The box is full of miserable creatures -- but one of them doesn't belong there.
THE BOX is used with permission from Dusan Kastelic. Learn more at bugbrain.com.
In a strange, dark box lives a group of box-headed elderly humanoid creatures with roots instead of legs. Most of these creatures are sunken into a catatonic sleep, unaware of anything outside their hermetic, sealed-off world.
But one of them emerges from the crowd, stunned into consciousness. Young and growing, the creature starts to cause a joyful ruckus, but struggles against the disapproval and rancor of the rest of his box-dwellers. But then the youngster begins to fight back, looking for a way outside the box but coming against its most oppressive forces yet.
Writer/director/animator Dusan Kastelic's short animation is a surreal yet exuberant allegory about the pleasures and perils of non-conformity, being an individual and pushing through obstacles to a new level of consciousness.
The narrative takes the phrase "outside the box" and spins it into a deeply imaginative, hypnotic narrative that resembles a fairy tale. Not a sanitized children's version of a fairy tale, however: the film instead resembles the original European fairy stories, which were dark, psychologically complex and disquieting in their emotional violence.
The images are nightmarish, with their evocations of distorted flesh and murky colors. But the expressiveness of the creatures and attention to detail -- created in open-source 3-D software Blender -- are remarkable from a technical and emotional level, and draw in viewers with a powerful combination of gesture, sound and storytelling.
Despite the claustrophobic world portrayed in the film, there are splashes of zany humor and joy, particularly as the younger creature expresses its unbridled childlike self. The musical score and sound design by Mateja Staric go a long way to create contrast between stultifying conformity and youthful individualism, as well as keeping the narrative at a consistently engaging pace.
Despite its strange appearance, the uninhibited joyousness and high spirits of the newly emergent creature are so much like the energy of children, and viewers cannot help but relate. Yet THE BOX becomes genuinely sad and painful as the youngster is repeatedly brought down and cut down to size, and confronts the mechanisms of the box itself that keep its inhabitants docile and in the dark.
Watching that struggle becomes a powerful metaphor for the oppression and conformity that we all face, whether it's the box that society puts us inside or the ones we put ourselves in. To watch the creature struggle against a dark, narrow world is hard, and yet, as the creature discovers, as long as you can feel a spark of an essential self, there is always a way towards the light.
He’s not like other depressed trees. He go OOOOWAAEEYAAAOOOWAYEEE
moana?
Shuja Bukhari she never did that....
Hotel? Trivago
i hate kids so much
@@Babycake. like you never was one
Me: goes to the kitchen at 3am The door: OOOOOOOOWWWWWAAAAAAYYYYYEEEEEE
Looooool oh god
lmao!
xD lmao 😂😂😂😂😄😄😂😂😂
This is the most likes I have ever gotten on a comment
You got one more like for that
That part where all the creatures start laughing after their fellow's head gets boxed down is most heartbreaking. 😪
Reminds me of how "good" religious individuals mock those who are different and harshly treat those who are different until they either "conform" or, often, suicide. Unless those individuals are able to escape.
Yeah no
The worst is they didn't warn him. They feel better when he's brought down to their level and they perhaps laugh because he was a fool for wanting more.
@@BridgetKF someone didn't like going to church every sunday or hearing "god loves you"
@@TFDANTIFURRY you seem like a well adjusted individual
I think it was overlooked how the oddball's head stayed flattened like everyone else but still set himself free despite so, in some sort of way that level of comformity to everyone else would still come around as part of his growth even after overcoming the limitations set by society or what the box, like he was able to lift himself while also having been in the place the others are in
Daniel give me coffee
Fr
Whoever thought of this was *_thinking outside “the box”_* I’ll show myself out
No, only inside... BECAUSE WE NEVER SEE THE OUTSIDE OF THE BOX! Sorry... I just... it's just still got me really upset for some reason.
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HaaaaaaaaawaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiWAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! -Me in my room at 3am".
