At first I thought it would have been the resilience of the soldier, but as it went on I later began to realise that it was the resistance of the world and life after conflict. This is truly beautiful ❤
@@r_dtre The Earth will go on. The humans and wars will come to an end. Earth just need to hang in there, we will kill each other The kid at the end makes no sense. Humans need to go away for the Earth to heal
I love the fact that the camera was a physical object in this world, not just a frame. It adds to the "everything is in movement, just not at the same paste(speed?)" vibe.
Or since we aren't shown (unless I somehow missed it) a day,month,year and time displayed, maybe the battle at the start of the video happens around a point in time when people are able to get cameras with both solar-powered options and seemingly endless storage/ram which would be amazing if that was the case, also it might be neat if the kid at the end is a future relative of the soldier, though in that case I'm not sure if it would be a good thing or bad thing for if the kid were to learn how to use the camera and watch the video to see what happened to the soldier.
@@narsete_iv2884 The video was injoyable I was just trying to give the the one's above a possible reason to why their commenting on the camera might have been. Also the part of me mentioning the kid was just for the video itself also if the kid was to watch the video it would be bad cause of the battle but good cause the kid would hopefully learn what to avoid.
@@professional_asian It’d actually be secondary succession since it was after disaster, soil is present; not from scratch like a volcanic island which doesn’t have soil already in placed, etc.
I like how the collar on the cat implies that by this point in time, there are at least still intelligent humans living on earth that’ve survived whatever war they were in
The soldier did not have any protection for his stomach. For the most vulnerable place... And how he breathes hoarsely in those few moments before his death... My God, it brings me to tears every time...
I think it’s nice how even though he died, technically he will never be gone, his skeleton remained, and even when his skeleton erodes away, it will become ashes that will go everywhere, truly infinite, I think that’s really poetic and relaxing.
Your atoms are scattered across the universe. The molecules used to make the ground and your DNA. All made from stardust. All the way back to the big bang event, life is an equilibrium that is an active chemical system.
No one knows whether this soldier was good or evil, but no matter, life always defeats death. After a long silence there is always a life giving noise.
@@ProudMesopotamianGirlI think that they mean that there's always life after death and that life itself goes on no matter how much destruction the human condition brings upon itself and the planet, life must go on
Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus says here, Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. Jesus saves, God bless.😊
"A wars goal is to bring destruction to the enemy justice for the people but at what cost at country, a continent, the world...?" -My Grandfather who fought in WW2
When asked to describe life in 3 words, the famous English Poet Robert Frost said, "It goes on." I believe this quote fits this short film well. Such an amazing work.
@@SonoftheFortunate I was born due to a sperm and an egg in union. Saying you’re born from nothing is disingenuous to your mother and father. It’s biology. You weren’t just poofed into existence. When I die I will be returned to the earth. As flowers, as trees, for I am in them. And that is eternity.
Saw a gif with your animation on 9gag. The comment was: "when the war is over, we'll get married and the earth will grow flowers like you and your womb will carry the most beautiful girl in the universe". A letter found in the pocket of one of the dead soldiers, 1939. Came here to watch this beauty from start to finish. I'm from Russia and in the last couple of years my perspective on soldiers have changed. Like, people here all comment about how the soldier in your video is a protector and how much he gave even after his death. And I'm sitting here wondering whether he was 'lucky' enough to die on HIS land, protecting it, instead of being sent somewhere for no clear reason. P.S.: thx for the link to the playlist of other students)
За Родину умирают не только на своей земле. В конце концов, некоторые люди умирают на чужой земли героями своей страны, а некоторые на своей земле предателями страны.
Hi there! Jesus says to you today: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." -Matthew 11:28 May God bless you! 😊
@speakermantitandc2294no, that is not the soilders pet, we see trees grow up before that cat appears, the cat is a kitten, if it was his pet, it would be dead.
I cried watching it the first time. The soldier spent his last moments alone. The cat thinking he was alive and playing with him, giving him more kindness than his fellow humans. ❤
Loved this! Your use of lighting to set the mood is beautiful and the backgrounds are all super unique while still containing the feel of original scene!
The imagery of nature reclaiming a place torn apart by cruelty and war will forever be my favourite trope. Flowers blooming out of a gun's barrel, a tank used as shelter for animals during heavy rain, this soldier's body feeding and protecting a few little lives, if only for a little while. If this solider who "served and protected" was worth their salt, they would have been honoured to help push for life to blossom after the bloodshed has ended.
Goes to show that regardless of what happens, nature seemingly finds a way. Most likely, in a scenario like this one, putting in the rising tensions into consideration in the year 2023, humanity might be in this position. However, through the whimsy of this animation, there just might be a silver lining in the end.
I really hope for that silver lining and also I believe it tells a tale of lifes sustaining progression even in the presence of death it coincides together
We had this "omg the end might be near" a couple of times. Korean War Vietnam War every bigger African war. (to many to name a specific one) Cuban crisis i can only yawn at the current fearmongering. Mutual assured destruction kept us save for a long time
@@andrefasching1332 September 7, 1983 was the closest we possibly have come to potential nuclear war. Stanislov Petrov made the call not to phone in a potential US attack long enough to find out it was a computer bug with their newest Soviet Defense computers. Had he decided to phone it in, there might've been some kind of nuclear exchange; whether it would've been big enough to devastate the planet, no idea. I agree that some worries are nothing more than fearmongering, but it's not always that. All it takes is one incident to unravel everything, for one person to ignore the principles of MAD, and it's over. Maybe not for humanity, but our current civilization would be gone.
