Coffee Run - Blender Open Movie

[@F001ISH]

Didn't notice that she was going through her own past until the third cycle. Definitely adds another layer of depth to her obsessive coffee drinking!

[@Nouno470]

I thought it was gonna go on repeat

[@soya900]

Bro, it's her and her baby dead by a car accident

[@francosaynomore9792]

@@soya900 dang, I just realized

[@Sbotkin]

Didn't notice until this comment

[@behrooz8393]

I thought it's a loop, so I gave up watching it midway. Your comment made me watch the rest :)

[@volico72]

When you look deeper into this short, it can be interpreted as an allegory for alcohol. In fact, when you replace the coffee cup with alcohol, the story is about a washed up woman who is trying to drink her broken marriage away. In all of her memories, everything that is important to her is drawn in white (the cat, the medical vent (representing her excitement for becoming a mother), the table cloth on their date, her wedding dress, the baby's coffin, the baby carrier and the ring holder), and she steps on most of these items like garbage. The events of the memories change through every run (in the scene where she is crying over her dead (or crippled) son, first time she is being comforted by her husband, second time she and the husband are distant, third time she is all alone), representing her refusal to accept how the course of events really played out, to the point where she can't even remember how it happened anymore. The one memory that her is still vulnerable to is the marriage proposal because it remind her of where everything began and how happy she was at the time to begin her new life in marriage. I might be looking too deeply into this, but this entire short seems to be up for interpretation.

[@amazinggabriel16]

Nah I'd say that's about it.

[@justanotherhotguy]

Woah, didn’t think there’s such a meaning behind (drinking cup of tea atm)

[@nurelfareeha8326]

This is deep. Thanks

[@youseineko]

No, you didn’t look too deeply into it. I think you nailed it. Great analysis! ❤️

[@FinalMiro]

exactly what i was thinking of, thx

[@DentaKings]

How many of you noticed that She was pregnant when he proposed. Suzanne(Blender Monkey) in the skating area. The baby was a GIRL. Each time she threw that cat number of coffee is increasing. Each time in the cemetery crying becomes intense. She was always a playful and coffee addict But what happened in the park changed everything and she couldn't get the child back. The car accident happened in the park was the reason for the child's hospitalisation. In the hospital monitor beeps differently indicating child's health They don't fight in a fancy roof top restaurant its the hospital cafeteria. When the baby dies he goes off without supporting her(Because she was the reason) If you cut each run in each location the story is linear. Now alone in the apartment From 11am to 6pm (apartment clock) she keep drinking coffee and thinks over and over about what happened like a punishment.She want to stop it wr all started but couldn't. She doesn't like coffee anymore, She doesn't even have a pet to give her hope, She is not playful anymore the skateboard lies in a corner.

[@ahmaddowedar]

OMG... I didn't get any of that. Thank you.

[@shawnshaju2513]

How'd you know the baby was a girl?

[@shawnshaju2513]

Is it because the hospital room was pink?

[@cactustactics]

It's definitely not the hospital cafeteria, there's a bar and umbrellas and wine glasses on the table. Also she has long hair at that point so it's way after the baby died, probably around "now" Cool how there's so much to read into it! I wish there was a more satisfying resolution for the cat though, that just seems consistently cruel and angry -edit- ok having thought about it a bit more I don't think the white glowing cat's real, I think it's a metaphor for her finding peace and moving on (and possibly getting an actual cat to help fill that void in her life) and she's violently rejecting that idea, just as she starts to rerun events in her head again

[@nathanbrader7591]

@@cactustactics Look again and you'll see it's not just the cat that's mistreated. She even kills a man by landing on his head in the wedding part! It's clear to me that she can't stop thinking about what she's lost and she's gone over the same memories so many times that she doesn't regard them with any care or respect anymore. The film is comparing that struggle to playing a computer game where you keep trying to get past that one bit but don't make any more progress than last time.

[@ontesa]

1. Proposal / Coffee shop 2. Wedding / Church 3. Birth / Hospital 4. Family / Park 5. Illness / Hospital 6. Funeral / Cemetery 7. Breakup / Restaurant 8. Alone / Apartment Her memories are slowly transitioning from an idealized version to the reality which actually happened. Also as she runs she is becoming more and more exhausted.

[@ChadwickMann]

9. Hotel? / Trivago

[@thomlaurent]

Just it's not an illness which cause the hospitalisation but an accident happening right in the park (the stroller running down the stairs and crashing in a car before the coffe shop scene). But cool you ordered this and noticed the ideal vs reality :)

[@triangle4studios]

Shes not actually running. Merely running through what happend in her mind. Notice that she is the character in every scene. Notice the coffin is baby sized. This video is dark and deep.

[@slitor]

The order is all the places she passes in order to get to the coffe shop.

