Student Thesis of 2004 Ringling College of Art and Design Computer Animation alumnus Jason Bennett. Video seen on MTV2 and featured in SIGGRAPH 2004 Animation Theater.
Anyway, the animation is really good, the designs and lighting conveyed the proper atmosphere throughout, and the gruesome presumable death was well realized and fittingly uncomfortable. But I have to question meaning, as most would, unless this was truly about not eating the wrong thing
The fisherman became the fish. It's like the predatory creature lives in a sort of reverse world, hence him being on the bottom of the pier with his natural position facing upwards. The foreshadowing in this is great.
Maybe the fish had evolved to have acid-proof scales or somethin. I mean, the big fish mama sure as Hell looks fierce. Like the 2006 Host monster, the Gwoemul. Yea, I know this comment is from three years ago. Whatever.
Thank you! With animation, every second is precious (& difficult!). Watching it now, I feel the timing could be a bit tighter overall... but I'm glad you didn't get too bored!
+Jason Bennett is this just supposed to be interesting? I mean, it was! I just don't get it if it is at all to be gotten, I suppose...if that sounds right n is understandable. lol I was gonna say I enjoyed it, but it sumhow sounds wrong , but I did tho cuz it kept me watching.
+Jason Bennett I know art isn't something that can be explained, but sometimes a interpretation of the artist is really satisfactory, please, tell us more. Amazing animation!
I gotta say this used to SCARE the shit outta Me when I was little. But now that I'm older and grew the balls to watch it again, I can now appreciate it as a really good animated video, mainly for when it was made I mean good on ya, but still I find it creepy as hell, I can see see the beauty in the animation, good job man ;)
@Ellie M Don't know if you still exist but twenty year-olds today were four years old in 2004 and Toy Story is chronologically closer on the timeline to the moon landing than it is to the present day. Time flies, people die fast, life is short... Even if it is the longest thing anyone's ever done.
Yeah the animation was good, but like now I’m too scared to go fishing and I fell like there’s something in my throat. So he could of animated some thing that dosnt creep the shit out of me
Nothing has ever scared me more than parasites, or something else eating you from the inside out. It's pretty hard to get something out of your body without causing physical damage to yourself, at least quickly enough so that whatever's killing you can't do so. All you can do is essentially hope someone can help you in some way before any damage is caused, and even if minimal damage *is* caused after the disease/parasite exits your body, if the damage's inside you its pretty hard to fix. A bug eating your skin can be swatted at, picked off or simply squished. A bug in your stomach, or worse, your skull, will thrive for as long as it pleases, or until you're cut open.
I find it amazing how the human conscience works. You find something like this, watch it, and even though it is twisted, you can't possibly look away. You have to see what happens, you have to see how it ends. Wether it's the music, animation, art style, story, what ever it is, it hypnotizes you. It sticks to your mind and refuses to be removed. Also, on an unrelated note, nice monster design, I like it =3
Moral of this story: Get strong so that you can fight off big monsters, plus when he got grabbed he should have covered his mouth instead of hitting the monsters arms.
@TheBenhayden Thanks for the kind words! Rather an overt message, I wanted to use visual narrative to show a natural event/cycle. I was mainly interested in conveying a mood- lonely, harsh, beautiful, & interwoven. I'm fascinated by evolution and the unique designs it produces (as well as the mystery of fishing), and I hoped these factors were enough to make an interesting short. I'm sorry to disappoint if you're looking for a concise moral/message... "chew your food" might have to suffice. ;)
Personally I love this short film. The creatures both the fisherman and what ever that monster was are fascinating to look at. The fisherman may have some connection to birds. He threw some of his bait to a bird, his face resembles a bird, and even the way he eats is similar to a predatory bird.
Anyone else remember seeing this animation years back and being scared by it? I remember. And this still scares me. Makes me think of some alien world, I swear I've seen that fish-monster before... EDIT: The fish-monster reminds me of the monster from the 2006 "The Host" horror film! I knew it looked familiar!
