CGI 3D Animated Short: "Lifeless" - by Team Lifeless | TheCGBros

Check out this cool 3D animated short called "Lifeless" as new kind of organism has been born. It is not made up of flesh and blood, but of circuits and wires. Witness the life of this organism unfold as it grows and thrives until it must inevitably conclude, created by the talented team of Fokke Mars, Bas Jansen, and Max van der Ree! For more information, please see the details and links below:
Lifeless is a short animation created by 3rd year animation students at the HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in a 5 month time period.
Credits:
Fokke Mars ([e-mail])
fokkemars.com
Bas Jansen ([e-mail])
bas-jansen.nl
Max van der Ree ([e-mail])
Music by:
Nathan van Boeckel ([e-mail])
neten.bandcamp.com
Festivals:
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2016
Sommets du cinéma d"animation - Festival international de Montréal et de Québec 2016
Euroshorts Short Film Festival 2016
Anilogue International Animation Festival 2016
MONSTRA | Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2017
Anim!Arte - International student animation festival of Brazil 2017
Shortcutz Network | International Shortfilms Movement 2017
Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2017
Holland Animation Film Festival (HAFF) 2017
Vogelpop Film Festival 2017
Open World Animation Festival 2017
The International Animation Film Festival (IAFF) Golden Kuker- Sofia 2017
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[@kimloke2384]

and then Wall E was born

[@user-qv8rb9jp3l]

Kim Loke lol

[@alluviumboar]

Although he would probably be like the roombas.

[@Bluecolty]

Holey crap I was thinking the same thing!

[@Polyg0ne]

Kim Loke this made my day

[@yo_utub-e]

Kim Loke .. And saved the Earth

[@cikick]

Anyone else get the Aperture Science vibes from this?

[@doge_ram7234]

Rhokai Yes!

[@eolgrillo]

Yeah

[@890_Prodoctions]

Hell yes

[@dst9780]

YES!!!!!

[@sonixier]

Yeah, for science!

[@rjames0820]

Every scene can be a wallpaper

[@joltneon4665]

Reeane James Olaes Alcantara tru dat

[@GayBrain]

Even the crane that committed suicide in the end?

[@rjames0820]

I Shall Cast a Spell Upon You!!! maybe, also DO NOT DO IT

[@GayBrain]

I won't do it ^_^

[@nadea5680]

Reeane James Olaes Alcantara DO NOT PRESS THE RED BUTTON

[@crimson3719]

"Do you know the biggest lesson I learned from what you did? I discovered I have a sort of black box quick-save feature. In the event of a catastrophic failure, the last two minutes of my life are preserved for analysis. I was able--well, forced, really--to relive you killing me *again* and *again.* Forever. You know, if you'd done that to somebody else, they might devote their entire existence to *exacting revenge?* Luckily, I'm a bigger person than that. I'm happy to put this all behind us and get back to work. After all, we've got a lot to do, and only sixty more years to do it... more or less... ...I don't have the actuarial tables in front of me..." -GlaDOS, from Portal 2

[@thomasford2032]

"Let's put our differences aside, for science, you monster."

[@nicgraylin7693]

"I will say though for all the trouble of waking me up. You must really really like to test. I love it too. There's just one thing we need to first."

[@jeridtroncoso4090]

“No more potatoes”

[@saphyroll5823]

I like how everything that happens is in time with the music. it feels like this video has a deep meaning, although its just within reach to grasp.

[@goteamslugs]

I concur. It seems it has to do with work overload . . not even machines can work tirelessly.

[@cozzy124]

decay is inevitable

[@juliarose3826]

Did that crane just commit suicide at the end??

[@waterfox2492]

The crane is dead...I think

[@solis1232]

yes the Crane is out of energy

[@rubentongiani6198]

made a lot of impression to me

[@bendowman7839]

Julia Rose rip crane. he will always be in our hearts

[@infinitenothing6115]

Julia Rose No. I think it was just old like the others and just broke like that arm did and happened to fall into the crusher, but the crusher was too weak to crush it and was broken by the cranes shear strength.