"Love is like an onion, Double-D! The more you peel away its layers, the more it stinks!" -Ed
*giggle* Gotta say ur comment made me smile😊 Most folk who reply... Lack moisture...crusty, charred, dry & love remarking on the negative and hostile💯 A refreshing change tho, So thanks for that Bro. .. Haven't literally "LOL'ed" in yt comments 4 a while😆💞
Oh God, it's heartbreaking when you realize that he's not inherently different from everyone else; they were all like him once. 😟
Yeah, definitely. Cute pfp by the way. Love the glasses!
@@michaelthompson2363 lmao wtf
That's life. We are all more alike than you might think.
Similar but not equal
@@laikaperraespacial6025 Careful there buddy, your really going to miss someone off!
The whole story is reminding me of what school did to us.
No one asked
@@TAKA-gs3ne why are you even on this app then? you don’t have to ask to comment something
@@imbored1989 no one asked
@@xanaxhulkno one asked
@@SmileMyers no one asked
This short film has left me more uncomfortable and also searching for answers, I wonder what happened to the little brilliant guy outside that horrible box, that place is hell, I really feel so sorry to those poor lost souls who are stuck in limbo for how long only God knows, i just wish there was part two to clear my mind, nevertheless it is the most striking animation Ive ever seen, pliz do part two where all these miserable souls are free and their captivators are on the horrible box,
That wouldn't be an accurate depiction of life sunshine.
Yes.....but who knows? Maybe he got tortured after escaping? Where did he escape to? Was it better than the box?..... It's like blades of grass - if they get uprooted, they don't survive. Is it the same with these creatures? Is it the same with humans? For example - a runaway gets caught up in human trafficking.....
Haha, some people find bakchodi, excuses, and negativity in everything, getting caught up in board games instead of understanding the whole art.
I advise you to watch Tom & Jerry.
The short is an allegory about conformity - nearly all societies expect their members to conform to their norms. This story encouraged us to break free from those societal constraints to follow our true passions and, hence, our true selves. It ended with the protagonist breaking free from those (societal) constraints. A sequel wouldn't really make sense.
Not going to lie, when his head was smashed in, I felt a lot of emotion. I felt really bad because I realized that all of the others were once like him. They were all once unique until that happened to them. Makes me feel like this could represent what happens in every day life. If you're the black sheep, people will laugh and mock you until you're just like them.
Jem Staxy Not Neccesarily-u can control it so u don’t end up Like dat
Me too
Wow really??? I thought the creator just wanted to create a completely meaningless film.
@@globbyls4887 lmao dude. It could have many different meanings to people. Your sarcasm is honestly ridiculous. What do you want? Attention?
Jem Staxy - Watch it again...and instead of focusing on the one who was different...focus on the original main character, the one right beneath the light. Watch his character arc. That’s who the film is really about.
"Red Eyes" found a different path, escaped the norm. Doesn't think inside 'the box'. What waits outside is unknown, but took the chance.
Ahahaha
Thank you, i say i will marry only the girl who can answer "what that mean for you"
Part 2 is there
Out of the box is way too better than inside 😎 chance to explore something rather dumped themselves in the hell box
@Zackdroid Not any more.
He didn't give up even after they bashed him down. He got the last laugh.
Getting out of the box, is to have the courage to be different and remain true to your self. That is what for me meant this film. Decide to be different, to think outside of the box, to escape that box filled with limitations from society but also from our own self perceptions and the limitations we imposed to ourselves and project into others. You were born to be different!!
Blue homie: *playing hambone on belly* Old blue dude: *angry sound* Blue homie: ‘OK Boomer’
peachpanda96 dead💀💀💀
UUUU WAYEEEEAAAA UUUU WAYAAAA
😂😂
hambone!
peachpanda96 Should’ve smacked him in the head to shut up.
This short film has left me highly disturbed but equally fascinated.