@@malcolmmorin yes,yes. im aware of the Petrov incident. I was talking about the media side of these conflicts. I assume i made than not clear. I just hate it when Newspapers take every glimpse of a chance of anything awful happening as a blanco check of screaming about how its 110% gonna happen if we dont act NOW!!1! or even worse, say stuff like "we can only hope" Newspapers should inform, not inflict fear to sell better. Thats all im saying
Futuristic technology, I like to think this is a last war between modern civilizations for a resource-scarce Earth, which results in society's collapse and what follows is a serene post-apocalypse
@@pga370 It’s an incorrect ratio but it’s just a short so they probably weren’t trying to be that accurate. the point of the video is to point out the resilience of the environment after conflict
I felt amazed that they were able to produce an animation that showed such a variety of productions using a fixed angle. It's fun to look for elements and details that change over time.
Some sort of nuclear exchange most likely, judging by the destruction, the fact no relief or clean up units came, and no one collected the bodies. The conflict was bad enough to send humans back to the stone age, but not destroy the planet outright.
Que es mejor? Mejorar tecnológicamente y dejar que el mundo se seque? O retroceder tecnológicamente y que la humanidad y el mundo prosperen?@@KalashVodka175
@@KalashVodka175regressed for a reason, everyone needs a reset even mother nature, and this could happen any day now. re as a whole definitely need to reset
I like how through the short film it makes you have a feeling of sadness about us a species, seemingly dead, but in the end there's a glimpse of hope that we might arise once again, but also a sudden realization that we might go that route again and forget the mistakes we have made. Honestly I wish we could find a way to live in harmony with nature rather than harm it and destroy ourselves with it.
@michealklondike4049 thats not what they meant 💀 They meant we shouldn't destroy nature but coexist alongside it, and also not destroy ourselves in the process. And the animation showed the human race going through a soft reboot of sorts, but with every reboot, the same issues that ended with the reboot can reoccur.
Nature itself lives in harmony by killing and brutality, Humanity fails in comparison to how many animals has gone extinct just because Nature told them to go fuck themselves. Death, killing, and violence is part of Nature and everything else under the Sun.
I think it’s truly beautiful how much was portrayed in just one angle without dialogue. In filmmaking, the greatest pieces of art are able to portray a story without using dialogue or context, and that was portrayed beautifully in here. The way you are able to give so many different ideas for different people is amazing
The Soldier died on a battlefield, he was not buried respectfully, but nature took care of it slowly. Nature tries to heal the lost ones. I think this is the perfect homage and tribute to a fallen soldier. ❤ I cried i know how it feels
This film depicts how u should move on regardless of the problems you have in life, dont stop yourself from going forward because of one thing, you should let go and move on. Just like the world or the nature around is chaging and moving on amd the soldier the problem or the emotions
They should show this clip at the UN when things goes bad, to remember us that we'll be long gone and we won't be missed. We as mankind should be caring to thrive, not wars. Thank you for crafting such a masterpiece.
i mean, dictators and autocrats dont care about human lifes at all, so this woudnt change them and in fact, we as consumers are totally okay with kids die for us just to eat cheap chocolate so nobody would try to do better.
Lore: the war ended the previous civilization (the cameraman and his camera is immortal) the soldier died and his corpse was left to rot. hundreds of years later the first generation of new humans and their tribes are shown on camera
“A war is over when the leaders shake hands, but there are still mothers out there waiting for their sons to come back.” ~~A poetic dude Edit : the for the likes 👍
The way the camera wasn’t just a frame really surprised me, I mean a full on camera that really existed and survived it had well, Resilience! Such a beautiful story
death, you just have to accept it. Death is as much a part of life as birth. There is no need to fear it or postpone this moment. Just live the life you want to live and remember the inevitable
The cat that thought he was alive and started to live with him was so wholesome Edit: This comment got more attention them my videos💀💀 Second Edit: it still somehow has more lmao
I've rewatched this I don't know how many times now, and still, everytime his eyes shut, I feel a lump in my throat like I'm about to cry. It's animated so fucking well.
The soldier in the background who got shot, actually doesn't just disappear in the next part, his body actually sticks around for quite a while, but it does just straight up disappear at some point
Resilience At first, the soldier's strength did shine so bright, Resilience, in the heat of battle's fight. But as time passed, a deeper truth unfurled, The world itself, in strife, found strength to twirl. Life after conflict, scars and wounds so deep, Yet from the ashes, new promises would creep. The earth, it heals, as seasons gently turn, In every heart, a chance for love to burn. A symphony of life, both wild and serene, In nature's grace, the world itself a dream. The soldier's tale, a part of this grand scheme, In resilience, the universe does gleam. So let us see, in every step we take, The beauty of a world that won't forsake. For in resilience, we all find our way, In every dawn, a brighter, hopeful day.
i dont get it how people find this beafutul imagine dying on a war and your body was stayed like years on same position and animals using your body for everthing they want also technology got worse
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. NATURE SLOWLY CONSUMING WHAT'S LEFT OF HUMANITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONCEPTS AND THIS IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE ART. ✩♡✩✩✩♡♡✩✩✩ THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL MOVIEE
@@jestrel pretty much. Even though (by the looks of it, at least) humanity regressed technologically because of the unknown war, they still survived whatever apocalypse their ancestors brought upon themselves.
@@jestrel as a novice fiction writer, one thing that I love to mix in a story is fantasy mixed with the post-apocalypse genre. I like to capture the wonder of the descendants of a destroyed civilization at how “magical” their ancestors were and, at the same time, horrified at the mistakes of what they did in times long past.
