Thank you all for such overwelmingly positive reactions! If you like what you see consider supporting me on Patreon - www.patreon.com/c/user?u=33285080 I already posted some high res 4K images from these environments and will soon be uploading some 3D models and Blender projects that I made for this video.
you capture something elusive about found footage that almost every backrooms artist misses: the camera is held by a real person, with a limited perspective, and we are limited even more by the camera itself. fine work.
Glad people notice the details. My main purpouse for this video was to show that the camera man and the camera are different entities. The character is still his own self without the camera and vice versa.
@@TheMrLeoniasty I wasn't expecting much, but you hooked me. I've always loved the weirdness of the Backrooms and you captured it perfectly. The final scene was the icing on the cake - thinking you've found a way out and nope.
@@TheDarthRoachoif you pay attention to most Backrooms videos, you’ll realise that the camera looks around like it’s the head of the protagonist instead of being HELD by them. They don’t have the ability to put down the camera usually as they are filming THEIR PERSPECTIVE. This video shows us that the camera and the person are different things, and interact differently. The person puts the camera down multiple times and we can SEE them. At the end the camera is taken by something, and approaches the person. Hope I cleared something up.
12:01 - 15:21 those little details that others backroom artist cant manage to put on their videos, the actual interaction, a foot, a hand, the shadow of the cameraman, something that shows that this is an actual person, not a flying camera walking in a rendered room outstanding work
Hahah someone was a PS2 fan, is what I thought when I saw that XD Jump down and you'll end up in a PS2 game of your choice. Which one would you think of..?
These never get old. And I love seeing every backroom content creator adding their own unique ideas to it. That PS2 home screen inspired city was a really nice touch!
I love this one specifically because of the dialogue from the character throughout the entire video. You can sense the panic, frustration and anxiety in his voice. You can feel the disappointment in not getting to the end. It’s all so well done and it moves at a good pace for me so I wasn’t so spaced out. This is now my favorite backrooms video of all time. I would love to see more!
Thank you for the kind words! The dialogue was quite hard to make and took a long time to come up with. Glad to hear it sounds natural since I'm not english speaking, a writer nor an actor.
i like that the weird human thing doesn't even inherently seem hostile, it just moves in a weird way and quietly follows the protagonist, wouldn't even be surprised if it didnt even kill the guy at the end
I have watched many, many backrooms episodes from all sorts of creators. This one is, by my opinion, one of the greatest blended, realistic, nerve racking variations i've seen. Keep up the good work my friend, you have a healthy talent at this.
Me too! So many unsual variations on the environment, it's so challenging to make it genuinely chilling. When he turns and the door is no further away my blood ran cold! Real vision.
I really loved what you did here! the ending was that the camera is focused on him running to the light and the camera siding after him only to be picked up. I never saw something like this, and I find it awesome! I can't wait to see more! no pressure.
Easily one of my favorite Backrooms videos! The voice acting is so well done, the animation so fluid and realistic, and the subtle story-telling, the tension... I gasped aloud when the camera was picked up at the end. Bravo!
That was a good reveal, brought something new to the backrooms formula. Good work on the 3D rendering as well, the shadows and presents of feet added to realism that most of these videos intentionally leave out. LOL at 16:20 its just like the playstation start up screen
@TheMrLeoniasty That's such a cool Easter egg. Gotta say man, I'm really impressed. I hate to admit how much backrooms content I have consumed, yet your video stands on its own. I've seen all of Kanes stuff multiple times, and everyone seems to just be making exactly the same thing, refreshing you didn't. I really hope when the movie finally comes out it isn't a let down on all this internet lore and build up. Not sure if you game or not, but you really should play backrooms lost tape 1 and 2. I think it's some of the best playable experiences out there. And like you said, it's not all scary, some of it is pure beauty and nostalgia.
@@bseider5387 Thank you very much. I'm happy to hear my video stands out. I purposefully didn't watch other peoples videos (just skimmed through a few) to not get myself blocked by what other people already did. It's my interpretation of the backrooms mostly based on the original image and my own imagining of what that place could be and look like.
This is probably the best backrooms thing I have seen in a long while. I love how you put details like reflections, shadows, etc. I also love how you didn't really focus on scary entities like every other backrooms video, Nice work dude :D
Thank you man I really tried to make my own version and I am glad that people see it that way. I purposefully avoided watching other Backrooms videos to not be influenced by other peoples ideas.
It feels so much like an alternate dimension lol. Though I'd be fascinated by it and consider exploring it if I weren't continuously worrying about exiting back to reality
Brilliant! 🎉 The camera drop reveal made me gasp. The slow walk into the dark made me scream at the screen. The motel was oddly terrifying. And that end sequence is an absolute instant classic. Bravo!
Okay it seems like everyone has already said what I want to say but still I must comment. Dude this is amazing holy shit. The growing sense of dread as the environment carries on and on with no end or explanation in sight is what made the original backrooms concept so captivating and you've captured that perfectly here. I really appreciated that the figure in the doorway moves out of sight at 12:20 right before! the protag jumps down. I was already so on edge up to this point but from here the tension really ramped up perfectly. The camera zooming in on that curtain just barely held open, the lights flickering on and off to indicate that something is aware of the protag's presence. (and here i have to add the camera movement really does feel so realistic major kudos on that), the hidden city below the kitchen area. And the whole time no cheap scares or awful screaming or awkwardly timed chase scenes just for the hell of it. Genuinely genuinely so well done honest to god and I love the ambiguity of the ending
I'm really impressed, this was executed flawlessly. The only thing that took me out of it was noticing your reflection on the window at 6:25. I mean that as a compliment, since it only made me stop to say "oh wow, he really did that." I think I know how you pulled it off, but I'm still impressed, since it matched seamlessly with the 3D camera. I'm super grateful to see artists that actually care, it's a breath of fresh air with all of the slop going around. I hope to see more of this from you in the future!
@@TheMrLeoniasty Without spoiling too much, I'm assuming it was a combination of recorded video and gyro/velocity data used in tandem for the 3D camera and reflection. From there, you could have used the video of you approaching a large glass door as an image texture node for the window surface in blender, or you could have comped the source video in afterwards to save time. That's my best guess, but I could be wrong. Either way, it's an impressive shot, and your attention to detail does not go unnoticed!
This video really captures the "what?! But... I mean... but... WHY?!?!" of the backrooms. Very realistic with a really good blend of creepy, hopelessness, and incredulous absurdity. A+ Thoroughly enjoyed.
It's those small details that take a bunch of time to make but not everyone will notice. BUT if you do notice them, that's just a very special feeling. Glad you liked it!
That was pretty cool. I sometimes have stipulations in backrooms content with pacing vs. foot movement, and how textures look, but any issues were made up for by brilliance. Actually putting human body parts attached to the cameraman into the video, and having it look more real than most can manage. Can't wait for Tape 2
So Immersive, downright Incredible work. The light around 14:30 or little after...chefs kiss to that masterpiece. I've never seen a found footage backrooms w such unique rooms. On edge the entire time... Amazing work hope to see more
There was another one recently that I saw on the same level, some very interesting backrooms videos coming out lately. We're definitely getting some new levels of concepts in the past few months. Oddly I just started this journey a few months ago and I am already an expert on the lore.
I would experiment with it, I would throw an object down the hall see if it gets closer and throw it again, repeat the process until you're out. That could be an actual xenos paradox though. Try pointing the camera at the rear and you walk forward and then try it with your eyes closed, maybe it's a puzzle you have to figure out. But then he finally figured it out and reaches the end only to find more backrooms. Maybe another level at least, but based on the concepts he's going for so far he's going for mind benders. Maybe he goes into the real world but he brought the backrooms with him and everybody and everything starts no clipping in and out randomly. Woah that would be a good one, maybe I should try my hand at it, there are tutorials on TH-cam how they make this stuff and it's remarkably easy using the right software. I think a more expansive stakes narrative is the next logical step.
