CGI Animated Short Film : "Free Wheel" by the Free Wheel Team | TheCGBros

Check out this Fantastic CGI Animated short film by the talented Free Wheel Team!
In the late fifties, in the world famous Roller Derby Hall of Fame, the daily routine of an unassuming cleaning lady will unexpectedly go freewheeling, kicking-off her whole new life.
2012 SUPINFOCOM Arles Graduation short movie
Directed by :
Florian PICHON ( [e-mail] -florianpichon.blogspot.com )
Héloise PAPILLON ( [e-mail] - helopap.blogspot.com )
Lucas MORANDI ( [e-mail]- lmandori.blogspot.com )
Julien PEREZ ( [e-mail] - sandamal.overblog.com )
Maxime MEGE-YHTHIER ([e-mail] - pyratoblog.blogspot.com )
Jean-Baptiste TRULLU ( [e-mail] - jean-baptiste-t.blogspot.com )
Original Score composed by Maxime DELONGVERT
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Dans les années cinquante, au sein du fameux Roller Derby Hall of Fame, le quotidien d"une jeune femme de ménage effacée va prendre une tournure inattendue et marquer le coup d"envoi de sa nouvelle vie.
Film de diplôme promotion 2012 SUPINFOCOM Arles
Réalisé par :
Florian PICHON ( [e-mail] -florianpichon.blogspot.com )
Héloise PAPILLON ( [e-mail] - helopap.blogspot.com )
Lucas MORANDI ( [e-mail]- lmandori.blogspot.com )
Julien PEREZ ( [e-mail] - sandamal.overblog.com )
Maxime MEGE-YHTHIER ([e-mail] - pyratoblog.blogspot.com )
Jean-Baptiste TRULLU ( [e-mail] - jean-baptiste-t.blogspot.com )
Musique composée par Maxime DELONGVERT.
Free Wheel
06"26
freewheel-the-movie.blogspot.com

[@brendansrambles9464]

So, everybody in the comments complained about it being vague, pointless and too short. Well, these are short films. The whole beauty of short films is to artistically make a point in a very short time. This woman who is treated like crap fantasizes about defeating her job in a very literal way, being that her job centers around the roller skating statue. She "defeats" her job in her head, then she defeats her job in real life by walking away from it. It makes perfect sense. It's not meant to be a full movie, and it's not meant to be a video game. It's a short film, and a damn good one at that.

[@yatam1082]

This is called " believing in yourself."

[@briansmith2739]

This is beautiful, the 1950's retro art style and the music fitts perfectly.

[@ElvenSorcerer]

I love her shadow getting larger and larger at the end. 83 The symbolism of growing confidence and strength..

[@pitchayasittharot508]

+McDastardly e

[@catieshouse5945]

I' want to watch this

[@usaspeepsto9311]

xXPicklePeaXx she's just going out the door

[@lunalovegoodbutcallmesami4575]

That is the cutest paradot photo I have ever seen

[@deliazawodni3621]

Luna Love good but call me Sami , its a show

[@isabellejolly8982]

Did anyone else notice that the cleaning lady looked like the statue that had the spotlight over it?

[@aynakugab6947]

Yeah me too

[@OrochimaruFromKpw]

This could be a really good game

[@Neville60001]

+Grim Reaper (Death): It would at that; I'd love to play a classic roller derby game.

[@Kartoffelkamm]

+Neville6000 Yeah, me too. also, daydream statue roller-derby enemies are cheaters... :) but one thing i just LOVE about these movies: no matter which language u speak, or if u can even hear in general, u get whats going on.

[@servanttosaint]

+Hidden Shadow ya

[@tanhazahra8294]

Hidden Shadow

[@henrytran4155]

Grim Reaper it is

[@murasakirabe8520]

5:16 That feeling when you just lost your job and you feel simply great :D

[@thepeternetwork]

Now that was a roller-coaster ride of a short if I've ever saw one. The only thing I didn't get was if the roller derby fantasy was a metaphor for confronting the "big boss man" and quitting. It sure seemed like it.

[@lnunez1317]

The fantasy was her way of dealing with the anger of her Ahole boss. She was racing with great hall of famers. Hence the statues. Her beating and destroying the gold statue, was just her deciding that she was better than that shitty job and could do better. This is shown when she walks out of the building and her shadow overcasts the statue and the "rink" altogether.

[@KnolltopFarms]

Very well done, and the displays of potential abilities weren't so in your face that they detracted from the story line at all, they were neatly inserted and used for effect IMHO, which is great for a final demonstration. I hope everyone involved is gainfully employed and enjoying life...Aloha.

[@minnalopez8003]

This is amazing, I actually do Roller Derby and I always imagine myself as a superhero when I put on my skates.