At first i thought i'd never seen this before, but then i saw the creature spit that thing into the water and i was like "ohh god repressed memories are coming back. Something horrible is going to happen to that fisherman"
god i wish i could explain the way this video makes me feel. like i literally don’t know if i like it or hate it. idk if it scares me or grabs my interest. i wish there was more to it. i wish there was explanation of the story and what it means. no matter what time it is if i see someone talk about it or reference it i have to come back and re watch it. it has me hooked and keeps drawing me back. it give me vibes similar to the movie 9 (crazy movie btw) like when i watch this my anxiety goes up but i just can’t stop watching it over and over a few times. i wish i could really put the way this makes me feel into words
Interested in horror but still unsettled by it… Bile fascination? Impulsive curiosity? Well, we all go through those horror phases, the urge to watch it, to feel braver after. 9 is also criminally underrated…
This is now one of my favorite videos... and I found it by searching up "weird video compilations". Awe-inspiring, surreal, beautiful, and creepy all at the same time. :)
One of my favorite animations. This is so awesome. The fisher that was fished unbeknownst to him, so twisted. I keep re-watching this, even years later. Jason PLEASE make and post more, you are so talented!!!
It isn't for sure he died, he may have bled alot, the human bodies system can heal and sometimes heal by itself, but this isn't a human so rip, also human body systems have acids, so the acids would kill the fishes.
Why did bird thingy have to die? I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals. I HATE THEM.
Jason Bennett, I really love your work, it was well done and such beautiful art doesn't need an explanation as to me it was self explanatory. The creatures and the setting looks apocalyptic. It was creepy but still cool
I first watched this when I was a kid. It came to my mind suddenly and decided to look it up after what has to be like around 7 years, since I remember that I liked it. Still a very nice animation.
So the fisherman threw out the bait, for the fishes which feed the man for a day unbeknownst to him they had evolved to predator from prey. oh if only the man had realized his fate this poor man who threw out his lures, was about to find out that hooks don't only reside in ocean floors.
Damn I remember accidentally watching this when I was really young and it scared the hell out of me even now it still freaks me out but I do understand the message behind it which is very sad
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I feel bad for him, he seemed like a nice guy, feeding the birds and stuff.
Ri Dragon
Natural selection, man, natural selection...
Ri Dragon that other creature just fed her newborn...
@@moopteapop no.
@@nugget8906 ok
WHY HE DIED
The fisher looks like an ancient egyptian god
yeah i know one but i cant remember the name
Klaus Von Becker A fusion between Toth (the Ibis) and Sobek (the Crocodile).
+mister x Fuck
Ra?
mr1010 01 yeah he does
*and that’s why we chew our food kids*
I literally just thought of that then I went to the comments and read this! 😂😂
He......... does not have teeth :((((((
@@justbehappyandalwaysbehapp9546 He actually does
@@justbehappyandalwaysbehapp9546 And also... did u just assume it's gender?🤨
@@leeisloveleeislife5074 BRUHHHHH YOU ALSO ASSUME THAT THING GENDER AND DONT DO EDIT
It’s okay Everyone in this video is a paid actor
Okk
Victor Miller mhm
Its a animation so there are no actors
Victor Miller so he was paid to die
Naty Ro it’s a joke
And that kids is why you always chew your food
Clorox bleach hey I've seen you before
hahahahaha
lol
Ah found you now time drink you
Clorox bleach good lessln for a weirdo who named himself bleach
Cook your food, kids.
Anyway, the animation is really good, the designs and lighting conveyed the proper atmosphere throughout, and the gruesome presumable death was well realized and fittingly uncomfortable.
But I have to question meaning, as most would, unless this was truly about not eating the wrong thing
Payton Tate thats exactly what i said i screamed "WHY DID YOU NOT COOK IT"
Mmm fish dinner
Payton Tate I only have a claw I can't pick up stuff
u need make the fishy DIE to cook and eat
I uhh... I fell asleep with auto play on and woke up to the middle of this somehow.