I want to take a moment to talk about the scene starting at 11:40 because it’s so well done: At first, there’s this eerie sense of mystery, you can’t quite tell if you’re looking at some strange object or an actual creature. The slow, deliberate way it reveals its humanoid form is seriously unsettling. It makes you wonder: Why is it in that weird pose? How long has it been standing there like that? Is the pose for a reason, or is it just some form of general stasis? When it starts to walk away, it looks like it’s trying to imitate how humans move, but it’s off; awkward and overly careful, like it’s forcing itself to get it right. The blurry, unclear visuals add so much to the creepiness, leaving you to imagine what this thing might really look like. And maybe the creepiest part? The person filming didn't even witness the disturbing occurrence that us, the audience, just witnessed. This whole moment is such a masterclass in building tension. Amazing work!
@@TheMrLeoniasty Awesome! You definitely have a ton of potential with this series. A lot of other backrooms videos are cool, but this one is significantly more creative than most others I've seen. Can't wait to see what other ideas you come up with.
Wow.. I think this is top 5 best backrooms footage of all time. You captured it in a way that felt true to the original source. I could almost feel and smell the damp and dingy halls. The lighting was perfect and the lack of dialog was perfect. A real person filming wouldn’t be expressing their thoughts out loud the whole time and you did it in a way that didn’t insult our intelligence. We can tell exactly what he’s thinking. Even with walking in dark areas. People might think why would someone do that. But if you think about it, it always looks darker on film that in real life in person. You did a phenomenal job. Your name could definitely become synonymous and one of the mainstays for the backrooms if you keep this up. Bravo!
Thank you! I really like that you noticed my intentions. The character sees the environments in a different way than the camera. And also its somewhere in the 1990s, he is not a vloger, he doesnt speak to an audience, just to himself, and when you speak your thoughts out loud they are never full sentences, just small fragments of longer thoughts.
The entrance is stunning. Well done. Subscribed. You also created a realistic setup. This is how people would behave. The interaction with the environment is awesome.
Found you through a Reaction and I have to say well done Sir 🫡 the Birds at the End... the PS2 Screen...the limited Focus...the Shadow in the Door slowly walking away...the claustrophobic Feeling... I loved every Minute ❤🥰 keep up the good Work 🫡🤗
This ending was a visual masterpiece, creative and misterious, sound too, the animations of the charcter filmed by the camera was sooo freaking well done and photoreal-organic, the small details like the perfectly moving refelction of his body in the window outstanding detail, if anyone would have told me that this was done by Kane I woulnt have doubt it for a second, great great short!!!
So glad I watched this with headphones. This is an AMAZING backrooms vid. A few times I was terrified but out of the blue that Playstation 2 bootup sequence hit me fucking hard and I was back home in my parents' house and had that feeling of safety you get when you still live at home and home really is home. The PS2 still to this day feels like a big new game system and my brother and I wore our first one out and before that wore out our original PS1 from constant playing. Then the loud noise jarred me back into the fearful backrooms environment and that ending gave me a suffocating fear of complete hopelessness. This is a backrooms vid like no other and I was completely immersed.
you got a very atmospheric footage! I really liked the locations you added, and the reference to the PlayStation) The idea with the corridor that keeps returning to the beginning is also very interesting and gives this place a hint of mockery, as if the Back Rooms are deliberately tormenting the traveler with false hope of an exit... I think the cameraman should have tried walking backwards to see the door at the beginning.
Really great work. I love that your interpretation of the backrooms is way closer to the roots of the backrooms. The mainstream backrooms have become SCP 2.0 - no mystery, to many monsters not enough liminal spaces. The use of the camera as it's own perspective is always a great touch.
Thank you! I do think that what people know as backrooms nowadays strayed a bit too far from the original. I only recently found out about different "levels" to it. All of that just doesnt feel right to se so with this video I decided to stick to the original and also purposefully didn't watch other content creators videos to not influence my ideas.
Honestly this is more REALISTIC than Kane pixels ones. Just seeing an ACTUAL person holding it makes it feel like a REAL POV, instead of a drone shot just floating around. Your have done something REALLY special here!
20:40 wait are you leaving the camera? oh- 20:45 YES HES GONNA MAKE IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳 20:55 wait what ohhh so thats how he didnt progress during his first attempt 21:03 WAIT WHAT- WHOS THAT??? (talking about who or what is holding the camera) man, i love this backrooms video so much 👍
@@TheMrLeoniastyWell the government has technology that uses magnetic frequencies that can use thresholds and portals are a real thing too cause the one in New York City has one but it’s a screen but the idea of portals do exist underground tunnels
Oh that's very good! I really like the physicality of it, that's always something that's been jarring for me with backroom stuff is that a lot of these video despite presenting themselves as found footage look like a videogame in first person view. And you even make good use of the camera to create some cool moments.
Incredible work as always, Leon! This almost feels like it's set in the USSR in the 1980s or something. The color palette is gorgeous too. Very faded and vanilla-y. 20:55 is a simply beautiful shot! My favorite moment in the whole video.
Thanks Terapop! I'm happy to hear that you liked it! Here where I live we do have some soviet architecture. The block where I live in even has some buildings that still have bullet holes from the second world war! So that whole block that you see in the beggining just looks like that. If you don't show modern cars in the scene it looks like straight from the 1980's!
Great work. I put off watching it for two days because I had recently seen a number that were either game captures or cliché. This has a string of original settings and the mind f'k at the end was quite the cherry on top!
This is hands down one of the best Backrooms videos I’ve ever seen. You have a true filmmaker’s touch-masterfully telling a story, building suspense, and subverting expectations.
@ btw I love how the guy isn’t like calling out for someone also like he’s an urban explorer and tries to not draw attention its in character and works out so well
Out of all the backrooms media I've watched, I have to say, there's a kind of quiet surreal beauty that I love most in yours. The wood paneling and lighting in the room with the lights flickering, the PlayStation Chamber™, really, just really a fan. :)
Incredible job. The environments were very inventive and beautifully made. I was in fascinated dread throughout. The lighted "exhibit windows" were something I've never seen before and I would never have thought one could get so much mystery out of just flicking a lightswitch. The sequence with the dropped camera was absolutely eerie.
Thank you! My favorite sequence is the camera drop. The light switch sequence was one I wasn't sure about if it would work well but in the end it really did.
Brother, this was amazing. You made sure to remind people that it was a person behind the camera with the subtle reflections in the glass or the the way the camera was held, it looked natural. That genuinely looked good.
This is genuinely one of the most creative unique backroom videos I've seen in quite awhile now, I love this video so so much and I hope to see the rest of the series and perhaps learn more about the weird tree display room, dark creature, and the odd room at the end. I have my few gripes with this video like the ps2 area which didn't feel like it fits with the backrooms but was cool to see. Great video man keep it up!!
Found this through the Reddit post you made on r/liminalspaces. This is incredible! I haven’t seen a backrooms video that captures the liminal feeling of the backrooms so well like this in a while. You’re super underrated. 16:15 is definitely one of my favourite scenes.
It's always nice to see someone step up to the plate and conquer the challenge of the next level in the art form. You've set the bar. Nicely done. BTW: I felt his despair after running in that hallway. 👍🏻
That was ridiculously good. I especially like the grittier detail of the drop ceiling tiles and more realistic lighting effects. It was like someone attempting to recreate the Backrooms using an actual live set.
