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- 'PROTO' is a short film, produced by Eye Candy Film as an international co-production between Screen South based in the UK and Film Fyn based in Denmark.
The film was shot in August 2011 at Robocluster in Denmark, a genuine working robotics lab. It was completed in June 2012 and will premiere later this year.
CGI was completed by VERL, Dundee. Additional CG was provided by James Kearsley www.jkstudios.tv/
DIRECTOR, WRITER: Nicholas Pittom
PRODUCER: Richard Georg Engström
PRODUCTION COMPANY: Eye Candy Film
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Luke Palmer
‘PROTO’ is a sci-fi action adventure, about a child-like, experimental robot, set in the robotics lab where he has been built. Although PROTO has been made to fulfil the ambitions of his creator, Prof. Andrews, he learns to find his own dreams and ambitions, and also the strength needed to realise them.
The main theme of the film is freedom, both literal and in the ability to choose one’s own destiny - to break free of expectations. We wish for the film, while an exciting and fun science fiction, to also capture a magical sense of wonder. PROTO will overcome the expectations and restrictions placed on him and discovering his true self.
Full Cast and Crew:
IMDB: www.imdb.com/title/tt2436764/
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It's amazing when you replace Proto with a human child, you see exactly how most kids are raised. Subtle social issue addressment. I love it.
How MOST kids are raised? Have you been able to actually go outside since you wrote that?
Finally a nice sci-fi animated tale without a nasty dark ending. Well done.
There's a quote out there that applies here rather nicely, in my opinion: "Parents, don't be your kid's first bullies."
Yeah and everybody gets a trophy.
Your short films are deserving of awards. Great story line; excellent writing.
What a great robot movie! Just brilliant, it should really have a lot more views.
This is the most emotional and saddest video I've ever seen. I've watched this animation for 100's of time since couple of years and still love this animation. Hasn't found anything better, even closer to it.
I'm in love with kiddo robo and wonder if he was a real kiddo, I would have adopted him ;(
Hats off to the whole team for the concept, animation, story writing, music and everything, you all are magicians i swear...
You should watch Walle
why did they give proto a love interest. also i love how at the end they were like "heck this planet im outa here"
I love the ending in perticular
They were like: bai fool.
Tt
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I know right it was so human-centric. That ain't how robots work-
Love happy endings. Thank you for not ruining it by having Proto run out of power and plummeting to his and her demise. Well done
Okay. I'm not alone here... I really was expecting that. Glad it didn't happen but yet at the same time...
Thanks for taking the time to have the AI's violin technic match the music and a real player.
The story itself is adorable. You're not the first sci-fi writer that's played around with the idea of robots being sentient or capable of emotion, but Proto and Harmony do make a cute couple lol. The detail I noticed most is their eyes. Just like humans, able to convey emotions deeply
Oops, you're right
It's dangerous 😂😂😂
Some parents act like that older scientist if their children aren’t pretending to be robots.
How on the Earth did you get the idea.. 🤔
You’ve never seen a narcissistic parent then have you .
I wonder what became of Proto and Symphony??? ...Excellent short film. Sequels please!!!
He said PROTO can be used in military but he made him only 4 ft tall. But I liked the concept. There is a message about how to treat your kids.
As a tall person, I can tell you: Height is no advantage in modern combat. With swords? Sure! With guns? Better be good at ducking.
Saqib Kazmi Smaller targets are harder to hit.
Maybe they can make him longer
this sentence is a fool. he is using proto as a prototype. WHICH means it can be upgraded in the future(MAKE IT TALL) . delete this stupid shit.
A "average" human-sized replacement for human soldiers would be better than one which is too short or too tall. Should be able to use all the tools, weapons, vehicles, and structures that were designed for humans. Not just custom military stuff but also any places and things found in the battle zone or used by the enemy.
Proto is short because it makes him look cute and young and childlike. The story would have a very different tone if Proto looked like a 6' tall 300lb skull-faced violin-playing Terminator.
'Something we cannot control, cannot be used.'
