One of the best points in this animation is the hiding of the faces. Until his ally doesnt remove his helmet, he doesnt see it as an ally. The thin enemy gladiator, the same way.
I'm sure you'd also be glad to know the different gladiators were all directly based upon real classes of gladiator. The main character is a Retiarius, basically meaning "fisherman" or something similar, as they carry a trident, a net, and sometimes a sica sword. His main rival, a Scissor, was a type of gladiator specifically trained/equipped to fight retiarius, using their curved blade to cut the nets, and their armored hand alongside their gladius to combat the superior reach of the Retiarius' trident. The allied fighter was likely a Secutor, though there are many classes of gladiator that carry a gladius and a scutum (shield) and i'm not so well learned as to be able to tell at a glance which is which. Their armor/outfitting was also almost 100% accurate to real historical gladiators, and it was a treat to see it all through a history nerd's eye
@@Loafusbreadmyre Oh yeah, I know now. I found this video cause I was looking for roman short movies and found this one... Now I'm actually gonna buy a gladius hispaniensis lol
the moment you see their faces, you feel bad for them. you dont see the anguish of a persons face if they have a masked helmet on the moment the helmet comes off, you can see their faces (i did not kill anyone im just guessing)
OMG ! I had never thought of it before but am now thinking maybe those poor souls forced to fight in the Roman Colosseum may have experienced PTSD too. This was very well done !
@@doublej4077 Yeah, think about it, they had no choice - kill or be killed. Sometimes they got "lucky" and got pardoned by the emperor and got out of it, but most of the time they were forced to go to the arena over and over again, and keep fighting until the day they died. What a miserable life!
Wow, the way he didn't see the enemy fighter as just another man until he choked the life out of him was a great way to visually show the dehumanization that goes along with combat. He needed to see him as a lanky monster
@@bugwar5545 Did you not get the video? That guy was ruined by the horror he experienced, as are many veterans who suffer from ptsd. They can very well go on to make a better future, but I'm sure it's much more difficult when they are crippled by the psychological and emotional scars, and I'm sure they would rather go without them. And I'm sure it's difficult to imagine yourself as a 'winner' when you are haunted by the awful things you were forced by circumstance into seeing and doing. That is an attitude that smacks of someone who has never set foot on a battlefield, or even taken time to listen to veterans speak about their experiences. It stinks of someone who idealizes war as some pinnacle of machismo and honor, while willfully ignoring the disgusting degradation of human decency that it truly is.
@@codyweidman4742 Nope. My attitude is borne of my experience on the battlefield. Bad things happen there, and some soldiers do twitch out and fail to move on. Most soldiers do adapt though. You're acting like the kid that saw death and won't stop fixating on it. The rest of us grow up and get along with the reality, but you are stuck in a self imposed horror show.
@@bugwar5545 yeah, right. This wouldn't be the first time I've had some keyboard warrior LARP at me about what a badass they are. Real veterans, who have the metals and the missing limbs to prove it, don't talk about this shit like this. It's not the death I'm fixated on, it's the trauma of the veterans. Listening to them describe seeing things so horrible that they envy the dead, because at least they dont live on with the memories. And the fact that you are all over the comments to this video pushing this narrative goes further to prove you are just a wannabe looking for attention.
Amazing work. As a therapist and a student of history, this exploration into what the traumatic effects of being a gladiator must have been is really brilliant.
@@dereksmall4311 do you know how much it costs to train a proper gladiator? we aren't all made of money you know! side note: thumbs up was kill and thumbs down was spare which makes gladiator movies very confusing to me. side siiide note still pretty traumatising as most participents were slaves meaning they were forced into it but po tate toe, po tah toe
@@dereksmall4311 No they didnt. As Jabo said, it cost a lot to properly train them, and their value would increase as they continued to fight. It happens, but killing another Gladiator wasnt frequent.
In reality that's not really true, they very rarely actually killed each other, people make it seem like we were uncivilized barbarians, but the truth is humanity hasn't changed in years
This was as real as real can get for a CGI! The acting and the action was so life like. The vineyards, The purple grapes The hills in the back ground. The brick house in the sloped landscapes and even down to the olive tree.I had to admit , I even shed a tear when his son put his hand on his dads shoulder. Just a small tear.😇
omg 😭😭😭😭 The ending actually made me cry, the part where his son gently put his hand on his dad's shoulder as if he understood. He helped bring him back. You could feel the patience, love, and understanding. Omg.... this is such a powerful display of PTSD from the pov of an ex-gladiator. I've never once thought of this.
I have been impressed by the expressions so well portrayed of the protagonist's feelings of rage, revenge, hatred. The pictures of the environment, like a still life, have a magnificent light, it is a beautiful work
Yeah, they used darker skinned people, slaves, criminals, peasants, animals and troublemakers (although I am fine with the cristians being used up) as fodder for slaughter to keep the masses entertained. There's always plenty of undesirables to use up and not give the talent much real threat.
That was sooooooooo impactful! The PTSD from a Gladiator of those times , i could not fathom. This almost brought a tear to my eye at the end. i was at the edge of my seat until I gasped when a life was taken. every moment was groundbreaking for me! WELL DONE!!