I think what is truly beautiful about this is that everyone can find their own meaning in it. For me, it’s that nature reclaims everything with time, and that change and time are inevitable.
This has got to be one of the single most coolest shorts I've seen come out of CalArts so far! Absolutely incredible story told with beautiful visuals and not a single line of dialogue, this is genius you should be super proud!
This is really amazing! I love the story and message it tells a lot too. Something random I also found interesting is how even after the war and their death, that soldier still served a purpose; a cat found comfort and safety from the corpse, Hiyenas found a meal from the corpse, a squirrel was able to store their food in corpse, and multiple birds were able to make a nest out of it. I hope that when I die, my body can return to nature and be repurposed like this.
The only unrealistic things here are that his eyes lasted as long as they did, he didn't get swarmed by insects and the camera kept functioning properly all those years. Awesome video, beautiful animation.
I 100% agree with the impossibility of the eyes lasting as long as shown in the animation. As for the camera, it's possible that these humans made some magically advanced technology that can make cameras last generations (I mean, the soldiers kind of look a bit futuristic). But it can also be just regular movie logic or something.
Fear of death is something I struggle with and dwell on far too often. It's pieces like this that remind me how beautiful life is and likely will be for a very, very long time after I'm gone, and I find a lot of solace in knowing that the universe will carry on
Meaningful beauty on the simplest scale. This is genuinely one of the best animated shorts I’ve seen in a while. It just makes you feel refreshed. Hydrated.
Even though humans will soon bring themselves to destruction, our descendants will find the ruins we left behind and hopefully not make the same mistakes we did. This video is a great example of this.
pela a armadura do soldado, acho que podemos supor que fosse uma super câmera futurista com terabytes de armazenamento e eu também acho que tenham se passado poucos anos, um século eu acho
@@_knucklehead just don’t focus about facing death just focus on what could happen after, but think it is something happy because we truly don’t know what comes after death
@@sakuradabp6400 Porq actualmente la mayoría de las empresas ya solo se van por lo seguro y sin arriesgarse hacer algo nuevo, además de q a los empleados no les dan esa libertad creativa para generar nuevas ideas, ya son muy pocos los casos q artistas independientes o pequeñas empresas quieren generar algo nuevo
It was a beautiful piece of work. It was a metaphor for the modern human, and the camera itself was a metaphor for something that is always alive and observing. The camera symbolized time, a direct encounter of humans with nature, which is always vibrant and alive.
It really put me in tears.. How the world goes on and this one person who is replication of all the soldiers who died in a war serving a country, Believe, opinion, Politics and everything that proves to be meaningless once he died and only one question arise - Why we even fight ?
At first I thought it would have been the resilience of the soldier, but as it went on I later began to realise that it was the resistance of the world and life after conflict. This is truly beautiful ❤
this is beautiful wtf you're a poet
@@Chirp-chirp They are describing what the animation seems to be about. The True Poets are the team behind this.
@@Chirp-chirp I don’t understand what he said can you simplify it please?
@@r_dtre The Earth will go on. The humans and wars will come to an end. Earth just need to hang in there, we will kill each other
The kid at the end makes no sense. Humans need to go away for the Earth to heal
No it's the resilience of the camera, duh
I love the fact that the camera was a physical object in this world, not just a frame. It adds to the "everything is in movement, just not at the same paste(speed?)" vibe.
pace!
@@erinjan2709 lol indeed I meant pace, thanks
the camera had a lot of storage tho lol
@@r3i960 I'm not as surprised about the storage than I am with the battery. That battery must have lasted for at least 500 years
Nokia 3310 battery
The resilience of the Camera is insane, it survived through probably centuries
The storage and ram
Or since we aren't shown (unless I somehow missed it) a day,month,year and time displayed, maybe the battle at the start of the video happens around a point in time when people are able to get cameras with both solar-powered options and seemingly endless storage/ram which would be amazing if that was the case, also it might be neat if the kid at the end is a future relative of the soldier, though in that case I'm not sure if it would be a good thing or bad thing for if the kid were to learn how to use the camera and watch the video to see what happened to the soldier.
@puptime7325 Or you can just enjoy the short without necessarily overthinking lots of useless bs
@@narsete_iv2884 The video was injoyable I was just trying to give the the one's above a possible reason to why their commenting on the camera might have been. Also the part of me mentioning the kid was just for the video itself also if the kid was to watch the video it would be bad cause of the battle but good cause the kid would hopefully learn what to avoid.
@@narsete_iv2884Its fun and nice for people to read and think about extras of something. Makes this more immersing.
It shows both the horror of war and the beauty of nature, and i love it.
The duality of existence
This video is like when you’re friend says their afk
Even when the soldier died, he protected the animals that came to them, and then flowers grew from him, it’s so amazing !
secondary succession i think. had to learn this in biology💀
@@professional_asian It’d actually be secondary succession since it was after disaster, soil is present; not from scratch like a volcanic island which doesn’t have soil already in placed, etc.
@@brennansalazar6071 yeah mb my dumbass looked it up after and tried to find the comment so i could fix it
But why'd his clothes under the armor disappear?
@@UneeVeeRotted away. A lot of time has passed after all.
I like how the collar on the cat implies that by this point in time, there are at least still intelligent humans living on earth that’ve survived whatever war they were in
No, he probably escaped because there was no one to feed him and he had to survive.
@@Miguelalexander-tm2hxIt can be seen however you want to imagine it, there’s really no wrong way.
@@ApoIIo_the hienas killed the Cat?