Very nice variation of the backfooms and the pov shadows. Also the fact the character is keeping quiet like I imagine someone really trapped there would be. You got yourself a new follower. Awesome work.
This depiction feels more like the original backrooms image than any other I've watched. The room at 13:23 feels like it was pulled directly out of a dream. I love it. I just wish the video had a more memorable name.
Thanks! I really wanted to evoke the feeling I had when I first saw that original image. What do you think a more memmorable title could be? I tried to keep it short and unique.
We need more Videos like this. Not games, levels and cartoonish entities, but real horror set up in a place that looks either like the early war time architecture, an alternate dimension or my most surreal dreams or nightmares. And your Video captured that perfectly. Keep it up, this is my favourite backrooms video of all.
Your version of the backrooms captures a diffirent setting that the others just simply cant achieve. the level of detail for realism like the feet, hand, and realistic movements make it look more authentic. Sets a diffirent vision of a liminal reality. Looking forward for more, props to you👍👍
I absolutely love this. Fantastic. The ending was the best part, which was a real treat because so many projects start strong and end poorly. I hope you make more horror!
This was beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. Stunning. Breathtaking. Astonishing. Completely and utterly beautiful. I loved it. Very, very much. Thank you for creating this absolute masterpiece.
What a banger, giving the man recording human expressions and making us feel more attached to him is a great story telling technique. I also like the lighting and the music, the entity was a little cartoonish but fit the scary feeling of this video 100%. 7/10 keep up the good work. Ps I came from the minecraft animation from like 6 years ago.
Maybe one of the Best Backrooms footage i've seen 🤯 You show things from a very particular angle, increasing stress by showing just a little. The end was excellent! Keep on this way . Wish you the best 😉
The first few seconds I couldn't believe how Kane Parsons it was, then at 0:24 👌😌👌 It's so good from the first 20 seconds. I'm watching this whole thing. Thank you for giving this to us 🙏
@@TheMrLeoniasty I very much am liking it. I'm also working on these types of videos and it's a struggle. You've done amazing 🤩, congratulations 👏🎉🥳👏🎉🥳
Bravo! One of the most original backrooms videos I've seen in years! You have a great eye for adding little details, keeping the tension, and using things like sound and perspective to really draw your audience in. In particular, I LOVED what you did with the weird shadow guy after the main character drops the camera. That was so clever, disturbing, but most of all WEIRD (which, to me, is one of the primary draws of the backrooms). I look forward to seeing what you come up with next! Thanks for sharing this!
peak polish cinematic experience the exit being just out of reach and that creepy 'human' acting like it was made by the backrooms having about as much idea of how people move, as it does of building layouts makes everything so uncanny and the quality of the noclipping arm effect like omg???????????
Thanks man! I put a lot of thought and effort into this glad you like that weird moving humanoid guy. I saw that pose in a drem actually when I was trying to figure out how can a person stand but do it in a very unnatural way. It just came to me one night.
Dude, that was an incredible experience. It's been a long time since any film from this universe has stirred up such an amount of emotions in me as your work. I've really seen many Backrooms productions, but your film is on par with KanePixels! You've taken care of all the details, so that the viewer can almost feel everything that our protagonist, trapped in Backrooms. The cherry on the cake was the start screen from PS2. It's familiar, but somehow disturbing, giving me goosebumps on my neck. I'm waiting for more! Thanks for your work!
As a blender amateur i am flabbergasted by the immaculate swork of art that you made just thank you for that because i know that people don't realise the amount of work you've put in
This is top TOP tier, genuinely man. There are some good backrooms videos out there, Kane's being one of the highest quality I've personally seen, and this is right up there with it, and might even surpass it in quality in some ways. My biggest gripe with many backrooms videos is that the camera seems too attached to the cameraman, or even that they are basically one entity. So I appreciate how you went the extra mile to show the camera being set down, dropped, etc. Showing the person actually interact with things and his body being shown actually present in the space was also super well executed. The foot steps felt real, the camera movements looked real, the voice sounded like it was actually in the location, the voice performance was perfectly realistic, the visuals and sense of scale felt really accurate to real life. Basically what I'm getting at is you did a fantastic job at making it feel real and immersive. Cool that this also feels like a pretty original and faithful take on the backrooms instead of riffing off of what other people have done! I wish you luck, and am excited to see what other projects you make, more backrooms or not! My favorite scenes and why I thought they were neat: (spoilers) -Hand clipping through wall. [I think that was animation? Barely could tell, it looked Incredible!] -The refection on the glass. [great detail, very underrated] -Accidentally dropping the camera, and having to carefully jump down to get it. [felt genuine, the way it looks like the camera kinda got caught on the edge of the railing as the cameraman was trying to pull it back seemed like an authentic reason for it to have slipped from his grip. Also the sound work for him trying to safely drop down, and the actual landing being on camera was great] -The lights going out. [you can really feel the cameraman's fear] -Setting the camera down to try and get a drink. [I love how this shows the character actually having the human need to drink, potentially from the exhumation of walking around a lot, and his disappointment when he is unsuccessful] -PS2 [beautiful, unsettling, yes] -Setting the camera on the floor for a break after ending up back where he started. [you can feel the defeat in his voice] -The exit. [actually got my heart beating fast for some reason] -The ending. [absolute cinema]
Thank you! I'm so glad people notice all these small details that took so much time to add! I really did want to show that the camera is just and object held by the main character I quickly had a lot of different ideas to show that. Thanks for complimenting my voice performance! I'm not an actor and English is not my native language, so comming up with realistic voice lines and then performing them was a real challange and took quite some time but I'm glad with how it turned out. Actually that scene where I put my hand in the wall, the whole thing is in 3D except for the hand, its a real video just rotoscoped out. Actually, that part you wrote about when he goes to the backrooms again out from that kitchen is not him setting the camera on the floor. Hw just got so frustrated that he relaxed his hands for a bit and forgot to stop recording, thats why it fumbles a bit before the next scene appears. Again, happy to hear people like this video so much, thanks for the nice comment!
This is one of my favorite takes on the backrooms I've seen so far. There's a lot more character to it than I see in many others where it's just focused on looking around then some tension and usually a chase as the climax. Here I really felt like the person behind the camera was more a real person than just the POV, and the "chase" that we get is a really clever implementation. 10/10
This is gorgeous. I see how the themes in Annihilation contributed in inspiring you to challenge a concept already as broad as that of the backrooms (and quite successfully). Perfectly uncanny in visualization and mesmerising in its way of imitating itself to the point of losing meaning and finding new ones. Looking forward to see your future work!
Thank you very much! Yes while reading Annihilation I had a very simmilar feeling to the one I had when looking at that image of the backrooms. Things that are fammiliar but made by someone that doesnt 100% know/understand how it should really look like.
This was really good. I enjoyed seeing some different screens...such as the trees and the wood, and the running in one place. Great stuff. If I may offer a small criticism...is the but at 16.18 looks very fake and detracts from the rest of the quailty. But your work is excellent 👌
Funnily that's my favourite part of the video lol. It's when you finally get an 'outside' of the backrooms and realize that outside is no streets and normal houses, but a surreal inescapable alternate dimension like this. Now how can you get home from THAT place and who even built these scary towers? Just my opinion, yours is also valid, and that's the risk but also good of trying different things in videos.
Dude, your work is awesome! There's so many backrooms videos out there, most of them lacking quality but this one is truly inspiring. Thanks for putting all this work in.
16:15 We need more of this in these videos. The backrooms can be creepy and unsettling and all that stuff, but sometimes I'm just as likely to ask "What in the world is that?" when looking at something beautiful or comforting as I am if it's creepy. Plus, it gives the vaguest sense of "Maybe there is a reason behind all this after all, and now I have to find out what it is."