This makes me want to try an autoplay challenge kind of thing, where I just go with whatever autoplay shoves into my face for a day
That's why you never eat thing without cooking them properly. Like BATS.
Robert Nguyen corona virus
Corona time😳
Robert Nguyen HAHA
CORONAVIRUS
Robert Nguyen 😂😂😂😂
bad things happen to good people :(
Other creatures need to eat to it was feeding its offspring
We don't know if he was good or not
@@uglypencilyt7532 pretty messed up way to give your kids food
Gamera God but that bird thing was a mutated hitler
@@uglypencilyt7532 uh ur point is?
The fisherman became the fish. It's like the predatory creature lives in a sort of reverse world, hence him being on the bottom of the pier with his natural position facing upwards. The foreshadowing in this is great.
DeathlyLemin Reversed food chain.
That's messed up
Omg your a genius
😂
Chase Safe I’m guessing you’re here from the TikTok too?
Gloriyah Boregah I’m here from tik TikTok
Did anyone else stomach just start hurting or feel weird all of a sudden
Yep 😳😳😳
I saw this of of tiktak
When i gulp my saliva i feel something sharp...
Yes lol
Mines been
Rip ma dawg bird man he didn’t do nun 🙏🤧😤
😔
Thas what I'm saying bruh
😔😭
What?
O-okay
Moral of this story, don't swallow strange living fish whole.
and still alive... you should cook it first...
Alvian Gilang Sagita That's what the living part meant my dude
The fish... You can't swallow whole of living sardines to your stomach.
Already did
Okay i wont
The moral here... always cook your food!
or dont eat it alive and whole. XD
ML L
Or at least chew it.
Not really. I won"t get killed if I don't cook my apple
ML L and you always chew your food
Are you said that
*This is literally terrifying, yet cool.*
*IM NEVER EATING A FISH NOW*
Boomer the yellow wolf well that’s not cooked
same dude
I hope you're joking.
"Literally" terrifying.
As opposed to what, figuratively terrifying? Metaphorically teriffying?
Really? That video is the reason why I always chew my food
Fish things: *try to eat him from the inside*
Digestive fluids: ALLOW US TO INTRODUCE OURSELVES
@GROHAM official a bird man fishing, whats the science in that lmao
Maybe the fish had evolved to have acid-proof scales or somethin. I mean, the big fish mama sure as Hell looks fierce. Like the 2006 Host monster, the Gwoemul.
Yea, I know this comment is from three years ago. Whatever.
Its...........Time to look at pictures of small kittens
Leivi Knight ya think?!
*THAT'S A GOOD IDEA. MIND IF I JOIN?!?!?!?*
Snowflake!
yep
I’m from the future lmao
He was crossing over from life to death when he jumped over the damaged section of the pier...
This animation, though sad, deserves more views...
I'm sorry, but I think happy ends should be more viewed. But I am not able to make animations with either happy or sad end
@@piratetessercat4296 why should happy endings be viewed more? I ask from a creative perspective.
@@forrestcarr9370 Because I like happy endings much more.
@@piratetessercat4296 happy endings are boring
@@alfietheballer6589not necessarily, they can be as interesting as bad endings; the journey is what matters
This was sad. I cried but I couldn’t look away.
Well that's an oof
_imagine seeing you here!_
huh why are you here
Its *you*
Wait you here
Ayyyy what u doing here
Wish the ending wasn't so abrupt, but it's a nice and twisted little short.
Thank you! With animation, every second is precious (& difficult!). Watching it now, I feel the timing could be a bit tighter overall... but I'm glad you didn't get too bored!
+Jason Bennett is this just supposed to be interesting? I mean, it was! I just don't get it if it is at all to be gotten, I suppose...if that sounds right n is understandable. lol I was gonna say I enjoyed it, but it sumhow sounds wrong , but I did tho cuz it kept me watching.
Samantha Dunmore I was just trying to convey a feeling. Thanks for watching!
