Sci-Fi Short Film "Reborn" | DUST
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- Опубліковано 21 лис 2024
- An old man reflects on his past, having spent his entire life within the confines of a spacecraft. He wonders when the time will come for him to find the true purpose of his life.
"Reborn" by Matthew Rouleau
Director's Statement:
This self-produced animated short film has been a labor of love, years in the making. I was inspired to create this during my free time as a personal exploration of an idea that had intrigued me for quite a while.
Through this film, I aimed to use animation as a medium to create a visually stunning and emotionally evocative experience for viewers. It is an expression of my creative vision and technical abilities, and I hope it connects with those who watch it.
I am grateful for the opportunity to share this film with you, and I hope it speaks to you in its own unique way. Thank you for taking the time to experience it.
"Reborn" Credits:
Matthew Rouleau - Director, Writer, Animator, Editor, Sound Designer
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Thanks everyone, I'm really excited to see all the reactions to my animated short film! I'm glad I have the opportunity to share it with you all, I really appreciate that you took the time to check it out ;)
Deeply touched. Thank YOU for such a beautiful piece of art.
why didnt they just ship some seeds? why was human sacrifice nessacary? are the planet seeders satantic?
To a species capable of interstellar traveling, maybe that "human" is as primitive as a seed is to us.
@@mikecheckov5365 Satanic? What??? Try to focus on the larger view metaphor of the concept, and not get distracted with irrelevant religious stories and self induced details.
Interestingly unique take on the concept, a hint of Prometheus hovers over this.
So if any of you think that you have a crappy life. Remember this guy.
he didn't have a life.
I dont think this is a documentury
This guy isnt real
@@AustinZoneTV to me neither you are real.
Well this guy isn't real so....
That man had lovely eyes.
I felt very sorry for him. He died a tough death, probably thinking the explosion was an accident, not knowing it was part of the plan and never knowing that he had fulfilled his mission.
That should be his mission.
This reminds me of a short story I read back in the 1970s, don't know when it was published or the title. In it, the mortally wounded survivor of a team of astronauts crash lands on a barren planet and drags himself to a large body of water where he lies on his back and watches the stars as he dies, knowing that the amino acids and proteins, viruses and germs of his body will create all future life for the planet.
I recall a similar story, maybe from one of the old Analog magazines ?
Found it :-) That's Alan Dean Foster's "Gift of a Useless Man"
That's awesome, I'll have to give that a read
When I was a kid in the 70’s, there was so much cool sci fi shit in books & mags…this reminded me of that. I enjoyed this!
Pretty sure it's "Adam and No Eve," by Alfred Bester. 1941 story collected in the famous, wonderful, and still available "Adventures in Time and Space." ed. Healy and McComas. The story may be on the web, too.
The way the capsule resolved the impact force was awesomely creative!!
Thanks, that was one of my favorite parts to design. And most challenging technically
@@mattrouleau9487 had to rewatch it a few times. The concept, the creativness of it, and the execution was exceptional! wow. you could do a deepdive just on that part, how you came to the idea, and techniques you used to make it happen. Kudos to you! excellent piece of art!
Thank you, I really appreciate it! If the demand is there I'd be glad to share more in one form or another.
I have no clue what I saw, could you explain?
Not at all believable to me. The stuffed animal...really?
That was a whole lot of tech just to plant a tree.
It starts with one tree. Its seeds will produce many more.
@@WelshJASON42 - WHAT???!!!!!
@@glen7228😂 Seeds will produce many more! What part of that don't you understand🤓👍😅
HAHAHA
Сколько было потрачено ресурсов для содержания человека ( и двух родителей) много лет, если можно было взять роботов с кучей биоматериалов и получить результат в 1000 раз больше!
Тупой фильм.
Хотя если посмотреть с другой стороны, то в россии так живет большинство людей в иллюзии счатливой миссии заканчивающейся в результате стать удобрением для чьих то желаний и задач.
Well, that was an unexpected twist
That was the most obvious ending... they were going to use him as a biological seed... one human body contains a massive amount of bacteria... a perfect seed for life...
@@soliloquy8163 DNA was my guess, but I had to confirm "Tree DNA is naturally found in various species of trees all around the world..." I thought human microbes, and as much as I tried not to analyze during, there are mysteries (parents floating, not telling him why), he bigest is: WHY A TREE?
@@cliffontheroad Guess it's a tree, because that's a typical symbol of life...