@@TheHandofDestiny truly? I thought it was common to be killed as a gladiator in the colosseum When I visited they said 400,000 were estimated to have died in there.
@@krevin543 It wasn't common, Gladiatorial combat most of the time was closer to theatre, most gladiators were rented from their training school and a good gladiator was very expensive to replace, most of the time they only ended up with minor injuries as killing each other was not the point, remember this was all entertainment, gladiators were comparable to boxers, a single gladiator typically wouldn't fight more than a few times a year, and when they did it was usually because they wanted to or were just very popular, and then of course the money you could potentially make being a gladiator was quite impressive, all in all Gladiatorial combat was meant for entertainment and people don't really enjoy watching people die all the time unless they hate them, combined with the fact that gladiators were expensive and could make you a lot of money, no one really wanted them dead
As others have mentioned, the portrayal of the effects of PTSD in this animated short is brilliant. Just as brilliant is the conclusion that communicates the importance having someone walk the road with you. The hand on the shoulder represents someone who anchors you to reality and who will love and support you in even the darkest episodes. The fact that we don’t see the face behind the hand gives the impression that it can be anyone of us that can reach out to someone who is suffering
Epic and with amazing music. I like that their faces are really Greek, I review it several times and still feel delighted. And the moment of seeing the body of the murdered man for the first time gives me goosebumps. A masterpiece
The most fascinating thing about this is that you can find records of people suffering from PTSD in ancient times. Like in Plutarch’s Life of Marius speaks of Caius Marius’ behaviour who, when he found himself under severe stress towards the end of his life, suffering from night terrors, harassing dreams, excessive drinking and flashbacks to previous battles.
I was initially impressed by the animation but disturbed by the dehumanization of the enemy gladiators, but the revelation that this was just fear & anger rather than reality made for a truly powerful emotionally twist. Superb animation of an emotional moment.
Humans have existed for ~200,000 years, yet PTSD was only being a mental health diagnosis in 1980, if we do the math then it literally took ~198,020 years for PTSD to be taken seriously… The number isn’t exactly 100% accurate so I could be wrong
@@artyom1264 That's where you're wrong. PTSD as a term was codified in the 80s, but there have always been terms addressing the condition. In English vernacular alone there is Shell Shock, and Battle Fatigue, or Shakespeare's reference to Strange Moods. Only recently have humans had the luxury to diagnose mental health disorders more clinically because fewer people are sick classically or working in the fields vs lounging about campuses. Ancient Greece (5th century BCE, Sophocles) The Ancient Greek play, “The Ajax” details the events that lead to one of the greatest warriors of the Trojan War committing suicide. The play is a great narrative meant to represent the traumas that soldiers faced, and the way that this changed them psychologically. Ajax falls onto his own sword, committing suicide (spoiler, I guess). But the play is a case study in what soldiers emotional responses to stress and trauma. Many of the characters act against their better judgement, their lapse in judgement elicited by the harshnesses witness over 10 years of relentless war.
Wow yeah this is really good. It shows what PTSD is like in animation, and also tells a story line that is hella sad. I do like how it is never said what happens. It never says that the guy the mc killed was his friend, but it was definitely insinuated.
The cuts between him and the grape field is cool. I know it’s probably ptsd but I like to interpret it as a coping method to make it easier for him to kill people “Its just like cutting down plants…” Or perhaps maybe they’re flashbacks to the life he once lived before he became a gladiator? Either way its an awesome short film
An outstanding 7-minute masterpiece that is masterful visual storytelling of a former gladiator suffering from PTSD reliving painful memories of his former life as a gladiator and remembering all those he killed in the arena for the amusement of the Romans.
I think the most profound part of this Short was the gentle hand that reached out at the end … that was Powerful … that love , support and gentle humanity can deliver us All from insanity and pull us back from the brink of despair 🙏
There is a lot of symbolism in the specific types of gladiators depicted in this film. Our main character closely resembles the Roman Retiarius, or "net-man," albeit without the net itself. The Retiarii were meant to resemble fishermen with their tridents, daggers, nets, and lightweight apparel. This goes hand-in-hand with the typical type of opponent the Retiarii fought: the Secutor. The Secutor, or "pursuer," was more armored and had a smooth, rounded helmet to deflect the trident and net of the Retiarius. Often, the Secutor would wear scale armor and finned helmets which drew comparisons to fish. In this film, the Secutor also uses a Roman hand scissor, which could be seen like a fish fin as well. Gladiatorial combat was entertainment back in it's day, so the headline for a fight like this would be something like, "Who would win: Fisherman or Fish?" Obviously this fight is way different than a fisherman catching a fish, but when boiled down to it's simplest form it is the same. It is a fight for survival in both cases. Here it is quite literal, in the more mundane setting the fisherman fights to feed himself and the fish fights to free itself. If the fish dies, the fisherman lives and vice versa. The two other fighters (likely a Gallus and a Thracian) were meant to portray certain rival nations and their soldiers. The fact that both "soldier" fighters died seems to be a parallel to war. One side may survive a war, but they can still succumb to the basic test of survival. That is the base human fight: to survive. War itself is just adding superfluous justification to that struggle. Both sides wish to survive but it does not matter if the victor doesn't have the means to survive that basic struggle. If all resources are spent to win a war, then has it really been won? The outcome is the same. The nets have been cast and we are both inside and outside of them. Perhaps a Colosseum is merely a net with a different name. So, are we the fishermen or are we the fish?
