Sci-Fi Short Film “Fabricated" | DUST

[@htomerif]

holy hell, its like watching 5 years of someone's work and 30 years of machining experience compressed into 20 minutes.

[@pauls5745]

I await someone to follow this theme and do a steam punk alternative universe...

[@paulross499]

Do not like,need or want people??

[@paulross499]

The BORG!??

[@peterkiss1204]

At the end it says this film was shot from april 2005 to march 2015.

[@toastyreviewer6889]

I felt kind of bad for the little guy, he went through so much and it seemed as if his sacrifice and pain in the end, was the thing that helped them evolve. That seems like a never ending theme for life in general. RIP Cute little bone dinosaur cat lizard robot thing.

[@blurrrrrr44]

Notice how he seems to be rebuilt from a glass like material. Maybe he was rebuilt.

[@indyX5]

wolgolf Yes I agree 'cause I think in the "ball thing" there is his "brain and heart"...I think

[@onemanarmyoma0155]

@@indyX5 And that's why the one-footed-dude said that it would grow.

[@alexkwan160]

When the metal man said be careful... Do you know be careful what?

[@jamesaseltine2756]

Accention

[@d.grouard6737]

The filmmaker who created this film is an absolute genius. I watched the entire film with my eyes glued to the screen. The story and attention to detail is amazing. I certainly believe that it would take one person 10 years to create this film; the end result is a superb. I will definitely watch this a few more times.

[@Livinivs]

This is the singular best short film I have ever seen on KZbin.

[@alangolden2360]

I hope viewers realize how good this piece is.

[@watchdust]

We couldn't agree more

[@mugwump7049]

I just did! :D Just finished watching it. The art direction, photography and sound design are quite brilliant. This should win awards.

[@cedley1969]

Simply amazing, a metal creation myth.

[@zendertan8306]

Yes indeed

[@asicdathens]

Initially I thought it was CGI. To do stop motion you must have some kind of OCD or nerves of steel. I would have smashed everything with a sledgehammer the first 10 minutes of trying. But the result is majestic.

[@Brucebod]

I wish I had 1% the talent, skill, dedication, and sheer brilliance of this artist. I'd be so happy. Beautiful film. It truly touched me. ❤

[@SynthoidSounds]

A fantastic combination of kinetic sculpture, mechanical engineering, stop motion animation and story telling. I can believe this probably did take ten years to put together.

[@derekdrake8706]

"My foot corroded and now I'm trapped here forever" Bruh. Crawl.

[@mollytaylor8122]

Crutch?

[@introprospector]

We deserve disabled robots! Give us robots!

[@thecreaturescorner539]

There might be more behind it...

[@deeziemeezie5288]

It also got me how nonchalently he finished with " I grow tired of this, now i must sleep..."

[@aidandixon6028]

Might be hard to survive like that with all the predators around

[@charlesthebald3671]

And that, kids, is how ball bearings are made.

[@TaigiTWeseDiplomat--Formosan]

：０

[@godzilla-mw2yt]

and how about motors?

[@godzilla-mw2yt]

@@dominikalejandro8799 whats her name :P

[@billyandrew]

Ball bearings are metal, usually steel. Beads are glass and similar.

[@Fourth_Stooge]

Does this remind anyone of the movie “9” About little dolls that are given sentience?

[@Md_Yasin2824]

Me

[@MrCreepy-ps9ze]

Now that ya mention it, it kinda does.

[@kjellringstrom6217]

Was it not like one of the last humans, a guy that wanted to preserve his soul and split it to nine parts that was transferred in to these 9 dolls?

[@Dam-Dd]

Yeah 9 is also a good movie

[@wirelessone2986]

No

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Wow...incredible that this was produced by one person over a decade of time! That's real dedication. Well done...Bravo!

[@mubaracklafene9844]

Life well wasted

[@johnc6738]

Evolution to a higher life form to cope with the changing environment. All metal is corroding, but silica/glass is the next step up the ladder. Or that's what I got from it.

[@WATCHINGTHEWATCHERS]

I think it's plastic.