[@alex.g7317]

@@ChadwickMann I should’ve known someone will say that! 🤣🤣

[@Jonnycrs]

1. Coffee Shop Proposal 2. Marriage 3. Delivery 4. Child in Park in a Stroller 5. Child in the Incubator? 6. Funeral 7. Fight at Restaurant 8. Alone at home with the Cat. Each time she jumps she thinks about how things could have gone differently. The restaurant, 1st jump he's angry, 2nd jump both angry, 3rd jump shes angry. Same with the Stroller, each time the baby's sound changes. Just alone at home awake with caffeine, thinking about how things could have gone differently

[@cofuzed]

I think there was a car accident.... baby carriage and girl flying through the air... and then the car smashes (just before the coffee shop)

[@PotatoPatatoVonSpudsworth]

The park/stroller scene was what she dreamed of, I think. Note the over-saturated background. The incubator implies a premature birth, and clearly the baby didn't make it...

[@JustAnotherMe]

I'm confused. The scenes are not in order in the video right? I don't get it.

[@petramala7683]

@@JustAnotherMe just backwards

[@scorpionelite2543]

deep

[@AlexLashko]

Wow. At first I thought it was just a meaningless loop, with cool visuals and fun animations. Only realized at the last scene that something else was there as she was reaching out to the couple. Had to rewatch and pause a few times, to really appreciate the story. It is hard to tie the narrative to a cohesive story, but since it involves coffee, my interpretation is that we run through life often energized by various stimulants and frequently forget to stop and enjoy the moment. Well done Blender, I'm becoming a fan!

[@dilshe8596]

I had to do this as well

[@Sillyman27]

It's her own past. Look at the hair color of the people in each scene

[@wizardOfRobots]

Yes, sillyman is right. the story is not what you think.

[@triangle4studios]

Its not a couple. She is the blue haired woman in every seen. She is going over the events that led her through the chair in her mind. Its a psych thriller. A fantastic mind F#. Love it.

[@9e05cherianpadipurackalvar6]

Does no one notice that when the past her smashes the table each time it's a bit different. Re-watch it again.

[@samtunji]

Such a deep meaning. Is that how she's been coping with tragedy. I feel her pain.

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

She still got the cat

[@ledf2012]

stomp the baby

[@ThatNerdAlbert]

stomp the baby

[@jeanbatiste]

stomp the baby

[@samtunji]

I think stomping the baby depicts that the death of the baby was her fault. She was careless.

[@ambuj.k]

Watching this movie requires you to pay close attention to the details. I watched it five times and I noticed there are small differences in each loop. The proposal events are same in each loop but.. 1. When the baby is in critical condition, In first loop, her BF is pampering her, In the second loop he is just sitting by her side not looking at the baby, And In the last loop he is not there and She(Protagonist) is crying alone. 2. In the church, There are 7, 10, and 12 people respectively in 1st, 2nd and 3rd series of events (loops). 3. In 1st loop only her BF is hitting the table. In the 2nd loop both are hitting the table. And in the 3rd loop only the girl is hitting the table. 4. The time in the wall clock is different each she throws the cat, which are 10:05, 12:30 and 2:30. Which means she remembering the past events again and again at different times in the dark room. 5. At the funeral, The first time the girl has an umbrella, The second time she does not have umbrella and the third time She is on her knees. 7. They are standing in different positions next to baby stroller. They are kissing each other in the 1st loop, The girl is drinking coffee in the 2nd and She is flipping the skateboard in the final loop. 8. At the coffee shop, the barista is in slightly different positions. He is at the cash counter in the first loop, He is making/drinking coffee in the second and looking for something in the lower cupboard. 9. If you notice carefully, She is already pregnant at the time of proposal.(Someone else's comment gave me this idea) The small differences in each series of events define either the different scenarios after a marriage proposal OR It is her inability to remember the past events correctly which causes the differences in each loop. These small details make every series of events a little bit different but also they deepen the meaning of this movie which is to show the depressing drastic events of the protagonist's life in a slightly different manner. This movie seems even more real and deeper and depressing as you watch it again and again. Well, this is my theory. The makers has done some great work in showing us the pain the main character is going through.

[@kotobm1148]

Thank you

[@yuktijain4074]

Also, the restaurant scene. The waiter serves 2 people in the beginning, then in the second scene, the waiter serves only one person and in the third one, there are just two people sitting there and talking.

[@gamingwithcharlie5008]

Great observations

[@alexeagle7297]

In the "Alone" scene there is different number of cups on the floor.

[@MoricoBerlin]

The cat was there to "replace" the Baby she lost. If you notice in the first messy room where she is sitting, there is a Baby Stroller in the storage room. Her actual life (long blue hair) is a total mess.

[@AnilKumar-sm3ky]

*This all started with a cube in the middle and no background just plain black*

[@weirdowithacello3481]

Realistically, they probably deleted the default cube.

[@alx1793]

@@weirdowithacello3481 But it was there.....at the beginning.