Gladiators are my favorite of ancient warriors. Some chose to become gladiators to pursue glory and fame. Others were forced into it. Imagine being snatched from everything you know, a sword and shield shoved into your arms, forced to fight until the other warrior can’t go on, or dies. That can either make a man or break him down. Loved this video.
Excellent video. Very well animated and very creative in it's story telling with the main character in a PTSD flashback remembering his combatants as monsters rather than just the humans they really were. Fun fact. Most Gladiatorial fights weren't too the death. Most of it was a show as Gladiators where professionally trained which cost a lot of money so just throwing them to the wolves would have been a waste. Of course death wasn't uncommon. Accidents happened, people get aggressive, or even just killed for the fun despite it not being necessary among many other reasons one might die in the Colosseum. Estimates suggest that 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 bouts resulted in someone dyeing. Also thumbs down most likely meant mercy and a thumbs up meant death to the defeated. Though this usually happened when the crowd wanted it. If two fighters put on a good show and the Crowd was happy mercy was likely the end result. Who would want a great fighter to just die when they could live again and put on another great show. Life of a Gladiator was brutal and often short. But weather forced as a slave or voluntary for fame and glory the people of Rome loved it.
retiarius, murmillo, thracian and scissor, real gladiator classes with historically accurate armor and weapons, each facing their respective nemesis, well done
Pretty accurate really. For all those 'wanna be' soldiers out there, actually fighting and killing will fuck your mind over for the rest of your life. Being a pacifist doesn't 'look' near as cool as being a solider, but it's the far better life choice.
If a war ever breaks out in my country, I will volunteer for the same platoon my King will be fighting in...... I will charge with courage against enemy positions by his very side. Not one step ahead, not one step behind........
We need more stories that explore what happens after the fight even if you win because underneath it all, do you really win if you have this kind of trauma? This is also why I always had a special love for the film "Gladiator".
No puede ser, esto me ha conmovido hasta las lágrimas. Que duro debió ser un gladiador y luchar en contra de tu voluntad solo para entretener. Vemos al chico en shock al ver que había matado a un chico igual a él. 😥 La deshumanización del combate era horrible. Al final de cuentas quizá ninguno de ellos tenía que morir, todo fue por un espectáculo
Scars never fully go away. Neither does trauma. Especially trauma gained from combat. I really like how down to earth this animation was. In combat, you never see the enemy as human. It's only after the dust has settled that you realize who the monster really was, and that shit will stick with you for the rest of your life. Pro tip; put down the phone, touch some grass, and stay in school.
Caramba,isso foi intenso.... O cara é traumatizado pelo passado de lutas,foi tocante quando o filho dele apenas colocou a mão em seu ombro e então ele voltou a si. Algo interessante é que na hora que ele lutou estava visualizando os oponentes como monstros,mas na realidade eram humanos assim como ele e quando o magrelo morreu e a furia do cara se aplacou ele lembrou disso. Não sei quem criou isto,mas está de parabéns
Evocative, immersive, beautiful and haunting. The lack of dialogue was really impactful, especially since we didnt have english when the main character may have spoken a bunch of ancient dialects none of which would be recognisable to the majority of us. Thanks for the creation, amazing work
"I will die a glorious death for a just cause, and the blood shed by us will fertilize the tree of freedom, burn a new stigma on the forehead of oppressors, give birth to countless avengers. An example to follow is the best legacy that we can leave to posterity." - Spartacus.
I like that both pairs of gladiators have a matching set of proportions. I'd be genuinely interested in a companion animation from the perspective of the gladiator that fought the protagonist. His companion, far greater and experienced, went against his counterpart, and was lost in the fog of war...and when he suddenly got _bodied_ by his enemy's bruiser, he killed it when he saw the chance. And then he got the 'First Time Fighting Ornstein and Smough' treatment. Jokes aside, he killed the bruiser, and then was suddenly faced with a berserker that could already match his speed and now could overwhelm his strength.
Beautiful work! The faling rose petals scene in the colosseum was marvelous! This all looked incredible, and I also want to give props to the sound designer(s) as they sounds were great as well! Congratulations to the team!
Im glad it didn't take the turn i thought it was going to. I thought after his PTSD espiode went away it was gonna show his kid or a fellow farm hand that he killed. Holy damn this was great though. I loved the hell out of how the scale armour on the lanky monster looked like feathers alot
Very nice work! I love that you researched the equipment and weapons of the different types of gladiators! Also I sm pretty impressed that you researched about the Scissor since he is pretty uncommon
Wow. I am stunned. This was truly sad. How easily we can become feral animals. I can recall this behavior from many of the poor young soldiers that survived Viet Nam. So sad.
this actually makes me sad, cus the timing HE gets it, just sometimes when its dusty and ya dunno who ya fightin with, then when the dust clears and ya realize shite has ta be talked bout...whoever made this, i both love you for lettin me remember a memory and hate the shite
GOD DAYUM this short was fucking amazing. Y'all did your homework on this one too!! The mc being a Retiarius paired with a Secutor works so well, and the main rival being a Scissor fits perfectly as Retiarius and Scissor were very commonly made to fight one another. And the monstrous forms the enemy gladiators take until they both die is MASTERFUL. Ugh this is so great
I absolutely adore this short film. I feel like it Beautifully encapsulates the fog of war How distorted it is when you live through While staying within the real world
Absolutely BRILLIANT! Everything is gorgeous, from the characters, music, animation and overall feeling of the short! This is one of the best animated shorts I have seen (and I am sure have seen thousands)
First: Awesome animation! a huge round of applause to all involved! Second: Fuuuu.... now I want to boot up Gladiator Begins again! welp, guess it's time to throw down in the arena once more and put the serious hurt on some poor shlubs.