[@Robertahausen]

yes, that is how I saw it, just a logical next advance..

[@bestwaste3551]

nice u r genius man

[@jerethgryphon4244]

Yea bone to metal to plastic wierd sad but good

[@tutekstarkiller827]

Your konwledge about material sience is sadly very limited.

[@johnl4469]

Eighteen minutes of pure genius.

[@veralenora4033]

'Beware the Jabberwock my son, the jaws that clash, the claws that catch." Retired librarian P.S. Couldn't help myself.

[@CppExpedition]

10 years does it looong? Its so much time... respect.

[@arniespace]

As a person who has worked with "parts" that look like the ones in this flick my whole life, I loved it. At first I thought it was amazing CG texturing. I've seen some CG work that came close to the look of stainless steel, but not this close. Then I realized it was all real. Stop frame animation is becoming rare, and this is excellent work. As for a plot, I don't really need a super deep plot to enjoy this flick, a full length feature film would not work, but a short such as this is fine. I think the plot is about survival of the fittest and evolution, which go hand in hand.

[@Vscustomprinting]

I would assume it is possibly a combination of both, where some parts are cgi models and textures

[@notallthatbad]

This is kind of being in one of those dreams you have where are amazed at how detailed and cool it was. Impressive feat!

[@Allangulon]

A stop motion masterpiece!

[@krimverse5903]

I'm guessing the Adeptus Mechanicus wanted something a bit more interesting than servo-skulls.

[@wanderinghobo4917]

It is the will of the machine god

[@Gruzdrukk]

Well they do break easy

[@dabo9016]

How Cyber-mastiffs became a thing

[@butternug5303]

Ik you said this a year ago but i literally just started getting into 40k and top comment of the first vid i watch is talkin bout 40k..

[@AwkwardHistory]

Don’t we all?

[@ThePapa48]

As a Machinist by trade, I found this film fascinating and intriguing!

[@davidhopkinson9253]

Mesmerizing

[@stevenb7319]

ThePapa48 we are on the same page. I wonder how much was machined for the film and how much was repurposed. The coffin shaped examination table was most likely just for this. The polished square bar with the threading at the ends is probably the same. This was certainly a machinists nightmare somewhere in the process of production. Getting all the gears to play nice must have taken a great deal of patience.

[@gregbrightwell662]

I know! The drill chip plants, the perforated steel "earth", the 80/20 trees!

[@cy2087]

Indeed, given how many of the parts used here that I actually recognized. And I'm not even on your level, I'm just a service tech. I couldn't believe what they did with some of that pasty, silver 'never seize' lubricant gel. I just bought some last week from Fastenal lol.

[@TheExplosiveGuy]

The robot doctor was badass too, most of the stuff on it looks hand crafted. I was going to say that this is porn to us machinists, such inventive use of machined parts gets us pretty riled up.

[@bicparker9275]

As one old enough to have seen "7th Voyage of Sinbad" (1958) and subsequent Harryhausen films when they were newly released in theaters, I gotta give it up for Mr. Foxwell. Stop-motion is like the Origami of animation and this is a superb example of the art. Not only that but the story is subtle and thought-provoking. Hats off to you, sir!

[@MrKockabilly]

The ingenuity and imagination, talent, skills, time and effort put into this is so beyond me. But what is beyond me more is how could some people even take effort to dislike this production which is in fact being shared for free. Or is it that some people are just plain dumb and ignorant on how such things are produced?

[@xemy1010]

One of the most unique and mesmerising short films I've ever seen.

[@kingrat2465]

Agree

[@rickhunter6516]

Absolutely fascinating and highly imaginative! Wonderful! May we see more from this film maker in the future! Interesting fact: the silver “tail” on the main protagonist is actually an item known as shield braid. It is used to surround a series of wires, known as a wire harness, to significantly reduce signal-to-noise ratio. I know because I used to work with this. And the black woven “skin” on the second creature is known as nomes sleeping, used to reduce friction and chafing on wire harnesses that would otherwise damage wires.