@@fernandosantos7172 if you think so
@@Miguelalexander-tm2hx idk bout that, it'd atleast have to be the second generation post war
I love how this piece explores the concept of death in such a peaceful, calming way
U missed the point of the video if thats ur takeaway
@@David-bl2si what do you think it’s about then?
@@_silver_sun_ ????? Read the title and watch the video
@@David-bl2sihow does this video not confront the concept of death? Sure it’s about more than just that but that’s a pretty reasonable takeaway
Thats a pretty nice takeaway@@David-bl2si
The soldier did not have any protection for his stomach. For the most vulnerable place...
And how he breathes hoarsely in those few moments before his death... My God, it brings me to tears every time...
who said the stomach is the most vulnerable place?
@@Gabriel-pe8zsWell it has acid in it
@@Gabriel-pe8zs Well, the abdomen is where most of your internal organs are located.
@@baosstudio5718 but imagine if he got hit through the brain?... he would likely be dead instantly
@@retep5268 That's true, but being hit in the abdomen is probably equally fatal.
I think it’s nice how even though he died, technically he will never be gone, his skeleton remained, and even when his skeleton erodes away, it will become ashes that will go everywhere, truly infinite, I think that’s really poetic and relaxing.
Your atoms are scattered across the universe. The molecules used to make the ground and your DNA. All made from stardust. All the way back to the big bang event, life is an equilibrium that is an active chemical system.
@KikiLol-vx6us he bled out
Matter cannot be created nor destroyed, The Law of Conservation of Mass. He will never disappear.
@@HipomosJwell he can be turned into energy
@@DrakeDG018 i meant convert his mass into energy with E=MC^2
No one knows whether this soldier was good or evil, but no matter, life always defeats death. After a long silence there is always a life giving noise.
Heat Death: Are you sure about life defeating death?
Life does not defeat death, it is death that is in-charge of pulling the reins on life. Life is a catalyst for entropy, death is the neutral state.
@@Sazid-Shahriyar-Roop
Can you explain what did you mean please?
@@ProudMesopotamianGirlI think that they mean that there's always life after death and that life itself goes on no matter how much destruction the human condition brings upon itself and the planet, life must go on
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Yeah I understood the original comment, it's beautifully said. But I meant the reply that is talking about Heat Death.
this was aboslutely beautiful to watch :") - the atmsophere and the animation of the animals was so done so nicely!!
This is impressive ! 👏
Matthew 7:24-27 Jesus says here, Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. Jesus saves, God bless.😊
@@JESUSISLORD.........🤖
"A wars goal is to bring destruction to the enemy justice for the people but at what cost at country, a continent, the world...?" -My Grandfather who fought in WW2
"When I die, flowers will grow from my bones. And I'll be in them. That and eternity" - Edvard Munch 💀🥀
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Why the skull emoji 😂
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Is that a joke the skull throwing me off 😭💀
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When asked to describe life in 3 words, the famous English Poet Robert Frost said, "It goes on." I believe this quote fits this short film well. Such an amazing work.
life goes oninoninonino
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"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them, and that is eternity" - Edvard Munch
Eternity is non end. What if the flowers get consumed by volcano...wouldn't that be the end.
Infinity is only in the hands of God.
@@abel2933now I’d be ash and smoke. Conservation of mass. Matter cannot be destroyed or created
@@abel2933werent humans and eveything else supposedly created in the vision of god? if the universe is his handiwork, wouldnt it embody eternity?
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Verily you were created from nothing, and you will die with nothing. Then you will return to your Creator.
@@SonoftheFortunate I was born due to a sperm and an egg in union. Saying you’re born from nothing is disingenuous to your mother and father. It’s biology. You weren’t just poofed into existence. When I die I will be returned to the earth. As flowers, as trees, for I am in them. And that is eternity.
I think this message isn't about the resiliency of the soldier, but how life will always continue to move forward with or without us.
Saw a gif with your animation on 9gag. The comment was: "when the war is over, we'll get married and the earth will grow flowers like you and your womb will carry the most beautiful girl in the universe". A letter found in the pocket of one of the dead soldiers, 1939.
Came here to watch this beauty from start to finish. I'm from Russia and in the last couple of years my perspective on soldiers have changed. Like, people here all comment about how the soldier in your video is a protector and how much he gave even after his death. And I'm sitting here wondering whether he was 'lucky' enough to die on HIS land, protecting it, instead of being sent somewhere for no clear reason.
P.S.: thx for the link to the playlist of other students)
За Родину умирают не только на своей земле.
В конце концов, некоторые люди умирают на чужой земли героями своей страны, а некоторые на своей земле предателями страны.
Same here. I watched a clip on facebook with the same caption and ended up here.
I got here that way too!
Hi there! Jesus says to you today: "Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest." -Matthew 11:28 May God bless you! 😊
Thank you sir, amen 🙏🏻 @@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot
This shows that even after the tragic events of war, life can still sprout and that you’re never truely alone.
This shows anarchoprimitavism is the best model for mankind
Same can be said for the very final episode of “Attack on Titan” recently.
@@firelightyear The ending kind of reminded me of the Attack on Titan ending too.
@@Blackman1000ify Yeah it had like a boy in an overgrown forest that was a World War III war zone with an animal.
@@andrewternet8370 how exactly?
To me it shows that mankind should focus even more on science and technology
Even in death, the soldier protects. The cat and the squirrel were blessed by his presence
An eternal sentinel.
Soldiers are all war criminals, especially American ones, death to American.