One of the oldest german towns whose history reaches back to roman times (Trier, 'Augusta Treverorum) has a roman arena you can still visit today. If you stand on the arena ground, looking up the ranks, you get a brief glimpse of how it might have been, how it might have felt, if you stood down there, hunted by wild animals or having to fight as a gladiator. I sometimes get the feeling, man stumbles towards these times again - maybe soon enough we'll have those slaughter houses back, for the entertainment of the masses. Panem et circenses.
Whenever I see this theme, I can't shake the feeling of seeing colosseum nowadays stripped of its arena for whatever reasons and its bleachers turned to a mini shopping mall
This is so realistic! I was surprised this is extremely realistic. This animation would have taken a long time because realistic animations like this one are complicated and take time to do.
That ended well I thought for sure he was going to snap out of his hallucination and be standing over the body of his wife that he just killed by accident.
Absolutely beautiful. Crisp animation, the attention to detail is fantastic. Truly a wonderful and emotional rollercoaster of a short film. Excellent work.
I was wondering why they were fighting monsters. They weren't monsters, they had just dehumanized their opponents. That was brilliant, as a born and raised Greek they got the balkan environment down to the T, from the vegetation to the sounds of the cicadas. Μπράβο!
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One of the best points in this animation is the hiding of the faces. Until his ally doesnt remove his helmet, he doesnt see it as an ally. The thin enemy gladiator, the same way.
I'm sure you'd also be glad to know the different gladiators were all directly based upon real classes of gladiator. The main character is a Retiarius, basically meaning "fisherman" or something similar, as they carry a trident, a net, and sometimes a sica sword. His main rival, a Scissor, was a type of gladiator specifically trained/equipped to fight retiarius, using their curved blade to cut the nets, and their armored hand alongside their gladius to combat the superior reach of the Retiarius' trident. The allied fighter was likely a Secutor, though there are many classes of gladiator that carry a gladius and a scutum (shield) and i'm not so well learned as to be able to tell at a glance which is which. Their armor/outfitting was also almost 100% accurate to real historical gladiators, and it was a treat to see it all through a history nerd's eye
@@Loafusbreadmyre Oh yeah, I know now. I found this video cause I was looking for roman short movies and found this one... Now I'm actually gonna buy a gladius hispaniensis lol
I think it was his brother that he killed :(
@@Loafusbreadmyre dope, ice just gotten into ancient Roman shit and that’s fascinating
the moment you see their faces, you feel bad for them.
you dont see the anguish of a persons face if they have a masked helmet on
the moment the helmet comes off, you can see their faces
(i did not kill anyone im just guessing)
A brilliant showing of what ptsd can look like in an animated medium
I’m glad I read the comments, I was about to say the same. 👍
OMG ! I had never thought of it before but am now thinking maybe those poor souls forced to fight in the Roman Colosseum may have experienced PTSD too. This was very well done !
@@doublej4077 Yeah, think about it, they had no choice - kill or be killed. Sometimes they got "lucky" and got pardoned by the emperor and got out of it, but most of the time they were forced to go to the arena over and over again, and keep fighting until the day they died. What a miserable life!
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actually few fights were to the death
Wow, the way he didn't see the enemy fighter as just another man until he choked the life out of him was a great way to visually show the dehumanization that goes along with combat. He needed to see him as a lanky monster
Winners see the enemy as monsters, and they go on to make a better future.
Losers see nothing from the grave.
@@bugwar5545 Did you not get the video? That guy was ruined by the horror he experienced, as are many veterans who suffer from ptsd. They can very well go on to make a better future, but I'm sure it's much more difficult when they are crippled by the psychological and emotional scars, and I'm sure they would rather go without them. And I'm sure it's difficult to imagine yourself as a 'winner' when you are haunted by the awful things you were forced by circumstance into seeing and doing. That is an attitude that smacks of someone who has never set foot on a battlefield, or even taken time to listen to veterans speak about their experiences. It stinks of someone who idealizes war as some pinnacle of machismo and honor, while willfully ignoring the disgusting degradation of human decency that it truly is.
@@codyweidman4742 Nope.
My attitude is borne of my experience on the battlefield. Bad things happen there, and some soldiers do twitch out and fail to move on.
Most soldiers do adapt though.
You're acting like the kid that saw death and won't stop fixating on it. The rest of us grow up and get along with the reality, but you are stuck in a self imposed horror show.
@@bugwar5545 yeah, right. This wouldn't be the first time I've had some keyboard warrior LARP at me about what a badass they are. Real veterans, who have the metals and the missing limbs to prove it, don't talk about this shit like this. It's not the death I'm fixated on, it's the trauma of the veterans. Listening to them describe seeing things so horrible that they envy the dead, because at least they dont live on with the memories.