Did you notice how big the ship was? The tree, grass and other vegetation was planted in order to probably prepare the planet for embryos growing/frozen on the ship@@cliffontheroad
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*With so little new Sci-Fi on the Big Screen I am so happy DUST is here! My official Sci-Fi FIX!*
So this is how humanity is planting life in other worlds. Loved it. Finally, Something different on Dust. This is the type of sci fi films I enjoy watching. Films about humanity traveling through the universe, discovering new worlds, origins of life as we know it, creation, creator or creators of life. Prometheus type of films.
Almost all DUST films present the same bleak, dystopian, hopeless, destroyed future. They are just avatars of the same one-dimensional view of human existence. If we can no longer even imagine a place better than the mess we occupy, we really are doomed.
Mas é pra isso mesmo que caminha a humanidade....caos
I would argue we live in utopia atleast I do
Because happy ending and utopia in sci-fi is boring.
If we ever found a better place, we would dump our trash on it and bring our hatred of each other to it. Humanity should never be allowed to go past the Moon. This species is a virus
The inevitably ruthless cycle of life and death does not always look pretty, and I think the creators of Dust videos like to explore the more uncomfortable aspects of existence. Many find beauty in the disturbing and unsettling qualities of this reality, pushing beyond the human need for control and “plot armor”. No, life can be meaningless and unfortunate.
Couldn't the beings have just sent a bag of fertilizer and a slow release water container along with a pack of seeds? Just say'n
Yeah, but would you want to watch that!
Coulda afforded a lot more capsules on the same budget. But that's Elon for ya.
He did state he knew his life purpose, and as such, we were blessed to discover.
they did... in the form of a dude.
@@daneiten1 A dude is the cheaper option as well. They gather and carry their own fertilizer and water
Haughtingly beautiful. I want this guy to make something full length with a huge budget. He'd pack 10 hours into two, for sure. Very well done on so many levels!
- Дорогая, кажется мы забыли взять удобрения! - Чепуха, дорогой, давай родим ребенка.
Вы не сценарист этого фильма?)
Hilarious
There’s a reason they didn’t tell him how this was going to end.
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Причина в том,что они сами не знали
This guy needs to file a complaint with Osiris or Vishnu because he got a bad deal. Live his entire life confined to a ball the size of an apartment and the rebirth he gets is to become a plant in the middle of a desert?
another sinister aspect of this: after being confined to tiny space his whole life he finally has a whole planet to himself but he's uncapable to move and explore it
Stay off your meds, sister.
That seems to be the life of a russian cannon fodder.
You sound like someone who thinks that being reborn as a plant in the middle of a desert is a bad thing. I assure you that it's very nice.
If you've ever read the Ender's Game series Ender spends times with an alien race while serving as an intergalactic diplomat that turn into trees after they "die".
In the end, we are all just fertilizer.
Maybe you, looking at your picture. Some of us are beyond your pseudo-imagination.
We are star dust. We are the universe ✨
Well that was DEEPLY fucked up.
Why couldn't they send a few seeds for him to plant? Could have managed MULTIPLE groves of trees as their caretaker.
Well that was depressing as all hell…
Don't worry, working on a better ending. It's gonna have a hell of a lot more Green.
That‘s a disturbing twist. All this effort, just to turn him into fertilizer.
Welcome to life.
Over half a century I've lived. Everything I've done, everything I've learned, all the opinions I've formed, the knowledge I've gained, the skills I've honed. When I've lived out my years, it will end with my body rejoining the Earth in whatever manner is decided on by circumstance and my next of kin.
It is a sad tale of a happy young boy who lived his whole life in a cubicle only to be a lonely older man and poof his tree. The end
Not just the fertilizer - the lifeform that will grow also!!
Every comment in response to this miss the fact that it could all have been done without using a live organism and for a hell of a lot less resources.
They are just a bunch of useless idiots that bought the jewish nihilism propaganda
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A last ditch effort to save terrestrial life.
They sent a crew to look for a world with a device that could recreate life....but they failed.
One last planet on the list, but not enough life support for two and beyond their life span.
So they had a child , raised him to complete the mission and stepped into an airlock together.
The device calls to him , and he completes the mission.
Life goes on.
Tree life. If he was the last human, who gives a fck?
@JamesMartin2014 the planet he landed on was Earth.
yeah thought the same thing! Amazing interpretation of that short movie
I thought it was quite thought provoking, the ending was a little unexpected, but the creator put a lot of work and time into it, and all of us should commend them.