@speakermantitandc2294that makes it more messed up
@speakermantitandc2294no, that is not the soilders pet, we see trees grow up before that cat appears, the cat is a kitten, if it was his pet, it would be dead.
The squirrel Knew where to place the nuts
緑が生えてきた時美しすぎでしょ。蝶々に苔の生えた骸骨とか芸術的で好きすぎる
戦争とか船の沈没でたくさんの人が亡くなって、その時は悲しくてもその後も生命は続いてて、亡くなった人々は無駄じゃないんだなって思ったら胸がじんわり来るね
This is wonderfully done. There is something so uncomfortable, tragic, and yet comforting about this.
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Cope, it was pretty beautiful
Nicely said .
Agreed
Agree
I cried watching it the first time. The soldier spent his last moments alone. The cat thinking he was alive and playing with him, giving him more kindness than his fellow humans. ❤
Cringe comment. This is a animation and not real
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But tell me , out of the millions of wars taken place on this planet , such a situation never arrived?.
@@DuckCommentersure bud, everyones 14 once and your cringeness is normal for that age
@@DuckCommenter God you're such a fucking buzzkill kid, go away the grown ups are talking.
@@DuckCommenter bruh its obvious 💀i dont think real life looks like that. get off your ass and go outside, kiddo
Loved this! Your use of lighting to set the mood is beautiful and the backgrounds are all super unique while still containing the feel of original scene!
No comments is crazy
The music goes so well with it, the sound effects are accurate and soo cute with the way you animate these animals so accurately!
The imagery of nature reclaiming a place torn apart by cruelty and war will forever be my favourite trope. Flowers blooming out of a gun's barrel, a tank used as shelter for animals during heavy rain, this soldier's body feeding and protecting a few little lives, if only for a little while. If this solider who "served and protected" was worth their salt, they would have been honoured to help push for life to blossom after the bloodshed has ended.
Why do you seem to dislike this soldier so much just because he was a soldier like tf 💀💀 what did bro do to you
@@quitehefty Why do you think I dislike them?
@@imthecoolestguyaliveHe asked you, it’s your opinion 🤣
@@Davidagain98 I. I never said I disliked that soldier, or anything?
@@quitehefty We don't dislike soldiers, we hate the ones sending them on the field to fight.
Goes to show that regardless of what happens, nature seemingly finds a way. Most likely, in a scenario like this one, putting in the rising tensions into consideration in the year 2023, humanity might be in this position. However, through the whimsy of this animation, there just might be a silver lining in the end.
I really hope for that silver lining and also I believe it tells a tale of lifes sustaining progression even in the presence of death it coincides together
We had this "omg the end might be near" a couple of times.
Korean War
Vietnam War
every bigger African war. (to many to name a specific one)
Cuban crisis
i can only yawn at the current fearmongering. Mutual assured destruction kept us save for a long time
@@andrefasching1332 September 7, 1983 was the closest we possibly have come to potential nuclear war. Stanislov Petrov made the call not to phone in a potential US attack long enough to find out it was a computer bug with their newest Soviet Defense computers. Had he decided to phone it in, there might've been some kind of nuclear exchange; whether it would've been big enough to devastate the planet, no idea.
I agree that some worries are nothing more than fearmongering, but it's not always that. All it takes is one incident to unravel everything, for one person to ignore the principles of MAD, and it's over. Maybe not for humanity, but our current civilization would be gone.
@@malcolmmorin yes,yes. im aware of the Petrov incident.
I was talking about the media side of these conflicts. I assume i made than not clear. I just hate it when Newspapers take every glimpse of a chance of anything awful happening as a blanco check of screaming about how its 110% gonna happen if we dont act NOW!!1! or even worse, say stuff like "we can only hope"
Newspapers should inform, not inflict fear to sell better. Thats all im saying
Chill don’t say that😂 ima be one of the ones fighting in this war 😅
idk which i should be more impressed:
1. the absolute beauty of this artstyle
2. how the camera batteries survived a span of prob 100 years
More like 5-10 years
@@thecedricmaxim4855 no way man full grown trees and a whole jungle that have grown from a ruins of a city probably took a couple of centuries
Futuristic technology, I like to think this is a last war between modern civilizations for a resource-scarce Earth, which results in society's collapse and what follows is a serene post-apocalypse
@@Max-zo6rv но почему тогда труп так медленно разлагался?
Трупы на природе разлагаются в течении года, тут неправильное соотношение времени.
@@pga370 It’s an incorrect ratio but it’s just a short so they probably weren’t trying to be that accurate. the point of the video is to point out the resilience of the environment after conflict
I felt amazed that they were able to produce an animation that showed such a variety of productions using a fixed angle. It's fun to look for elements and details that change over time.
I would love to learn about the lore behind the war this soldier was in, and what happened to humanity after.
Judging by the futuristic aesthetic, it was set in the future and by the way the soldier was dressed, i think it was a war for resources
Humanity survived as proved by the kid at the end, but parts of humanity or even all of it regressed technologically, that’s what I get from it
Some sort of nuclear exchange most likely, judging by the destruction, the fact no relief or clean up units came, and no one collected the bodies. The conflict was bad enough to send humans back to the stone age, but not destroy the planet outright.
Que es mejor? Mejorar tecnológicamente y dejar que el mundo se seque? O retroceder tecnológicamente y que la humanidad y el mundo prosperen?@@KalashVodka175
@@KalashVodka175regressed for a reason, everyone needs a reset even mother nature, and this could happen any day now. re as a whole definitely need to reset
The sound design and composition of this is perfect! What an incredibly satisfying and engaging work of art
I like how through the short film it makes you have a feeling of sadness about us a species, seemingly dead, but in the end there's a glimpse of hope that we might arise once again, but also a sudden realization that we might go that route again and forget the mistakes we have made.