Jaw dropped at the PS2 refrence - instantly sent me back Besides that, I adore this, I love that it doesn't go for any cheap jumpscares and I like the touch that he explores more dark areas, it's something you don't really see in backrooms videos (without any Jumpscares)
Thanks! He goes into shadowy places with the camera on because it makes him feel safer. You don't really know how many fully lit places he has seen there since he surelly doesn't record everything.
I've entered the backrooms several times in dreams. I am standing in front of a metal door that's a dingy pale green color. As I enter, I get a feeling of desolation. The neon lights are a dull yellow color and some are dark or flickering. The linoleum tile floor is a dull grey. Some rooms have a thin flat wall to wall grey carpet. The hallways stretch on for what seems like miles. almost all of the rooms are empty of anything but dust. I've never seen an elevator, only stairs. Once I entered a room that had an old dull hardwood floor and 40 or 50 tall bookshelves full of dusty old books. I looked at many of them but did not recognize most of the languages or even the alphabets. One shelf had what looked like cuneiform and another like some kind of hieroglyphics. At one end of the room, the shelves held rolled up scrolls with painted on lettering. At the other end of the room. I found two shelves with books full of what looked like bar codes. This room also had something I'd never seen in any other room. A window to the outside. In front of it was a small table with two leather covered chairs. Outside the window was a bleak looking landscape of overgrown scrub and one large leafless tree casting eerie black shadows from the full moon on the horizon. When I placed my hand on the glass, it felt very cold. The moon looked odd as well. The seas and craters looked different from what I am used to. The portion of the night sky I could see had a few odd-looking constellations. I have lived in both hemispheres and recognized none of the stars. I have never seen any other living thing while in the backrooms. I have heard distant banging and scraping noises and a few times what might have been voices but always too far away to make out what was being said. Considering how big the place must be, I haven't seen much trash. A few glass bottles, A few rusty cans, some scraps of paper and what might have been rotting clothing. I usually just wander around aimlessly until I walk through some random door and find myself back in my bed. The place gives me the impression of a huge government office building that has been emptied out and abandoned. Has anyone else been in what I assumed is a library? If I ever go back to that room, I will try to carry away a few books and see if they come with me when I wake up.
Interesting, I've never dramed of the backrooms. Also I think I have not ever dreamed of reading a book, so that had to be a eerie feeling when you did get one to read and the language was unrecognisable.
This is the 3rd best Backrooms video I've ever seen, and I'm including Kane's work when I say that. The PS2 startup room was a great take on what counts as a liminal space. While it isn't a location in real life, your version of the Backrooms made it into one anyway, and I think that's really cool. I also loved how nightmare-esc this interpretation is. The music when the camera falls down to reveal the shadowy figure is terrifying. However, the scariest part definitely has to be the ending. I think we've all had those dreams where we try to run, but end up going nowhere. Please make another one of these. This was so good!
Thank you! I always liked the PS2 startup it was very calming but had that small eerie edge to it. For me it fits perfectly in the backsooms or as a liminal space and I'm surprised people have not done it before me.
This was spectacular dude! I've played several Backrooms games on my channel and this right here is exactly what I love about them. You were able to nail the atmosphere and terrifying emptiness like I've never seen before lol I really loved this. The different environments throughout really built upon the eerie randomness and even strange comfort, I especially liked the PS2 section. This is a work of art and I absolutely loved the ending sequence when he starts running towards the exit, that was haunting. Keep up the great work, you're so talented! 🙂
Thanks! Funilly enough not much mastering was done here. I recorded all these sounds on a camera in space that are simmilar to the ones on video so all the reverb etc matches. You can't beat the real thing! But yeah in some spots there had to be some tweaking done. Glad you noticed.
Thank you all for such overwelmingly positive reactions!
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I already posted some high res 4K images from these environments and will soon be uploading some 3D models and Blender projects that I made for this video.
What did you use? UE5?
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Putting the PlayStation 2 boot up screen as a backrooms liminal space makes me feel old.
Well done.
evoked nostalgia
I thought you were joking and that it just looked like it but it totally IS the hot damn boot up screen
I always imagined as a kid that it was a big city from above. So nostalgic
you capture something elusive about found footage that almost every backrooms artist misses: the camera is held by a real person, with a limited perspective, and we are limited even more by the camera itself. fine work.
Glad people notice the details. My main purpouse for this video was to show that the camera man and the camera are different entities. The character is still his own self without the camera and vice versa.
@@TheMrLeoniasty I wasn't expecting much, but you hooked me. I've always loved the weirdness of the Backrooms and you captured it perfectly. The final scene was the icing on the cake - thinking you've found a way out and nope.
Can you expand on that? Im trying to understand what you mean.
@@TheDarthRoachoif you pay attention to most Backrooms videos, you’ll realise that the camera looks around like it’s the head of the protagonist instead of being HELD by them.
They don’t have the ability to put down the camera usually as they are filming THEIR PERSPECTIVE.
This video shows us that the camera and the person are different things, and interact differently. The person puts the camera down multiple times and we can SEE them. At the end the camera is taken by something, and approaches the person.
Hope I cleared something up.
@Huellace it very much did, thank you. Now I understand why this vid is more unsettling than most
12:01 - 15:21 those little details that others backroom artist cant manage to put on their videos, the actual interaction, a foot, a hand, the shadow of the cameraman, something that shows that this is an actual person, not a flying camera walking in a rendered room
outstanding work
Thank you! I really wanted to show that a real human is operating the camera, and the camera and the main character are 2 separate entities.
@@TheMrLeoniasty Very nice work!
@@parodiadisimo Thank you!
16:15 That PS2 in real life thing you did was AMAZING!
WAAAAAAAW
Yeah, if I were him, I would have tried jumping down from there. Pretty sure I'll land safe and explore just about everything.
Hahah someone was a PS2 fan, is what I thought when I saw that XD
Jump down and you'll end up in a PS2 game of your choice.
Which one would you think of..?
Very fitting for Backrooms logic and reality!
Oh so that's what it was!
@vedantsridhar8378 Yeah, what could go wrong ahah
These never get old. And I love seeing every backroom content creator adding their own unique ideas to it. That PS2 home screen inspired city was a really nice touch!
Thanks!
@@TheHuskyGT I thought that’s what it was lol
I love this one specifically because of the dialogue from the character throughout the entire video. You can sense the panic, frustration and anxiety in his voice. You can feel the disappointment in not getting to the end. It’s all so well done and it moves at a good pace for me so I wasn’t so spaced out. This is now my favorite backrooms video of all time. I would love to see more!
Thank you for the kind words! The dialogue was quite hard to make and took a long time to come up with. Glad to hear it sounds natural since I'm not english speaking, a writer nor an actor.
i like that the weird human thing doesn't even inherently seem hostile, it just moves in a weird way and quietly follows the protagonist, wouldn't even be surprised if it didnt even kill the guy at the end
timestamp for it?
@@quietguy6021 bro just watch the 21 min video😭
@@quietguy6021 11:41
I think its a skins Stiller
I have watched many, many backrooms episodes from all sorts of creators. This one is, by my opinion, one of the greatest blended, realistic, nerve racking variations i've seen. Keep up the good work my friend, you have a healthy talent at this.
Thank you very much!
Me too! So many unsual variations on the environment, it's so challenging to make it genuinely chilling. When he turns and the door is no further away my blood ran cold! Real vision.
@ Happy to hear that my video brings out such emotions!
I really loved what you did here! the ending was that the camera is focused on him running to the light and the camera siding after him only to be picked up. I never saw something like this, and I find it awesome! I can't wait to see more! no pressure.