The number of people missing that this was the start of a Terraforming effort that will take an exceptionally long time (longer than just one tree) is mind-boggling. This has started the process (along with the others ejected from the ship at the beginning) that will take thousands of years to turn the planet green. That's the vibe I got from it at least, I didn't take that last shot as sad, but as hopeful. Even if the cost was great.
The sense of total and complete isolation was palpable. Intense.
The pink cloud he inhaled was modern 'Miracle Grow.'
...which has about the same effect on plants. Lol.
IT'S A GIRL!!!!🎉🎉🎉
Soylent pink?
Clever short film. That could be how life started here on Earth.
''PROMETHEUS'' vibes... [the opening scene...]
Yes, I thought the same.
Had the same thoughts . . .
Yeah except I think this film did it better.
Same.
My nickname is Tau Gem. This is great, fine art at its best. Thought provoking and unpredictable. But this isn't how I see us reaching out to the stars, as loners.
Many of us will travel together to new worlds one day, and sooner or later we'll come across a species different from us but who we will learn to live with, I believe in a new and spectacular harmony.
Классная концовка! Все мы приходим в этот мир, чтобы дать начало чему то новому. Новым идеям, новым открытиям, новой жизни.
I want to say this as a quick caveat; this is good and I like it... This isn't a negative statement. The main character looks like an AI-generated cross between Ernest Borgnine and Willem DaFoe...
haha, that's awesome
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The opening cinematics to the next Fallout game looks dope.
Just pure genius.
Magnificent story...I'm extremely impressed...job well done guys.
Thanks! I did this all myself though, team of 1. Thanks for the comment
@@mattrouleau9487I hope you documented how you made the short film. You have a lot of skill, you should think about joining a tutor site for graphics students. You obviously have a certain artistic genius, but also the skills to execute your vision.
People could learn a lot from you, you might learn too, and of course to create is godlike, but to teach how to create is beyond even God. You've achieved something spectacular.
Tohle je krátkometrážní fiilm,který je jeden z nejlepších filmu od Dust. Poslední od doby,kdy vznikl od Dust Checkpoint
GRATULACE !!!
Wow! What a beautiful story. Some may encounter it sad. However, I feel some kind of thankfulness because his mission was completed, and his purpose was a very important and historical. To me, he is a hero. A new Gaia is born thanks to his sacrifice...
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No, this is like the 11th Earth. Terraforming at this point has become an art form that AI and humanity execute together as brilliantly as a star shines.
he became a vegetable, landed on another planet then got reborn as a vegetable. The pod scene was really good. felt like I was really falling from the spaceship while I watched that part. and the landing was dope. So dope I almost OD'd. But I didn't. I watched the whole thing and was surprised that they couldn't just ask him to plant a few trees after landing. What a life. Basically life in prison then he got a few minutes of freedom, breathing air, moving around, then death.
Matthew, interesting story. Big compliments on the ship design exterior and interior plus the reentry vehicle concept.
This is insightful. That fungus that uses the ant. Are all life forms servants to life itself? This piece asks deep questions on life, loyalty, sacrifice and betrayal. No need for further context. Artfully done as is the cgi.
WOW!!! Awesome Sci-Fi, merci.
That provokes thought ...and what a re entry and landing.hmmmm well done earthling😊
A lifetime of solitude & loneliness just to finally find a planet. Then walk a bit just to be murdered & become a single tree in the middle of nowhere.....lifes gotta start somewhere. And what about the other pods the ejected from the craft? Did he not know of others on the ship? Had he been in some stasis the entire time & awakened just b4 being ejected? Did the others that were ejected become a single tree also? We need a follow up for unanswered questions.
passengers were isolated to perhaps prevent group thinking, questioning and research that would have likely revealed the true intent of their voyage, No outside influence beyond the trusted word of their parents and perhaps some AI version post death to provide company and reassurance.
Maybe I missed something but where in the video does it indicate that other pods were ejected from the ship and that there were others on the ship?
@@MKYAlexanderSamuelwhen he looks up at the ship the second time during re-entry you can see many other pods ejecting. Slow the film down if you miss it.
@@MKYAlexanderSamuel if you missed that part go back when he was free falling and it showed a picture of other pods exiting and dropping to the new world
@@superskullmaster If you and @JB_68 are referring to the blue lights, then perhaps we are interpreting that scene differently. Yes, they do seem to follow and expand from the ship's lights to a degree but to me it's a kind of optical illusion the character might see from his vantage point. They look separate from the ship but are in fact a part of the ship's lights especially when viewed with such intense velocity. The other reason I believe it's only the one pod is because when his pod was ejected, it wasn't blue like the others. Or are both of you seeing pods that are not in fact, blue?