[@maxim6088]

it can also be used to cover artificial muscles

[@Trinitrophenylmethylnitramines]

For me it's more like anal toys than braided wire

[@pauls5745]

braided steel is electrically conductive, so you won't see it on plug wires, coil, misc electricals, and etc in NHRA drag racing and hot rod communities, since spark jump between wires is likely, but it is used as physical protection for water, oil and hydraulic lines

[@TheDIDSBIAK]

In the aeronautics the braid is used for hydraulic /pneumatic lines.

[@TheDIDSBIAK]

@@pauls5745 Exactly. We use nylon braid or heat shrink tubing on electrical wires.

[@jimkovacs7]

WOW, the design, the artwork, the soundtrack---- just divine !!

[@jerryshunk7152]

This is easily the best thing I have seen on this channel. Just superb imagination & animational prowess. No social engineering crap, no dystopic drool & despair, just simply excellent entertainment. Thank You for such a fine effort.

[@alexrXX]

I was going to pass on this film at the start but got drawn in more and more as the film went on and watched it to the end. Great imagination. Great stop motion photography and great engineering! I couldn't decide whether all the mechanics were computer generated or real. It seems they are real. Thats a lot of work! Great job!

[@purplehaze2358]

I know this sounds pretentious, but after my third viewing, this video should be taught in art schools. It's such an incredible piece of art. There's so much to talk about and analyze, that I could probably go on for hours typing, revising, and editing a comment to explain this video. I will live and die by the opinion that this video is DUST's magnum opus. Them at their absolute best. Such artistry and talent went into this, and with all the best works, there's so many angles and positions you can hold when talking about and analyzing it.

[@lvbboi9]

Go back to the foundation goddamit

[@kellihurst4527]

I think this is Scp 1824, the evolving machine

[@mishie618]

Ouch. Dust didn’t make it. They just present these films. The real filmmaker gave permission for dust to show it. But everything else you said is true!

[@mokshambaghela4902]

I understood absolutely nothing so please explain

[@fatfatviking]

@@mokshambaghela4902 its evolution after us. The life the goes on after the flesh is gone. And what it is evolving towards... Which I would assume would be immortality or perfection. I may be wrong on that but after watching the few times that's what I pulled from it. between the mural near the beginning, the man in the seat and the composition of materials from beginning to end. And I think in the very beginning that was flesh in that tunnel that he walks away from after he comes off the factory line I would be willing to listen anybody's interpretation of that. that is very interesting

[@wiz7716]

RESPECT to the amount of effort put into this short film! it is seriously I n C r E d I b L e !

[@deano43]

I loved this short, a lot of hard work clearly went into this. Cant wait to see the next step in their evolution.

[@drsingingeagle]

I have no idea what the heck I’m watching, but I absolutely love it.

[@infinityzer054]

Semi-life…..NEAT🙂 From iron and bone, traveled to brass, forth to steel, then came to be reborn in polycarbonate

[@Charlie-bn7ho]

When homeboy said *_RAAAAAREEEEEEEEAAAAAAOOOOWEERRRRAAAA_* I felt that ✊😔🔧

[@hollydowns2279]

lol

[@plaguedoc8417]

Same man

[@bipolar64]

Brilliant, I loved every second. As an amateur animator and hobby machinist, best still-frame animated short I have ever watched.

This is the third time I am watching this movie. The "fabrications" them-selves, and the sets, are works of art. The movie is a Piece if Work. Incredible! My admiration and thanks to Brett for his painstaking labour and vision.

[@jeefberky9101]

Something about the velociraptor type creature was so genuinely unsettling, especially the sound it made

[@kyraptor2521]

Probably because it had a "face" and resembled a actual creature.

[@deerboi6074]

This was one of the best stop motion movies I've ever seen. A lot of effort was put into this. I can see that just by watching the whole movie.

[@eronacalloway9159]

Engine valve springs for LUNGS ? Brilliant !

[@thecreaturescorner539]

I wish there was a sequel to this, this one could really use one! 6:44 sound like “corrupt music” very awesome job with the humanoid bot.

[@TheImprovised]

This was an absolute work of art! The time, skill, and imagination this took is amazing! There was also a clear story here.