You should try reading scp's then
Why did it disturb you?
I'm more disturbed
@@markilwin7660 the animation why wouldn't anyone not be disturbed least a little bit
L4MB0 im your 1thousand like🤗
This animation deserves an award
6:51 Shine~On~You~Crazy~Diamond~ This song really matches this whole movie
Defintetly the BEST comment so far! Really mean it!
That's a cool way to show the innocence of a child and show the way how life tears us down to be like everyone else.
Why I can't study English language?? :(
Oh so thats the meaning
@@sweetcake3112 of course
It’s not a bad thing. It’s just life. Life teaches us right from wrong and the different colors of emotions. Because we decide to be like everyone else for we like being apart of society. So I think it’s beautiful in that sense.
I found it to be more about individuality, how we are born with it, and society and those in it do its best to take it from you. Trouble is, we're all individuals. We're all the red eye'd child.
Moral of the story - there is always someone, usually everyone, who will try to bring you down to their level. But it's never too late to do something new, and it's never to late to find your light.
and I can say from my experience its definetly worth fighting for it ;)
Finally, someone who is not ignoring the compresser.
ya not getting it lmao
@@AAquese me?
Yes 👍
After being hammered, society laughs at him which makes him angry, but due to anger his eyes glows and glows brighter than ever showing that he used his anger as motivation. I suggest he should have also slapped his neighbor before escaping.
when he bit his finger 10/10 comedy
jealous when they grow laugh when they down shock when they up this is society
We live in a society
Awesome summary!!!!
emo as it gets
@@Garrry2121 ironic that he has a cat pfp
Now this is a deep reddit moment
The animation is gorgeous but I think I just had a mental breakdown lol
Exactly! I'm not sure if it's going to give me nightmares or not.
Same here! 😂
A. L. Michael why
@@Meenaia It has an amazing subliminal message... why would it give you nightmares? Or do you fail to see the message because you cannot "think outside the box". Lol. That was good. Go me.
@@freddyspoons8512 Touché. Very good indeed. Let us now commence the traditional gesture of approval and/or greeting: The fistbump. Fr tho, my nightmare wouldn't stem from the obvious story message, just from straight up enochlophobia.
This is pretty much a metaphor of hope. It is also an extremely accurate representation of all of our lives on Earth; Created by the few in order to control the masses. Why do you think you are taught to prepare to get a job at school? Because that's all you're ever meant to aspire to.
judging by the ending, the creatures will most likely start getting inspired by the dreamer and follow him. it shows how much just one person can do and how hope is contagious
some guy tried that but it didn't work 11:50
@@shubbyshabaas Or it is so that once again they tried to stop sb else but they will continue anyway, following the other's path. Or it was showing that not all will continue, who knows? 🤷
When the funny kid gets humiliated but manages to uno reverse by doing something serious for once
*shoots up the box*
Some of you tree guys are alright
"No you"
When your head gets smashed in and they all start laughing: *_ight imma head out_*
Your profile pic is the worst thing I've ever looked at in my entire existence lmao
@@KaziWHAT trust me there's worse pictures than that.
Yeah Yesh,my teacher scolding the class,me dreaming to not feel awkward
@@k0k0puff_ I just turn off my brain until the yelling stops
@@KaziWHAT I second emotion
Este corto genera esperanza, aunque el ser diferente es súperdificil y encajar no genera mayor desgaste de energía pero se siente jodido, porque ves que te traicionas es un dilema pero es la pura realidad, recuerdo a un pastor que me dijo todos tenemos batallas que pelear y ello de encajar lo considero como una de tantas batallas, genial trabajo a todos los que estuvieron detrás de esta producción 💯🙏💥
I like the one at the beginning. He's having a bad dream, and his inner child is coming through in the nightmare.
Artists are children who survived adulthood
Ummm what? So if your a child... and you ‘survive adulthood’ that makes you an artist? Wait I’m confused. What about adulthood kills you? And what does it kill? What are you going on about?