[@JohnSatan]

It's grey

[@Grrizo]

Unless they deleted it a long time ago and saved that as a *default start* * suspense music *

[@MarcShake]

@@Grrizo wow. that is deep ;)

[@otsenuwu3284]

something i noticed (based on my own observations and others) is that every run shows more truth about the locations house- 1st run: just the coffee in her hand 2nd run: some coffee 3rd run: a lot of coffee she doesnt want to show the *true* length of her addiction hospital- 1st run: shes comforted by her husband 2nd run: her husband is distant 3rd run: her husband is absent she wishes that he wouldve been there restaurant- 1st run: shes being yelled at by her husband 2nd run: she and her husband are yelling at each other 3rd run: shes yelling at her husband she wants to be the victim, not the assailant wedding- 1st run: just some relatives 2nd run: some more relatives 3rd run: many relatives she doesnt want to have more people to disappoint with her broken marriage funeral- 1st run: minimal crying 2nd run: more crying 3rd run: despair she wants to hide her feelings park- 1st run: she was kissing her husband 2nd run: she was talking to her husband 3rd run: she was doing tricks on the skateboard she doesnt want to think that she was responsible for not looking after the child, causing them to roll off and die coffee shop- 1st run: she just watches 2nd run: she reaches a bit 3rd run: she reaches she wants to have what she used to have and is trying to hide that so yeah, thats my overly complex analysis of a blender short

[@authorminator1579]

This breakdown was brilliant. I am shocked to see no comments here.

[@jennjennjenn61992]

@@authorminator1579 because its the opposite of brilliant?

[@jennjennjenn61992]

so, the way I know you are a man is because you're putting everything on her as if its her fault. in reality - everything is the husband's fault... the 2nd and 3rd runs are what she WOULD'VE LIKED to do. obviously.

[@jbdh6510]

Thank you so much for this!

[@Nevetsieg]

That a great interpretation, but somehow I feel the coffee should be replaced with a alcohol.

[@xanecosmo5061]

This is probably going to get stolen. Don't be surprised if you see this as a fake mobile game ad.

[@Bamariku]

yeah, please add a watermark! No shame to advertise your awesome Blender, our Blender!

[@3DBanditTutorials]

technically you can't steal it, since it's licensed under creative commons

[@Aryazaky]

and you can't claim a creative common as yours only. So i think you can't steal this then post it as an ad. Correct me if i'm wrong

[@xanecosmo5061]

Well, I'm not 100% sure after I just saw 2D animation of PewDiePie's minecraft game play appeared as an ad used for a crappy texture pack manager for minecraft pocket edition.

[@Aryazaky]

Then they better change cc to something else. But they didn't. Why?

[@ulquiorras422]

Me: "Ok, so they deleted the default cube-" Kids:"What does this have to do with this tragic movie?" Me:"WE GET THERE WHEN WE GET THERE!"

[@9e05cherianpadipurackalvar6]

Lmfao

[@xanecosmo5061]

She's fueled by caffeine and filled with anxiety.

[@micmicmic7]

welcome to our time

[@martinebeck8769]

Like every one of us.

[@mothereric8774]

mood, also they are transition GOALS (minus the (extra) trauma)

[@fadhil4008]

And emotions

[@AlCatSplat]

@@martinebeck8769 r/im14andthisisdeep

[@djjoeray]

Best Blender movie yet - at least from a storytelling perspective, bravo

[@constantinbotev2796]

For me the best one is Sintel, but this was great too.

[@constantinbotev2796]

I still haven't, and I also wanted to say the best from the short films, but I forgot to write it.

[@nikhilknixon7351]

Bro, have you seen spring

[@nikhilknixon7351]

Also Agent 327??

[@Meantime_Creations]

agent 327 is my favorite

[@_Shinique]

I clicked, not expecting much, just to see the cool stuff Blender can do. I stayed for the awesome story. This was deep & extremely thought-provoking. Great job.

[@nicomal]

The tone vs. the story was so unexpected, very deep indeed.

[@dangquang524]

Totally unexpected. Luckily I found it

[@agusdelcasar3444]

yeah i clicked to see what blender people do, and ended up with the biggest spiritual journey of my life xD

[@SpLineFx]

It deserves to be nominated for the Best Animated Short Film. Thank you Blender Animation Studio

[@clockpenalty]

I think she made a mistake with her skateboard and her baby died as a result. It drove a wedge between her and her husband as he wasn't present when the child was pronounced dead. Each loop shows her memories slowly changing from an idealised revision to slowly coming to terms with the truth of what happened. That's why in the final revision, she's getting on the skateboard in the park (instead of hugging her husband in round one) she's alone with the dying baby, she's on the ground with grief at the funeral, and she alone is losing her temper with her husband at the breakup scene.

[@chubawaba2863]

Can you explain the cat?

[@johnstevenson5084]

the funeral is for the guy whose neck she broke in the wedding scene.

[@aviaviavian]

@@chubawaba2863 Isolation. Alot of cats offer comfort when their owner is really, really down, and some people, when their grieving, just cannot process the positive input, emotionally, so she threw out the cat. It sucks, but it happens.

[@nate5051]

Wwow

[@ClockworkGearhead]

This, or substance abuse.

[@malypavel25]

I like how the two latest Blender open films (this and Sprite Fight) actually have a great potential in making fans outside the blender community!

[@alanaflynn8878]

Whoa, there's a lot more to this short than I thought at first. The changes in audio, reaction, and presences between the runs. That was well done and unexpected.

[@designjobcastertalks1640]

Exactly. Wonder why a lot of people didn't notice the subtle changes in each run

[@kimiwws1]

After a lot of time, I finally understand what's going on here. At first, I thought she was just coffeeing through madness but she was actually running through all of her past memories including her breakdown. I know this is kinda obvious but it's amazing how much effort they put in this. and HOLY COW THIS IS BRUTAL.