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Easily one of my favorite Backrooms videos! The voice acting is so well done, the animation so fluid and realistic, and the subtle story-telling, the tension... I gasped aloud when the camera was picked up at the end. Bravo!
Thank you! Hearing that someone gasped while watching is a very big compliment!
That was a good reveal, brought something new to the backrooms formula. Good work on the 3D rendering as well, the shadows and presents of feet added to realism that most of these videos intentionally leave out. LOL at 16:20 its just like the playstation start up screen
Yeah, the PS2 startup screen felt like a good match to the "beauty" of the backrooms since in my head they are not all scarry and weird.
@TheMrLeoniasty That's such a cool Easter egg. Gotta say man, I'm really impressed. I hate to admit how much backrooms content I have consumed, yet your video stands on its own. I've seen all of Kanes stuff multiple times, and everyone seems to just be making exactly the same thing, refreshing you didn't. I really hope when the movie finally comes out it isn't a let down on all this internet lore and build up. Not sure if you game or not, but you really should play backrooms lost tape 1 and 2. I think it's some of the best playable experiences out there. And like you said, it's not all scary, some of it is pure beauty and nostalgia.
@@bseider5387 Thank you very much. I'm happy to hear my video stands out. I purposefully didn't watch other peoples videos (just skimmed through a few) to not get myself blocked by what other people already did. It's my interpretation of the backrooms mostly based on the original image and my own imagining of what that place could be and look like.
This is probably the best backrooms thing I have seen in a long while. I love how you put details like reflections, shadows, etc. I also love how you didn't really focus on scary entities like every other backrooms video, Nice work dude :D
Thank you! I did put a lot of time into those super small details
"im nothing like yall" backrooms video. its truly special
Thank you man I really tried to make my own version and I am glad that people see it that way. I purposefully avoided watching other Backrooms videos to not be influenced by other peoples ideas.
@@TheMrLeoniasty it's very respectable
I tried to think of a good comment to make and this one right here is exactly what I wanted to say. Good Hellova job TheMrleoniasty
@@norfolkdash9 thank you very much!
@@TheMrLeoniasty yes sir! Much deserved man
16:13 this would actually be terrifying, the ps2 really relaxes me but seeing it like this doesn’t feel good lol.
It's calming, but should you ever get calm in the backrooms?
@@TheMrLeoniasty no
It feels so much like an alternate dimension lol. Though I'd be fascinated by it and consider exploring it if I weren't continuously worrying about exiting back to reality
Brilliant! 🎉
The camera drop reveal made me gasp. The slow walk into the dark made me scream at the screen. The motel was oddly terrifying. And that end sequence is an absolute instant classic. Bravo!
Thank you!
Okay it seems like everyone has already said what I want to say but still I must comment. Dude this is amazing holy shit. The growing sense of dread as the environment carries on and on with no end or explanation in sight is what made the original backrooms concept so captivating and you've captured that perfectly here.
I really appreciated that the figure in the doorway moves out of sight at 12:20 right before! the protag jumps down. I was already so on edge up to this point but from here the tension really ramped up perfectly. The camera zooming in on that curtain just barely held open, the lights flickering on and off to indicate that something is aware of the protag's presence. (and here i have to add the camera movement really does feel so realistic major kudos on that), the hidden city below the kitchen area. And the whole time no cheap scares or awful screaming or awkwardly timed chase scenes just for the hell of it. Genuinely genuinely so well done honest to god and I love the ambiguity of the ending
Thanks man! It's always nice to read that someone really liked my video
I'm really impressed, this was executed flawlessly. The only thing that took me out of it was noticing your reflection on the window at 6:25. I mean that as a compliment, since it only made me stop to say "oh wow, he really did that." I think I know how you pulled it off, but I'm still impressed, since it matched seamlessly with the 3D camera. I'm super grateful to see artists that actually care, it's a breath of fresh air with all of the slop going around. I hope to see more of this from you in the future!
Thanks man! I'm interested, how do you think I pulled it off?
@@TheMrLeoniasty Without spoiling too much, I'm assuming it was a combination of recorded video and gyro/velocity data used in tandem for the 3D camera and reflection. From there, you could have used the video of you approaching a large glass door as an image texture node for the window surface in blender, or you could have comped the source video in afterwards to save time. That's my best guess, but I could be wrong. Either way, it's an impressive shot, and your attention to detail does not go unnoticed!
@ Good guess but there was an even easier way
@@TheMrLeoniasty In that case, you've got me beat! If you don't mind me asking, how on earth did you do it?
@ I'll be making a "making of" video one day. I'll show that there
This video really captures the "what?! But... I mean... but... WHY?!?!" of the backrooms. Very realistic with a really good blend of creepy, hopelessness, and incredulous absurdity. A+ Thoroughly enjoyed.
Thanks a lot!
@@TheMrLeoniasty you’re so welcome. I LOVE this video!
Kudos for special attention to the sound and the shadows/reflections of the character.
It's those small details that take a bunch of time to make but not everyone will notice. BUT if you do notice them, that's just a very special feeling. Glad you liked it!
That was pretty cool. I sometimes have stipulations in backrooms content with pacing vs. foot movement, and how textures look, but any issues were made up for by brilliance. Actually putting human body parts attached to the cameraman into the video, and having it look more real than most can manage. Can't wait for Tape 2
Thanks, Tape 2 is already in the works
You and Kane Pixels are my favourite Backrooms creators
Loved the way you chose to represent the Backrooms. Something about how cheap and worn down the tiles and walls look gets me.
So Immersive, downright Incredible work. The light around 14:30 or little after...chefs kiss to that masterpiece. I've never seen a found footage backrooms w such unique rooms. On edge the entire time... Amazing work hope to see more
That ending........counting down for tape 2
There was another one recently that I saw on the same level, some very interesting backrooms videos coming out lately. We're definitely getting some new levels of concepts in the past few months. Oddly I just started this journey a few months ago and I am already an expert on the lore.
I would experiment with it, I would throw an object down the hall see if it gets closer and throw it again, repeat the process until you're out. That could be an actual xenos paradox though. Try pointing the camera at the rear and you walk forward and then try it with your eyes closed, maybe it's a puzzle you have to figure out. But then he finally figured it out and reaches the end only to find more backrooms. Maybe another level at least, but based on the concepts he's going for so far he's going for mind benders. Maybe he goes into the real world but he brought the backrooms with him and everybody and everything starts no clipping in and out randomly. Woah that would be a good one, maybe I should try my hand at it, there are tutorials on TH-cam how they make this stuff and it's remarkably easy using the right software. I think a more expansive stakes narrative is the next logical step.
Check out Kane Pixels, out of all the back rooms series his is the most realistic imo
@@project0point994everyone here knows about Kane pixels lol
I want to take a moment to talk about the scene starting at 11:40 because it’s so well done:
At first, there’s this eerie sense of mystery, you can’t quite tell if you’re looking at some strange object or an actual creature.
The slow, deliberate way it reveals its humanoid form is seriously unsettling.
It makes you wonder: Why is it in that weird pose? How long has it been standing there like that? Is the pose for a reason, or is it just some form of general stasis?
When it starts to walk away, it looks like it’s trying to imitate how humans move, but it’s off; awkward and overly careful, like it’s forcing itself to get it right.
The blurry, unclear visuals add so much to the creepiness, leaving you to imagine what this thing might really look like.
And maybe the creepiest part? The person filming didn't even witness the disturbing occurrence that us, the audience, just witnessed.
This whole moment is such a masterclass in building tension. Amazing work!
Thank you! Eveything you have written here is exactly how I planned this scene, happy to see you noticed all of the elements.
@@TheMrLeoniasty Awesome! You definitely have a ton of potential with this series. A lot of other backrooms videos are cool, but this one is significantly more creative than most others I've seen. Can't wait to see what other ideas you come up with.
