CGI Animated Shorts : "Francis" - Directed by Richard Hickey | TheCGBros

Check out this well animated and creepy CGI animated film "Francis", Directed by Richard Hickey, and written by Dave Eggers.
The story of "Francis" came about interestingly from famed radio show "This American Life". Broadcaster Ira Glass asked 6 American writers to create a short story about Adventure. One of these stories written by novelist & screenwriter Dave Eggers, it was read on the show to much acclaim and praise., Richard worked with producer Kevin Batten & a team to turn the words into this short. He worked on the film tirelessly & had 40 people work on all elements of the animation. The film has been shown at Cannes Film Festival and Raindance.
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[@graceharvey765]

Did anyone else have to watch this in primary school

[@salvinsam]

The narrator mentioned that the lake is very clean that you could directly drink water from the lake.....Then i saw the girl threw her cigarette. I think the Lake's guardian is mad for polluting the lake. And that's why she wrote in her note "I DID KNOCK FIRST," stating that it was her fault and deserve the punishment.

[@yusufmohammed8csabuwala934]

who else was sent here by their english teacher

[@kat8722]

what if this was an anti smoking ad

[@cookies9016]

so who feels like going for a swim?

[@apxbyonic6637]

I watched it at school, and there are clues. At the beginning in the bedroom you see him placing down toys on the map. He places down some kind of monster, which might have killed the girl. And in the fish tank you can see something under the boat and it sinks. There are also 3 shadows in the forest that shows it watching her.

[@The_Foreman]

Hey at least the monster is polite.

[@martham.6750]

I wish I could find more animations like this.

[@serena1307]

Claim your "Brought here by English teacher" ticket here 🎫

[@greencitizen343]

Wonder if my school sees this comment :) lol

[@Tb-ib9uc]

I only came here cuz of old primary school memories

[@purdypaints4977]

Plot twist:*the water is the same water from Moana*

[@igotnothingbettertodo8744]

I remember when I was like 9 or 10 I watched this short. I was a little scared and didn't understand it but I loved the creepy feeling. Now I found this again and by looking in the comment section I understood more. This will forever be one of my favorites

[@zakialaali3550]

I think it has to do with the ciggarette she threw in the water. At the beginning we were told the lake's water was so clean you could drink it straight from the lake. The ciggarette would have been the start of pollution: the 'first knock', maybe. Then whatever was in the water got angry.

[@user-zw1ne6km4h]

2:17

[@catherinebrown6960]

Its very hard to make a movie that is scary these days, the audience is jaded and knows all the tricks, but this was engaging, full of pathos and foreboding, and all this is less than 7 minutes. A brilliant piece, skillfully done.

[@LotsinMyMind]

let this be a lesson. smoking kills.

[@istartedbawlingwheniwasyou9833]

In my head when she heard the first knock I was like "hoe you better row outta there fam"

[@mikuhatsune184]

After the first knocks, the only response I had was to say, "Who's there?" XD The lake inhabitant killed her because she wouldn't participate in the joke. Silly girl.

[@eezhan2579]

We watched this in school to learn about how to write "suspense" in your stories, instead we learnt how to not row in the middle of the ocean without mommy xD