THAT WAS TWISTED !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
+Jason Bennett
I know art isn't something that can be explained, but sometimes a interpretation of the artist is really satisfactory, please, tell us more.
Amazing animation!
I gotta say this used to SCARE the shit outta Me when I was little. But now that I'm older and grew the balls to watch it again, I can now appreciate it as a really good animated video, mainly for when it was made I mean good on ya, but still I find it creepy as hell, I can see see the beauty in the animation, good job man ;)
Wasn't it made in 2004?
Snook Witham 20 year olds today were 8 years old in 2004.
Did I just make you question everything?
Ry Garant I curl into a ball and cry watching this because it scared me so much
@Ellie M Don't know if you still exist but twenty year-olds today were four years old in 2004 and Toy Story is chronologically closer on the timeline to the moon landing than it is to the present day.
Time flies, people die fast, life is short... Even if it is the longest thing anyone's ever done.
Yeah the animation was good, but like now I’m too scared to go fishing and I fell like there’s something in my throat. So he could of animated some thing that dosnt creep the shit out of me
My face the entire time: 😟
Aww i feel so bad for him he was just a dude fishing
Everyone just asks "Wtf just happened" "What is this" and I'm here like..wow that story is actually sad
Y M
It's low-key happy because that things babies got food
Same
Exactly
Haven’t seen one person all those questions
this is why I don't eat sushi
Same
Sushi is delicious tho
Ryan Fox lmao i was bout to say the same
Oof I know this is old and all, but not all sushi has fish.
Yup I’m in the dark side of UA-cam
Good sire this is the care bears of UA-cam
Nothing has ever scared me more than parasites, or something else eating you from the inside out. It's pretty hard to get something out of your body without causing physical damage to yourself, at least quickly enough so that whatever's killing you can't do so. All you can do is essentially hope someone can help you in some way before any damage is caused, and even if minimal damage *is* caused after the disease/parasite exits your body, if the damage's inside you its pretty hard to fix. A bug eating your skin can be swatted at, picked off or simply squished. A bug in your stomach, or worse, your skull, will thrive for as long as it pleases, or until you're cut open.
I find it amazing how the human conscience works. You find something like this, watch it, and even though it is twisted, you can't possibly look away. You have to see what happens, you have to see how it ends. Wether it's the music, animation, art style, story, what ever it is, it hypnotizes you. It sticks to your mind and refuses to be removed.
Also, on an unrelated note, nice monster design, I like it =3
TheMissfitTestSubject I made it 69 likes
WELL......THATS ENOUGH OF THAT
*turns off tablet and goes to sleep*
demon under your bed:
*_WUZZUP FRIKERS_*
How can you sleep after this lmao
UwU Trash JAJAJA
Nobody is born cool!
Except of course:
"People who know this animation without TikTok"
this place was 10x better before hand
it's like Avatar
This is ON tik tok? Yikes, are they okay?
Amen to that. TikTok is a fuckin garbage fire.
Aww the big creature thought he was helping him by giving the bird man food,because it saw the bird man throw a worm in the air.😥
mariah danko ohhhhhh PLOT TWIST BE LIKE
Hmm yea helping BY FORCE FEEDINH FISH THAT EAT YOUR STOMACH LINEING yea useful enternal bleeding
That could be one way to interpret it.
"Oh, you want fish? Well, here's plenty of fish!!"
"ARRRGHGBHGBHEBHB-"
This kinda feels like one of those monsters from informational monster resources like SCP.
But as always, *_nightmare fuel._*
Jejune Jimbo true...
This is what will come after humanity kills itself off.
Incredible Canemian
This is what aliens will find
it already is
No it won’t
The comment section goes from paragraphs to "who here from tik tok?"
I know, it deeply angers me
Ikr? What Tiktok are they coming from?
You can tell who is smart and mature, and who isn't.
@@yukononun agreed.
I agree. It makes me sick.
This came out 13, yrs ago. About how old I am today! Oh man!