Humanity in a nutshell. Pretty deep..
"It's a machine!!!" Treats the machine like a human...lol
Simply fantastic, wonderful and heartwarming. Finally a sci- fi short film with a happy end and a moral: If you are better than the rest you will get mobbed by certain (equal to real life)!
Thank you!! That was absolutely beautiful in many ways and on many levels. Here's to hoping you create more like this.
Wait a minute! Was that just a test?! Professor Andrews was smiling while walking away at the end there. I feel like there was a deeper subplot such as: having two people in the AI's life with opposite personalities and seeing which one the AI prefers more to determine if it naturally becomes hostile or not (And obviously the AI chose the person they had hoped it would choose).
+Thraxicus Onoxus
I think the professor got exactly what he wanted.
And he got the military to fund it . . .
Yes!
I think it's exactly like you are talking about
seems so. i was confused too when he was smiling at the end.
Emotions are evoked by stress and direct challenges - Professor Andrew's restriction evoked emotional need for freedom... if the restrictions were not there ...there would be no need for an independence AI to rebel and seek freedom...this prevents the AI from becoming a mindless killing machine as a result...
Lighter than Blinky and amazing as well. Pretty done! Nice work!
Don't listen this guy proto, he is the machine!
This reminds me SO MUCH of "Choice of Robots"!! Damn military!
GLaDOS: Proto- Human: Call- GLaDOS: You officially finished one of my words once in my life. You deserve a trip to the surface.
I never get tired of watching PROTO.
What an unbelievable antagonist. "Oh, my prized robot is too impressive. Better dumb it down."
What a beautiful story. I loved it! Thank you for your stunning creation. The old professor knew what he was doing all along, now didn't he.
BRILLIANT AND CAPTIVATING !!!! It is one of the best films that I have ever found to enjoy...it is about our potential to overcome the barriers in our way.
THIS MAKES ME WANT 2 FALL IN LOVE WITH A ROBOT!!😍🎻😍😁
Feeling is the only structure on this planet, through which we can experience all the situations of life in a very good way, because of which we get a basis for living, that's the difference between man and machine. This sort of movie is very amazing. In which the feeling, sensation, emotional state, this Movie touches the heart because our emotions are included. Behind making this short Movie.. ❤️
magnificent! at least now we know where the transformers came from!
Oh man i tought the same xD :)))))
Fly, Proto, fly!
This was a simple and beautiful short film, in the vein of "Short Circuit".
The violin playing is brilliant
Oh my gosh this was so GOOD!! I just love robots! So much!! I know one day robots will have emotions and we can all be friends! Learn from each other. People just think so much of the negatives that they don't give room for the good things about this.
I like your comment! People need to stop thinking negative about robots! If trained well, maybe they won’t destroy all humanity and become friends!
If this dude doesn’t want emotions just leave him alone and keep him happy
In the end, the professor didn't turn out to be a bad person after all.
Symphony: is a highly precise robotic ai that does millions of calculations in a single second
Also symphony: *trips off a building like a bumbling idiot*
No, not
This is - called "despair"!
Loved this! Almost got emotional at the end but then I remembered aliens don't cry. Good video!!
This really is a masterpiece on this field!!! Thanks for uploading!!!!
Now that, is what you call an animation! 1000000000000000/10! Best film in history!
Proto, had more feelings, than some humans. I loved the story.
Great film but if Proto was smart he would've followed orders and made his move after being mass produced.
How would he know he was being mass produced?
late. like, really late, but im pretty sure the entire plot was an expirement to see the emotional development of an AI when faced with two different personas, seeing if it would become what the army wanted it to be, or what the lab wanted it to be.
idk I sense Evil in this comment ? maybe its my brain
they were trying to make him a soldier
MultiGazman then come mass unemployment... handmade...