[@cloud7379]

the crane tried to commit suicide but the thing that's spocssed to crush metal ran out of energy too

[@kevinbutkevin5561]

Kyle Grimm the struggle is real

[@kingbemo6744]

Gromek *The grab thing*

[@zpahjniv9617]

So everything commit suicide

[@VoitechCz]

If lituhainia was was only computers tech ect.

[@Thyme1250]

Welcome to Aperture Science Computer-aided Enrichments center.

[@frostytheiceberg1127]

Siri says: " did you mean *Robot Hell* ? "

[@TheMortarWindmill]

Those cameras must be like: *ARE YOU STILL THERE? AIAIAIAIIAIAIAI.*

[@-Aperture]

I got so many portal vibes

[@theblackmesaresearchfacili1079]

hello and welcome to the black mesa research facility

[@poggersdude1067]

why does this give me Portal 2 vibes?! XD

[@MiRaje8086]

anyone else get a portal vibe

[@tomvorat4173]

MiRaje8086 yes

[@svijj_]

MiRaje8086 yeah

[@saltedtables4462]

me

[@cherryvinyl8277]

that's because It is the portal song I think

[@chuchuchoo6047]

MiRaje8086 just from the thumbnail

[@alphamaximus2888]

I like how the music gets distorted at the end, as if the sound file was actually corrupted

[@i_am_so_cool]

Nice one

[@joew1237]

I've been watching these shorts for like an hour solid by now. How was it only this one and the cancer one made me feel? They're all really amazing.

[@celiaballesteros4785]

The first minute and thirty seconds were aesthetically pleasing

[@Scrambled3GGZ]

Celia Ballesteros yeah

[@1classikai]

Celia Ballesteros lol I think that's the point

[@plasmapea3134]

this seems like it would be an intro to portal 3 and it sounds like it too

[@nicgraylin7693]

well u look like portal 3 on ur profile

[@10m.d691]

.💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💉💊💊💊💊💴💴💴💴💵💵💵💵💵💵

[@FireStar4ik]

Yes

[@vivin4081]

dont make lemonade

[@Arkangeli7]

Before College* After College*

[@user-mq1il1dd2d]

С

[@gamingwithjosiahestrada6153]

Lol before college* After college* lol😂😂😂😂

[@hello-zl1ux]

Patrick's head crying I dont get it Patrick it's ok buddy I dont either

[@kittyqueen5137]

😂😂

[@bear6482]

As a freshman, this is terrifying

[@angieroxy7550]

1:27 That 1 Camera that Died

[@certainguy]

it has a crack too

[@panchovilla3362]

@Erick NGUYEN F

[@theonewhoslost]

I like how at the start where everything was working properly it was really bright and the started becoming darker as we see the machines break down

[@peckhampolly3802]

This went 0 - 100 REAL QUICK

[@Grymbaldknight]

This video makes me legitimately sad. I think the title "Lifeless" is deliberately ironic, referring to the fact that machines are born, live, and die just as organic beings do.

[@cathyb1273]

They "die" yes, with Mother Nature all dead beings, plants, etc decompose, transform and bring something to the earth and then the cycle of Life starts something new. Dead machines bring only endless pollution...

[@Grymbaldknight]

How can an inactive machine pollute? Especially one made of metals. It will return to the Earth like everything else, or be "consumed" by other machines to continue their functioning, much as animals consume each other. The only difference between biology and technology is perspective.

[@saltedtables4462]

Grymbaldknight Jesus you just made think about what really happens when you die

[@gamespace8191]

Cathy b You just had to ruin his/her's toughing Comment, didn't you?

[@user-rv3gm7lu5i]

Grymbaldknight However machines can’t die... if they’ve never lived in the first place.

[@hdsporty609]

That's why we have *recycling*

[@mymyrrah]

Recycling doesn't stop aging and things falling apart.

[@sea_kerman]

Did yoou see what the robotic arm was building? more of itself. If everything is automated, you get von neuman machines, which can reproduce.