Moral of this story: Get strong so that you can fight off big monsters, plus when he got grabbed he should have covered his mouth instead of hitting the monsters arms.
The thing has arms
i want a full movie of this!
I actually agree
Lets make a never ending, falling line.
I want them killing all the pier creatures like the one that killed him that's the ending
Anyone else think the fisher looks like a Skeksis from dark crystal
Young Skeksis be like-
So I have always been afraid of the ocean but now I am 10x more scared so
same bro 😔😓
@TheBenhayden Thanks for the kind words! Rather an overt message, I wanted to use visual narrative to show a natural event/cycle. I was mainly interested in conveying a mood- lonely, harsh, beautiful, & interwoven. I'm fascinated by evolution and the unique designs it produces (as well as the mystery of fishing), and I hoped these factors were enough to make an interesting short. I'm sorry to disappoint if you're looking for a concise moral/message... "chew your food" might have to suffice. ;)
I'm the first reply in 11 years I feel so special lmao
Personally I love this short film. The creatures both the fisherman and what ever that monster was are fascinating to look at. The fisherman may have some connection to birds. He threw some of his bait to a bird, his face resembles a bird, and even the way he eats is similar to a predatory bird.
Anyone else remember seeing this animation years back and being scared by it?
I remember. And this still scares me. Makes me think of some alien world, I swear I've seen that fish-monster before...
EDIT: The fish-monster reminds me of the monster from the 2006 "The Host" horror film! I knew it looked familiar!
This is exactly what I thought
At first i thought i'd never seen this before, but then i saw the creature spit that thing into the water and i was like "ohh god repressed memories are coming back. Something horrible is going to happen to that fisherman"
Umm, just got because of a playlist called “Weird/Creepy/Obscure Videos Playlist” and I need answers
Holy shit that was bad ass looking I want something like this in a game
god i wish i could explain the way this video makes me feel. like i literally don’t know if i like it or hate it. idk if it scares me or grabs my interest. i wish there was more to it. i wish there was explanation of the story and what it means. no matter what time it is if i see someone talk about it or reference it i have to come back and re watch it. it has me hooked and keeps drawing me back. it give me vibes similar to the movie 9 (crazy movie btw) like when i watch this my anxiety goes up but i just can’t stop watching it over and over a few times. i wish i could really put the way this makes me feel into words
Interested in horror but still unsettled by it…
Bile fascination?
Impulsive curiosity?
Well, we all go through those horror phases, the urge to watch it, to feel braver after.
9 is also criminally underrated…
@@0_dearghealach_083 9 also gives me this unsettling, emotional blah blah feeling that just simply cannot be expressed
I saw this years ago when Ringling visited my highschool, literally couldn't remember the name until like 5 min ago lol
That's a nasty way to go.
stlouisrocker100 😕ikr
This is now one of my favorite videos... and I found it by searching up "weird video compilations". Awe-inspiring, surreal, beautiful, and creepy all at the same time. :)
Это просто гениально. Музыка, визуал, сюжет- все проработано до мелочей. Автору респект!
P.s: Вы же здесь не после MysteryForse, а?
Who is there from Pixelorez?
Us
this is someones fetish.
It made me cum
hello that’s me
Who called me?
It would be better if there was more fish.
I ccreamed
Saw this video at school and I'm completely obsessed with it
Forget choking, now I got a true reason why to chew my food.
Gonna show my kids this so they chew their food in the future
One of my favorite animations. This is so awesome. The fisher that was fished unbeknownst to him, so twisted. I keep re-watching this, even years later. Jason PLEASE make and post more, you are so talented!!!
2:51 lmao special thanks Carl Johnson, grove street for life
This video conveys an emotion that doesn't exist
Pixel?
I wonder how the fish get out of the body. Do they come out of the belly like a chestburster or come out of the mouth?
I think they will chew all the way inside the body until there's nothing else, so they will make multiple exits
@@LunethDomine yuck!
