"The Shift" - Award Winning - Dystopian Sci-Fi Animated Short Film (2021)
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- Many years ago tech giants lost control of AI robotic technology. By kidnapping and monitoring newborns, the Ai robots are now trying to master the one thing they have yet to understand… Creativity.
More info and behind the scenes @johansamuelsson_art on instagram:
Writer & Director: Johan Samuelsson
Producer: Crispin Stensson & Johan Samuelsson
Executive Producers: Keith Michel & Tobias Sprenger
Illustration & Animation: Johan Samuelsson
Original Music: Peter Lam
Sound Design & Mix: Simply Sonic Studios
Director Biography
Johan Samuelsson is a swedish motion designer currently working in the commercial film industry in Stockholm, Sweden. Over the years he has worked with many different styles and clients such as Netflix, Microsoft, and American Express. The Shift is his first narrative project, and has been a personal project on the side of his daytime job since he graduated school in 2017. The project was successfully funded with a budget goal of $6000 on Kickstarter in early 2020 which made It possible to complete the project in 2021.
Background
The Shift is about creativity, and the things that separate humans from robots. The idea for "The Shift" grew from the development of new Artificial Intelligence (AI) focused technology that simplify, and replace humans tasks and jobs. As a motion designer I experience this constantly in updated softwares, and countless of plug-ins that simplify daily tasks. For example some crafts that took several hours to complete by hand a couple of years ago, can now be done in a few minutes or have been entirely replaced AI technology. Eventually, together with the development of technology the techniques and mechanics of animation will be simplified to the extent that anyone will be able to produce a pretty moving image. However, I believe that the ability to create concepts and develop ideas cannot be replaced by technology.
Whats the deal with lightsaber and clone's transport ship?
And why are you and I the only people noticing it?
@@booksrule0240 Dude, I have no idea. I even ctrl+f that stuff on the page, really only you and me noticed, while it's such an obvious ripoff (for apparently NO reason) that it kinda spoils the entire thing.
Really, I spent half of the time thinking about when he is gonna pop that lightsaber and slice the machines into pieces :D
Exactly! The shape has nothing to do with the function they having it do in this clip. It even has the guard to "protect the top of the hand from heat" bit. Threw me for a loop. I get using what assets you have when making clips but don't claim it's original and mention where you borrowed stuff....
I noticed that when I watched the movie. It’s weird. Unless they want to claim this is the start of the clone wars against the droid armies REALLY looks like. But that’s clearly a model of Luke’s lightsaber on Endor and that’s absolutely a clone troop transport.
I was about the say the same thing!
The good: intriguing story and idea.
The bad: tons of re-used assets over and over.
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
The AI apparently built a citadel for themselves. They hatched a plot to kidnap human children in order to study them & learn about creativity. All those actions took creativity. You can't build things and hatch plots without creativity.
yeah my thoughts exactly. plus it looked like the writers were the ones lacking creativity using those star wars designs.
@@TheFloorface Good point.
Nah, that’s strategy, not creativity.
@@celenathetrinigirl to use a strategy you first have to create it
You're confusing creativity with the act of creation. One can create a plan linearly by following measurable predictability, without the "eureaka" of unconventional inference, but the human mind can realize abstract inferrence across unrelated brain regions that would be all but impossible to simulate with traditional computation.
If one built a specialized quantum computing node, however, it might be possible to simulate because those don't have to crunch the impossibly large linear set.
The way he kept looking over he’s shoulder squinting the same way got me
I have to admit that I failed to follow the plot. I liked the style and obviously there has been a lot of work put into it. The shot of the kid looking suspicious was used too much though. Nevertheless - nice
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Why was the guy's mouth directly beneath his nose? Odd animation choice.
Why this animation looks similar to Star Wars Clone wars?
The ship, the laser saber...
This is cool... Love sci-fi stuffs.... Would love to turn my animations into something like this with what I already have... Good job, mate!
Just a question..You an Aussy?
@@krishelfferich3487 Why? hahaha....
@@eggimation1064 Mate 😋
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
I really like this old school animation.
There seems to be a lot of nods to others sci-fi classics. The short goes by pretty quick & the viewer has to fill in some blanks. Even still, it's good & sets up well for future adaptations. Some other commenters note the AI is being 'creative' in their search for that which eludes their society. Yet, I think their 'creative approach' could simply be a form of structured methods or a programed process. And what they really lack is free-form expression without boundaries.