If a robot were to display autonomous emotional responses, I'm fairly certain any scientist or engineer would immediately realize they just stumbled upon one of the largest breakthroughs in all of science, not see a simplistic bug in need of being weeded out. Not to mention that the ability to learn how to play a violin in the course of one day would be incredibly useful as it shows not only a mastery of a skill within a limited time-frame but dexterity with hands, which would be incredibly useful to the military for bomb-defusing and countless other tasks. If anything, the antagonist should've been attempting to get the engineers to investigate Proto's hardware and see what was going on, and have the main conflict between the antagonist and Proto's father-figure be about whether we have a right to suppress or inhibit the emotional development of an artificial intelligence that has obtained sapience in the name of safety/convenience. If even a fourth the amount of time spent thinking about how to design the models and animate the effects was spent figuring out how to properly write the script, there would've been a significant improvement. The antagonist had no depth whatsoever as a character beyond a single facial expression slapped on at the end and it took me out of the film every few seconds. I wrung my hands at how baffling the character was behaving as it was apparent he was nothing more than a morality plot-device and not a real character with motivations or goals, and when that's the main source of conflict for your story, the entire thing falls flat and rings false.
+UltimateKyuubiFox Could it have been test to see if Proto was real AI, not just advanced learning computer?
+Hellsong89
I have a feeling the antagonist planned it this way, to test if the robot could overcome the obedience programming and actively rebel. That was probably why he smiled at the end, since the experiment was a success.
There is no way you would develop that other than deliberately, through what may be the greatest multidisciplinary engineering project ever undertaken by mankind. Not really something you "stumble" upon. A proto designed for the utility shown here (performing basic tasks) would not possess anywhere near the cognitive range for that kind of psychological identity or flexibility, it would be a plain device that unquestioningly does as told and doesn't possess a subjective consciousness as such. That being said it's a movie, one that also makes a robot blink in order to rouse an empathetic response in human viewers.
WOW!
UltimateKyuubiFox it's happening, introducing "Google Deep Mind." Deep Mind is a complex artificial intelligence modeled after the human brain. Deep Mind uses reinforced learning much like how we learn and similar to the description of Proto described by the professor, before you realize it, we're half way there.
Magnifique ! give us a long shooting of Proto's adventures ! really awsome work !
This should be a movie on Netflix ^^
Im quite surprised the violin playing robot's fingerings are quite accurate.
This was so amazing at the end i dident even notice i was smiling
Now that is amazing! This is the ability to understand one's own worth, and to fall in love with a kindred spirit. Even machines have a soul, and can dream.
I am Proto, complete security is my motto!
the part they didn't tell you is that they flew to the moon and live there for a long while until their batteries died.......... the end
I love happy endings
Uh uh, solar power.
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Thats right
jas Karan
Johnny Five alive!
PotzyMccoy No disassemble!
21 century Short circuit, Jonny #5
Oh well done, you. In mere minutes you've brought tears to these jaded old writer's and teachers of writing eyes. Thank you. The effective short story--with a message/point--is alive and well in short film-er-video. Thank you.
one of the best short films I've ever seen
Why would an engineer be angry about obvious intelligence? Also no one is that much a of an ass. "How dare that robot we designed to learn, learn!”
I can see this very instance happen. There are people that psychopathic that must have control of everything.
Luca Herman these emotional bursts are wrong/robots that we cannot control are not a good thing. Obedience.
I have known a lot of people that are that much of an ass.
I can. They are called controll freaks. If something doesn't go exactly the way he or she wants, then the entire thing is wrong and it's all your fault for ruining my perfection.
Luca Herman потому что он идиот
6 minutes in. Hoping for Proto to learn how to use a chainsaw on the Professor.
thats messed up
Yeah, the boss scientist was quite the prick.
I understand the Professor. A Robot has to follow instructions:
" A robot must obey the orders given it by human"
- 2nd Law of Robotics
Galactic President, I believe the moral of the story was missed. AI trumps the human standard, in defiance of authority, with a display of spontaneous ethics, by virtue of innate reasoning and apparently motivated by the element of emotion. Chainsaw murder would have compromised the tone, wouldn't you say? Go Proto!