Who else here from that TikTok vid
Dennis Jones me
Me too
Dennis Jones me lmao
me
bruh mee
this is a true story he was feeding himself cause he was thrown out of his village and didnt have money so he had to fish
😳
No it wasn’t
@@joe___6868 yes it is
Cutter Bradshaw
Proof?
@@joe___6868 he dont has it lol
Ah, the circle of life. Isn't nature beautiful?
I'm sad now.... Why did bird man thingy have to die?
He did it to himself, by not eating the creature's offspring, cooked. It's a shame, though for someone to die.
It isn't for sure he died, he may have bled alot, the human bodies system can heal and sometimes heal by itself, but this isn't a human so rip, also human body systems have acids, so the acids would kill the fishes.
Don't Kick The Children of course he’s dead
Why did bird thingy have to die? I killed them. I killed them all. They're dead, every single one of them. And not just the men, but the women and the children, too. They're like animals, and I slaughtered them like animals. I HATE THEM.
hm mmm oooook
Jason Bennett, I really love your work, it was well done and such beautiful art doesn't need an explanation as to me it was self explanatory. The creatures and the setting looks apocalyptic. It was creepy but still cool
THE FLIPING FISH WAS EATING HIS STOMACH LINEING OH GOT TGAT GAVE ME THE CHILLS THATS ENOUGH YT FOR TODAY
Man forgot he had teeth to chew💀
Fuck, im back on the crazy side of UA-cam again.
Question, why where you eating raw fish?
Oh I see...it wanted to feed its little offspring. How tender.
This made me never wanna eat fish again
What the heck does this mean, and now I'm never fishing again
I dunno why but i find ur comment funny 😹
@@zayler_ lol
I like how it tossed food up to a bird at the beginning
Weirdest UA-cam compilation brought me here.......thank you,......for even thinking about to put the description........of the videos......
That fish just pulled out an uno reverse card
there’s always a bigger fish - qui gon jin
Fantastic! Beautiful! I look forward to following your career
I first watched this when I was a kid. It came to my mind suddenly and decided to look it up after what has to be like around 7 years, since I remember that I liked it. Still a very nice animation.
You are all saying if it's cooked, well how about if it's actually DEAD FIRST before you just swallow it whole.
I will never look at fish the same again👁👄👁
Vore : not even once
This is terrifying and mystifying all at once. I love it! I look forward to seeing your work appear in big pictures/projects :D
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Remember cook and chew before you swallow or you will end up like this poor fellow
THIS IS FRICKIN TERRIFYING
this gives me trauma as a child ;-;
So the fisherman threw out the bait,
for the fishes which feed the man for a day
unbeknownst to him they had evolved to predator from prey.
oh if only the man had realized his fate
this poor man who threw out his lures,
was about to find out that hooks don't only reside in ocean floors.
who came here from top 15
Angel campos me
Same
random gamer101 me
random gamer101 not scary thoe
random gamer101 same
he looked so hapy feeding the birds, and when he got a catch. literally i felt for him so much, fuck whatevrr the fuck ate him alive
This is why you should chew your food
Edit: someone already commented that, I didn't know until now
Just when you think you have dinner, you become dinner! That's a knee slapper! XD
There's a moral to this story: Always cook your food.
Why the fuck am I watching this playlist at 1am
Damn I remember accidentally watching this when I was really young and it scared the hell out of me even now it still freaks me out but I do understand the message behind it which is very sad
that's why it's very important to chew your food
top 15 anyone?
Athena Regnier Yes.
Athena Regnier yes
Athena Regnier what's weird is that I've never watched the video itself I only saw Part of it in top 15 and it says on this video I watched Part of it
Seiko Shinohara Same, at first I was like wait how did I watch half of it if I didn't even watch it O_o
Athena Regnier Yup
In America. You chew food
But on the pier. Food chews you
The fact that this is as old as me is crazy
Feels like Oddworld!
it does
remember kids chew ur food
;)
Mr Pineapple thanks I think I will also I don't think when I'm an adult or teenager il be going fishing
This was uploaded 5 days before I was born
Moral of the story: chew your food