@ Thanks! I have so many ideas that it's stupid hard to pick which ones to use
Excellent attention to detail, especially on the audio! When you clipped into the first room, your vocal reflections were spot on. Awesome work.
Thanks! What's funny is, I just recorded the audio with a camera while standing in the middle of a room. So that sound and room "echo" was 100% real
Wow.. I think this is top 5 best backrooms footage of all time.
You captured it in a way that felt true to the original source. I could almost feel and smell the damp and dingy halls.
The lighting was perfect and the lack of dialog was perfect.
A real person filming wouldn’t be expressing their thoughts out loud the whole time and you did it in a way that didn’t insult our intelligence. We can tell exactly what he’s thinking.
Even with walking in dark areas. People might think why would someone do that. But if you think about it, it always looks darker on film that in real life in person.
You did a phenomenal job. Your name could definitely become synonymous and one of the mainstays for the backrooms if you keep this up.
Bravo!
Thank you! I really like that you noticed my intentions. The character sees the environments in a different way than the camera. And also its somewhere in the 1990s, he is not a vloger, he doesnt speak to an audience, just to himself, and when you speak your thoughts out loud they are never full sentences, just small fragments of longer thoughts.
The entrance is stunning. Well done. Subscribed. You also created a realistic setup. This is how people would behave. The interaction with the environment is awesome.
Thank you!
Found you through a Reaction and I have to say well done Sir 🫡 the Birds at the End... the PS2 Screen...the limited Focus...the Shadow in the Door slowly walking away...the claustrophobic Feeling... I loved every Minute ❤🥰 keep up the good Work 🫡🤗
Thank you!
Wow terrifying, made me feel anxious! Love how the first moments in the backrooms are the original 4chan photo, brilliant touch and expertly done 👏
Thanks! I had to make a nod to the original
This ending was a visual masterpiece, creative and misterious, sound too, the animations of the charcter filmed by the camera was sooo freaking well done and photoreal-organic, the small details like the perfectly moving refelction of his body in the window outstanding detail, if anyone would have told me that this was done by Kane I woulnt have doubt it for a second, great great short!!!
Thank you very much! It really makes me happy to see people appreciate the details
So glad I watched this with headphones. This is an AMAZING backrooms vid. A few times I was terrified but out of the blue that Playstation 2 bootup sequence hit me fucking hard and I was back home in my parents' house and had that feeling of safety you get when you still live at home and home really is home. The PS2 still to this day feels like a big new game system and my brother and I wore our first one out and before that wore out our original PS1 from constant playing.
Then the loud noise jarred me back into the fearful backrooms environment and that ending gave me a suffocating fear of complete hopelessness. This is a backrooms vid like no other and I was completely immersed.
Thank you! I'm happy to hear that my video made you feel so many different things
you got a very atmospheric footage! I really liked the locations you added, and the reference to the PlayStation) The idea with the corridor that keeps returning to the beginning is also very interesting and gives this place a hint of mockery, as if the Back Rooms are deliberately tormenting the traveler with false hope of an exit... I think the cameraman should have tried walking backwards to see the door at the beginning.
Thanks! The cameraman did try that. You can hear him talk about it
Really great work.
I love that your interpretation of the backrooms is way closer to the roots of the backrooms.
The mainstream backrooms have become SCP 2.0 - no mystery, to many monsters not enough liminal spaces.
The use of the camera as it's own perspective is always a great touch.
Thank you! I do think that what people know as backrooms nowadays strayed a bit too far from the original. I only recently found out about different "levels" to it. All of that just doesnt feel right to se so with this video I decided to stick to the original and also purposefully didn't watch other content creators videos to not influence my ideas.
@@TheMrLeoniasty🎉
Honestly this is more REALISTIC than Kane pixels ones. Just seeing an ACTUAL person holding it makes it feel like a REAL POV, instead of a drone shot just floating around. Your have done something REALLY special here!
Thank you! It was a big part of the project to make the camera feel like it is really handled by a human
ye
20:40 wait are you leaving the camera? oh-
20:45 YES HES GONNA MAKE IT!!! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳
20:55 wait what ohhh so thats how he didnt progress during his first attempt
21:03 WAIT WHAT- WHOS THAT??? (talking about who or what is holding the camera)
man, i love this backrooms video so much 👍
Glad to hear that!
@@TheMrLeoniastyWell the government has technology that uses magnetic frequencies that can use thresholds and portals are a real thing too cause the one in New York City has one but it’s a screen but the idea of portals do exist underground tunnels
@@notnew-lq6xt Portal is a cool game
Oh that's very good!
I really like the physicality of it, that's always something that's been jarring for me with backroom stuff is that a lot of these video despite presenting themselves as found footage look like a videogame in first person view.
And you even make good use of the camera to create some cool moments.
@@Laezar1 Thank you! I wanted to make it feel and look like a real person recording
Incredible work as always, Leon! This almost feels like it's set in the USSR in the 1980s or something. The color palette is gorgeous too. Very faded and vanilla-y. 20:55 is a simply beautiful shot! My favorite moment in the whole video.
Thanks Terapop! I'm happy to hear that you liked it! Here where I live we do have some soviet architecture. The block where I live in even has some buildings that still have bullet holes from the second world war! So that whole block that you see in the beggining just looks like that. If you don't show modern cars in the scene it looks like straight from the 1980's!
i think this might be the best backrooms video ive ever watched. props to you bro, you dont understand how much i love this
Thank you very much!
Great work. I put off watching it for two days because I had recently seen a number that were either game captures or cliché. This has a string of original settings and the mind f'k at the end was quite the cherry on top!
Thanks!
Hands-down, the best back room footage I have ever seen. I wish you could make this into a full movie. This was awesome!!!!!!
Thanks!
This is hands down one of the best Backrooms videos I’ve ever seen. You have a true filmmaker’s touch-masterfully telling a story, building suspense, and subverting expectations.
Thanks! I've been improving my craft for years and I believe that this videio is the culmination of it
This is one of the best found footage videos I’ve seen amazing work
It means a lot, thank you
@ btw I love how the guy isn’t like calling out for someone also like he’s an urban explorer and tries to not draw attention its in character and works out so well
This is incredible...well done and scary AF 👍🏻... please make more Backrooms videos !
Thank you!
Out of all the backrooms media I've watched, I have to say, there's a kind of quiet surreal beauty that I love most in yours. The wood paneling and lighting in the room with the lights flickering, the PlayStation Chamber™, really, just really a fan. :)
Thanks!
Incredible job. The environments were very inventive and beautifully made. I was in fascinated dread throughout. The lighted "exhibit windows" were something I've never seen before and I would never have thought one could get so much mystery out of just flicking a lightswitch. The sequence with the dropped camera was absolutely eerie.
Thank you! My favorite sequence is the camera drop. The light switch sequence was one I wasn't sure about if it would work well but in the end it really did.
Brother, this was amazing. You made sure to remind people that it was a person behind the camera with the subtle reflections in the glass or the the way the camera was held, it looked natural. That genuinely looked good.
Thank you! Didn't know I have a 3rd brother
barely 3 minutes into the video and I have to say it's incredible, the transition into the backrooms is superb.
Thanks!
This is genuinely one of the most creative unique backroom videos I've seen in quite awhile now, I love this video so so much and I hope to see the rest of the series and perhaps learn more about the weird tree display room, dark creature, and the odd room at the end. I have my few gripes with this video like the ps2 area which didn't feel like it fits with the backrooms but was cool to see. Great video man keep it up!!