@@sapphiresushi3437 its ok man..
No I mean those questions r legit, like what do you mean they survived adulthood
I think it meant that the childlike curiosity and wonder survived
true
I teared up when his head got smashed and the light in his eyes died.
Omfg I just read your comment when it happened and my heart ached so badly
WTF I WAS LOOKING THEOUGH COMMENTS AND DIDNT KNOW THAT HAPPEND
Oof, that part made me flinch.
Ko
:(
That little one aint know how sad his life is gonna be if he is just trapped in a dark box and can’t even move😭
Mr. Dusan Kastelic and Mr. Mateja Staric and the whole team behind the creation of this superb short film. My hearty congratulations to you all. It was not only a great animated story but it started lot of thought process in mind. New path finder is always discouraged is one of the thoughts. Nobody encourages the person who starts thinking out of the box is another thought. But above all, a thought came to my mind is little spiritual type. We are all prisoners in the hands of unknown destiny. That destiny has bound us to earth and we are just behaving like puppets in destinies hand. But rarely there is someone who thinks differently and gets himself free out of this box called as life. Once again, thanks for a thought provoking great short film. All the best. Shrirang V. Patwardhan - Pune-India
No one: Literally no one: The diff kid: OOOOAAAYEEEEE
He wasn't different. The bug was different.
@@19inzanetoney woops
When I'm trying to remember the answer to a test question
The noone ruined the joke
XD
Aliens be like : Let's grow some human
*Are you sure that is human?*
Well...
With flat heads
no this is us growing aliens!! WE DO NOT GROW LIKE TRESS O^O
The Matrix
One escaped, so they all will, eventually.
CONGRATULATIONS for your video my friend...!!! I have seen it over 100 times and every time I put it on I see it at least three times. And you know why? Because it reminds me of the "myth" of Plato's cave, in a "new Edition" (or Version)...!!! Just keep up the good work. With much appreciation, Haris P. PS: Ιf you don't mind, I would like you to make more similar videos based on the Ancient Greek Myths of similar philosophers, also in "New Edition", (or Version)...! Greetings from El-Las (Greece) Again with much appreciation Haris P...!!!
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You all: Oowaaeee Me: Need to know what happened outside the box...
Maor Avni Omg same~
Same
You are 100% is a girl. A boy? We dont scare of dead. Even outside box is a hell, only thing we need is a discovered new place, new guys, new girl. Thats thing make u jealous with us. Just a new. Bette or worst no matter.
He went on to do corporate seminars about thinking outside the box.
How large are they? Is the lightbulb a tiny one or a natural sized lamp bulb? Are they larger than a person or in a shoe box?
The guy once adult : *shows leg* The others : OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
The guy: *shows leg* The others: *⍥*
3rr0r_Macr0 404 where did you get the idea to make that comment?
@@theemptyone7739 from tranquille Émile I Just changed the OOOOO for ⍥
Smexy legs 🦵
Easily the best I have seen on so many different levels of perception, brilliant
Public School explained in a nutshell.
"So what's your favourite song recently" Me: ITS COMPLICATED
Oo aaa eee yaa
OWA-HEEOWAAAAAAA
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Oooh wa heyyyyy aaaaaaah
Yells in asain...
The best part to me was the one guy who didn’t stop when everyone else stopped.
Thankyou! Give that guy some cred!!!😂😂😂
especially when at the end, it turns out he too has light within him and is suppressed as well
Nah he’s just old and def.
The best part to me is when the kid stopped singing for FIVE SECONDS
Just everyone else’s saying Jesus Christ joe your always late to the trend
He left to find a better life, he went out the box… I hope he found a great world outside that box
Most excellent. Fine piece of craftsmanship. More please.