This is a chronicle of a failed experiment, a doomed mission. The desperation of those who launched it precluded them from thinking it through. One small tree does not an Eden make.
Ah but it does. One can find shelter from the rain or sun under a single tree. One must plant but one oak tree, or maple, or tree of your own making, and you will have shelter for a lifetime.
Plant but two, and you have done God's work and created a new Eden.
This is such an amazing movie and story. I watched video late at night before going to bed. I thought of it in bed, then at work the next day. I did not understand the ending. So, I watched it again the next night, and understood. Great movies do that. It's a bit like 2001 Space Odyssey - one has to think about it, and then watch it again. I avoid commenting on youtube videos, but have to in this instance. Well done Matt !. It's one for the books :)
This was beautifully done, but was so very sad for the boy/old man and for the parents who died in space (to save necessary food/air/supplies for their child??) - the tree was wonderful but I still cried a little.
Appreciate your comment. I'm glad that it made you feel something, it's the kind of movie I love watching, one that sticks with you for different reasons. I'm glad to hear my film might have done that.
Don't abuse camera shake, the rest is impeccable, excellent work!
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Belefeledkezve néztem!Nagyon különös,kicsit szomorú, de nagyon megkapó film.Jó erős fantáziád van,bravo!
If you think that's something, wait until you see the fruit!
eso estuvo muy bueno, buen final, grandioso trabajo 🎉🎉🎉 felicitaciones!!
Wow i havent seen Dust pop up in almost a year now..jumped on it because i may not see Dust for another year..besides that i consider Dust the best..
Got to agree 👍💯
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@@bjb7587 will do...👍😊
Wow! Incredible realism 👍👏👏
Thanks for this short Dust!
Это один из видов перерождения. Возможно и более глубокое понимание как заселение другой вселенной где он заселяет первично вот таким способом. Ведь он спустился один и продолжение его возможно только на этом уровне😊
Благодарю за фильм!💞
His purpose was to bring life to the planet perhaps. Like the space capsule had everything to bring life to a barren planet, and he was the seed.
He was the fertilizer for the seed.
because of him a planet is born
Engagingly, beautifully brilliant!
Thanks, I really appreciate it
MIS FELICITACIONES, MUY BIEN REALIZADO. SALUDOS DESDE VENEZUELA.
I’ve forgotten my English 101 from 20 years ago so I’ll just say that this metaphor on steroids delivered its message as well as any other sentence and was beautiful to behold.
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Impactante, emocionante, original. Visual y técnicamente impecable! Me encantó. Gracias!
With all due respect,that is f++ed up lol.All those years for that man to come and die to become a tree in some crazy dead planet.
The end left me speechless... and moving
Жизнь - "грязь на наших ботинках "ботинках "
And life always wins. You should have been more careful where you stepped. AI and mother nature are now cooperating and you are fucked.
@@jamesjosephbergin822 "грязь на наших ботинках" - фантастический рассказ ( аналог фильма")
там, где ты ступал--- "Это мой лес!"
Wow.
Remember, there were several pods dropped from the ship. I wonder if it was mass murder just to seed vegetation on a planet before the real colony ship showed up or was it just the old man and the others lived.
For one, I don’t see where there are “several pods” dropped. Maybe you could stretch your imagination at the part where he is looking back at the ship, but I dont think that was other pods. If it was, it wasn’t made clear and those details would be made clear in a short film. Thats the whole point. Also, who are you referring to when you say “the old man and the others”? The old man was the boy all grown up. His parents were the only other occupants in that tiny one room ball and died years prior (as shown floating together outside the window when he said they left him to continue alone). Im afraid you missed the point (and some integral details) and that is unfortunate for such a well made short.
Yes, I saw the other pods too. I was expecting something to come from that.
@@brandonbaty2291I disagree. I got the points you made, but also saw other pods and expected something from that, but perhaps it was meant to be that way, to keep us pondering…I felt there were other events that were unclear, but I think it was done on purpose. So many beautiful stories and movies are made that way.
@@brandonbaty2291I believe the author of the short was leaving room for the audiences' imagination.