And the fact that you are all over the comments to this video pushing this narrative goes further to prove you are just a wannabe looking for attention.
@@bugwar5545 not everyone can move on, doesn't mean it's by choice.
Proof that you don't need a lot of dialogue for any dialogue really in order to tell a fantastic story. This was fantastic
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Amazing work. As a therapist and a student of history, this exploration into what the traumatic effects of being a gladiator must have been is really brilliant.
@@Corndog_Enthusiast yes they fucking did
youtube commentor challenge of not bringing their age,profession,past into things
@@dereksmall4311 do you know how much it costs to train a proper gladiator? we aren't all made of money you know! side note: thumbs up was kill and thumbs down was spare which makes gladiator movies very confusing to me. side siiide note still pretty traumatising as most participents were slaves meaning they were forced into it but po tate toe, po tah toe
@@dereksmall4311 No they didnt. As Jabo said, it cost a lot to properly train them, and their value would increase as they continued to fight. It happens, but killing another Gladiator wasnt frequent.
In reality that's not really true, they very rarely actually killed each other, people make it seem like we were uncivilized barbarians, but the truth is humanity hasn't changed in years
This was as real as real can get for a CGI! The acting and the action was so life like. The vineyards, The purple grapes The hills in the back ground. The brick house in the sloped landscapes and even down to the olive tree.I had to admit , I even shed a tear when his son put his hand on his dads shoulder. Just a small tear.😇
Wow, the kind of movies Disney could be making if they actually had good animators and story tellers like this guy.
And no executive’s killing good projects and ideas
Disney is incapable of telling anything except THE MESSAGE
doesnt sell
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omg 😭😭😭😭 The ending actually made me cry, the part where his son gently put his hand on his dad's shoulder as if he understood. He helped bring him back. You could feel the patience, love, and understanding. Omg.... this is such a powerful display of PTSD from the pov of an ex-gladiator. I've never once thought of this.
@@mrmysterious8124 Sure :D
its remind better ending of Gladiator if Maximus stayed alive and meets his family alive after all
What a pleasant surprise to see your comment here a year later haha! And I agree. Very effective visual storytelling here!
I have been impressed by the expressions so well portrayed of the protagonist's feelings of rage, revenge, hatred. The pictures of the environment, like a still life, have a magnificent light, it is a beautiful work
Fun fact: Gladiatorial fights rarely ended in a death. This was because they were Very Expensive to maintain.
Yeah, they used darker skinned people, slaves, criminals, peasants, animals and troublemakers (although I am fine with the cristians being used up) as fodder for slaughter to keep the masses entertained. There's always plenty of undesirables to use up and not give the talent much real threat.
It was still a blood sport and was way more gruesome than modern combat sports.
have to suspect they were largely riged too
They were probobly like moder WWE. Must be staged
That was sooooooooo impactful! The PTSD from a Gladiator of those times , i could not fathom. This almost brought a tear to my eye at the end.
i was at the edge of my seat until I gasped when a life was taken.
every moment was groundbreaking for me! WELL DONE!!
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In reality that's not really true, they very rarely actually killed each other
@@TheHandofDestiny truly? I thought it was common to be killed as a gladiator in the colosseum When I visited they said 400,000 were estimated to have died in there.
@@krevin543 It wasn't common, Gladiatorial combat most of the time was closer to theatre, most gladiators were rented from their training school and a good gladiator was very expensive to replace, most of the time they only ended up with minor injuries as killing each other was not the point, remember this was all entertainment, gladiators were comparable to boxers, a single gladiator typically wouldn't fight more than a few times a year, and when they did it was usually because they wanted to or were just very popular, and then of course the money you could potentially make being a gladiator was quite impressive, all in all Gladiatorial combat was meant for entertainment and people don't really enjoy watching people die all the time unless they hate them, combined with the fact that gladiators were expensive and could make you a lot of money, no one really wanted them dead
@@TheHandofDestiny Didn't Comodus kill a bunch of them after training as a gladiator because he was a psycho
The fact that the other gladiators look like monsters in the heat of combat is a fantastic detail
As others have mentioned, the portrayal of the effects of PTSD in this animated short is brilliant. Just as brilliant is the conclusion that communicates the importance having someone walk the road with you.
The hand on the shoulder represents someone who anchors you to reality and who will love and support you in even the darkest episodes.
The fact that we don’t see the face behind the hand gives the impression that it can be anyone of us that can reach out to someone who is suffering
Epic and with amazing music. I like that their faces are really Greek, I review it several times and still feel delighted. And the moment of seeing the body of the murdered man for the first time gives me goosebumps. A masterpiece
They're Roman, not Greek.
@@DrachenGothik666 read description bozo...
They are gladiators. They are from Rome. So, they can't be Greek
Sorry to correct you but I think you meant Roman
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The music at the end fits both the "triumphant victory" and horrific realization, so well. Awesome.
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You could see how the memory haunted him. This was really emotional to watch!
I really like how you portrayed various gladiator types in this movie. Especially the enemy scissor
The most fascinating thing about this is that you can find records of people suffering from PTSD in ancient times.
