o
a big thanks goes to CJmakerGoof for putting me into the CJ#5
some answers:
the candle is a simple mesh, the flame a simple particle system and the light a simple spot [simple, eh? ]
the aurora is made with procedual marble textures and animated Z offset values. i applied them to multiple planes so give it some depth.
basse: the camera shaking is intentional as i told you in #blenderchat… mabe i used it a bit too much…
i will try upload a lowres version soon for the modem people.
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pofo