Honestly I wish we could find a way to live in harmony with nature rather than harm it and destroy ourselves with it.
I hate to break it to you man, but you’d definitely rather be living how you are now, than in nature.
@michealklondike4049 thats not what they meant 💀
They meant we shouldn't destroy nature but coexist alongside it, and also not destroy ourselves in the process. And the animation showed the human race going through a soft reboot of sorts, but with every reboot, the same issues that ended with the reboot can reoccur.
@@CarlytheWolf23how are we supposed to do that were not even type 1 civilization yet💀
Nature itself lives in harmony by killing and brutality, Humanity fails in comparison to how many animals has gone extinct just because Nature told them to go fuck themselves.
Death, killing, and violence is part of Nature and everything else under the Sun.
But exploiting nature makes profit 🤑
I think it’s truly beautiful how much was portrayed in just one angle without dialogue. In filmmaking, the greatest pieces of art are able to portray a story without using dialogue or context, and that was portrayed beautifully in here. The way you are able to give so many different ideas for different people is amazing
The Soldier died on a battlefield, he was not buried respectfully, but nature took care of it slowly. Nature tries to heal the lost ones. I think this is the perfect homage and tribute to a fallen soldier. ❤ I cried i know how it feels
😭😭😭
Nature don't heal, Nature take it back into the soil become part of the environment once more
Hey there! Jesus Christ loves you. He is the only way to heaven. May God bless you! 😊
@@Jesus_Christ_loves_you_alot Shut up 😊
* proceeds to get eaten by hyenas *
This film depicts how u should move on regardless of the problems you have in life, dont stop yourself from going forward because of one thing, you should let go and move on. Just like the world or the nature around is chaging and moving on amd the soldier the problem or the emotions
They should show this clip at the UN when things goes bad, to remember us that we'll be long gone and we won't be missed. We as mankind should be caring to thrive, not wars. Thank you for crafting such a masterpiece.
i mean, dictators and autocrats dont care about human lifes at all, so this woudnt change them and in fact, we as consumers are totally okay with kids die for us just to eat cheap chocolate so nobody would try to do better.
Imagine thinking the world cares
@@jacaredosvudu1638 We dont think the world cares. We Hope it does.... Hope is all we have left.
Stfu. Wars are cool.
👎🤣
2:23 you can see a building on the left 🤔
Lore: the war ended the previous civilization (the cameraman and his camera is immortal) the soldier died and his corpse was left to rot. hundreds of years later the first generation of new humans and their tribes are shown on camera
That’s means the second civilization begins
The squirrel giving the soldier new nuts is truly beautiful ❤
LMAOOOOO
🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚🌚
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I WAS ABT TO SAY THAT LMAOO
Она просто хранила в нём свои орехи чтоб переждать зиму
2:25 What a resilient camera!
“A war is over when the leaders shake hands, but there are still mothers out there waiting for their sons to come back.”
~~A poetic dude
Edit : the for the likes 👍
Bruh... 😭
Cringe
@@DuckCommenterbro he is right, the only cringe here is that shitty opinion you need to swallow
@@DuckCommenter Ok, Gen A go back to being induced with skibidi toilet syndrome
Cringe
The way the camera wasn’t just a frame really surprised me, I mean a full on camera that really existed and survived it had well, Resilience! Such a beautiful story
This is tragic and beautiful at the same time
yes
true.
A masterpiece indeed
death, you just have to accept it. Death is as much a part of life as birth. There is no need to fear it or postpone this moment. Just live the life you want to live and remember the inevitable
Just like birth, life and death.
The cat that thought he was alive and started to live with him was so wholesome
Edit: This comment got more attention them my videos💀💀
Second Edit: it still somehow has more lmao
It was
"soliders never die they just fade away"
ı be sad it scene
Made me a tad sad
agreed
I've rewatched this I don't know how many times now, and still, everytime his eyes shut, I feel a lump in my throat like I'm about to cry. It's animated so fucking well.
It's never easy to watch someone die. Even if it's an animation short film.
Choi really dropped a masterpiece and then dipped. What a chad.
The soldier in the background who got shot, actually doesn't just disappear in the next part, his body actually sticks around for quite a while, but it does just straight up disappear at some point
About 0:27
Dude just despawns.
Resilience
At first, the soldier's strength did shine so bright,
Resilience, in the heat of battle's fight.
But as time passed, a deeper truth unfurled,
The world itself, in strife, found strength to twirl.
Life after conflict, scars and wounds so deep,
Yet from the ashes, new promises would creep.
The earth, it heals, as seasons gently turn,
In every heart, a chance for love to burn.
A symphony of life, both wild and serene,
In nature's grace, the world itself a dream.
The soldier's tale, a part of this grand scheme,
In resilience, the universe does gleam.
So let us see, in every step we take,
The beauty of a world that won't forsake.
For in resilience, we all find our way,
In every dawn, a brighter, hopeful day.
🎉
Is this ai💀
@@monkemanisbackno way to know for sure
shut up
This is beautiful..
It's beautiful to see a soldier become one with nature, once a cool soldier with a cool story to tell, and now just an empty skeleton remains
That lives in peace
i dont get it how people find this beafutul imagine dying on a war and your body was stayed like years on same position and animals using your body for everthing they want also technology got worse
@@zussman_ it's nice (in my opinion) to see a man become one with nature
@@zussman_your not being one with the peace in this video you might be looking to negatively at it
Even when dead, a story is to be told. With every corpse, there is a reason, a tale to tell of its life, and how it may have died.