[@trekfan2996]

I absolutely LOVE this Dust ... it's so easy to see why humans tend to anthropomorphize little mechanical things...

[@chrisosh9574]

Idon't have enough superlatives for this, one of the best shorts and some of the best engineering I have ever seen.

[@rondobbs2371]

As a machinist myself, I thought this was pretty brilliant.

[@xemy1010]

Couldn't agree more. Hard to know what to say -- the mood created here is like nothing else. Almost as if it comes from another dimension.

[@AnyMotoUSA]

Yep as an automation tech lots of familiar assemblies and parts. Very cool.

[@Blakeseamster]

I actually got my art teacher at my highschool to play this short film. Most of the others in my class didn't see the art part of it but got creeped out by it and of course after people didn't enjoy it. It got changed to the bee movie but the next year we got to watch the full thing

[@rl2699]

I forgot to comment on this video when I watched it a while ago. This is by far one of the best shorts I have ever seen by Dust or any other studio that does these types. The humanoid that was talking about the new world almost half way through had an awesome and creepy voice. Wished there was more of that.

[@chrictonj9503]

Loved the stop-motion animation. There isn't enough of this in the world. AND, what an interesting idea for a hip joint (actually, one joint but two legs).

[@amishrobots]

yeah, i actually found that hip joint totally intriguing. Spent most of the film thinking of ways to actually control such a joint in a real robot.

[@goilo888]

@@amishrobots I was thinking of how to 3D model and print it!

[@keithcarpenter5254]

@@amishrobots love the oxymoronic name lol!

[@joshuagarcia707]

1 person made this over 10 years Wow just wow

[@steveames5797]

INCREDIBLE. I'm just stunned at the whole package. The sound effects were super innovative. Big fan now.

[@matycee]

This was incredible. Top to bottom and side to side. Reminiscent of Brothers Quay, etc however, perfectly unique and utterly captivating to behold. Bravo.

[@jayc3715]

I just don't possess the vocabulary to describe how brilliant this was. I feel like whatever I say wouldn't do it justice.

[@vacume4144]

I would love to watch an entire movie like this. I just love it

[@kingrat2465]

It is complete. No need for more. Evolution comes full circle. The End.

[@lvbboi9]

18:18

[@TheDIDSBIAK]

Me as mechanical engineer, this video is very much appreciated,. Especially by knowing how detailed the assembly line with gears, shafts, creatures etc. etc are made. This give the story behind the making of, another dimension and level. CHAPEAU

[@neillpotts6019]

I've watched this film several times now and each time I spot something new. Sheer genius.

[@timmothy58]

i much thank your spirit and passion for this wonderful work of love and devotion...i am 73 years old...thank you...

[@SanAndFe]

Ray Harryhausen lives on. Great piece of stop-motion cinematography. 👍🏻

[@djashildah8698]

This animation was made over a course of 5 years, since it is a hand-made animation with a lot of objects being moved ever so slightly frame by frame. 5 years compacted into 20 minutes...how wow is that?

[@necrosisnmotion1005]

This is so well done and smooth, I absolutely love seeing bones used in stop motion like this.

[@christopherwitherspoon5595]

BEAUTIFUL! Great work all the way around!

[@xxwookey]

They must have spent so much time in the machine shop, never mind the actual animation! Remarkable.

[@VitaKet]

10 years.

[@EarlOfMaladyCrescent]

What an absolute masterpiece! & this isn't CGI either. I read, in the description, it's all stop motion & it took ten years to make!!! That's some serious dedication! The different creatures & the set designs look amazing, right down to the lighting. (I noticed the colour scheme changing with the different locations & it looks like lighting plays a big part in that). I was blown away by the sound effects as well! This is one of the best shorts I've seen on Dust yet!

[@michaelwertzy9808]

Thank You, Mr. Foxwell! Your imagination is overwhelming! Likewise your dedication, intrepid perseverance. 10 yrs., hokey smokees I have had an extreme admiration of artists in stop-motion film. Patience and really good luck are definitely part of the "formula", I am astounded to say the least! CGI hardly impresses me much these days, there are so many redundancies. I hope there's a chance you are able to continue! And thank you,Dust for presenting his work! WOWOWOW

[@SpiderSparta56]

Well said. I completely agree with you

[@mehmetakbulut07]

This might be the best animated video/film i have ever watched. Welldone, brilliant!