Like in Plutarch’s Life of Marius speaks of Caius Marius’ behaviour who, when he found himself under severe stress towards the end of his life, suffering from night terrors, harassing dreams, excessive drinking and flashbacks to previous battles.
I was initially impressed by the animation but disturbed by the dehumanization of the enemy gladiators, but the revelation that this was just fear & anger rather than reality made for a truly powerful emotionally twist. Superb animation of an emotional moment.
I love these kinds of actions not that many people talking but fighting so brutal is the reason why I love them so much
It's crazy to think that people have been suffering from PTSD forever but only recently has it been taken seriously.
Humans have existed for ~200,000 years, yet PTSD was only being a mental health diagnosis in 1980, if we do the math then it literally took ~198,020 years for PTSD to be taken seriously…
The number isn’t exactly 100% accurate so I could be wrong
@@artyom1264 That's where you're wrong. PTSD as a term was codified in the 80s, but there have always been terms addressing the condition. In English vernacular alone there is Shell Shock, and Battle Fatigue, or Shakespeare's reference to Strange Moods.
Only recently have humans had the luxury to diagnose mental health disorders more clinically because fewer people are sick classically or working in the fields vs lounging about campuses.
Ancient Greece (5th century BCE, Sophocles)
The Ancient Greek play, “The Ajax” details the events that lead to one of the greatest warriors of the Trojan War committing suicide. The play is a great narrative meant to represent the traumas that soldiers faced, and the way that this changed them psychologically. Ajax falls onto his own sword, committing suicide (spoiler, I guess). But the play is a case study in what soldiers emotional responses to stress and trauma. Many of the characters act against their better judgement, their lapse in judgement elicited by the harshnesses witness over 10 years of relentless war.
Better to be a warrior in garden than gardener in war.
Wow yeah this is really good. It shows what PTSD is like in animation, and also tells a story line that is hella sad. I do like how it is never said what happens. It never says that the guy the mc killed was his friend, but it was definitely insinuated.
The cuts between him and the grape field is cool. I know it’s probably ptsd but I like to interpret it as a coping method to make it easier for him to kill people
“Its just like cutting down plants…”
Or perhaps maybe they’re flashbacks to the life he once lived before he became a gladiator?
Either way its an awesome short film
An outstanding 7-minute masterpiece that is masterful visual storytelling of a former gladiator suffering from PTSD reliving painful memories of his former life as a gladiator and remembering all those he killed in the arena for the amusement of the Romans.
I think the most profound part of this Short was the gentle hand that reached out at the end … that was Powerful … that love , support and gentle humanity can deliver us All from insanity and pull us back from the brink of despair 🙏
No matter how great the victory was, the losing of a friend and mentor stays with you forever.
There is a lot of symbolism in the specific types of gladiators depicted in this film. Our main character closely resembles the Roman Retiarius, or "net-man," albeit without the net itself. The Retiarii were meant to resemble fishermen with their tridents, daggers, nets, and lightweight apparel. This goes hand-in-hand with the typical type of opponent the Retiarii fought: the Secutor. The Secutor, or "pursuer," was more armored and had a smooth, rounded helmet to deflect the trident and net of the Retiarius. Often, the Secutor would wear scale armor and finned helmets which drew comparisons to fish. In this film, the Secutor also uses a Roman hand scissor, which could be seen like a fish fin as well. Gladiatorial combat was entertainment back in it's day, so the headline for a fight like this would be something like, "Who would win: Fisherman or Fish?" Obviously this fight is way different than a fisherman catching a fish, but when boiled down to it's simplest form it is the same. It is a fight for survival in both cases. Here it is quite literal, in the more mundane setting the fisherman fights to feed himself and the fish fights to free itself. If the fish dies, the fisherman lives and vice versa. The two other fighters (likely a Gallus and a Thracian) were meant to portray certain rival nations and their soldiers. The fact that both "soldier" fighters died seems to be a parallel to war. One side may survive a war, but they can still succumb to the basic test of survival. That is the base human fight: to survive. War itself is just adding superfluous justification to that struggle. Both sides wish to survive but it does not matter if the victor doesn't have the means to survive that basic struggle. If all resources are spent to win a war, then has it really been won? The outcome is the same. The nets have been cast and we are both inside and outside of them. Perhaps a Colosseum is merely a net with a different name. So, are we the fishermen or are we the fish?
Every second of the video was a gem. 10 out of 10.
Gladiators are my favorite of ancient warriors. Some chose to become gladiators to pursue glory and fame. Others were forced into it. Imagine being snatched from everything you know, a sword and shield shoved into your arms, forced to fight until the other warrior can’t go on, or dies. That can either make a man or break him down. Loved this video.
Excellent video. Very well animated and very creative in it's story telling with the main character in a PTSD flashback remembering his combatants as monsters rather than just the humans they really were. Fun fact. Most Gladiatorial fights weren't too the death. Most of it was a show as Gladiators where professionally trained which cost a lot of money so just throwing them to the wolves would have been a waste. Of course death wasn't uncommon. Accidents happened, people get aggressive, or even just killed for the fun despite it not being necessary among many other reasons one might die in the Colosseum. Estimates suggest that 1 in 5 or 1 in 10 bouts resulted in someone dyeing. Also thumbs down most likely meant mercy and a thumbs up meant death to the defeated. Though this usually happened when the crowd wanted it. If two fighters put on a good show and the Crowd was happy mercy was likely the end result. Who would want a great fighter to just die when they could live again and put on another great show. Life of a Gladiator was brutal and often short. But weather forced as a slave or voluntary for fame and glory the people of Rome loved it.