Thanks, happy to hear you liked it
Found this through the Reddit post you made on r/liminalspaces. This is incredible! I haven’t seen a backrooms video that captures the liminal feeling of the backrooms so well like this in a while. You’re super underrated. 16:15 is definitely one of my favourite scenes.
Thank you very much!
It's always nice to see someone step up to the plate and conquer the challenge of the next level in the art form. You've set the bar. Nicely done.
BTW: I felt his despair after running in that hallway. 👍🏻
Thank you for the kind words
That was ridiculously good. I especially like the grittier detail of the drop ceiling tiles and more realistic lighting effects. It was like someone attempting to recreate the Backrooms using an actual live set.
Thank you! I did put quite some time into the small details
You have gotten me excited for new tapes, friend. Great job.
Awesome work!!! So much good , new and creative ideas. Loved every second of it. You nailed it.
Thanks!
Very nice variation of the backfooms and the pov shadows. Also the fact the character is keeping quiet like I imagine someone really trapped there would be. You got yourself a new follower. Awesome work.
Thank you
This depiction feels more like the original backrooms image than any other I've watched. The room at 13:23 feels like it was pulled directly out of a dream. I love it. I just wish the video had a more memorable name.
Thanks! I really wanted to evoke the feeling I had when I first saw that original image. What do you think a more memmorable title could be? I tried to keep it short and unique.
We need more Videos like this. Not games, levels and cartoonish entities, but real horror set up in a place that looks either like the early war time architecture, an alternate dimension or my most surreal dreams or nightmares. And your Video captured that perfectly. Keep it up, this is my favourite backrooms video of all.
Thank you! Happy to hear you liked it
Your version of the backrooms captures a diffirent setting that the others just simply cant achieve. the level of detail for realism like the feet, hand, and realistic movements make it look more authentic. Sets a diffirent vision of a liminal reality. Looking forward for more, props to you👍👍
Thank you
I absolutely love this. Fantastic. The ending was the best part, which was a real treat because so many projects start strong and end poorly. I hope you make more horror!
Thank you! It took me a good while to come up with a satisfying ending and I'm glad with how it turned out
Finally someone understood what a hand-held camera means and that the person holding it actually have body xd great job!
Thanks!
Ok, that ending felt like smth I can't describe, it wasn't as scary but I felt CHILLS WHEN SOMEONE PICKED UP THE CAMERA LIKE WHATTT
Hearing that something I created made someone have chills is a great compliment actually, thank you!
@TheMrLeoniasty no problem man! Please keep up the good work!
This was beautiful. Absolutely gorgeous. Stunning. Breathtaking. Astonishing. Completely and utterly beautiful. I loved it. Very, very much. Thank you for creating this absolute masterpiece.
and thank you for the nice comment
Enjoyed it a lot
My second ever super thanks! Thank you
The hand clipping through the wall was so well done that i immediately knew this was going to be one of the good ones 👏
This entire video was absolutely spectacular! Amazingly well-made!
Thank you!
What a banger, giving the man recording human expressions and making us feel more attached to him is a great story telling technique. I also like the lighting and the music, the entity was a little cartoonish but fit the scary feeling of this video 100%.
7/10 keep up the good work. Ps I came from the minecraft animation from like 6 years ago.
Thanks! Oh man that animation is old, I forgot that I even made it
Okay that last shot was amazing
Thanks Burrito
Maybe one of the Best Backrooms footage i've seen 🤯 You show things from a very particular angle, increasing stress by showing just a little. The end was excellent! Keep on this way . Wish you the best 😉
Thank you!
The first few seconds I couldn't believe how Kane Parsons it was, then at 0:24 👌😌👌
It's so good from the first 20 seconds. I'm watching this whole thing. Thank you for giving this to us 🙏
Glad you liked it
@@TheMrLeoniasty I very much am liking it. I'm also working on these types of videos and it's a struggle. You've done amazing 🤩, congratulations 👏🎉🥳👏🎉🥳
@JestaSecondChannel thanks!
Bravo! One of the most original backrooms videos I've seen in years! You have a great eye for adding little details, keeping the tension, and using things like sound and perspective to really draw your audience in. In particular, I LOVED what you did with the weird shadow guy after the main character drops the camera. That was so clever, disturbing, but most of all WEIRD (which, to me, is one of the primary draws of the backrooms). I look forward to seeing what you come up with next! Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you! I'm happy you liked it and noticed the details
peak polish cinematic experience
the exit being just out of reach and that creepy 'human' acting like it was made by the backrooms having about as much idea of how people move, as it does of building layouts makes everything so uncanny
and the quality of the noclipping arm effect like omg???????????
Thanks man! I put a lot of thought and effort into this glad you like that weird moving humanoid guy. I saw that pose in a drem actually when I was trying to figure out how can a person stand but do it in a very unnatural way. It just came to me one night.
Dude, that was an incredible experience. It's been a long time since any film from this universe has stirred up such an amount of emotions in me as your work. I've really seen many Backrooms productions, but your film is on par with KanePixels! You've taken care of all the details, so that the viewer can almost feel everything that our protagonist, trapped in Backrooms. The cherry on the cake was the start screen from PS2. It's familiar, but somehow disturbing, giving me goosebumps on my neck. I'm waiting for more! Thanks for your work!
Thank you very much! Glad you liked it, and also, pozdrowiam serdecznie.
That blue area at 16:16 made me think it was about to be the opening screen for the PS2. So nostalgic 😂😂
classic
Love that initial use of live action. Really helps to ground what comes after.
The most realistic backrooms vids I've ever seen, great job!
Very nice to hear, thank you!
As a blender amateur i am flabbergasted by the immaculate swork of art that you made just thank you for that because i know that people don't realise the amount of work you've put in
Thanks
Unusually good take! Very creative. Make more!
Thanks
Wow this is fantastic! Haven't seen any good backrooms in awhile. This was so well done. You nailed it! Congrats you deserve the praise 👏 👍🙂
Thanks!
i fucking love the PS2 part holy hell lmfao, didn't expect it actually.
This is top TOP tier, genuinely man. There are some good backrooms videos out there, Kane's being one of the highest quality I've personally seen, and this is right up there with it, and might even surpass it in quality in some ways. My biggest gripe with many backrooms videos is that the camera seems too attached to the cameraman, or even that they are basically one entity. So I appreciate how you went the extra mile to show the camera being set down, dropped, etc. Showing the person actually interact with things and his body being shown actually present in the space was also super well executed. The foot steps felt real, the camera movements looked real, the voice sounded like it was actually in the location, the voice performance was perfectly realistic, the visuals and sense of scale felt really accurate to real life. Basically what I'm getting at is you did a fantastic job at making it feel real and immersive. Cool that this also feels like a pretty original and faithful take on the backrooms instead of riffing off of what other people have done! I wish you luck, and am excited to see what other projects you make, more backrooms or not!
My favorite scenes and why I thought they were neat: (spoilers)
-Hand clipping through wall. [I think that was animation? Barely could tell, it looked Incredible!]
-The refection on the glass. [great detail, very underrated]
-Accidentally dropping the camera, and having to carefully jump down to get it. [felt genuine, the way it looks like the camera kinda got caught on the edge of the railing as the cameraman was trying to pull it back seemed like an authentic reason for it to have slipped from his grip. Also the sound work for him trying to safely drop down, and the actual landing being on camera was great]
-The lights going out. [you can really feel the cameraman's fear]
-Setting the camera down to try and get a drink. [I love how this shows the character actually having the human need to drink, potentially from the exhumation of walking around a lot, and his disappointment when he is unsuccessful]
-PS2 [beautiful, unsettling, yes]
-Setting the camera on the floor for a break after ending up back where he started. [you can feel the defeat in his voice]
-The exit. [actually got my heart beating fast for some reason]
-The ending. [absolute cinema]
Thank you! I'm so glad people notice all these small details that took so much time to add! I really did want to show that the camera is just and object held by the main character I quickly had a lot of different ideas to show that.