I love how everyone understands something different. To me it's like a metaphor of giftedness. He's an active child, a trouble maker trying to create beauty and happiness but misunderstood. He refuses to fit in so much that society brings him down psychologically (The machine hitting his head). But his will is so strong he realizes something is wrong with the box he lives in. He manages to escape, doing something the others thought was impossible. They all gape at him, realizing he might have been a failure by their standards, but he achieved something no one else ever did. Edit: I've come to learn that gifted children are way better treated in the US than in my country; in Spain there are no advanced classes, an abnormal IQ is medicated and treated like a disease, and 2 of every 3 gifted kids drop out before finishing highschool and most suffer from bullying and depression at some point. We have a society that is very much focused on standing out as little as possible. Just some context.
Dude, everyone talks about the same thing, just using different words, just like you. The eon old idea of being trapped into a system of control that works outside your sphere of influence, i.e. gods, demons, spirits, "the system", society, you name it. Funny how everyone seems to miss that. Its an artistic depiction of some very old esoteric core teachings together with warnings of dangers and consequences for those following a certain path, like the one you described. Its an archetype that has its roots outside the knowable and manifests itself within the world in countless forms. Some of them can be read in the comments here, but most of them are very basic, barely touching the surface of what this archetype really points to, because going down that road gets very scary very fast.
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@Jer I have never seen Rick and Morty sorry😅
Leaving the box could also be a metaphor for suicide.
@@infjelphabasupporter8416 I don't think it is either, but the short is sufficiently ambiguous that it can be interpreted that way. :)
That one tree didn’t let the world change him so he stayed himself for the better
Bonito
they shouldn't have snitched on the homie, he could've gotten them out the hood with those vocals fr fr
The tried to crush him & still he still struggled, he will not be like the rest. He's fled but his spark still was left to inspire one more, maybe even more.
The worst thing is, they still didn't learn from him and again killed the spark in other guy's eyes at the end. That's how society works...
Don’t be negative.
@@QPRTokyo not my words, that's what the video shows. And I choose to be optimistic realist over being optimistic
@@QPRTokyo Be negative.
@@testasdf8147 "that's what the video shows" no, ur interpretation
@@HelloKitty-wm7gr whatever floats your boat :)
So cute how one of them missed him and started doing the song and dance at the end.
He woke up! Enlightened! He gasped when he finally woke up!
@@JANEEDISTURBED there’s nothing out there......
YOU SPOILED IT FOR ME
All of them look so weird
i thought it was him at the upper level >
"...being an individual but pushing through obstacles to different levels of consciousness" Perfect analogy. I guess that is me in a nutshell. Always searching, curious, looking like a kid. Never grew over that. I never stopped searching. Didn't know how not to.
Very few videos ever stick with me, but this is an exception! Really strange and thought provoking, on many levels. You can ask so many questions, but not having the answers and letting everyone use their imagination is better than knowing!! Love it. I feel like the little guy singing now. I'm 71yrs old and anytime I am with a bunch of old farts my age, I feel just like him. If they want to act like those silent "stumps" ,fine, but I'm going to beat my belly and sing a silly song, like Pink Floyd's Run Rabbit Run song. Ooh,yay,yee,yay, wah!!!
Reminds me a bit of the japanese saying, "The nail that sticks out gets hammered down."
That is a really good saying.
A similar saying in somali says... the bird that flys a lot in the end lands on the snake's head.
@@zakariyamohamed6388 af soomaali ku sheeg bal
nothing truer, no context, just how it is, just how life is.
The nail that sticks out gets hammered down. 出る杭は打たれる。
Absolutely broke my heart after the thing came down on his head. That's when you realize they all were like that before they got turned into these... things. Incredible, minimal, powerful storytelling.
Then someone had to teach the first one to be like that
@acevitamin You wanted to sound smart but you failed.