This should be filmed a movie.,.
In a few moments, he told the whole story.
A very clear depiction of the saying, "rather be warrior in a garden, than a gardener in a war."
"I am a warrior, so that my son can be a merchant, and his son can be a poet."
WOW, the grapes and vines/leaves were amazing.
The music makes this animation. Very powerful on all levels.
My respect for all the soldiers protecting their peoples. Your sacrifices give hope and security to your families.
May god help us all.
cin5mada What, soldiers are just drones brainwashed by the government. They are not humans anymore.
retiarius, murmillo, thracian and scissor, real gladiator classes with historically accurate armor and weapons, each facing their respective nemesis, well done
A recruit here? What is beneath your feet? Answer the Doctore, what is beneath your feet?
this film showed so much from PTSD to the fearfulness, dehumanization, and trauma in war.
The graphics in this is insane
Such an impactful animation with no dialogue! These animators and storytellers have talent.
Pretty accurate really. For all those 'wanna be' soldiers out there, actually fighting and killing will fuck your mind over for the rest of your life. Being a pacifist doesn't 'look' near as cool as being a solider, but it's the far better life choice.
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Your gov. differs
If a war ever breaks out in my country, I will volunteer for the same platoon my King will be fighting in...... I will charge with courage against enemy positions by his very side.
Not one step ahead, not one step behind........
Sometimes there isn't a choice often there is but not always
@@m.y.a.111 Reality differs.
We need more stories that explore what happens after the fight even if you win because underneath it all, do you really win if you have this kind of trauma? This is also why I always had a special love for the film "Gladiator".
No puede ser, esto me ha conmovido hasta las lágrimas.
Que duro debió ser un gladiador y luchar en contra de tu voluntad solo para entretener.
Vemos al chico en shock al ver que había matado a un chico igual a él. 😥
La deshumanización del combate era horrible. Al final de cuentas quizá ninguno de ellos tenía que morir, todo fue por un espectáculo
Losing someone you love channels some kind of hidden energy to make you a monster .
We always feel like were fighting monsters in the ring... But truth is, were just fighting each other. And for what exactly?
Entertainment…
For the crowd…
Supremacy 🔥
i am a very harsh judge when it comes to film making and i have to say the creators of this are brilliant. the storytelling is gold.
Why does this guy do not make movies? This guy literally can do it hisself.
One of the hardest things to do in our lives is to forgive ourselves.
Adorei, ele é um homem que precisou lutar pra sobreviver mas hj é marcado e assombrado com suas ações, estão de parabéns!
The fact that he suffers from PTSD long after his time as a gladiator has come to an end is spot on when it comes to realism.
Wow! That was just so intense! A depiction of PTSD in ancient times? Wow!
Scars never fully go away. Neither does trauma. Especially trauma gained from combat. I really like how down to earth this animation was. In combat, you never see the enemy as human. It's only after the dust has settled that you realize who the monster really was, and that shit will stick with you for the rest of your life.
Pro tip; put down the phone, touch some grass, and stay in school.
Poignant and thought-provoking work.
I'm truly impressed, not just with the technical prowess, but the heart that went into it.
5:55 *"Daddy, are you done beating the f#$% out of the tree?"*
Jokes aside, this was dope.
De Gradiador a Hortivanero!
Caramba,isso foi intenso....
O cara é traumatizado pelo passado de lutas,foi tocante quando o filho dele apenas colocou a mão em seu ombro e então ele voltou a si.
Algo interessante é que na hora que ele lutou estava visualizando os oponentes como monstros,mas na realidade eram humanos assim como ele e quando o magrelo morreu e a furia do cara se aplacou ele lembrou disso.
Não sei quem criou isto,mas está de parabéns
An perfect picture how PTSD feels like.
Evocative, immersive, beautiful and haunting. The lack of dialogue was really impactful, especially since we didnt have english when the main character may have spoken a bunch of ancient dialects none of which would be recognisable to the majority of us. Thanks for the creation, amazing work
The haunting cheer from the crowd. Very sad.
"I will die a glorious death for a just cause, and the blood shed by us will fertilize the tree of freedom, burn a new stigma on the forehead of oppressors, give birth to countless avengers. An example to follow is the best legacy that we can leave to posterity." - Spartacus.
I like that both pairs of gladiators have a matching set of proportions. I'd be genuinely interested in a companion animation from the perspective of the gladiator that fought the protagonist.
His companion, far greater and experienced, went against his counterpart, and was lost in the fog of war...and when he suddenly got _bodied_ by his enemy's bruiser, he killed it when he saw the chance.
And then he got the 'First Time Fighting Ornstein and Smough' treatment. Jokes aside, he killed the bruiser, and then was suddenly faced with a berserker that could already match his speed and now could overwhelm his strength.
Those plants are wonderful animated. So much detail in general. Love it.
It's very hard to forget nor erased from the past that a life was taken.