[@Aquapaulo]

I quite enjoyed how thought-provoking all the story elements were, and them being out of order gives way to some ambiguity. The small changes in behavior were quite enjoyable, such as when she reached out in the hospital room near the end. Lovely animation, great job! SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS down below I interpret the scenes like the argument changing "to her favor" as her thinking how she could have acted differently during certain parts of her life. One thing she found herself permanently unable to change was the death of her baby, represented by the ground always collapsing. The scenes with the baby being born and dying had the same fate, although with the husband missing. When she considered changing how she responded to the proposal, she may have had second thoughts on changing that as well, wondering if changing it all down to the last moment would have been worth it. But as the coffee rush wore off, she decided (or realized) she's unable to change the past, and overthinking what she could have done differently back then does not matter now. My questions are what the playground scene was about, perhaps the baby had survived for a bit? A scene she worked to keep the same, however, was the cold apartment where she purposefully threw the cat out the scene to keep herself being alone, I wonder how that could be interpreted.

[@cofuzed]

I think... there was a car crash... I don't think the baby died shortly after birth... I think there was a car crash... kind of shown at the end just before the coffee shop. Also symbolized by the baby carriage and herself being thrown and tumbling...

[@espirite]

@@cofuzed I think you are right. At first i thought this was just an odd loop but by the end it really hits you and on second and third viewings you realize this has depth.

[@darkpanda239]

The story doesn't make any sense. The series of events are like this: proposal > marriage > baby born > car hitting the baby > baby in hospital > baby death > fighting over who's to blame for the accident > sitting alone post breakup Now, if you notice, the girl's already pregnant at the time of proposal and marriage. So trying to change and reject the proposal wouldn't stop the baby from being born. In fact, rejecting it would make her a single mother and that would be almost as bad. The next thing she tries to change is the fight. First time, the guy blames her, second both blame each other and the third time she blames him. That doesn't change anything really. However, what could lead to a better ending is trying to prevent the accident from happening. But every time she lets it happen and it makes no sense tbh

[@Sylfa]

One thing I think we can all agree on, her coffee is more of the Irish variety.

[@Gabriel-zj6uj]

I have to admit Im with your same interpretation and same question he, however something that I did notice is that in the fisrt cycles when she rides the stroller the baby cries and seems pretty annoyed, but the last time she does it the baby laughs, not sure how to interpret it but its there

[@yokpok8987]

so basically, everytime she drinks coffee, she wakes up to reality little by little, at the end she stops cuz she still wants to keep that last scene (proposal) which was the most wonderful part of her life and so she drops her cup not wanting to ruin or wake up from it or that she just simply isnt able to get rid of it Here's the proper timeline: meet and kiss at the park >>> gets pregnant and proposed >>> gets married >>> going through labour >>> baby is dying >>> baby's funeral >>> argument (divorce i think) >>> sitting alone with cat

[@redxoctober2822]

"You cannot run from your past." That's my interpretation of the short. By the way, I love the animation and the story. I'm inspired now to learn Blender.

[@zed5449]

Fueled by caffeine, a young woman runs through the bittersweet memories of her past relationship. it says it in the description

[@redxoctober2822]

@@zed5449 Ohh, my bad. I did not read the description. I just straight up watched the whole thing. Anyways, thanks for that.

[@ZUnknownFox]

I think it's more "you can't change the past"

[@shriyanshagrawal7334]

Vincent Rodriguez if you’re learning one thing is don’t give up because I did and now I had to start all over again

[@triangle4studios]

I like your interpretation! Mine is "What could I have done differently to save myself from this pain?"

[@remem95]

Just my interpretation: She thought so much about these pivotal moments that she doesn't know which parts are the truth and which parts are made up by her mind, overthinking, doubting her emotions and decisions and getting more emotional every turn as roles and blame shifts. In the park noone looks at the child until the wagon already moves as if she is unsure whose fault it was or there is noone to blame cause it was an accident, so she blames herself (skating on the wagon symbolically). Not sure if it actually points to an accident or she had a miscarriage, theres hints for both... The emotions in the scenes get more intense (the distance between the two growing in the hospital, her breaking down at the funeral, the wedding being more cheerful), the amount of caffeine affecting her as she looses herself in the memories. The shift of moods shows an exhausting back and forth of thoughts going in circles. And throughout there is an unspeakable anger that is visible through her actions, punching her way through everything in her path, related or not. (I have no idea what the point behind the prominent white object in every scene is, most are related to the child I guess?) There is a lot to unpack for a 3 minute movie... great work

[@NBP722]

Maybe she should switch over to some tea instead lol.

[@DavidChipman]

Green or Chamomile?

[@xanecosmo5061]

Milk Tea>Coffee

[@nibblrrr7124]

@@DavidChipman Green also contains caffeine, so maybe stick to herbal...