[@fyjkf]

Yeah you go girl. Those daydreams will for sure pay the bills!

[@loveleonk]

BAHAHA THE REALITY HURTS

[@Akko1]

Great animation, I think I got the message, Follow your dreams, and don't get stuck on a job where people will treat you horrible.

[@astghikkhachatrian7734]

This film is an inspirational masterpiece for anyone who understands!

[@hefley4]

This video makes perfect sense to me -- its "Jawn Henry" in new clothes -- the struggle of man (in this case, woman) vs. machine, or vs. cruel, inhuman life, the determination of the human spirit to not be snuffed out. Even the washerwomen among us bear lofty dreams, somewhere inside, that cannot be snuffed out. Bravo!

[@swanbrown]

I like women in bathing suits, polished wood paneling, things that roll, and rock. So, of course, I love this animation

[@MissBamboo400]

Why would she wash the floor with a sponge if she had a mop?

[@quinnfletcher3906]

Must have been a stubborn stain, the type that you really need to put your back into!

[@mtfunnybones469]

Anna Colucci that question I trying to find.

[@omerbabiker.5746]

yeah true

[@asagirigen8025]

Maybe she was getting rid of deep stains and smudges

[@onatic8058]

I wonder what the boss was thinking when he saw her randomly staring at a statue for 5 minutes then kicking over the bucket before walking out looking proud

[@Jairo21912]

You know this is make a great movie or tv show :)

[@michelzenitud5524]

Magnifique excellent 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Rapide magique vidéo Merci beaucoup ✌ Michel !

[@LeeMisLabiosx]

I loved how her shadow grew bigger as she got out (Y) !

[@kingp5485]

DAT CGI BOOTY!!

[@LotteStarck]

... Cool Animation!

[@rjohnson17]

This was cool.. Sucker punch meets Rollerball!

[@jfr2b008]

This short film blew my mind!!!

[@monsfera]

She looks so cute!! I love to this one!!! Great work😆

[@PascalSommerMovies]

The compositing along with the lighting and grading was flawless in every single shot, the only thing that let it down were the animations, which, although they were still good, didn't seem organic enough. Really loved the layout of the first shot :) congrats

[@mo482]

Hall of fame of the best hall of fame cleaners

[@richardreinert6477]

Very imaginative and well realized BRAVO !!

[@johns9652]

I'm late to the party, as the video is 9 years old, but it gave me "Secret life of Walter Mitty" vibes. And no, I don't mean the movie that I've never seen, I mean the written story that I read decades ago, around the same time as I read "!2 Angry Men"... might be because I'd snatched one of my older sister's school textbooks, and both were between the same covers. I used to be an absolutely voracious reader, regrettably I don't have that kind of time anymore.

[@TheOmegatronix]

Now i know how Pixar Short Movies are made

[@abdulalahalfehaid4065]

Is just me who couldn't stop watching his videos or what?!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MyNamesNooob]

She looks good tbh

[@dominos22]

The ending with the shadows... SICK

[@AustriaTrinity]

Love the animation!!

[@zoetheresegarcia2409]

I think this message is that u always have to defeat the struggles in life, like how she did with those other rollerskatin ppl. And those light thingies that kept falling on her. Those were her struggle and she defeated then. Thats what i think 😇

[@SuperBeebeegirl18]

She's done being a cleaning ready and is now ready to be extraordinary! :)

[@shxrp6930]

So so good at skating I wish I can sake

[@M0J0HAND]

What an incredibly well done film. Thank you.

[@yutubes]

The animating aspect is certainly spot on. The storytelling aspect is less so.

[@kawaislime1130]

Very violent

[@KeaJei]

love love the theme. best theme best execution, best one ever. very meaningful.

[@nomusicer]

is that a piece of bioshock i smell here :p love it.

[@christoforospaphitis4090]

The sense I made our of it was that in order to achieve something in life you will pass through a zillion tests and struggles and along the way you need to fight back with the same weapons and get up another thousand times when you fall down or else become a nothing.

[@RodasBee]

Same, so crush everyone in your way pretty much

[@dontyouloveus2870]

nice animation film it should have been a movie!

[@sugarfreeskull3008]

You go girl ❤️❤️❤️

[@elizabethstetler8044]

Good video and message

[@IamSamys]

Haha, 5:31, the boss! Very nice animation!

[@kaysahan03]

Stunning! Very powerful. Well done!

[@0_imortal_062]

That Girl Has The Ultra Instinct

[@frankisapphic]

Best racer ever BEST RACER EVER!!!

[@shxrp6930]

Nice

[@bobi200samatar6]

This should be a game. Or atleast a full movie.