[@janethagaman1998]

AMAZING! Had my full attention from beginning to end. Cinematic glory. Good job Brett. Thank you Dust for supporting creativity.

[@watchdust]

Thanks for watching!

[@keithcarpenter5254]

@@watchdust if the guy who made this hasn't been snapped up by one of the big animation studios, their hr departments need firing! Absolutely amazing.

[@nemonobody4747]

I don't think I can really fathom the lengths this person must have went to in order to create and put all this together. Many stunning creations here. It kinda gives the setting a microcosm vibe too

[@999torino]

Beautiful lighting, textures and colors. No way to take your eyes off this amazing story.

[@tpliscon4662]

Thank you for creating and making this piece. Of all the Dust short's this is by far my favorite. You've created a masterpiece work of art! Good luck with future endeavors.

[@johnnywyld2473]

Absolutely outstanding, fucking beautiful! The use of stop motion in this film not to mention the odd components used to build the scenery and characters is simply genius. Very reminiscent of 80's claymation.

[@3000gtwelder]

I can totally see how this might take ten years to make. The guy started out as a Apprentice C.N.C. Machinist, and did stop motion films as a hobby. He got rid of all his set up and scrap parts by taking them home to use for this movie haha! Slowly over the years he had enough of his parts and footage to make a movie.

[@juiellineau]

so the carbon(steel) based machines learned to go to a silicon(glass) based life? Is this prophetic of what man exploring the cosmos might develop into. Us, being carbon, morphing into a more abundant , sand, or silicon based life form that would more easily live off world. I would have paid to see this gem. You had my attention from beginning to end, very well done!

[@emitizmo7456]

Humans and all species on earth are organic machines with their own basic programing so I think the evolution already happened and is going in circle.

[@lolhcd]

@@emitizmo7456 unfortunately, carbon is the only element/atom that can do such complex structures. Silicon might be somewhat similar but it can't hold its structure to become huge molecules (like proteins etc.) so UNLESS there are different rules somewhere in the universe, we have to stick to carbon. I wonder in what kind of life humans will develop in the future. As I'm writing, I'm thinking about you knowing this already but I'll post it anyway xD Have a nice day y'all!

[@TimJSwan]

Maybe it's more of humans realizing that they already are awesome creatures.

[@TMHedgehog]

To my knowledge carbon as an element is actually more abundant than silicon.

[@juiellineau]

@@TMHedgehog More than 90% of the Earth's crust is composed of silicate minerals, making silicon the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust (about 28% by mass) after oxygen.Carbon is the 15th most abundant element in the Earth's crust, and the fourth most abundant element in the universe.Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe .

[@dominicdelprincipe2583]

One person?!! My god, the dedication. What a beautiful piece of art.

[@Bill23799]

The 365 thuimbs down for this video were all from Silica based life forms who refuse to believe they evolved from lowly carbon steel based lower forms of life.

[@toolguyslayer1]

What's so bad about that story it is a hypothetical story relative obviously you are non scientifically inclined the movie is intended to spark the imagination you're the guise of relativity the fact that you cannot wrap your head around that says that you need to watch more KZbin clearly you are young and you do not understand what you are looking at the length of your comment states that as well lower intelligence what energetic frustration whereas higher intelligence will do just the opposite it wants a positive outcome and even if the outcome is not positive it will find something positive in it this is the thinking that will go on and on negative thinking it's called negative for a reason

[@therealborischang]

Titanium alloy

[@billyandrew]

Short attention spanned lifeforms, unlike the creator of the film.

[@Rayvn7]

And also people who would like some kind of actual plot and actual valid happenings in their movies.

[@vallorypoole7906]

Bill i don't know about you ..But I was created by GOD!

[@evan9382]

jesus. this is literally the most well made cgi (stop motion?) film I have ever seen.