[@4321user-_]

@@mymyrrah true, but if they refused the parts it could keep them going possibly

[@thenazigermancountryballco4582]

I feel bad for those cleaning robots, just all stuck in a single room, doing nothing but bumping into each others.

[@i_am_so_cool]

THE BUMP BOIS STOPPED BUMPING

[@mexicopanama-creatorofseri9736]

THE ROOMBAS STOPPED RAMMING

[@Zyro-dl4ow]

This has only one deep meaning that i can find: nothing lasts forever

[@SDStudiosAnimations]

0:08 aperture is in business 0:22 robots wake up 0:31 more robots are assembled 0:37 production spreads 0:41 GLaDOS has woken up and the facility is now in control 0:51 robot production has been upgraded 0:53 the test subjects finish test after test 1:03 the production line makes more robots 1:13 cameras are now installed in the test chambers 1:25 some of the AI are malfunctioning 1:29 robot production is down 1:39 aperture stops expanding 1:41 most of the test subjects have died 1:45 most of the robots malfunction 1:49 aperture's main power goes down 1:52 a few of the robots are still working 2:01 most of the test chambers are worn out 2:16 GLaDOS is in charge of all the robots 2:19 *redemption line* 2:26 GLaDOS loses power and the facility is down until chell and wheatley wakes GLaDOS up again

[@SDStudiosAnimations]

@The Starry Animator Thanks

[@annavelez2304]

I think the video tells us that everything that man believes will have an end, there will be no place where to store all this and the conclusion would be that nothing we believe will serve us after being damaged contrary to nature .........

[@rosariamontuori103]

Gata Curiosa awesome reply couldnt said It better! "Where duss all the trash go in human and natures system no doubt about that And this animation "verry well done See film Coyaniskatski on u tube

[@tribot_leader]

Katherine K believe in what's true not Jesus Christ

[@emillyshadow7718]

Katherine K Jesus Christ is a prophet of Allah.... so Allah may he give peace to all.

[@nivelaky]

yes, one day our civilization will die, and everything that we built will be surrounded by thickens of plants..

[@annavelez2304]

I do not believe in Jesus Christ because I think that he was only one person and that the allied religion of politics is the best weapon to control humanity, I respect their beliefs, of what I am sure is that nature was the one who gave us everything Necessary to live and that is why we must respect it .......

[@yourconscience7775]

I think that the animation means everything dies eventually (that was dark)

[@iwasbornwith2fathersunepic930]

Poapiaham 16 nah man. Without humans, machine will fall apart because theres no one to clean them from rust. They were made to serve humans and in order to serve us we must also serve them too by taking care of them.

[@captainlolz9401]

Not really dark,also we dont necessarily "take care of robots" we just use them.everybody is gonna die,so why not do something?

[@Polyg0ne]

Poapiaham 16 then if we are gone machines will rust and run out of battery and then nature will take over and building will collapse tall ones then man made building will also rust then that's the end

[@sinyasinya]

Poapiaham 16 this is deep

[@tempname8263]

I don't know how about others, but to me, this world was pretty full of life.

[@ivancruz8537]

I remember finding this a long time ago but I remember the first time I watched this short This had a impact on me but I'm not sure what it is I guess no matter what everything dies even stuff without life This gives me a vibe that literally cannot explain or express for the life of me I really appreciate finding this though I'm not sure what else to say and honestly there isn't much more I can say

[@UseryoutubewatcherUserbd]

me too

[@nitinr1189]

The last scene was iconic! With no life and only a fed input, creater and destroyer shall both meet their end.