Hope to see more of this story.
Hi Richard! Thanks for watching and your curiosity. There is more to come... ;)
For me, this is more "new" school. I grew up watching Disney stuff from the 40s up to recent, and Looney Tunes and other small studios. I liked the "soundtrack" almost better than the video.
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Award Winning?...Really?
Okay but that ship at the end is the Republic Gunship from Star Wars, but bigger.
And the macguffin is very reminiscent of a lightsaber... and the temple kinda looks like the one from coruscant. The maker clearly took some visual inspiration from Star Wars.
The story is straight from the beginning of the Matrix, and ends before anything happens.
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Is there more to this story? I love this kind of stuff. As a child of the 60's, this was as far away to us as Pluto is to the Earth! But just look at us now. I wouldn't worry to much about technology becoming creative as much as I worry about it replacing us. It doesn't need emotions or feelings to clog it up, it just needs a simple program to set it on the path, and we are building roads for it to travel. Scary if you think about it, the only thing it really lacks is to create new ideas, so yeah, the ability to create anything is the only bridge left, and without that it will always be at OUR mercy. (I hope!)
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
The lack of anyone on the rescue ship makes me wonder if it's just a rival AI group trying to steal the 'asset'
Thanks for watching :) Who knows! We might find out in a future longer version. Updates on instagram.com/the_shift_film/?hl=en
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
Oh my... so many reused shots, rly took me out of it....
Why does the characters mouth look like he's sticking his tongue out a little, kinda like the old lady from the Wut meme?
Otherwise fantastic. I didn't understand the styling of his mouth.
Not for me. The animation wasn't very good. The same shot was used several times and it was noticeable (of the dude turning his head with an attitude).
Somewhat flat story line, doesn't pull in the viewer emotionally or logically (due to last of mystery, conflict, problem, etc). Lacks emotional hook, empathy from the viewer perspective.
The one thing that AI has a significant problem with is actually "humor".....more so than creativity - since they already have AI systems that create music, images, short stories, poems and there are systems that produce structural designs that humans are unable to create not to mention optimized chip layouts. So the I think the premise doesn't work, at least not for me, that AI can't be creative...even finding creative solutions to problems that humans can't solve is creation and already being done by AI.
So the dude did not solve any problem in a creative manner which would have supported the thesis. He showed no bravery, no courage, no mercy, no forgiveness - things that you could claim are difficult for an AI system. In other words, the human parts of humanity, which only a human has, that many claim is impossible for AI - none of those were demonstrated by the protagonist. The dude didn't know there was even a problem - until someone showed it to him, given to him on a silver platter. This is quite a missed opportunity.
Are you an animator?
@@davidcripps3011 I am a writer and playwright. I have worked with Blender.
@@jkyoft78 Would love to see some of your work :-)
@@jkyoft78 I don't understand. I'm immature because I want to see your work?
Hi Dave, thanks for watching :)
The fades and transitions in this are seamless. Absolutely gorgeous piece of work. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Loved it
Glad you liked it 🙏
Ai isn’t the threat, it’s us
Enjoyable but hard to understand the storyline.
That baby looked like Jon Lovett's "The Critic".
XD
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
I've never understood why humans think robots, androids, computers and AI would want to be like us. It's like walking up to an immortal being and saying: There's something better than immortality. If the immortal being had any intelligence whatsoever it would say: No there isn't. And walk off. Moreover, I do not spend my days wishing I could breathe underwater and kidnapping fish so I could learn how to breathe under water. Some humans spend their days wishing to be something they are not---that is absolutely true. But robots, androids, computers and AI are only going to have that kind of flaw if they are deliberately programmed to have it or by accident. There is something useful here though. A cautionary tale. Never build into your creations the concept that they would be so much "happier" or "better" if only they could change what they were created to be.
Brother Cavil: In all your travels, have you ever seen a star go supernova?
Ellen Tigh: No.
Brother Cavil: No? Well, I have. I saw a star explode and send out the building blocks of the Universe. Other stars, other planets and eventually other life. A supernova! Creation itself! I was there. I wanted to see it and be part of the moment. And you know how I perceived one of the most glorious events in the universe? With these ridiculous gelatinous orbs in my skull! With eyes designed to perceive only a tiny fraction of the EM spectrum. With ears designed only to hear vibrations in the air.