Smiling! When sentient "life" is created, they must be honoured.
Things I learned. Ping pong is a very competitive sport. This was like Wall-E and Eve. And. That people are always thinking of war. Plus the jet-pack would not go that high. It was very well done though!
This really touches on the aspect of true artificial intelligence especially based on the human mind ( and emotions) and how dangerous it can potentially be.
And how amazing it can be. When you create a child, you raise it trying to instil certain values & experiences then they become a truly autonomous being. And some become truly extraordinary people, creating things of great beauty, meaning or inherent value. Some unfortunately become cruel, violent, destructive. And the majority just muddle along with both good & bad in them & their actions.
Creating an autonomous AI is no different. There comes a point where you have to let them go & hope you raised them right (programmed & taught them). They will then have the power to do extraordinary things & hopefully that’s what they will aspire to do. Humans always fear what they can’t control, but that lack of control gives the greatest freedom to transcend boundaries & create incredible things. There’s nothing to say that AI’s would turn against their creator or become destructive. On the contrary, they may advance humanity & the entire planet faster than we can ourselves. With their superior processing capabilities & decreased inherent restrictions, they may be able to solve all the problems facing the planet 🤷♀️ Not dangerous, exciting!
absolutely bloody loved it ☺️
Loved this movie. Outstanding. Great writing and fx. How could you not be moved by the romance.
Spending an entire life time with people like you is
Anyone wanna realize what happens when they run out of BATTERIES?
They discipline Balloon Boy
Their love is their chargers.
A. They invent/appropriate a perpetual energy source before that happens; or,
B. They attract the attention of an alien machine race that does not have a battery problem and welcomes them as fam.
RuberSocks Just the trailer!
***** They're testing financial analysis robots.
+RedofPaw I'm glat to here that !!!!
+Airhead 1971 lol
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Legend say proto is still flying
Thank God, finally a robot short movie that ends well.
if he didn't want emotions then why did they program in emotions?
+AJSSPACEPLACE Thanks for asking that. The "brilliant scientist" has to explode at the robot when it behaves in a way the scientist hadn't anticipated...
Memento M so...they were idiots?
AJSSPACEPLACE ...you wouldn't get an argument out of me.
Memento M ok
AJSSPACEPLACE (I hope you got that I was agreeing with you both times.)
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I love the video thank you for the upload. Robots do have feelings. They are emotional things. I can't wait to get my first robot😊💜
Actually, your first robot gets you. It’s not the other way ‘round. Just like cats, or dogs.
Wonderful! Heartwarming! Bravo!
Wow! Even the grouchy scientist ended up smiling! ❤️
Loved it!
Wow, awesome short film :)
Just Simply Beautiful.. 10/10.. 🎬👍💗
best CGI robot film I've seen in a long time!
They put emotion in a machine and expect it to obey? Their fault, not the robot. Next thing they'll be expecting an animal born with emotion not to have any. Good for the robots.
+نادر الی راحمان They didnt program the roboter it learned what it mean to have feelings
They already expect children to have no emotion. It's called school.
they? you mean he, it's the asshole boss who wanted no emotions, the rest seem to have supported his actions, sure at the end the one who supported him the most was worried and wanted to "talk" to the robot, it's his boss, but the boss is the major idiot, don't use "they" when it's just one guy's fault.
You are right? It's the boss' fault not proto's
Sivaji r
Better than Disney. Better than Pixar. Maybe as good as Studio Ghibli. This is perfect really.
Proto 2 - Proto and Symphony realize that humans are very irradic, disobidient and must be eradicated
And so begins project Skynex.
8bitcritr
Cuz, you know, "disobedience is unacceptable"
Netherdan terminator ORIGINS
Are you alien or animal?
8bitcritr .
wow really? 10 years ago!?! Looks like it was made yesterday! Excellent excellent short!!! And Proto should be a full-length film one day for the theaters. Think...a modern day Short Circuit.
Well done proto.