[@zumaman5816]

1:52 must`ve been black friday lol

[@blubasaur9053]

1:18 A ROOM FULL OF ROOMBAS XD

[@coydog7902]

I have a roomba too bad it could one day break to the point beyond repair and must be disposed how sad that something useful that works could one day break and is unusable

[@Verne105]

this sounds like portal music

[@vivin4081]

dont make lemonade

[@jorgedomingos3757]

my computer feels sad now but that part with the stars is just amazing

[@carmenkronechase4852]

This short film is incredibly well done cuz it has a dark realistic truth behind it and that is that everything has a lifespan in some form everything has mortality and everything lives ages and gèts old and dies eventually some may even say objects r like living beings cuz of this and if u rly think deep about this animation it's quite scary cuz our mortality is always creeping on us day by day we age more in a new way and life keeps holding on as the clock is ticking away just waiting to be over mortality is a dark thing in life cuz even at the end of this animation even the one machine that brought death to other scrapped objects ,death came for it so the scary moral fact here is that everything dies one day..And everything in some form has a life of its own wether we c it or not we should appreciate the time our objects have to serve us cuz it will only b a matter of time before this happens to them.....

[@bip901]

"We do what we must because we can"

[@priffe3440]

"For the good of all of us, except the ones who are dead."

[@altalim]

"but there's no sense crying over every mistake"

[@dreamsofthefuture2890]

@@altalim"you just keep on trying till you run out of cake"

[@oak1071]

"Where are these quotes from"

[@gamingandlego4735]

@@oak1071 “Portal. They are lines from a song sung by GLADoS at the end.”

[@vanitystudios8875]

The noises when the machines are not working give me the chills

[@PeteWondersWhyHisNameIsSoLong]

Why tho?

[@naturallyexcessive]

Okay, but can we acknowledge the music here? Really adds onto the mood.

[@flyingchicken6171]

When T-Series Passes PewDiePie 1:32

[@emmarounsville1479]

my analysis​: the video builds an emotional response to the machines in the viewer, showing them full of life, and then dying and decaying. This, combined with the title, gives me the idea that even though humans created machines to be lifeless and expendable, on a certain level we still see them as with a life and will of their own.

[@emmarounsville1479]

gonna add to my own thoughts, sorry... Much of what draws us to and attaches us to the machines in the video is the organic, non-mechanical way in which they are shown behaving. There's a lot of organic wave patterns, individualized colors and patterns of the laptops, the unorganized free movement of the little roombas. it makes us see them as living.

[@seanmarcy1183]

+Emma Rounsville Yeah, but with no one to maintain them they just break down over time.

[@plepleplep]

Very nice Portal feel to it

[@cookiecrispssmasher3000]

There's a message behind this animation. To me it feels like: Lifeless objects start off nice and clean and slowly gets more and more dusty and dirty and gets ruined overtime, and this happens to every non living moving object like technology. And even the machine purposed to take care of all the broken technology trash will one day not opperate anymore. Yeah I know I sead this really poorly ;-;

[@cherryguy]

When I watch this animation I achieved a peace of mind...

[@Clawwingo]

At 1:49 i felt very sad 😭for that!

[@CrimsonCutie]

I kinda actually feel bad about the robots and machines😦😦😦😦😦

[@priffe3440]

SOON THEY WILL BE SENTIENT

[@CrimsonCutie]

What does that mean?

[@peterdagrape]

That is strangely satisfying

[@TORNADOdotjpeg]

1:55 this by far somehow is one of the most accurate scenes which includes the robot arms due to this even though there is still wind they do not turn or move anymore due to 1. rusted or stiff bearings 2. cluttered gearboxes 3. rotors too damaged and 4. the blades are no longer aerodynamic enough due to ware and tear or the amount of grime.

[@wolfanimations9897]

i have to agree it's pretty acurate, and i don't know why but i was used to fear this part of the video, for some reason.

[@raphgregor04]

Très jolies animations et détails aux côtés métaphoriques. Ce sont la majorité des plus importants messages qu'il faut faire passer au monde entier!!!

[@Teaquamarine]

Everything looks and sounds so familiar. *PORTAL 2 INTENSIFIES* I hope Gabe makes Portal 3

[@1x1boop28]

The human body is even more complex and high tech than this. Yet the parallels are stunning

[@marcfuchs6938]

Beautiful work. Apparently I am not the only one, who is getting Aperture Science Vibes here. Which is good in my book, I adore Portal 2 for this very unique kind of an abandoned technological world.

