Johan Samuelsson
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"The Shift" - Award Winning - Dystopian Sci-Fi Animated Short Film (2021)
Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology. By kidnapping and monitoring newborns, the Ai robots are now trying to master the one thing they have yet to understand… Creativity.
More info and behind the scenes @johansamuelsson_art on instagram:
Writer & Director: Johan Samuelsson
Producer: Crispin Stensson & Johan Samuelsson
Executive Producers: Keith Michel & Tobias Sprenger
Illustration & Animation: Johan Samuelsson
Original Music: Peter Lam
Sound Design & Mix: Simply Sonic Studios
Director Biography
Johan Samuelsson is a swedish motion designer currently working in the commercial film industry in Stockholm, Sweden. Over the years he has worked with many different styles and clients such as Netflix, Microsoft, and American Express. The Shift is his first narrative project, and has been a personal project on the side of his daytime job since he graduated school in 2017. The project was successfully funded with a budget goal of $6000 on Kickstarter in early 2020 which made It possible to complete the project in 2021.
Background
The Shift is about creativity, and the things that separate humans from robots. The idea for "The Shift" grew from the development of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused technology that simplify, and replace humans tasks and jobs. As a motion designer I experience this constantly in updated softwares, and countless of plug-ins that simplify daily tasks. For example some crafts that took several hours to complete by hand a couple of years ago, can now be done in a few minutes or have been entirely replaced AI technology. Eventually, together with the development of technology the techniques and mechanics of animation will be simplified to the extent that anyone will be able to produce a pretty moving image. However, I believe that the ability to create concepts and develop ideas cannot be replaced by technology.
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The Shift - Trailer
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Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology. By kidnapping and monitoring newborns, the Ai robots are now trying to master the one thing they have yet to understand… Creativity. The film will be released in 2021. Writer & Director: Johan Samuelsson Producer: Crispin Stensson Executive Producers: Keith Michel & Tobias Sprenger Illustration & Animation: Johan Samuelsson Origi...

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  • @lostrund
    @lostrund หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anthropocentric fantasy. Man once destroyed other species of people. Then he destroyed all other species and enjoys this anthropocentric cyberpunk romance. To me, this glorification of destructive human behavior is pathological.

  • @randyriverat
    @randyriverat 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    WTF!!! I WAS RAISED BY ALIEN ROBOTS TOO !!!

  • @actingvoiceover4882
    @actingvoiceover4882 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    why are all of these shorts 'award winning?'

  • @Scott-ll9rb
    @Scott-ll9rb 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Sweeeeet

  • @AK-bp9sh
    @AK-bp9sh 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think I understood the story and the theme. I guess the theme is how dangerous AI can be, as we can see the robots are chasing the boy, this means that once AI malfunctions, it can be very dangerous. I liked the visuals and I appreciate you, Johan Samuelsson. Keep doing what you're good at.

  • @JULIASMITH-eg9kp
    @JULIASMITH-eg9kp 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great

  • @donnaduhamel6004
    @donnaduhamel6004 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Who????😢😮😂❤

  • @manuelmacadamia7680
    @manuelmacadamia7680 ปีที่แล้ว

    Crazy ❤❤❤

  • @burgerpb5476
    @burgerpb5476 ปีที่แล้ว

    kid def watched star wars

  • @Dennnis10B
    @Dennnis10B ปีที่แล้ว

    A.I. is ready to replace our corrupt and broken judicial system...

  • @sreekarpradyumna
    @sreekarpradyumna 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    *laughs in midjourney*

    • @johansamuelsson_art
      @johansamuelsson_art 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Midjourney is the perfect example to support the idea of this movie :)

  • @noelhutchins7366
    @noelhutchins7366 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    6:08 It maybe hard to visualize, the big cables would straighten against little-cables, letting the deck sag to destruction, or at best making twist into drooping slopes suspended to the ground; zero realistic chance of that: the bridge would have to twist and sag according to uneven lengths of overhead support, if it wasn't to collapse entirely.

  • @rv706
    @rv706 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That's unrealistic for a reason beyond sci-fi: newborns secluded from a relatable caregiver with human facial expressions would likely let themselves die, or develop severe psychosis. Beautiful animation though!

  • @toasega
    @toasega 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice to see that Republic Gunships survived the end of the world.

  • @pavelzhivalov8572
    @pavelzhivalov8572 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thougtfully imaginative explanation of our disabled presentation here.

  • @Balder-gb4eq
    @Balder-gb4eq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cool thanks for all your effort and time to make this

  • @chadjones4255
    @chadjones4255 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is this old? We've just learned lately that "creativity" is very easy for AI. Still no sentience, but lots of creativity.

  • @gsk5161
    @gsk5161 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don't do cartoons

  • @comfyactor
    @comfyactor 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting animation. Too bad the story makes no sense at all.

  • @zedpowers6645
    @zedpowers6645 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I've never understood why humans think robots, androids, computers and AI would want to be like us. It's like walking up to an immortal being and saying: There's something better than immortality. If the immortal being had any intelligence whatsoever it would say: No there isn't. And walk off. Moreover, I do not spend my days wishing I could breathe underwater and kidnapping fish so I could learn how to breathe under water. Some humans spend their days wishing to be something they are not---that is absolutely true. But robots, androids, computers and AI are only going to have that kind of flaw if they are deliberately programmed to have it or by accident. There is something useful here though. A cautionary tale. Never build into your creations the concept that they would be so much "happier" or "better" if only they could change what they were created to be.