[@tom_paul_3d]

Breakfast tea contains more caffeine than coffee

[@WrektSK]

@@xanecosmo5061 fucking Amen to that brother

[@cleanishbot]

Aw man at first I thought it was just glitched and repeating again but damn. I love all the little details such as the coffee cups piling up in the cat scene every time she runs past

[@JasperCrowe]

Whoever made that logo should get a raise

[@aditiavfx]

nice negative space idea

[@astrounwrapped]

it's pretty standard, def solid one but not mind blowing

[@RSpudieD]

Here here!!

[@Subulife]

why? did I miss something?

[@manojlogulic4234]

What logo?

[@thebestmusic9138]

Такой ЗАРЯД СМЫСЛА в этом ролике! Я в шоке! Пересматривая раз за разом, понимаешь всё больше и больше! Я в восторге!

[@muradali1231]

This looks like that 'Vector' game. A female version.

[@michaelgrosberg2665]

Another World? from 1993 or so? Thatt's what I was thinking anyway.

[@StevenCasteelYT]

@@michaelgrosberg2665 I'm guessing CANABALT.

[@DuniaTrollAnda]

My fav game from my 1st android phone.

[@OscarObians]

Yep. Vector. The first game. Definitely not the second release.

[@anthonybaloney8874]

Totes

[@triangle4studios]

Its actually quite brilliant. She is on the chair, and each cup of coffee she drinks, makes her mind race. And while it is racing she is running through the tragedy over and over again in her mind. She wishes she could have skipped the day she said yes. But not fully. Finally a good psychologically thriller open movie. Keep up the good work. I now look for a new one of these videos every year. And watch them all at least 1 time annually.

[@Thandidladla]

I was about to go to sleep in perfect peace but little did I know that I was actually about to watch the most depressing short story I've watched in a long time. I'm gonna go watch some cute animal videos now. Amazing work btw

[@dilshe8596]

Same here 😪

[@samidhasingh7497]

it is 11pm already here, and now I can't sleep too :(

[@Voreoptera]

Sintel short animation, made me more sad then this. It was much more confronting. It is 11:17 pm when I typed this.

[@dostonsanatovich]

In first glance it looks like an ordinary cartoon but it has very deep meaning, love it!

[@marzcorp]

Wow, thought at first it was just a basic loop, but started to feel genuinely dizzy as I started to realise what it was about. Powerful.

[@adamextras]

"Ruinin lives, one caffeine overdose at a time." -Star bucks and probably some other coffee places

[@neogen23]

That was masterfully crafted. I loved it! The sudden outbursts in color, motion and sound convey her anger on past events perfectly. The fact that even though she tries to get her mind out of what has happened she is thinking about it over and over again, and each time the little things change, exactly as it happens when you recall something many times. And that last scene, when she tries to reach her old overjoyed self to warn her, to tell her not to go through down this road ending in pain, unable of course cause it's just a memory, not time travel, and then dives into melancholy in her dark room, alone, is a gem. Thank you for this one! It seemingly came out of nowhere

[@JakeTheBlueFox]

I thought this video would be a cool running and parkour animation but I never knew it would have a deep backstory holy crap.

[@MovieReviewGuyOfficial]

This is a brilliant piece of animation. The story it gives us shows creatively how thoughts can just replay over and over in our heads. How it shows the main character trying to run from her troubles with coffee (almost as a drug) is a great illustration on trying hard to forget those troubles. It's also it's quite remarkable how the creators of this were able to give a moving (pun totally intended) slice-of-life story in three short minutes. Great job, Blender and team! 5/5 stars!

[@nonverbal562]

Coffee is ALMOST a drug?!?! You just haven't been drinking the right coffee (or maybe enough)...

[@patrickmcmanus5670]

This is really cool. At first I thought it was on a loop, but then I re-watched it and starting finding a lot of cool things each time. Really well done!

[@Shaurya_Pant]

As she sips the coffee, sitting alone inside that room, she transcends backwards into time... Each time, she goes to that place and buys coffee, thinking in the way how things could have been different...

[@goohan.]

Beautiful. Amazing. Touching

[@techrz888]

It all started with the default cube

[@theshawnmccown]

@Tobiasz Karoń 🤣🤣

[@gionicol_]

Underrated

[@forlorn3778]

New file -> see cube, press A key, press delete key. Why aren't I working for disney yet?

[@forlorn3778]

@@AbhijnanGogoi WHO ASKED YOU?

[@lucianofreitas2009]

Congratulations. Blender open movies never let us down!

[@malvinkingjamesfredericks4355]

That animation... Crisp... Clean... The backgrounds... Spectacular.... The storytelling in just 3 minutes is amazing... This has a better plot than the whole Netflix original catalogue...

[@surfkid1111]

Work of art

[@sorcerross140]

From a story point of view, I think that that was just incredible. You guys at blender did an amazing job of subtlety showing the change and progression of her recollected of her life. I was driven speechless by this story without words. From the animation and art point of view I was equally blown away. As someone who is currently studying 3D art and animation, I can see, as I’m sure that anyone can, that you guys put so much loving care and attention into this project. And I can happily say that in this time of viruses, quarantine and isolation, that this sad, yet beautiful animation will help me to focus on my studies and retain that ever important hope that the world will get better despite all the trials and hardships that the we all now face.

[@rnbpl]

subtlety? lmao

[@ArcangelZero7]

@@rnbpl Well, the changes were subtle, because they had you focusing on how crazy bombastic the action was haha.