[@pymns]

I don't know why it reminded me of the game Portal!

[@user-zm7zl9lc6j]

Probably the music

[@morejemmex6367]

Cause it’s modern

[@vivin4081]

dont make lemonade

[@user-jw2sn8nh7g]

Как это клёво! И звуки и анимация. Даже грустно стало....😞 Обажаю подобные анимации)

[@user-xw1ep3bi6c]

о, тут русские есть!

[@JED4109]

@@user-xw1ep3bi6c конечно есть

[@uniworkhorse]

somebody took a dump on everything

[@S-CB-SL-Animations]

Unicorn Workhorse And who could that be?

[@m4productions420]

Unicorn Workhorse uh it is actualy rust but i get it XD

[@illustriousmonster]

Circus Baby -SL- it was me. sorry...

[@olivereder7657]

Unicorn Workhorse fan

[@ellathon2277]

Unicorn Workhorse maybe a nuke went off

[@Suppenfischeintopf]

The music and the overall style had some Cyriak inside, I like that. Really well done!

[@aibpresto]

"Team Lifeless" Seem like a great bunch to have at a party

[@katarzynamysluk3801]

A lot of CGI animation student teams (I'm not sure, but I think it's a thesis film) name themselves after the name of the film they're working on.

[@haithisissrionutube]

Nice animation guys without human life even machines can't survive they will be lifeless without life of humans great message,👏👏👏👏

[@niceoppaid571]

Nice comment

[@Vector-777]

NICE YOUR AWSOM BRO 👑

[@luisdelacal704]

The beginning was oddly satisfying, then I received a sense of hopelessness

[@AkshaySheth568]

Machines don't keep running, you need to maintain them boys!

[@thechannelofrandomness7670]

I maintained my Nokia asha for 10 years...its still working brand new

[@burgerfanman]

It really makes you think how, with renewable energy, everything would be able to function its own once humans are gone. Just imagine aliens visiting after we're gone and finding these odd mechanical devices everywhere.............

[@PeteWondersWhyHisNameIsSoLong]

I mean... Better then finding humans dead body

[@KingCheckOut]

Coronavirus in a nutshell

[@Fast_Unknown]

How did you predict coronavirus?

[@awesomepotato1462]

Wait this was made before coronavirus, how?

[@jayevadestaxes]

"Lifeless" Wall-E:Hold my cockroach

[@Rhyxelz]

OH MY GOD THE MUSIC MATCHES PERFECTLY

[@JD-eg4xt]

0.01---1.30 Me: Wooow 1.40---2:47 Me: WTF!!!

[@Kumizory]

1:30

[@Dokiih]

0:01 --- 1:30 1:40 --- 2:47

[@NextGenAge]

Would be cool if they had like a small flowering plant in the end

[@Blue-gp3vn]

YES.

[@dreamsofthefuture2890]

@Soviet who Cuts something must always end for a new story to begin so it wouldn't completely destroy the message but instead add more

[@user-bl1cbrA9o]

Like, metal petals, replicating, next step of development, huh

[@mareginagubatayao139]

*4 years later and I still come back to this if I'm bored.*

[@aozumi_lau]

It remains me of girls’ last tour, everything somehow “dies” eventually without repairing when human is gone

[@babally]

to much satisfying

[@doge_ram7234]

Here come the nightmares...

[@adameltobgy4254]

This is something good it tells you nothing lasts forever

[@singsonggirl9267]

Excellent. The music is perfect. This is a great cautionary tale.

[@melanieskala7348]

Beautiful!

[@cone-kings]

Melanie Skala do you think dying machines are beautiful?

[@Hexagon666]

I don't understand this message :/ but this animation and the style looks nice :3

[@1classikai]

AG-Systems I think the reason they decided to go with animating machines out of anything they could have animated, is because at first, machines are shiny. They they're fast, they're effective, they look nice and shiny and beautiful. However, at the end of the day, they are still machines and are subject to the elements and will, ultimately, fail. So I think the message is basically something along the lines of "humans have come to a point in time when they all rely heavily on machines made from their own hands, but fail to realize that nothing lasts forever."

