This means that the film’s content will be free for anyone to use so long as the production studio, the Blender Institute, is acknowledged. (Making fur and grass are not easy things for animators to do!) When released, the DVD it will be licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license. Besides the film, the DVD will include the entire database used in making the film, such as animation data, characters and textures. The film is not generally available yet because the producers’ business plan requires that they release the DVD to upfront buyers first, who happen to be the film’s investors as well. Unfortunately, I missed the premiere (too exhausted from jet lag), but the trailer can be watched here. He preps himself to become a warrior and teach the bullies a lesson. The bunny quietly endures their abuse until they smash a beautiful butterfly with a rock, at which point the Big Buck Bunny goes berserk. Still, it is very funny – and it proves the power of open-source software as a creative platform and the viability of an open-content business model based on foundation support, pre-sales and commercial sponsorship.īig Buck Bunny is about a kind-hearted, fat, white bunny who is abused by three cute but nasty stone-throwing rodents. At ten minutes long, Big Buck Bunny is more of an animated short than a film. In Amsterdam three weeks ago, there was a gala film premiere for Big Buck Bunny, a computer-generated animated movie made completely with open source software.

The debut of an open source film and a new studio model.

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