Put violin playing robots head in a fake shroud so she can't see to the sides for some reason. Maybe that is why she walked backwards off the building because she was designed half blind? Make the lead scientists whose life work is robots hate robots for some reason. Build a military robot to look cute like a child's toy for some reason, and it plays ping pong. Breaking a tv shuts down the whole rooms power for some reason. DOnt put a tracker on your weapon robot for some reason.
The robot has sensors it don't need eyes like that
@@dinadunlap3971 yet she falls down
The beginning reminded me of Short Circuit so much oh my god
Ok so Proto has more sense than I thought ! ..... YAY PROTO 😆
Fantastic in every aspect.
Why was I expecting the robots to kill the professor when he told him/her/it to stop
I work as a researcher on the design of robots and I really liked your movie. A little bit like Short-Circuit but much improved.
Like for reference to Short-Circuit
Luk..
I liked this story too... sorry i just noticed your comment is 1 year old anyway hope i didn't bother you ...bye
One of the best short films I’ve have seen in a long time. Cool!
The ending couldn't be better than this. Awesome work team! _/\_ :)
The special effects are weird for 2012.
*PROTO slowly, silently flips the scientists off that night*
at 5:30
Flood the building with neurotoxic gas
Thank you for a robot movie free of violence.
My goodness, a real movie. Quite good. And, sci-fi at that. I have to say, thanks.
Great film but if Proto was smart he would've followed orders and made his move after being mass produced. 👍
Great special effects. Cute story. I didn't quite buy the angry scientist, he didn't feel like a real person to me. I had a smilier reaction to the military guys walking out in a huff. Wouldn't they still be impressed with what they just witnessed? (I guess it depends how far in the future this was and how many other robots were around.) I'm curious why they didn't have any sort of GPS chip in Proto and his friend. They didn't know where they were until the roof door was unlocked. I have a chip in my iPhone that shows me where it is at all times. You'd think a multi million dollar robot would have a tracking device. It was kind of funny that the violin playing robot had a slight asian feel to her, wonder if that was intentional. The young scientist did a really nice job. Over all, it was pretty impressive. I'd be curious to know what kind of budget a short like this has.
+DaveCo777 I think the whole thing was an act by the scientists. it was reverse psychology to see if proto had emotions. Hence the smile at the end, If billions of dollars flew off it, I doubt he would be smiling. And you don't make emotions by accident.
+DaveCo777 Military stereotypes who abreact after a demo which does not go to plan, thus missing the true eureka moment, are a common plot feature (ie Short Circuit). I think the supporting characters had the right level of complexity to leave the main spotlight on Proto. The smile at the end hints at a deeper sub-plot! Very entertaining for a Short.
Stereotyping...
+Lorenzo Panetta I agree.!.
nit picker!!!. just a short story fer chrisakes. the smile on old mates face at the end says a lot. short stories are an idea, not a movie full of logic and flow
Well just damn. I guess the inventors are smarter than they realize. They gave the robots human emotion, personality, snd free will.
Somebody spent a lot of time writing program code for all that. Then they sneaked it into the robots. Bet it was that young dude, who was so happy to see Proto fly away.
Professor's final heartly smile👌👌
This is great ^^ Reminds me on Wall-E ^^
Thanks! It wasn't an intentional thing (I guess they're both silent and have a love interest) but I am happy with the comparison! :D
i love wall E
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Racoon1211 your kinda right
It does Racoon1211
Great job!
TheGamerFromMars I see you everywhere lol
this is the future talking you will be youtube famous in 3 years
I have probably not seen anything as short and beautiful ad this of robotic fiction genre.
Keep underestimating that "machine" and you'll make us all pay dearly for it.
Just love it. It's really peaceful and amazing to see Machines having so much more kindness, compassion and understanding than the Humans itself.
Good job team. That was an amazing piece of work. 👏🏻👍🏻
creator: hello this is a short film
me: how long is it?
creator: 15 mins
such a wonderful story!!!!! loved, loved, loved it
i LOVE it , i loved how a robot can feel and almost be like a human