[@Brutus125]

Yeah it should be a roller derby game/movie

[@pauljenkins6166]

Her true talent and passion is ice-skating aka Dancing on ice and not cleaning. She finds the courage to pursue her dream through practicing whether it being a hobby or attempting in becoming a famous ice-skater in the "Hall Of Fame" or both

[@alejo96lopez]

THIS NEEDS MORE VIEWS

[@welcometonewearth416]

This is excellent: superb animation and effects!

[@RainbowDashTheOrigin]

Lesson learned beat up competitors, win the race.

[@invisydble_truth]

Oh, it's "Free Will", in other terms, right? Like, there shouldn't be anyone to control or stop you from doing whatever you want. This is good.

[@alexandraphayvanh2351]

This is SO SUPER COOL MAKE A GAME OUT OF THIS MOVIE ITS GONNW BE awesome

[@morrisyates7151]

she was great

[@DarktheDerp]

I would play this video game >3

[@XboxfanJones]

make it indie game or a Nintendo game

[@MunarongAnimation]

I liked this cartoon style characters is suitable for 3D animation, made it very gorgeous animated. Unlike those uncanny style, they were very creepy.

[@joanroxas873]

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THIS ANIMATION MY WHOLE GOD DAMN LIFE

[@melancholybobbyjoe]

this animation made me think of the sweet disposition music video :P

[@chele7733]

I Like these videos cuz they are really good

[@veronicamoton5250]

😂😂😂😂 Yaas! 😋😎😘

[@ravenlogical3809]

This video is awesome!!! Someone should make a VR game with this theme

[@dinx3815]

Great rendering and camera movement!

[@ShobDW]

:: brilliant visuals and score! it was simple & fun, yet EPIC!

[@nerd3d-com]

I was hoping she was going to at least dump the bucket over her boss' head. Ending was a little weak, still great animation and an interesting story.

[@mokihaname]

LOL! You go girl!

[@NickTheMCPlayer]

Amazing animator! You should work for Pixar and other companies like that!

[@bunnyboowiltse9356]

I so hate her boss though but i love this ❤️

[@cocoriffic044]

Someone has to make a roller coaster out of this.

[@thomasjenkins7506]

i was kinda hoping she drop the cigar into his coffee. sees only fitting.

[@yatam1082]

This is called " believing in yourself."

[@mariaramirez709]

Love the skating ring looks fun

[@lynneybin]

This would be great as a VR Experience

[@simtasticmia7193]

Love it keep up the great work guys!

[@junito1957]

THE SKATING WAS EPIC! GREAT JOB ON YOUR ANIMITION!

[@happydone6099]

worth buying - carry on

[@hgrgies]

Sehr schön gemacht

[@blueblurbabe]

Awesome! Makes me think of a video game

[@buildandclick5904]

[Jake]: OMG SHE IS SOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME!!

[@nastyapetukhova1231]

It is not roller-skating, it is karate.

[@DepressionOfMyCat]

hehe I guess she will start a rolerblade career for now :D

[@ashleypartin4060]

i love they video

[@MusicMadViralShadow]

I can so totally see the race with the 'queen machine' being a rollercoaster and if it was I'd totally ride it

[@saudeefelicidade4713]

Vencer seus próprios medos e sentimentos negativos desbloqueia sua resiliência e aumentará sua autoestima. Construirá uma estrutura emocional forte. O amor próprio é necessário para o crescimento emocional. Isto se refletira no sucesso da sua vida pessoal e profissional.

[@helpmetoreachamilsubspls3336]

How can she punch those metal without feeling pain

[@asgloki]

Awesome loved everything about this animation, great story, animation and the whole style was amazing. Great job :-)

[@mochalatte233]

MORAL of the STORY: Don't let anyone ever make you feel inadequate, or let someone push you down.

[@missbish1000]

Fantastic work here, love this one^^

[@Theonegamefreak]

There needs to be a Roller Derby video game.

[@tjmakes_]

This is freaking awesome! Not only incredible animation but a great message, too :D

[@serenixe]

do you know what happend in the animation .

[@tjmakes_]

Well, it seemed the cleaning lady had dreams of her own of being a famous skater, and in her imagination she beat the competition, so in the end she decided to give it a go for real.

[@serenixe]

+Tahlia Whitten thank u

[@Coyeyes]

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you… The imagination.

[@Rancid-Jane]

Large businesses and institutions have machines to scrub floors. Not people with a hand sponge or mop.

[@zachariharachel250]

Great video! Ahhhh the imagination!

[@ScottEWatkins]

Loved it! "Smashing!!"

[@oliviawright4803]

Awesomeness

[@isaaclee8729]

She kicked the bucket

[@chrismurphy6962]

1:14 Wow! Isn't she a beauty?

[@leecey93]

Should totally make this into a video game