@acevitamin r/iamverysmart
I read this and paniced afraid of what was gonna hit him
Better to be abnormal and happy than to be normal in one's misery and death
Remarkable.. I've seen so many animation films.. but one can go to such an extent, I never thought.. such an extraordinary work this is..
oh my god, I was afraid the whole movie that the main character would break under pressure and was so happy to watch until the end!
I thought he died at 7:59
Josh da boi After he is crushed, he still manages to sprout feet and escape the box.
This reminds me of the Japanese saying: the nail that sticks out gets hammered down
That's VERY interesting, a more popular saying in the US is: "The squeaky wheel gets the grease".
The hardened nail can split an old mallet xxx
Mess with the bull and you'll get the horns.. If you play with fire you're gonna get burned.. Play the roulette and you'll get the bullet..
I reject that reality and substitute my own.
@@legrandgougoulilumine6940 None of those actually fit
Огромное спасибо за вашу работу! Вы очень чётко отразили положение обыденной единицы общества. И мне очень симпатизирует сила воли и духа этого красавца.
В основном, эта единица, и выглядит так уродливо, выделяясь из общей массы людей. Тот, кто считает, что он не такой как все, и делает то, что захочет, в итоге и подписывает снбя на мутарство, одиночество и забвение, и сам себя выпиливает. Способен лишь ныть о том, что он не такой как все, но не брезгает пользоваться благами толпы, или правильнее, общества. Не нравится общество, будь отшельником, вали жить в лес. И то, даже такие отшельники, пользуются благами тех, кто в их глазах, толпа и зомбари.
@@user-no1hs3st7g среди горбатых, стройность считается уродством
"....as long as you can feel a spark of essential self, there is always a way and up towards the light." - that sums up desperate and determination neatly and with sophistication.
What I learned in the short film: UUUU WAAAYEEEE UWAAAAAAAA
Howawiaaaaa uhaaa uhawaaa
uwaaaaa
😂😂😂😂
UwUuuuuuuuuwaaaaaaa
Uuuuuuwayeee u WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :old man SCREEEEEEEEEECH
This is my analysis: The light in the kid's eyes is happiness. The flat-headed guys have became miserable because of their envy. They get mad at other's happiness, and they celebrate other's failures. That's why they can't stand the kid's joyful singing. They have no happiness (hence no light in their eyes) and they can't stand others being happy. See that guy at 6:05 get scared as he sees the kid has grown taller and also developed legs? That's an envious person's ego feeling threatened. So the whole envious squad shouts to draw the machine's attention, because they know what will happen when that machine comes down. They want to bring down the young dude to make him unhappy like themselves. That's why they all laugh at him getting hammered down. You know what's the worst part about this? They know how it works because they've been there before. They were all joyful once, and got smacked because of other's envy too. And still they can't even let others be happy. I think that's how envious people work in the real world too.
1 opionion. But great :)
Wow that was super deep, but a good analysis 👍
My opinion is OAEEEEY OAEWAAAAAAAAAA
I’m 10 and not depressed but shcool work is the thing that hammers my head in and took away all my happiness
@@notoriousdragon2213 Aww plz don't let it get to you, try getting some further support to help you. Or speak to your parents, I'm sure they will help you break your school work down and so that it doesn't effect you. Good luck 🙌
Absolutely Perfect explanation of our lives on this planet, no matter what country you live in!😢😊
This so well written and well made. Great!
Imagine how the voice artist felt while singing this 😂
Very proud of themselves
LOL
Like afuckin genius....then realized its not from the brain...but the heart
*Eh uh*
Uwwahiii uwwahihaaa uwwahihuaaa uwwahihuaaaaaa.....
"The nail that stands out gets hammered down" or whatever the saying is.
eh, that makes sense... and makes more sense with the story
Think out of the box
That's bang on, pardon the pun =P A Japanese saying I think. Heard it on Fast & Furious Tokyo Drift.
Notice, he also grew "Too big for his britches," (aka, breeches), as my Grandfather used to say of any smart-mouthed kids. The head-pounding not only flattened his head, but it made him hunched over and shorter, like the rest.
