Why Big Buck Bunny Still Holds Up
Big Buck Bunny is older than most of the software we use daily, and it is still funnier than most things released this year.
What to watch for
Every studio accumulates habits it never chose. Once a year we list them and ask whether each one still earns its place.
Good tools disappear. The ones we keep are the ones we stop noticing, because they do exactly what we expect every single time.
Reading work aloud is the cheapest editing tool there is. Your ear catches rhythm problems that your eye skips over, especially in long sentences.
The film is released under a Creative Commons licence, so you can download it, study it, and share it freely.
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Comments · 2
I disagree slightly on the second point, but the rest is spot on. Constraints really do help.
I disagree slightly on the second point, but the rest is spot on. Constraints really do help.