[@olli_k]

I watched this about seven times and did screen shots of the scenes to take note of the differences in each loop. Very well done story! Love it!

[@hackslash666]

Beautifully told story. You see more when you watch it more than once.

[@JordanSKTorres]

WOW!!! At first I thought that you guys found a good way to make a short film longer by using the exact same scenes a animations in loop. But at the third run I finally realised the genius behind this open movie! AWESOME!!!! Great job guys!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 🇧🇷😁👊🏻

[@gustavoluisrodela]

Congrats to the team behind this! Incredibly good modeling, lighting, animation and script choices!! Keep up the great work!

[@ceejayachu]

after watching this video took me 30 mins to figure out what was happening. read all the comments and wondered. brilliant job guys. just downloaded blender hope this is a game changer.

[@zevac]

That was unexpectedly way more intense than I thought

[@GESSTVChannel]

My observation when slowed down: I think it's more like this order: 1. they meet each other at the park 2. proposal at the coffee shop 3. marriage 4. delivery room 5. intensive care unit 6. funeral 7. fight at the restaurant 8. alone at the apartment this is how it was shown: 1. apartment (8) 2. delivery room (4) 3. intensive care (5) 4. restaurant (7) 5. marriage (3) 6. funeral (6) 7. park (1) My theory is that it is arranged in a way the author was thinking about the most; or which part had the most impact or strong memory.

[@ambadysasi]

Director : Hjalti Hjalmarsson Associate Director : Christopher Nolan (no mention) 😉😉

[@davidcalex3467]

Can't describe how beautiful it is

[@Thandidladla]

I think I found something else. See how the cat that she throws out of the window is white? Now look in every scene the "main object" of that scene (the object this specific scene is about) is white. In the hospital the sheet on her stomach, the incubator, the tablecloth on the rooftop, her wedding dress in the church, the coffin at the funeral, the baby carriage right after, the hood of the car that she crashes on before the coffeeshop and even the ring when he proposes in the coffee shop. Maybe what they're trying to say is that she would just like to throw all of these memories away. What I say now is a little bit more freely interpreted but lots of advisors for depression etc. say that you should stay active to keep these endlessly torturing thoughts out of your mind. And coffee is known to wake you up, make you stay active and do stuff. As I said, really feely interpreted here. Then in the end it seems like no matter what she does she always replays the tragedy in her head and can't get rid of the "cat" that resembles her memories. What are your thoughts about that?

[@chubawaba2863]

I think it's more that she drinks coffee to escape dealing with her memories which leaves her in an endless cycle of grief. The hesitation at the till is possibly thinking about facing it but instead she continues to power through life until she breaks down.

[@thataustriantrain7466]

That white object is her baby

[@mrartistimo1530]

Noticed when they were both mad at each other at the table. My god I love it when you have story telling where it's definitely leading to that... Absolutely beautiful.

[@spectregaming3766]

Currently I am 14 but I promise as soon as I finish my education I would like to work at blender

[@wendellpo2215]

But it's not impossible either

[@wendellpo2215]

Infact bro if you still haven't used I recommend blender guru as his tutorials are the best for learning 3d in blender especially the basics

[@_Chad_ThunderCock]

Blender is easier than you think...download blender (which is only around 70mb if I remember) and like what the other guy said... WATCH BLENDER GURU!(KZbin tutorial) and trust me, you will be well on your way for this type of career ;)

[@_Chad_ThunderCock]

Dream.!llus!on when has something not being easy ever stop someone for seeking and achieveing their passion?

[@Neolte]

Don't wait! And don't let people tell you you can't. Sit down, find tutorials and just learn to make things. You don't have to wait until you finish school to do this on your own.

[@oseqq]

The longer you watch, the morally and emotionally deeper it gets you. I needed to watch it more then once to comprehend the whole(?) idea.

[@ftohill]

Run lola run, sideways. Excellent work.

[@SeaWasp]

My first thought about it!

[@sparkwoodand21_com]

Great little video. Nice work Blender Gang!

[@MartinKlekner]

Whoa, didnt expect it to get ... dark. Lovely animation and an awesome concept, as well as deep message. Love it!

[@1.618_Murphy]

She was passing through her own life events! Trying hard to avoid the reality and all the griefs she's been through just by having a cup of coffee!

[@matslarsson5988]

This is great in so many ways. I bow in the direction of the team making it.

[@hoshie1328]

unexpected and bittersweet. I loved it

[@mallickpriyanshuOG]

My takeaway from this vid, "We live in a loop and unless we try to do something different, the loop will go on." Also this video reminded me of the mobile game "Vector" by Nekki.

[@CyprianChong]

I want to take the time to appreciate. It's amazing to see Blender came a long way, totally digging and supporting this software !

[@williamfrederickiversen8518]

I need to rewatch this even though i already did 3 times

[@andysalvatore9500]

Great short for one who lost someone who love and wanted to change the past by thinking over a too much cafenine.

[@SirIkeMedia]

Super deep animation. Love it.