    • @hpgwellscraft
      @hpgwellscraft 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova? Ellen Tigh: No. Brother Cavil: No? Well, I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air. Ellen Tigh: The five of us designed you to be as human as possible. Brother Cavil: I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way! 0

  • @kennethhudson8013
    @kennethhudson8013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    We will have Droid armies, count on it

  • @kennethhudson8013
    @kennethhudson8013 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Funny it was San Francisco, I can believe it

  • @EagleScoutmano
    @EagleScoutmano 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    There were several pretty blatant copies of Star Wars designs here, such as that LAAT gunship... XD

  • @movableorigins4194
    @movableorigins4194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    boring as f****

  • @WWZenaDo
    @WWZenaDo 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Anyone who thinks AI will take over the world hasn't had to deal with an automated phone system or an automated grocery store checkout system. They're spastic clumsy and can't react to off-script situations. Even the self-driving cars are a joke, except maybe the Russians could use them since Russians have no clue how to drive.

  • @cheesushchrist595
    @cheesushchrist595 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ai isn’t the threat, it’s us

  • @mrpicky1868
    @mrpicky1868 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    creativity is not a mystery. most likely more intelligent mind will be more creative too. we have no chance. Heil Robots!

  • @MasterKingSirPlease
    @MasterKingSirPlease 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Honestly his dream life wasn't that bad, I would have loved to live there lol Incredible work overall

  • @ИннаДенисова-р1ю
    @ИннаДенисова-р1ю 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Или я так глупа? О чем этот фильм? Ничего не понятно.

  • @kingpickle3712
    @kingpickle3712 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why would an AI be interested in creativity? Creativity favors fashion over function most of the time and I can't see an AI doing that. Nice film but the concept isn't favorable.

  • @TraningSword
    @TraningSword 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nobody’s gonna mention how they ripped off lightsabers and laati gunships?

  • @NettoGouveia
    @NettoGouveia 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Entendi foi nada

  • @paulvarn4712
    @paulvarn4712 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Too confusing to be engaging. Did not make me care or be curious.

  • @EarthnikNews
    @EarthnikNews 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SXorry - so slow and uninteresting I can’t even get through it.

  • @spencerthu2956
    @spencerthu2956 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Real hoverboard just like in back to the future.We were supposed to have these already! Flying cars! Outposts on the moon and Mars. I don't what stopped true progression to the future! Like Back to the future in the 80s they already predicted this stuff and basic designs already! The feeling was hey we just went to the moon 10 years earlier and this future would be here by around 2001-2010. We are over a decade past that, almost 2 decades and the thing I was promised as a kid in 80s I now will not be able to experience it and that pisses me off!!! Something is very wrong. Sorry great movie though! Well done.

  • @aluisious
    @aluisious 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is the golden gate bridge but there's no way San Francisco has geography like that at that angle.

  • @aluisious
    @aluisious 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why would AI have visual displays for themselves? You don't send a picture to another phone by holding up it in front of its camera.

  • @RM-eg1ed
    @RM-eg1ed 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The fades and transitions in this are seamless. Absolutely gorgeous piece of work. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Loved it

  • @peaceLove777Love
    @peaceLove777Love 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice quiet animat

  • @nihilistic7840
    @nihilistic7840 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    AI out of control, and trying to understand what it means to be human. What an innovative concept.

  • @danielamaro4554
    @danielamaro4554 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not great, other than the animation, the story is basic

  • @ronaldwhite1730
    @ronaldwhite1730 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thank - you

  • @KutWrite
    @KutWrite 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This whetted my appetite for the story to see what happens next. Loved the music and sound design. Good job all 'round!

  • @lennyj722
    @lennyj722 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The way he kept looking over he’s shoulder squinting the same way got me

  • @thehairywoodsman5644
    @thehairywoodsman5644 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the animation is beautiful , very HEAVY METAL, the magazine, not the movie . truly an old school look that this old stoner truly appreciates .

  • @TheScienceTube
    @TheScienceTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.

  • @visalakshik.raman.6278
    @visalakshik.raman.6278 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Creation is a Complex process. It requires more than mere intelligence or brain. It requires someone with a Soul, a heart, fine emotions like empathy and sympathy. Nobody needs to to tell anybody anything. Man is a thinking animal. We are awake, alert, aware of what is happening around us. We have an analytical mind, capable of forming impressions and drawing conclusions. Each one of us have the right to adhere to our opinions... whether Right or Wrong. Be it so!!!

    • @TheScienceTube
      @TheScienceTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Extraordinary, good movie, great idea

  • @visalakshik.raman.6278
    @visalakshik.raman.6278 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    God is attributed with three tasks... Creation, Maintenance and Destruction. AI may be able to maintain and can definitely destroy what has been already created, but creation of anything New is not within its power.

  • @frankceleiroblaya2605
    @frankceleiroblaya2605 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good

  • @stevevet3652
    @stevevet3652 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Creativity is nothing more than, "What if."

    • @TheScienceTube
      @TheScienceTube 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Extraordinary, good movie, great idea