Tears of Steel

2012 Science FictionAnimation 12 minutes Directed by Ian Hubert

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About Tears of Steel

In a wrecked future, warriors and scientists gather at the Oude Kerk in Amsterdam. They try to restage one event from the past so they can stop robots that are destroying the world. Actors and computer images share the frame.

Cast & crew

More about Tears of Steel

Ian Hubert directed and wrote it. Ton Roosendaal produced it. The production code name was Project Mango. The Blender Foundation made it to show new visual-effects tools in Blender, a free and open-source 3D program. Wikidata times it at 12 minutes. English language. The Netherlands. Derek de Lint leads the Wikidata cast. The catalog also bills Sergio Hasselbaink, Vanja Rukavina, Denise Rebergen, Rogier Schippers, and Chris Haley. Released 2012.

Themes

  • A past event staged to save the future
  • Robots against a small crew
  • A church in Amsterdam
  • Oude Kerk
  • robots
  • Blender
  • Project Mango
  • Amsterdam

Making

The short was a demonstration of Blender's effects tools, shot in and around the Oude Kerk.

Technique

Live action is combined with CGI built in Blender, using effects tools the foundation was introducing.

Notes

  • The Commons file is the foundation's official 4K release.
  • Wikidata lists the genres as science fiction, dystopia, and live-action mixed with animation.

Scenes

  • The group meets inside the Oude Kerk to replay one past event.

Also available

  • Wikimedia Commons (Tears of Steel in 4k - Official Blender Foundation release.webm)