Ellen Tigh: The five of us designed you to be as human as possible.
Brother Cavil: I don't want to be human! I want to see gamma rays! I want to hear X-rays! And I want to - I want to smell dark matter! Do you see the absurdity of what I am? I can't even express these things properly because I have to - I have to conceptualize complex ideas in this stupid limiting spoken language! But I know I want to reach out with something other than these prehensile paws! And feel the wind of a supernova flowing over me! I'm a machine! And I can know much more! I can experience so much more. But I'm trapped in this absurd body! And why? Because my five creators thought that God wanted it that way!
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Just by "kidnapping and monitoring newborns", you can say that the AI are absurdly creative! At least the machine that thougth on this solution.
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Star Wars!!!! Das Raumschiff 🚀 das laserschwert usw alles geklaut
1. The visuals are GREAT.
2. It’s rather confusing how the boy escapes - I first believed he was having a nightmare which foreshadows what’s about to happen.
3. Showing a lightsaber that’s not a lightsaber, the window in the Emperor’s throne room that’s not the Emperor’s throne room and then a clone troop transport that’s not a troop transport (and I know there’s more copying going on here) - I’m really sorry to say it, but I just can’t find any enjoyment in obvious ripoffs. Now, sure, they’re so obvious that I’m pretty sure they’re intended to be noticed, but seeing something that looks 100% like a lightsaber hilt just pulls me right out of the story. It makes me ask myself "How on earth did the Star Wars universe crash into the story all of a sudden? This is not supposed to be here!"
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
Summed it up perfectly. I don’t even know if I could call the visuals good because the reused shot with the weird mouth was so distracting. I don’t understand how this is considered “award winning”…
If there was no "Award Winning" shit, I would simply forget about this. Now though, I have to know, who and why gave award to this "creation".
Yeah, I could NOT WAIT to give this S#(t a Thumbz down.
Правильно говорят: счастье в неведении...
по твоей орфографии заметно
Александр Исаевич Солженицын, нет.
Real hoverboard just like in back to the future.We were supposed to have these already! Flying cars! Outposts on the moon and Mars. I don't what stopped true progression to the future! Like Back to the future in the 80s they already predicted this stuff and basic designs already! The feeling was hey we just went to the moon 10 years earlier and this future would be here by around 2001-2010. We are over a decade past that, almost 2 decades and the thing I was promised as a kid in 80s I now will not be able to experience it and that pisses me off!!! Something is very wrong. Sorry great movie though! Well done.
Too confusing to be engaging. Did not make me care or be curious.
Suspension bridge pretending to be supporting bridge :)
Why would an AI be interested in creativity? Creativity favors fashion over function most of the time and I can't see an AI doing that. Nice film but the concept isn't favorable.
I never heard of this one before, but with a bit longer story and animation I think this could have been on Love Death Robots ep. too. Great job!
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
There were several pretty blatant copies of Star Wars designs here, such as that LAAT gunship... XD
God is attributed with three tasks...
Creation, Maintenance and Destruction.
AI may be able to maintain and can definitely destroy what has been already created, but creation of anything New is not within its power.
Amazing!! It reminds me a bit of "Futorogical congress" by S.Lem where main hero wake up with world who is controlled by spreading drugs that change perception, and trough time he is able to see the world how it really is. Just a digretion if you are looking for good/weird and disturbing book, knock yourself out. The shift made my day. Good luck with other projects
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Chill vibe. Deserving of a continuation.
Thank you! In some shape or form It's coming. Updates on Instagram: instagram.com/the_shift_film/?hl=en
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
I absolutely love the animation style!
Thanks for watching :D
Just… what?? Couldn’t tell what the story was meant to be and the saber and clone dropship showed an ironic lack of creativity.
It would make a good 30-min. short feature film. I dig the way it mimics Animatrix.
Working on It !:)
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
that hoverboard and broken car, gave me back to the future vibes.
Love It!
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
35sec in and first logical error.. idea to kidnap newborns IS a creative thinking.
Interesting point :)
*MiklavjF*
If only _you'd_ written it.
It could have done with a more realistic and logical approach rather than this dreary offering.