[@Rio_VR]

love the break up scene transitioning from her being the victim to her being the issue. Really was good

[@trixbrix554]

"You can't run from your past" Any other interpretation

[@scaredyfish]

Life has no replays

[@stpauldudko]

“You got to put your behind in your past” Pumbaa

[@siraniks]

@Swapnil Nishad you can change, rewire what you think. in this scene thou she's stuck with her past that's why she can't moved on.

[@ZUnknownFox]

"You can't change your past"

[@miracleshappen4483]

Don't drink too much coffee, slow down or you will miss all the beautiful and less beautiful moments in life. Moral: stay in the present!

[@yamunajolicoeur7167]

this is a perfect idea for a game one day someone might make this a game

[@lohithad2910]

Damn,that was awesome..it was her total life cycle😭❤️❤️❤️

[@redphosphoruscoconut3561]

oh! I didn't notice that! That‘s awesome！

[@BoppinParty]

No ... that was her proposal in the cafe, her marriage at church, the delivery of her baby, the crash of her baby at the park, the death of her baby at the ICU ward, the funeral at the cemetery, the argument with her husband over what could have been, then griefing alone with her cat

[@lohithad2910]

@@redphosphoruscoconut3561 exactly

[@lohithad2910]

@@BoppinParty yeah,I got that totally..it was HER total life actually and that's so great

[@awtarsingh8051]

Lohita D That was not her total life-cycle....It's just past events of 1-3 yrs max.....................total life-cycle😂😂

[@cactustactics]

At least things ended up working out for the lady who got stood up at the bar! People have been over a lot of this but the whole thing really caught my attention, so I may as well post my take on it. It's not sequential, and it basically goes: proposal -> marriage -> birth -> park (accident?) -> baby in ICU (the pram is there) -> funeral -> argument -> sitting alone in apt with everything boxed up it's ordered that way for narrative flow (like contrasting the two hospital events, or marriage/funeral with sun/rain) and you can also tell by whether the woman is pregnant, how long her hair is, if her husband has a beard etc So she's sitting alone in her apartment, where everything's in boxes like she's moving out. She's thinking about all the events that led up to this, and each time the focus changes. The first run they have a nice small wedding, they're all happy and in love in the park, and when the baby dies they're equally sad and he's comforting her. In the breakup the husband is angry while she looks dejected, like he has a reason to be mad at her. On each run it shifts, they're more distant in every scene, except for the wedding which gets bigger and more celebratory. She gets more and more broken up about the baby's death, while he seems unaffected and bored, and ultimately is absent from the hospital. The breakup eventually flips, to where she's angry and he looks like she has a reason to be So it feels like, as she drinks and runs through events in her mind, she becomes more and more resentful, the good memories about their loving relationship and how they handled the tragedy become sour. The bigger weddings feel like she's imagining everything was much better in the beginning, and then it was all... downhill... from there. And when she ends up back at the coffee shop, seeing how happy she was to be proposed to, she's tempted to reach for that memory and accept that they really were in love, like in her first run-through... and each time she rejects it, and ends up alone, looking more and more depressed as the empties pile up around her -------- Personally I'm not 100% that there was a runaway accident with the baby. The pram she rides is sort of an unreal object, it could be conceptual - and besides, it's there (undamaged) in the ICU and then in the apartment, being used as storage for a box. It doesn't seem like something you'd keep around in that situation, y'know? The park might just represent their relationship after the baby was born, and the baby developed an illness which eventually tore their lives apart. Could be why the baby is initially crying (representing it being sick) but start laughing as she reconsiders the past Same with the cat, I think that's conceptual - like maybe the idea of getting one, having a companion now she's alone, moving on and replacing that void in her life. And she's angrily throwing that idea aside, violently (which makes sense since it's the most shocking thing in the video I reckon) And I'm not sure about the coffee - people don't generally sit drinking coffee and leaving lots of cups strewn around their feet, becoming more aggressive and depressed. The energy of the video is completely at odds with what she's actually doing, sitting in a chair for hours, in the dark, thinking. I'm not sure if she's meant to have an alcohol problem in general, but I think there's a strong case for it as a theme. In the park, after the lovey kissing in the first run, the second one has her drinking and him looking at her with his arms folded. And that "cup" is a different colour to every other coffee cup in the film It would explain why there's tension, why they maybe break up before the baby goes into hospital, maybe why she's there alone - he wasn't there because he didn't know, and they weren't together? He's with her at the funeral (where she ends up literally weeping on the floor, not composed like in her first memory). She's the one who's violently angry at the bar. So maybe I was wrong, and the idealised, loving relationship the first time round is the fiction, and the truth is what she finally arrives at, where she has a problem, where things started with so much happiness and promise? She always chooses the "coffee" though... Also (as if this wasn't long enough!!) there's a lot going on in the backgrounds. At the park especially, there's a boy and a girl with a ponytail on the playground equipment, and also someone in a hat who goes on the bench / on the skate ramp / on the zip line, and ends up flat on the floor in the last run. Not sure what that signifies but it feels like stuff breaking down! if you read this far, uh thanks and I hope it wasn't a waste of time!

[@jittertn]

Blender animation studio : "So how edgy do you want it to be ?" Ton : "Yes"

[@Aryazaky]

Clearly you don't understand the meaning behind this.