Or the tree stands erect in storm gets ripped
The best short film I have watched today. I love it.
inside a box of a shroom farmer
The nail that sticks out gets hammered in. Japanese proverb.
The squeaky wheel gets the kick.
The tallest blade of grass gets cut down.
Good job
the unwanted child gets aborted :v
be the hammer not the nail
Plot twist: they were warning him and telling him to stop making noise or else he would end up like all the others.
That..Just Kinda Makes Me Sad..
No cap that's how I took it bruh
Well that can’t be the case because they all laughed at him at the end
Nah fam. They are society and see red eyes becoming something more. They start hating when they snitch on him, bring big brother down and flattens any bright ideas that he might have. BOOM!! Now you have a " Law Abiding Citizen ".
@@iamthatiam706 r/im14andthisisdeep
This is just masterpiece right there i love it,i need more animations like this rn,this was just perfect
The young guy, who was a dreamer has became one of them,one of the poeple, robots. But he decieded at the end to escape from the system. Escape means suicide. So Noone knows what happens after death.
Did anyone notice, that when he was a child, he was at front of the box. When he became middle aged, he was in middle. Also, he suffered immense pain when he was crushed, and instead of succumbing to the pain and the peer pressure, he utilized his pain to overcome the situation he was in and free himself. That's a beautiful depiction of society. Absolutely loved it.
So u dont need to stare to the people front and making the scene feels disturbed by it so they erase them. Stoopid
And his eyes had light in them while everyone else’s light was out
nah im pretty sure he was born in the middle cause if you notice he was under the lightbulb the hole time
He was always in the midle
It's not like he leaves society, rather "Stands aside from the line" But still, a great, heavily distorted picture of society :D
Producer: How many monsters do you want? Director: Yes
I'm tired of these cliché comments.
@@tommybro5313 yes
Scp 096 cloning accident
@Julio Augusto yeah from a machine that makes them sad, a machine like you
@Julio Augusto it's just likes not like the world is ending by people liking it
I love this 😍😍 The same one they laughed at was the same one to escape. Never give up on your dreams or yourself, folks.💡💡 This piece is very informative & it keeps me smiling & motivated. Thank you so much.🤝🤝
Great storytelling through a very difficult-to-use medium. Classic! I very well relate to the central character too. But this short film was up and out of there. Thanks for sharing!
Imagine opening a present in your b-day and you see this
UUUUUUWAAAAEEEEE UUUUUWAAAA
genius comment lol
Finally some snacks
In the middle of the night, you just wake up to this: UUUUUUWAAAAEEEE UUUUUWAAAAEEEEEYAAAAAAAA
It is my birthday and this pops up.
I like The child’s singing even though it’s kind of terrible
Till a certain time it does sound kind of good
That might be top notch in their world, that’s why they hatin lol
I would have slapped the bald head of him so hard that he would stop the singing
The machine make a music box sound that sounds similar, so it may be a form of mimicry with a child's understanding and flair
All I heard from him always comes out as "Kumbaya" I do not know why
okay so I'm assuming the box is like the world/society, and the one who was born was "thinking outside of the box" and "wasn't acting normal" so the others thought it was weird and didn't want him acting like that, and not just the others represented people. So did the music box. So when the music box came down and hit him on the head, I'm assuming that meant like "hey stop you're annoying" and made him like the others. The light in his eyes represented hope and whatnot. So when he got "hit back into place" it got rid of any hope he had. Maybe the light represented normality? I don't know. Then when he climbed out he didn't care about being normal anymore and "broke free of expectations" (the vines holding them down) I don't know if what I wrote even made sense, but that's what I got out of this ;-;
I like how all the characters had personality to them, and subtle humor use throughout
Whoever did the voice for the little guy is a god UUUUUU WWWAAAAEEEEEUUUU AAAAAAAAA
I kinda like it 😏
😆
@Migfra Danmark what is that supposed to mean...