[@Mandemon1990]

Except humans are not machines. Machines are unchanging, unless they have self-preserving programming. Secondly, machines will repeat same actions constantly and require maintenance. Humans need maintenance too, but we also take care of our maintenance. Machines= Humans allegory does not work because humans are far too different from machines portrayed.

[@user-gw7fu9by9e]

It describes a human's body from fertilized to died

[@TommyTom21]

淡水阿嬤 No it doesnt.

[@sir1.014]

It's an apocalypse...something happened and everybody dies

[@bluegirrafe17]

This animation actually makes me feel scared, good job!

[@panchovilla3362]

Me when my mom tells me to clean my room 1:36

[@tib8tib]

Awesome short film!

[@D.V.McAwesome]

"There a man who believed that machines where perfect ..." "...His failed and he fell of a cliff."

[@jordanmarie6661]

Its basically saying that even when humans are gone our technology will still be here.

[@pegamationproductions6062]

This really gave me a Portal/Aperture Science vibe! Especially the music! It seems that the first half of the video happened in the events of Portal, and the second half of the video happened in the events of Portal 2, 50, 000 years after people died out. Maybe neurotoxin flooded the earth and killed everyone living on it, leaving no one to repair and maintain the machines? Oh, and also: "Remember, testing is the future, and the future starts with-*static*"

[@uprak9ctik]

The modern day is over is time to get "back to the future"

[@thorthunderfreal6382]

Thats why humans are the most important element of a computer if there is no human nothing could work

[@fighter1375]

I had spent so long trying to find this animation since I last saw it several years ago, it had stuck to me that long

[@stevejackson9333]

THAT.WAS.BEAUTIFUL! 😮😢

[@sirwiggles8717]

the ending reminds me of a scary videogame 🤔🤔🤔

[@ildamaria6019]

WONDERFUL

[@mareginagubatayao139]

*Maybe 8 years into the future people would still be watching this.*

[@amazingessence2368]

What to say.. Let's get out of here! Back to life! To confidence, understanding and a human world. It's worth it 👍😉

[@MagRBX]

0:43 vibes

[@aaronhawley4123]

this is totally portal 2.

[@kevinbutkevin5561]

portal 3

[@aaronhawley4123]

haha, makes sense.

[@priffe3440]

thethousandbomb what's a 3?

[@vivin4081]

dont make lemonade

[@IsaiahRichards692]

“Machines only have power over us because we give it to them. We think we need our technology; our technology knows it needs us.” -Myself

[@VanZoxx]

this is a masterpiece!

[@dwaineildefonso2517]

Video : Lifeless Me: Useless :(

[@solis1232]

"every robot ends in junkyard"

[@pl0x278]

machinery cant rule the world without human in it and vice versa

[@balloopersbal5827]

So many high tech good thing there are living humans without them the technological machines will not be replaced... I loved the animation

[@favec9396]

2060🙁

[@user-vs4jo3mz9n]

adam matousek it's true.

[@gavrielandgavril]

3600 year of Fallout New Science

[@mickaelloe-a-fook730]

Génial !

[@CaptainTak]

what

[@oggy5290]

Mickael Loe-A-Fook , oui moi j'ai bien aimé la vidéo est triste

[@cjrodriguez1794]

I feel like there is a really deep meaning in this animation

[@killercr4ft976]

nothing lasts forever

[@buddy6300]

Dude this is giving some portal feels

[@duenorth9]

2:14 on that box it looks oddly like the Apeture logo.. Anoy thoughts?

[@Alien29389]

Yes

[@builderstudios.somuchtomak8855]

Every scene can be a wallpaper. (Not mine)

[@aramisortsbottcher8201]

And why do you repost this?

[@asia_2d388]

VRAIMENT TRES BELLE ANIMATION !!!!!

[@schroyerfamilydaily7333]

So what this means is if it were not for humans these machines would run forever. But since it seems humanity hasn’t come and gone the machines can no longer function without our help to put them back into working order. Love it