Beautiful work! The faling rose petals scene in the colosseum was marvelous! This all looked incredible, and I also want to give props to the sound designer(s) as they sounds were great as well! Congratulations to the team!
Im glad it didn't take the turn i thought it was going to. I thought after his PTSD espiode went away it was gonna show his kid or a fellow farm hand that he killed. Holy damn this was great though. I loved the hell out of how the scale armour on the lanky monster looked like feathers alot
Very nice work! I love that you researched the equipment and weapons of the different types of gladiators! Also I sm pretty impressed that you researched about the Scissor since he is pretty uncommon
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What is beneath your feet. ANSWER ME! WHAT is beneath your feet
Other than them fighting to the death as a slave trained for fighting is a very expensive thing
i just realized after taking the Scissor’s helmet away from him while choking him, he not only beat him to death but also bit his neck like an animal
Beautifully and powerfully done! Wish we had more animation like this!
May God bless the courageous Christians who were forced to fight in the coliseum. this mighty warriors are in heavens now
fun fact most gladiator fights weren’t to the death
Killing animals or watching animals kill each other was also more common than watching people fight to the death.
I dont know much but that sounds right
I _really, REALLY_ hope that there'll be a sequel or prequel to this someday!! 😁.
It quite looks like a real person 😱👏👏
*sorry if there's a wrong word, it helped by google translate
I want this to be a full movie or get something very similiar to it, His partner in the beginning was a beast, I liked that guy
Wow. I am stunned. This was truly sad. How easily we can become feral animals. I can recall this behavior from many of the poor young soldiers that survived Viet Nam. So sad.
this actually makes me sad, cus the timing HE gets it, just sometimes when its dusty and ya dunno who ya fightin with, then when the dust clears and ya realize shite has ta be talked bout...whoever made this, i both love you for lettin me remember a memory and hate the shite
GOD DAYUM this short was fucking amazing. Y'all did your homework on this one too!! The mc being a Retiarius paired with a Secutor works so well, and the main rival being a Scissor fits perfectly as Retiarius and Scissor were very commonly made to fight one another. And the monstrous forms the enemy gladiators take until they both die is MASTERFUL. Ugh this is so great
somebody who knows his his history
I absolutely adore this short film. I feel like it Beautifully encapsulates the fog of war How distorted it is when you live through While staying within the real world
Absolutely BRILLIANT! Everything is gorgeous, from the characters, music, animation and overall feeling of the short! This is one of the best animated shorts I have seen (and I am sure have seen thousands)
When you don't let the PTSD consume your identity, but it's still present.
First: Awesome animation! a huge round of applause to all involved!
Second: Fuuuu.... now I want to boot up Gladiator Begins again! welp, guess it's time to throw down in the arena once more and put the serious hurt on some poor shlubs.
One of the oldest german towns whose history reaches back to roman times (Trier, 'Augusta Treverorum) has a roman arena you can still visit today. If you stand on the arena ground, looking up the ranks, you get a brief glimpse of how it might have been, how it might have felt, if you stood down there, hunted by wild animals or having to fight as a gladiator.
I sometimes get the feeling, man stumbles towards these times again - maybe soon enough we'll have those slaughter houses back, for the entertainment of the masses. Panem et circenses.
❤ what a beautiful short movie. A strong story with a stronger backstory I love it.❤
This is blend of love and war
Oh what a great emotional movie. Thanks a lot.
You know it's gonna be good when you see the 9 dots
I was very invested during the entirety of the film. Well animated. Great story
Whenever I see this theme, I can't shake the feeling of seeing colosseum nowadays stripped of its arena for whatever reasons and its bleachers turned to a mini shopping mall
I looked it up, and the arena was removed in the 6th century as to officially end gladiator fights.
I suffer from PTSD with flashbacks. You captured the pain and fear perfectly. I sobbed while watching this, well done
This is so realistic! I was surprised this is extremely realistic. This animation would have taken a long time because realistic animations like this one are complicated and take time to do.
Probably unreal engine 5 fam
A very beautiful video. I really appreciated the accuracy of the equipments
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I would love to see a film adaptation of this short film. It would be the "Gladiatior Of Animation", it has a lot of potential in my opinion.
Wonderful work, very nicely scripted, and great CG, thank you
This is so impactful that I feel PTSD coming up just by having watched it.
Amazing job. A very good story telling. You guys did a phenomenal job.
Wish I saw the same animation in Disney 3d cartoons.
It is so much better then the one's we can see today.
That ended well I thought for sure he was going to snap out of his hallucination and be standing over the body of his wife that he just killed by accident.
There, I'm traumatised. I think it's best I go sleep now, cheers.
same
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if that happen that's is so dark
Finally, a film that praises fathers instead of depicting them in a bad light.
Absolutely beautiful. Crisp animation, the attention to detail is fantastic. Truly a wonderful and emotional rollercoaster of a short film. Excellent work.
I was wondering why they were fighting monsters. They weren't monsters, they had just dehumanized their opponents. That was brilliant, as a born and raised Greek they got the balkan environment down to the T, from the vegetation to the sounds of the cicadas. Μπράβο!
J’ai adoré, en particulier les décors dans les vignes, le réalisme est bluffant, l’animation est également incroyable bravo !