I would watch a whole miniseries in this animation style. Absolutly gorgeous😮
This was so sad and beautiful at the same time, really shows how life finds a way.
Incredible! Your use of color is masterful! Really wonderful film.
What a gentleman of a squirrel for returning the man’s nuts.
lmao, i also thought about the squirrel putting nuts on where the soldier's "nuts"used to be
1:23 the sad fact is the cat with him then never come back..
😢
Me waiting for my friend to get online
😔
It happens
damn i used to watch your madness combat videos good to see you again pal
Fr 💀😭
goddamn bro, you're everywhere.
I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS. NATURE SLOWLY CONSUMING WHAT'S LEFT OF HUMANITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF MY FAVORITE CONCEPTS AND THIS IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL. I LOVE ART. ✩♡✩✩✩♡♡✩✩✩ THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL MOVIEE
Maybe it means mostly relating to war though since the ending a kid came along
@@jestrel pretty much. Even though (by the looks of it, at least) humanity regressed technologically because of the unknown war, they still survived whatever apocalypse their ancestors brought upon themselves.
@@YTuser2019 Yes that too they reverted back to dweller times! It comes full circle abd I love what it's telling!
@@jestrel Eyup!
@@jestrel as a novice fiction writer, one thing that I love to mix in a story is fantasy mixed with the post-apocalypse genre. I like to capture the wonder of the descendants of a destroyed civilization at how “magical” their ancestors were and, at the same time, horrified at the mistakes of what they did in times long past.
Rest in peace, all those who have not returned home from the battlefield...
This is not about the soldier though....
But I agree.
@@user-wu8qc9bb3esad thing about the soldier and most other soldiers is that they were forgotten, no one knows who they were.
@@user-wu8qc9bb3eidc it’s sad that the soldier didn’t return home
@@user-wu8qc9bb3eAnd when it's going to be about them ?
@@user-wu8qc9bb3ewhat it's about?
I Hope u do another part cuz It made me Happy and when il sad i Watch this video and think about everything thx for making this
May all those unknown soldiers lost in battle rest in peace, your sacrifices and legacy will live on forever.
Do not assume, you do not know the context and which side they were on.
@@PeakPeakPeakPeakPeakWho cares what sife they were on? They wrere soldiers who were forced to fight.
@@wa9.ze.q Side matters, they could've been on the bad side.
@@PeakPeakPeakPeakPeakunless they killed unarmed people,a soldier can be good on any side they fight on.
@@NoResearchProductions Wrong.
“De mi cuerpo podrido crecerán flores y yo estoy en ellas, y eso es la eternidad”.
The soldier even in death was loved.
That native child looked so beautiful and healthy ❤
I think what is truly beautiful about this is that everyone can find their own meaning in it. For me, it’s that nature reclaims everything with time, and that change and time are inevitable.
You're saying it like that's something to be happy about.
This has got to be one of the single most coolest shorts I've seen come out of CalArts so far! Absolutely incredible story told with beautiful visuals and not a single line of dialogue, this is genius you should be super proud!
The fact he brings joy to lots of animals is so nice
The Best Animated Short , I've ever watched. ❤❤❤
Hats Off to the Creator
This is really amazing! I love the story and message it tells a lot too. Something random I also found interesting is how even after the war and their death, that soldier still served a purpose; a cat found comfort and safety from the corpse, Hiyenas found a meal from the corpse, a squirrel was able to store their food in corpse, and multiple birds were able to make a nest out of it.
I hope that when I die, my body can return to nature and be repurposed like this.
Soldier was never alone, he was always accompanied by animals, in the end it seemed as if the animals gathered to be with him.
And Also ate him. Nature Is beautiful 😍💀
@@TeamFortressClassicbut yep his human soldier forgot about him so…I think I go out like this if that ever happen to me 😂
dont forget the indian kid at the end of the video
You are never alone, even square of your body is filled with mites that eat your skin and poop.
@@dextynlabelle9326 you're lucky that I'm probably one of the only people who see this
The only unrealistic things here are that his eyes lasted as long as they did, he didn't get swarmed by insects and the camera kept functioning properly all those years.
Awesome video, beautiful animation.
I 100% agree with the impossibility of the eyes lasting as long as shown in the animation. As for the camera, it's possible that these humans made some magically advanced technology that can make cameras last generations (I mean, the soldiers kind of look a bit futuristic). But it can also be just regular movie logic or something.
The metal leached off onto bones from his armor making his bones taste bad and poisonous
I had to wonder if his eyes were cyberneticly enhanced for warfare, or perhaps had to be replaced from losing them in a previous battle.
@@WE_DONT_LIE
That actually has happened in some cases.
Agreed... bionic-eyes?
Fear of death is something I struggle with and dwell on far too often. It's pieces like this that remind me how beautiful life is and likely will be for a very, very long time after I'm gone, and I find a lot of solace in knowing that the universe will carry on
1:29 with the hyenas I was expecting Mufasa roar to scare them away 😂🤣
Спасибо оператору Саше, что помог нам заснять такие уникальные кадры
Легенда
А сколько памяти хватило на камеру целые 30 лет!
@@SAKURAGEN0 да какие 30, сотни!
Оо тут русский?
@@Nosyte338 ну тип)
I wish that they have a full film of this because it shows how the past had started and something tells me that this would be beautiful
New wallpaper 🗣🔥❗️
More like wallpapers, every frame is a masterpiece.