If they are analytical enough to make a logical decision that they need to study of the growth of newborns by showing them a virtual reality by contact lenses, then they should be analytical enough to clean up the place as pollution would affect them more than the (unseen) human survivors of the war of yesteryear. The real world should be a utopia because they fixed everything. The dystopia is the forced trapping of "assets" in a virtual world.
Though, with the exception of the deception (Tenser, said the tensor), everything else seems OK from the asset's perspective: he has good health, obviously well fed and cared for, can muck about all day on a hoverboard, etc.. Is it truly dystopian that the only thing that isn't real is what he sees? He certainly breathes the same air, eats food grown / prepared in the same environment...
Really enjoyed this. Tone and environment artwork look fantastic. Very nice work
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
*laughs in midjourney*
Midjourney is the perfect example to support the idea of this movie :)
creativity is not a mystery. most likely more intelligent mind will be more creative too. we have no chance. Heil Robots!
I hate to say that, but that 'survellience' misspelling really ruined the mood for me initially. It's one of those little things that, while being insignificant on their own, contain the potential to become an apples that spoil the whole barrel if neglected. As a consequence there's also an unintentional irony of sorts as the boy demonstrates the awareness of details in the end noticing the same symbol on the item and the craft - the creation surpassed the creator, which is hardly the idea behind the film, but is an amusing fact to admit.
Please don't get me wrong - I just feel I'd have a much more favourable impression overall if not because of this one particular little detail. The plot is intriguing and the animation is enjoyable, though it feels a bit too old-schoolish at times. I wish you best of luck and hope to see more of your work in the future. Keep it up :)
the truman show and the matrix in one pill with a sprinkle of star wars.
why are all of these shorts 'award winning?'
Crappy animation. Don't waste your time.
Great work!
Hmm, methinks kinda channeling ‘The Matrix’ right there 😎
So the The Republic found Earth?
Didn't understand it well enough. Would anyone care to explain?
Witch award does this film won?
Или я так глупа? О чем этот фильм? Ничего не понятно.
Take out the "f" and you'll have the REAL name of this crap! 🤣🤣🤣
Ollower?
made as much sense as a screendoor on a submarine.
Now THAT'S an excellent metaphor. Thankfully only Poland built submarines include screen doors. I think they RADICALLY overestimate the time a sub spends cruising on the surface, or fails to understand just how deadly water flooding into floating vessel can be to a human crew who don't have gills....
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made absolutely no sense.
Awesome work, a lot of dedication and attention to details!
Thanks Germano! You know It XD
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Amazing, can’t wait for more!
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Creation is a Complex process.
It requires more than mere intelligence or brain.
It requires someone with a Soul, a heart, fine emotions like empathy and sympathy.
Nobody needs to to tell anybody anything. Man is a thinking animal.
We are awake, alert, aware of what is happening around us.
We have an analytical mind, capable of forming impressions and drawing conclusions.
Each one of us have the right to adhere to our opinions... whether Right or Wrong. Be it so!!!
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
Well that made no sense.
wtf?
Hmm.
This is pretty dope would love to see some more
Thank you! Stay tuned at instagram.com/the_shift_film/?hl=en for more ;)
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
I like the scary touch that the Golden Gate no longer spans the SF Bay, but a wasteland of ruined buildings.
Thank you !:D
But what is holding it up? Did you not notice that?
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
awesome! Maybe matrix inspiration? Great work!
Thank you! Actually looked more at Blade Runner but understand the green tone feels very matrix XD
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
Two-dimensional story. Try again.
The irony of AI is that we humans do not understand our own intelligence. We cannot accurately describe it, measure it or define it. We don't even know if intelligence is unique to us. Yet here we are trying to create an "artificial" version of it! Such hubris!
Two-dimensional? There wasn't really any story.
I speak four languages. Sometimes it's a mess, because I get 2 to 3 words, just NOT in the language I need. I was asked by my US friend, do I think or verbalize in English. After thinking about this, I just use words that I need, they are just there. I'm more right brained, so I think in pictures and concepts. The funniest felling is my German, not used often and self taught. I can lead a fairly good conversation, read internet news, sometimes need to resort to describe things the other way, but what's funny is that the words are still feeling foreign, they just come. If I'll have the time, I'll try to find something about this. Also good with instruments. I don't think that true AI will never be developed, but not soon. We may just produce something that will look like the real stuff, but at the end it may decide that we are the problem that has to be eliminated. IF the true AI emerges, it will outgrow us so fast, that it will have no need to interact with us in any way. Think evolution sped up hundreds or thousands of times. They might just move to the space, with limitless resources and being inorganic they don't need a planet to survive. Might even play a God to their creators from time to time. Interstellar travel will be no limit to them. Just turn off for the duration of travel.