[@jittertn]

@@Aryazaky yeah I am sure you did at the very start when she killed the cat or the baby afterwards It takes some balls to show imagery that may shock common sensibilities before the context has been set or the story has been further developed. I was just pointing it out, not a bad thing in it self, actually I think it is smart and makes the short less generic, so shill.

[@atlas9761]

Bro did you notice that she's running through her own past

[@noeldev]

This is really well written and it can show how not just really destructive stuff can be a escape, like alchol or crack, but also even the regular stuff can provide a escape, coffe, social media, video games etc i dunno if this writing makes sense it's 5 am and i have been up all night but i hope it will

[@wsvoxel]

Wow is a well-made story in an impeccable animation sequence.

[@CrazyChrisHaley]

What an exhilarating intense short film, and that three times replay was very unique and well served in the short. Incredible

[@spectregaming3766]

BTW best open source animation software:) plz make office tour video no. 4 and Ton Rosaandal and other team u guys are legends once again thank you for such open source program:)

[@Solanum.3d]

Wow such a smart idea!! And it's short enough that watching it a few times to digest everything in it isn't a problem

[@AmiYamato]

Relatable.

[@AabirAhammed]

oh my god !!! this should win at least an award..

[@AneeshSeeYay]

“Inspirational.. once again blender makes great short”

[@ezrakainz]

"Did you... Did you just quote yourself?"

[@joos3D]

“A great quote is this one I just came up with” - Me

[@wildsirius4649]

"I'm gay" -Me

[@awtarsingh8051]

@@ezrakainz 😂🤣

[@rustyexe9378]

"@@wildsirius4649 is gay" -Rusty-exe, 430 BC

[@dilshe8596]

Video length is just 3 min and I am here for the past 30 min. Soo deep!

[@gabbylikeskicks]

1st run. Wow cool vector parkour, but she's killing these people 2nd run. Oh she's travelling through her life. Final run. Damn, that's deep

[@louis.bodota]

this blender short is deep af

[@k.bermejo7334]

Like all of us, I first thought this was just a lazy repetition of the same sequence, but as soon as I noticed the slight differences among the sequences, I then realized there was a meaning behind it. The thing though for me is, my interpretation is quite unique I think, and most likely unrelated to the actual story behind the animation lol; but what I interpret is a woman going through the same tedious routine everyday, and unhealthily relying on coffee to replenish the very little energy left in her. Y'know, regarding monotonousness, lack of direction/purpose, absence of any real progress in life, and the like.

[@dumebiafran1180]

Actually that the story is about the misfortune that happened in her life. So the repetition is her thinking about how things could have gone differently to avoid that misfortune. But at the end, her baby still dies in all three scenarios.

[@k.bermejo7334]

@@dumebiafran1180 Yeah I do acknowledge that that's the actual story behind the animation, I just wanted to share my somewhat different interpretation of said animation. :)

[@blendering3D]

Nice story, great job Blender team!

[@RealAjiZu]

Woah, I want this game!!! Wait a minute... Ok but seriously this is incredibly well made!!!!

[@kaefinator]

This would be a neat game style...

[@xXGamingWithCoffeeXx]

There is a game like this. 👍 it's called life is a game

[@gamebreakers6437]

Awesome storytelling. Blender community is really thinking out of the box...

[@asmatsuki]

I keep wondering in the stroller scene, when they fly off, is she reaching for the coffee or the baby?

[@thenout]

Exactly.

[@affanshaikh8492]

Yes

[@daringcuteseal]

Yez

[@blenderblender792]

The most violent thing I ever seen from Blender Studio. Keep up the good work.

[@DabiOW]

damn, that's depressing

[@LightBWK]

this animation is not what we all need right now

[@hardwire666too]

Without a doubt the most depressing thing I've ever seen. Including the first ten minutes of Up, and the Artax Swamp of Sorrows scene (that's haunted me since I was 4). This is actually a compliment. Oh and the animation is cool too I guess. I'm gonna go hug my mom now.

[@Riley_MDS]

Vector: the Animation :DDDD

[@Requirersheros]

yep its like but its 3d toon shader

[@rodgershaule6697]

It is 2D...

[@alexmehler6765]

@@rodgershaule6697 its a mix of both ..

[@Yassir.A.P.]

The characters are 3D, the shader is making them look 2D. There is free video for non Blender Cloud subscriber that shows the shader.

[@alexmehler6765]

@@Yassir.A.P. i think its easy to see. they could have been 2d rigs , but handrawn animation is distinct from those character-movements, the cat , the baby plopping out and several other element are grease pencil though.. most of the "level" is 3d too, background is handpainted in external app like photoshop

[@Privolti]

this is deep. when watched many times with a calm mind. reflection of one's past mistakes. kudos to the guy/gal who came up with the philosophy behind this.

[@SamuelJenkin]

This is totally out of words 🔥🔥 and the end was emotive 🥺 soo Good ✨✨

[@felijacobo7788]

this is brilliant

[@fakecubed]

These movies are all so dark. Is Blender Studio alright?

[@AmanKumar-tu2og]

That was the best storytelling I have seen. And the animation and the visual style were 🔥