Yoko Ono
LMFAO fr this voice is funny
I like how the one old dude was still laughing but when the other guy knocked him in the stomach he looked and stared in awe like everyone else as if he knew what happened. Reminds me of today’s social media; people won’t even be there but will automatically think they know everything and will react in the same way as those around them, not even knowing why they’re doing it.
the staring reaction just basic animal instinct. the inability to vocalize your true thoughts the social media aspect
Palestine and Israel supporters in a nutshell
Apic...this is so awesomeness and totally,something else and straight for Oscar for shorts!!I love IT so much!
This is gold,enjoyed every second..
So basically... the machine = society the odd one = a dreamer the others = average folks who gave up on dreams a long time ago the box = phony limitations box-shaped heads = thinking inside the box (and being punished for not doing so) bright eyes = hope, happiness and a sense of wonder I wonder where he went...
My sentiments exactly
He went outside of the box where's Progress, Solution and being fortunate in the end...
up....
He got out of the box - the box of same old miserable reality people accept as the only choice they have, he ascended, he evolve, he made a choice - he chose to be different and not fall back into the norms of complacency of the old way of life or accepting he could not change anything for the better. They tried to make him like them and their view of life and to fit into their beliefs, they tried to stop him expressing himself and what made him unique so as to make him the same as them. This is what happens to every child to make them fit in to the prescribed view of how things should be. This is for all those people who get bullied and ostracized for being different and for not fitting in the same box as everyone else.
@@poppete i totally agree
“The right man in the wrong place can make all the difference in the world.” -G Man, Half life 2
Yehs.
You got that right!
Funny how they laugh at a grounded guy
@@brandonlai8029 Even funnier how that grounded guy got pissed off to the point he had enough, freed himself, and is the only one free! Hahaha
UWAEEEEE UWAAAAAA
Since I have anxiety this just terrified me- I am very different from the rest
Well that ended up being a lot more meaningful then I expected.
The one guy that was always next to him: *visible anger*
Think out of the box,!
No one : Me at 3am : let’s watch some omeleto
It isnt 3 am
same
1000 subs with videos? Mens .-.
chuckles
i feel that 100%
What a beautiful illustration of the very society we live in.
Notice that the machine overloaded when all of them were laughing/doing the same action. Meaning that if they were all to start singing as well the machine wouldn’t know how to handle the situation and let them be. The only thing holding them back is themselves
The box is full of miserable creatures: *Office*
Sorry yoy misspelled it i think you ment school
But one of them is playing minesweeper
But one of them has autism and ADHD cancer FASD and is on lsd
the creatures = *our society/species* the box = *learned helplessness* the machine = *our lovely government*
*school*
The nail that sticks out is always hammered down.
Yea but he escaped.
That's how nails work
:)
I believe that is a japanese saying no?
There's a euphemism for that: civilization
why did you turn our heads into boxes, now we are miserable.
This is great thoughts indeed I personally love the moral of the story, it teaches alot about how real life is, regardless of what happens we are not to give up, creativity is the key.congratulation for great short film and great ideas
Moral of the story: We all fear to be that one change scaring of what society think. society will laugh and forced you to be the average until your success.
Don't you make the realization that the rest of them were just like him but were "squashed" by the machine? It's about a repressive system, with none of them able to resist it besides him, not about a society that laughs at you (although that is a byproduct).
Moral of the story: capitalism and classism sucks.
@@kfallon862 And so does every other system.
This is not it 💀
When that machine came in, I knew something was horribly wrong...
Noice, and noice cat pfp
@@lampgood4850 "tonge snap sound" NOICE
Naisce
@@Davide_Raf hh
I was like: CLAWWWWWWW!! Take him away~~! ヾ(*’O’*)/
Fortunately, they are sleeping all the time, perhaps they find freedom and happiness in their dreams