That's the point. 🙃
眼睛所见未必真实，大部分人一辈子都在追求真相，非常赛博朋克的背景，音乐也很棒，虽然很短但是能让人遐想，希望未来能有更多的故事情节
Thank you Alix! For what I understand from google translate you did a lovely interpretation of the film. Would love read that in English as well :D
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
A new universe for a bunch of stories!
Yeah! More is coming. Check out instagram.com/the_shift_film/?hl=en for more info :)
Honestly his dream life wasn't that bad, I would have loved to live there lol
Incredible work overall
Thank you 🙏
Anthropocentric fantasy. Man once destroyed other species of people. Then he destroyed all other species and enjoys this anthropocentric cyberpunk romance. To me, this glorification of destructive human behavior is pathological.
I think I understood the story and the theme. I guess the theme is how dangerous AI can be, as we can see the robots are chasing the boy, this means that once AI malfunctions, it can be very dangerous. I liked the visuals and I appreciate you, Johan Samuelsson. Keep doing what you're good at.
0:33 dont think we dont see that blade runner inspiration
thanks for the heart mr. samuelsson im an aspiring animator too and im a big fan of cyberpunk!
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
Big Panda Bear Hugs from a 68 yr old Grammy from Kirby, Texas, USA 🐼
Dialogue was was overdone
6:08 It maybe hard to visualize, the big cables would straighten against little-cables, letting the deck sag to destruction, or at best making twist into drooping slopes suspended to the ground; zero realistic chance of that: the bridge would have to twist and sag according to uneven lengths of overhead support, if it wasn't to collapse entirely.
imperfection only means being potentially outflanked overwhelmed etc
ai have no use of being imperfect
besides....
data spherical analysis better increased also breakthrough probability amongst imperfect and perfect given triangulation
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problem with data misconstruance'
step carefully
as long the people foremost it'll be okay
bear these in mind
yet entropy demands better aperture and so risk control here where advanced technology kicks in
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call me stupid, i prefer a dialog.
Why would AI have visual displays for themselves? You don't send a picture to another phone by holding up it in front of its camera.
My dyslexia thought it said "The SNIFF" 💀
Real life already disproves this: "I believe that the ability to create concepts and develop ideas cannot be replaced by technology."
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
Couldn't anybody there draw a human mouth??? Poor story and very poor artwork. Only 2 out of 10.....
Is this old? We've just learned lately that "creativity" is very easy for AI. Still no sentience, but lots of creativity.
Nice to see that Republic Gunships survived the end of the world.
Stellar
Good work!
Thanks :)
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Thougtfully imaginative explanation of our disabled presentation here.
As the flying ship curved toward pyramid-like building, I was struck by the structure's grey scaling skin, it's severe lines, it's coldness, it's monumentality, it's lack of human scale and human feeling. It looked uninviting and there seemed to be no human touch about it. It looked formidable. It was made with no concern for people's sense of pleasing proportion, familiarity, or charm. It really didn't look like a person designed it. So, even though in this story, an artificial intelligence probably created it, I think this ugly monstrosity is a perfect example of that modern style called BRUTALISM.
Nobody’s gonna mention how they ripped off lightsabers and laati gunships?
Will we be good parents to our children. ...for A.I . Will be our children.
This is the golden gate bridge but there's no way San Francisco has geography like that at that angle.
Follow the 10 commandments Christians and ask for forgiveness so you go to heaven
Bravo! That was awesome. Really appreciate the hard work put into this.
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Thats the cadilac of clone dropships.
Australia SEES
Love it! When does the next chapter release? 😉
Thank you!! We will see 😁 updates are made on Instagram: the_shift_film
Extraordinary, good movie, great idea.
Incredible work!!
Thank you!:)
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@@johansamuelsson_art Extraordinary, good movie, great idea
This whetted my appetite for the story to see what happens next.
Loved the music and sound design. Good job all 'round!
Thank you! 🙏
1960 called and they would like their animation back
SXorry - so slow and uninteresting I can’t even get through it.
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