Uma das animações mais bonitas que já vi, parabéns.
Finalmente algum brasileiro aqui...
@@TheBacon30 kkk quem diria ser notado em milhões de comentários
Uma verdadeira ARTE meu amigo!
Tudo nessa animação é perfeito
@@eduardoyamazato3806 kk
This is amazing. The way you balanced death and sadness with joy and rebirth was a wonder to behold.
Love the color theory of this film! Great job! Please keep on making films!!
The real resilience on display here was that damn camera being able to last for decades if not centuries on end without being recharged.
1:56 at least the squirrel was kind enough to give him his nuts back
Ayo!
@@hemeglych am i wring tho
No. But.. Damn.
The resilience of his armor is outstanding.
Edit: Does anyone else think the cat maybe belonged him? That’s probably why it felt safe around him.
The armor is strong I'll give it that, I'm wondering where that helmet went?
@@trevorsizzle3705possibly carried away by birds
Made in China.
@@trevorsizzle3705when the bird knocked it off I believe the storm either blew it away or something. It’s probably somewhere off camera
a crow hit it of
heh. the squirrel storing its nuts in the skeleton’s pelvis was a really funny touch
I like the detail that the nature glows after time, it's just amazing
Wow! Great work! Nature & creatures are resilient. Engaging in war is death.
Meaningful beauty on the simplest scale.
This is genuinely one of the best animated shorts I’ve seen in a while. It just makes you feel refreshed. Hydrated.
Oh god! It gave me all of the emotions altogether! Such a masterpiece 😭🩵
Это шедевр, особенно актуален в теперешнем неспокойном мире. Меня очень затронуло❤
Этот мир всегда был таким.
god this deserves an oscar this animation is so beautiful
And this comment deserves……
The Bot award 🤖
@@NicholasHammonbruh the only bot in here is you mf
When will people learn that Oscars are for acting and nothing else?
@@slurpcurry4253probably when genders go back to just being boys and girls
Ok
One of the best animations made in our era. The details in this video is just great
In the whole era ???? You must be a child for thinking that
@@nicolasortiz6282man shut up
@@nicolasortiz6282let people have their opinion
@@nicolasortiz6282 Don’t be rude, since believe it or not, your opinion isn’t superior
@@nicolasortiz6282what a childish thing to say.
Even though humans will soon bring themselves to destruction, our descendants will find the ruins we left behind and hopefully not make the same mistakes we did. This video is a great example of this.
Linda animação, tô ansioso pelas próximas
E a trilha sonora também foi simplesmente incrível!
Props to the camera for filming the world restarting again for century of years👍
W people in the reply🗿🗿
More likely a few centuries. Not even bones would be left after millions of years if he wasn't fossilized
@@the_infinexos Wait.. Your right..
pela a armadura do soldado, acho que podemos supor que fosse uma super câmera futurista com terabytes de armazenamento e eu também acho que tenham se passado poucos anos, um século eu acho
Or like 20 years idk
Nah that was just a camera man, the camera falling was him finally dying.
This is so good omg. I adore all the animal animation, and bringing the camera into the story is such a smart idea!!
1:10 I saw someone mention that the cat has a collar which means it's domesticated, it used the dead soldier to mimic a human presence
I’ve been having the sudden fear of having to face death one way or another and this animation really soothed me. Thank you. Lovely work
Don’t fear death
Fear what comes after it
@@thejunglecommando I’m not sure if this was an attempt to make me feel better about my situation but thanks anyways!
@@_knucklehead just don’t focus about facing death just focus on what could happen after, but think it is something happy because we truly don’t know what comes after death
@@thejunglecommando thanks man, means a lot. Hope you’re day is going great
@@thejunglecommando after im gonna be dead, thats what scares me lmao
0:05 its time to take a rest soldier
He never knew he would be a piece of history.
😢
Yooo😢
1:53 soldier gets new nuts
@@MMM_toastyNAHHHH AINT NO WAYY THE ANIMATOR KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING WITH THAT DETAIL
Esta es una gran demostración que una animación puede estar echa con amor y no solo por la avaricia de generar dinero
Siempre han habido casos, no se por qué lo dices como si fuera nuevo jaja
Ejemplos?
@@sakuradabp6400 Porq actualmente la mayoría de las empresas ya solo se van por lo seguro y sin arriesgarse hacer algo nuevo, además de q a los empleados no les dan esa libertad creativa para generar nuevas ideas, ya son muy pocos los casos q artistas independientes o pequeñas empresas quieren generar algo nuevo
ショート動画で見て、
自力で見つけた！！
It was a beautiful piece of work.
It was a metaphor for the modern human, and the camera itself was a metaphor for something that is always alive and observing.
The camera symbolized time, a direct encounter of humans with nature, which is always vibrant and alive.
自分が育てた生物が自身もろとも生物を壊してもまた再生する自然
その生命の神秘が物凄く美しく切ないし、本当にそんな奇跡みたいな世界に今私が生きてるんだなって思う
Agreed
Very well said
Very well said it. 😎👌
It really put me in tears.. How the world goes on and this one person who is replication of all the soldiers who died in a war serving a country, Believe, opinion, Politics and everything that proves to be meaningless once he died and only one question arise - Why we even fight ?
"Umuman kutilmagan tugash" va bu ajoyib, sifatli va o'ylantiruvchi barchasi charchamang!🔥
1:24 he loses his pet cat😢
NOOOOOOO😢
hyenas are related to cats but more similar to ferrets and dogs
He actually saved the cat from being eaten lol
Bro he's dead
@@justgarfield9721nuh uh-