Thanks for complimenting my voice performance! I'm not an actor and English is not my native language, so comming up with realistic voice lines and then performing them was a real challange and took quite some time but I'm glad with how it turned out.
Actually that scene where I put my hand in the wall, the whole thing is in 3D except for the hand, its a real video just rotoscoped out.
Actually, that part you wrote about when he goes to the backrooms again out from that kitchen is not him setting the camera on the floor. Hw just got so frustrated that he relaxed his hands for a bit and forgot to stop recording, thats why it fumbles a bit before the next scene appears.
Again, happy to hear people like this video so much, thanks for the nice comment!
Nicely done, was a thrill ride an closer to the heart of the "backrooms" originality that made us fans.
Props.
Thanks! It was mostly based on that original photo and the feeling I got when I saw it
This is one of my favorite takes on the backrooms I've seen so far. There's a lot more character to it than I see in many others where it's just focused on looking around then some tension and usually a chase as the climax. Here I really felt like the person behind the camera was more a real person than just the POV, and the "chase" that we get is a really clever implementation. 10/10
Thank you, glad to hear you liked it
This is genuinely impressive, and beautiful on top of it.
Thank you
This is gorgeous. I see how the themes in Annihilation contributed in inspiring you to challenge a concept already as broad as that of the backrooms (and quite successfully). Perfectly uncanny in visualization and mesmerising in its way of imitating itself to the point of losing meaning and finding new ones. Looking forward to see your future work!
Thank you very much! Yes while reading Annihilation I had a very simmilar feeling to the one I had when looking at that image of the backrooms. Things that are fammiliar but made by someone that doesnt 100% know/understand how it should really look like.
Perfect. The ending was chilling, but the whole video was perfect.
Thanks!
This is a really good spin on the idea with many cool new elements to it, keep it up this really inspired me
Thank you
This is peak cinema right here, fucking amazing, really unique and refreshing from the other backrooms content.
Thank you, very nice to hear that
Top tier! 🔥 creates total anxiety and a constant slight sense of hope. You nailed! Great familiarity and some added new perspectives and art!
Thank you!
This was really good. I enjoyed seeing some different screens...such as the trees and the wood, and the running in one place. Great stuff. If I may offer a small criticism...is the but at 16.18 looks very fake and detracts from the rest of the quailty. But your work is excellent 👌
Funnily that's my favourite part of the video lol. It's when you finally get an 'outside' of the backrooms and realize that outside is no streets and normal houses, but a surreal inescapable alternate dimension like this. Now how can you get home from THAT place and who even built these scary towers? Just my opinion, yours is also valid, and that's the risk but also good of trying different things in videos.
Both are understandable, but basically that was my intention. The "outside" of the backrooms is basically nothing.
Dude, your work is awesome! There's so many backrooms videos out there, most of them lacking quality but this one is truly inspiring. Thanks for putting all this work in.
Thank you! Glad you liked it
This...this is what I've been looking for all my life bro
You're welcome
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best video if seen on the backrooms so far. i loved your take, and hope to see another video soon. you deserve more than 50k views.
Thank you! That's a creepy profile pic you've got there
16:15 We need more of this in these videos. The backrooms can be creepy and unsettling and all that stuff, but sometimes I'm just as likely to ask "What in the world is that?" when looking at something beautiful or comforting as I am if it's creepy. Plus, it gives the vaguest sense of "Maybe there is a reason behind all this after all, and now I have to find out what it is."
I totally agree
Jaw dropped at the PS2 refrence - instantly sent me back
Besides that, I adore this, I love that it doesn't go for any cheap jumpscares and I like the touch that he explores more dark areas, it's something you don't really see in backrooms videos (without any Jumpscares)
Thanks! He goes into shadowy places with the camera on because it makes him feel safer. You don't really know how many fully lit places he has seen there since he surelly doesn't record everything.
I've entered the backrooms several times in dreams. I am standing in front of a metal door that's a dingy pale green color. As I enter, I get a feeling of desolation. The neon lights are a dull yellow color and some are dark or flickering. The linoleum tile floor is a dull grey. Some rooms have a thin flat wall to wall grey carpet. The hallways stretch on for what seems like miles. almost all of the rooms are empty of anything but dust. I've never seen an elevator, only stairs. Once I entered a room that had an old dull hardwood floor and 40 or 50 tall bookshelves full of dusty old books. I looked at many of them but did not recognize most of the languages or even the alphabets. One shelf had what looked like cuneiform and another like some kind of hieroglyphics. At one end of the room, the shelves held rolled up scrolls with painted on lettering. At the other end of the room. I found two shelves with books full of what looked like bar codes. This room also had something I'd never seen in any other room. A window to the outside. In front of it was a small table with two leather covered chairs. Outside the window was a bleak looking landscape of overgrown scrub and one large leafless tree casting eerie black shadows from the full moon on the horizon. When I placed my hand on the glass, it felt very cold. The moon looked odd as well. The seas and craters looked different from what I am used to. The portion of the night sky I could see had a few odd-looking constellations. I have lived in both hemispheres and recognized none of the stars. I have never seen any other living thing while in the backrooms. I have heard distant banging and scraping noises and a few times what might have been voices but always too far away to make out what was being said. Considering how big the place must be, I haven't seen much trash. A few glass bottles, A few rusty cans, some scraps of paper and what might have been rotting clothing. I usually just wander around aimlessly until I walk through some random door and find myself back in my bed. The place gives me the impression of a huge government office building that has been emptied out and abandoned. Has anyone else been in what I assumed is a library? If I ever go back to that room, I will try to carry away a few books and see if they come with me when I wake up.
Interesting, I've never dramed of the backrooms. Also I think I have not ever dreamed of reading a book, so that had to be a eerie feeling when you did get one to read and the language was unrecognisable.
This is the 3rd best Backrooms video I've ever seen, and I'm including Kane's work when I say that.
The PS2 startup room was a great take on what counts as a liminal space. While it isn't a location in real life, your version of the Backrooms made it into one anyway, and I think that's really cool. I also loved how nightmare-esc this interpretation is. The music when the camera falls down to reveal the shadowy figure is terrifying. However, the scariest part definitely has to be the ending. I think we've all had those dreams where we try to run, but end up going nowhere.
Please make another one of these. This was so good!
Thank you! I always liked the PS2 startup it was very calming but had that small eerie edge to it. For me it fits perfectly in the backsooms or as a liminal space and I'm surprised people have not done it before me.
Great video. Loved the ending
Good to hear, thanks
This was spectacular dude! I've played several Backrooms games on my channel and this right here is exactly what I love about them. You were able to nail the atmosphere and terrifying emptiness like I've never seen before lol I really loved this. The different environments throughout really built upon the eerie randomness and even strange comfort, I especially liked the PS2 section. This is a work of art and I absolutely loved the ending sequence when he starts running towards the exit, that was haunting. Keep up the great work, you're so talented! 🙂
Thank you very much for the kind words! I'm happy you liked it!
@@TheMrLeoniasty You're welcome! 😁
Absolutely incredible 🔥🔥🔥 one of my favourite backroom video till now 🗿
Thanks!
The PS2 area was completely unexpected 😂
For real, your work is impressive, kudos for the wonderful mastered sound effects 👍
Thanks! Funilly enough not much mastering was done here. I recorded all these sounds on a camera in space that are simmilar to the ones on video so all the reverb etc matches. You can't beat the real thing! But yeah in some spots there had to be some tweaking done. Glad you noticed.