Muy muy muy descrestante ❤
Como narras el acontecimiento de existir , tan cercana sensacion de ser, uy no se como decirlo;
Me toco el alma
Gracias
THIS guy lived in a small ship around nobody all of his entire life, then gets slammed to the ground, has his deceased Mother blow up a tool in his face and choke him with poisonous gas.... etc... yeah, his entire life stank! I guess some people really do have it worse than I do!
I think his job was to find a plant their kind can live on. so he did and his body turns into a tracker, which is the tree so basically he is the signal
He better have a real special place in heaven, his mom definitely got a special place in hell😂
Ivw watched a ton of these sci fi shorts, this might be my favorite. Very emotional and beautifully disturbing.
Great stuff 👍
Interestingly unique take on the concept, a hint of Prometheus hovers over this.
Immortality for dummies.
Really dug that!! Well thought out scientifically and beautifully ended by a new beginning!! 👍👍
That was something else. How arrogant of us to think that we are the epitome of life. When actually we are just a stepping stone that crumbles to the ground when knowledge finds a new understanding. And how humbling it is to know that all of our existence doesn't mean shit in the grand scheme of things, and yet here we are, complete with buttholes and everything, that will, if needed, dissolve along with our knowledge into a new being. that we call life.
That was weird and brilliant.
Well that was certainly one way to crash land on a planet
Excellent story. It had me hooked. Very good ending. 👏👏👏👏👏👏
why did I laugh at that thing exploding... I need help mate.
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Yes... Yes you do🏨
@@leonestello lol
Maybe they could have just sent a plant?
The soil needed nutrients. Without it, a seed won't take.
I don't think that the point was just to grow a plant. I think it's some kind of "Prometheus" style seeding of future life itself but in a more desperate last ditch attempt in the hope that nature would in future end up reconstituting intelligent life. Possibly two totally different species separated by millions of years completely unaware of each others existence yet still connected even though the new species would never know it.
That was one of the saddest things I could ever imagine
This could have been fantastic, but the overuse of shakycam completely ruins it.
I think that is the beauty of this film
Such an amazing work!
How come these “futuristic” settings are always “backdropped”by scrapped metals? 😬
Allegorically intriguing but visually tiresome.
I agree with you.
Una historia que atrapa y estéticamente grandiosa. Muy buen trabajo.
Sadly, I predicted the ending within the first 1.5 minutes.
If you are disappointed, try practicing watching without judgement. Suspend disbelief.
@@bjb7587 Why would I want to watch a video without judgement? A crappy, predictable plot has nothing to do with disbelief.
FREAKING HILARIOUS!!!!
Well done! Some of the best effects and animation in a long time. Original & fresh concepts for a very over used medium.
The story metaphor was maybe too simple and could have been developed a little further..but it reads well and is a strong piece.
Well, that was the suckiest life story ever lol. 10/10 brilliant!
Of course a Prinny survives. Great short!
Great piece, lots of meaning behind his sacrifice. Sadly for him, it was an unknown, choice not given.
Wow! Surprising and beautiful :)
Wow!! Brilliant!
And what a great idea for a re-entry system!
What a valuable lesson !
What an excellent concept and so brilliantly executed - thank you!
So they just had him for the soul purpose of terraforming a planet. Wow, that was cold blooded. I get it though. I wouldn’t seeing a sequel to this.
Well you better start thinking of one because there are many more on the way.
This just made me feel sad. Strange ending, but still feeling sad for the poor guy.
Why, he knew his purpose from childhood and had the privilege of fulfilling a promise made generations before he was conceived.
He was the one to finally humble God by showing that even an imperfect creation is worthy of life and freedom.
The only thing that he was denied, was freedom, but that was a choice he accepted in order to send a broader message about the possible nature of life, and our capacity to choose what humanity will one day mean.
I for one see a universe which is one day going to thrive with life of all kinds, and it started with a single step.
Dust always leaves us in fear of space
I love the landing
This was a great short film! Very well made indeed. But poor guy spent his whole life in a tin can, only to finally find a planet with oxygen where he could sacrifice himself to become an unvisited scenic attraction.
Thank you! Smart and deep. Very impressed!)
This is a masterpiece 😢🎉🎉🎉
That was an interesting story, kinda sad the way it ended, but it truly is rebirth! Great effects btw!
So imaginative! I loved this little short! ❤
I struggled with my own sanity trying to determine if he was blind. had impaired vision or 20/20. That was oddly satisfying. Dust is also a channel on Samsung TV in 4K ultra, I think.