[@blurrrrrr44]

Stop motion. It's all real.

[@emiliogarcia8744]

this is the most coolest thing I have ever seen

[@tomp8871]

This is what you get when you have sharp, intelligent, creative designing minds on acid. BRAVO!

[@vikingboer756]

Absolutely amazing. Smoothest stop motion I’ve ever seen!!

[@wenzler3052]

As a student studying sound design, I LOVE the audio and effects for this. The voice of the machine man especially sounds great.

[@slainwolf180]

Best stop motion i've ever seen. The lighting & sound are exceptional. Best film i've seen on featured on Dust channel. And this one actually has a storyline & meaningful themes.

[@katerinafidler8947]

Just WOW! That is really a master piece!!! So many perfect details! I absolutely love it

[@billyandrew]

Conceptually and visually mindblowing! Ten years well spent and my thanks for the final product. Pure art. This is what sci fi is all about...swapping your reality for the one offered and not even realising it, 'til the end! 5*

[@valholladay2116]

This is probably the best stop-motion film I've seen. I can see why it took ten years to make.

[@definesigint2823]

Should I try to explain this to someone, I may be unable to describe how awesome this is with just words. Hand waving and emphatic facial expression will likely be required.

[@haraldpettersen3649]

One thing is for sure, there is a lot of work put into this special movie. All the mechanical is fantastic and if you see it five times you will see something new every time. Good luck further boys, this was good work . The film is without a doubt a work of art.

[@newtronix]

Is this stop motion? It's so good you can hardly tell it is! Wonderful!

[@Amanoob105]

A DUST short with an overall positive ending? What madness is this!?

[@sleepyhead8620]

these types of animations are as good as they are rare, i love this film :)

[@tigerseye73]

The machinery at 12:04 is fantastically real stuff. You can't make this up. WOW and thanks for all this effort.

[@brianswelding]

Brett: AMAZING! Dust: Thank you as always! I'll be back.

[@janvanruth3485]

nothing but admiration for the machinery.... and the rest of the movie also was quite good

[@NexusIncorporation]

What started as a kind of Crazy Freakshow turned into an awesome Masterpiece. Amazing i love it

[@Lambda_Ovine]

I absolutely love the esthetic and the fact that it is stop motion. The engineering and machining that went into the design and creation of the characters and the set, the colors as resulted by mixing brass, copper and steel, the perfectly smooth animation. Perfection. Only somebody that's crazy enough would dare to master that style of animation. My respects.

[@robertjones7231]

That was amazing! I’ve seen a lot of shorts from DUST but this was among my favorites! DUST rocks!🚀

[@dinosnore4269]

Is that... stopmotion? If so, I have infinite respect for the person who animated it for their level of patience.

[@Evalend]

Love how the "Sentinel" in the factory looks surprised by the sample on Big Head Bone Boy^^ 17:00

[@LilMissMurder3409]

What a phenomenal piece of work. PHENOMENAL! Bravo!

[@ayawoke9906]

Hands down one of the coolest short films out there, gracias for sharing!

[@varunthapliyal8960]

I am a stop motion artist . This is the best stop motion i have ever seen. Concept , lightning everything is perfect

[@Rikblak]

Stunning work. I can't wrap my head around how much time this must have taken. Bravo!

[@mattruff8432]

An absolute feast for the eyes!!! What WONDERFUL production! I could watch a feature length of this... AMAZING. Absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!!!!

[@belzaboul]

only 10k views!? this deserve at least 1000x more

[@czarpeppers6250]

It certainly got a lot more views since you posted this 4 months ago.

[@HaluhalongPuna]

and certainly got a lot more views since you posted this 3 months ago :)

[@kidbogus3731]

I know this is an old video but I still have to say that this is one of my favorite channels, the content is always mind twisting, eye opening, thought provoking, and so well put together, thank you for doing what you do

[@Deqster]

That is an insane amount of work, holy cow! Loved it

[@sbevzx]

This movie was fantastic, I love the scene with the spring valve lungs " man " with no foot, his voice was mesmerising !!!