Sci-Fi Short Film "PETS"

The future is clean and easy, with the intellegent spheres guiding you through.
This video is a student movie, made in Berlin. Have fun watching it.
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Actors:
Steven Preisner
Almuth Jabs
Frank Rungwald
Carole Lunt
Anna-Marie Plagge
Claus Lunt
Director: David Wunderlich
Production, DOP, Cinematography: David Schuster
Idea, Screenplay: Claus Lunt, Anna-Marie Plagge, David Schuster
VFX:
David Schuster
Claus Lunt
Anna-Marie Plagge
Mariana Glesius
Music: Ramón Zöllner
Sounddesign: Eric Obeth
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[@laurahandley4621]

1:02 robot feeds man 1:12 robot plays movie for man 1:53 robot takes him on walk 2:32 the robot talks to other robot but human is silent 3:52 robot goes to party leaves man 4:15 man goes into cage while robot party's 4:22 robot party's 4:58 men are in cages omg the humans are the pets

[@DavidKuehn]

That is a great analysis of the idea. :-D

[@laurahandley4621]

David Schuster thank you

[@euodiapercy1231]

What abt the woman that walking alone when he saw in robot salon?

[@laurahandley4621]

Euodia Percy mabye not all robots have humans

[@euodiapercy1231]

cat lover they met before when their robots greeted each other on the street whom he gave her the flower.

[@Gotabeme13]

1 flower was killed int the making of this movie :(

[@carlosidelone8064]

Not really . . . a plant was just given a haircut.

[@Dargonhuman]

Carlos Idelone Technically, the flower part of the plant did die, just not the root system that will make another flower. Strands of hair aren't alive so that analogy doesn't work.

[@illismoreoillismoreo123]

but hair =/= flower.

[@bigshotmovieverse2621]

Well ... come to think of it, probably a few hundred ants too. (Sob)

[@bigshotmovieverse2621]

Well ... come to think of it, probably a few hundred ants too. (Sob)

[@TheGrayman1234]

Now I have to go hug my dog....

[@GarryRosenfeldt]

TheGrayman1234 I had the exact same thought while watching this.

[@gggardiney]

TheGrayman1234 why

[@KenFarnham]

yeah, go hug your master.

[@1TalldrinkH2O]

You are a much more loving pet owner than these robots

[@frankstippel5988]

But avoid the usage of "coolio".

[@purplepanda1287]

This is a depressing and dystopian short film that subliminally shows us the society as a whole. The houses are all the same(conformity) as are the gardens. I think that the pets aren’t the robots, but rather the humans. The robot at the beginning is seen controlling the human’s actions, including making him walk the robot. The humans being in cells was how we found out that the robots were not the pets. The cells weren’t cells. They were kennels, like in a boarding pet daycare. Case and point, the humans are the pets.

[@jeffthornton6998]

Thanks. I was trying to figure it out.

[@jokidd4005]

Brilliant alternative universe...Thoroughly enjoyed it

[@aa-to6ws]

Johanna Kidd it is not alternative, look at your cellphone or other's cellphone.

[@raliixaviero4674]

Creative Rocket Studios as he typed in the comment *on his cellphone* smh. Just shut up🙄

[@friendlyfoe8982]

Nah, this is a prediction

[@aa-to6ws]

r a l i ' i x a v i e r o no, I write that with a table of rock, then someone write down that ext here on KZbin. Just kidding the difference is that my daily use of my cellphone is nothing compared with others. You have to be responsible with this object, because they have a great power to change your life.

[@connieh.4689]

Interesting and depressing....Well done though!!

[@timmoore9855]

Don't trust a robot that says "Coolio"

[@maddieleigh20xx96]

Tim Moore well it’s it’s owner saying that. The robot is just a messenger

[@angeldude101]

Maddieleigh 20XX I think you missed the point of the video.

[@timmoore9855]

angeldude101 If the point is it's a pretentious piece of crap masquerading as a cautionary tale about letting technology control your life, then no, I got that

[@trooperandcooperale3057]

Now you missed the point that @angeldude101 was replying to Maddieleigh 20XX. The Robot are not the messengers but the Owner. And that the Pets are Us. No talking no messenger not even able to sniff butts.

[@jacoblorimer3483]

Don’t trust a person that says “Coolio”

[@flufflepuffle]

I watched enough of this stuff for me to figure it out, and it was interesting. It is certainly an idle existence. I promise to wait longer on walks while my dog stands there sniffing air and looking into the distance for several continuous minutes.

[@stuartkcalvin]

The walk is all about the dog.

[@sportsfix6975]

What about your dog never getting to have sex? Or a relationship? ...that was in there too....

[@sportsfix6975]

@Legend of the Blue Macerator watch dogs and ferrets chasing and killing rats...you'll never see a dog more in its element and loving it.....unless it's having sex.....treats? Cmon now

[@amorvincent6968]

😂😂😂😂 IM SO DUMB, I THOUGHT THEY WERE TALKING TELEPATHICALLY. i get it now.

[@smartalek180]

Not dumb at all; it was deliberately ambiguous.

[@chrometoaster]

the room in which the gala event is held is gorgeous! Love the music and sound effects.

[@adrianfundescu5407]

Beethoven.So....explore.Never too late;-).It's the second part from the C minor sonata.Now you have to find whitch one of them.

[@jimhiscott2918]

This is why I have 9 dogs and treat them with incredible respect. I dog rescue and foster homeless dogs. They are my heart and purpose.

[@morticiaaddams7866]

I LOVE tge take on checking your coat!

[@EBOWARRIOR]

Wow screamed Black Mirror, This should be a longer episode or at least carry on with the story. Bravo.

[@djinnisequoia]

I enjoyed this. The film has a distinctive feel. Incidentally, I think the main actor is very handsome. Great work.

[@pancake9621]

Wow. In the story,the bots aren't the pets,the humans are. In the future,people are scared of being replaced by bots and that's exactly what happened here.

[@quax6625]

Woah, I totally didnt saw that coming, that is so cool!!

[@Reaper4367]

Bravo! And the saddest part is that we as a species are allready part way there. Tethered at the moment to electronics that are totally dependent on us...for the moment.

[@kufujitsu]

If we give them the ability to be self-maintaining, that might be all she wrote for the Human race - especially if they learn how to evolve... Once I read a creepy story by Phillip K.Dick, about little A.I.s that hide in the ground & surface periodically, always in a different form......it became impossible for humans to keep track of the machines' evolutionary process.... You never know...

[@readhistory2023]

kurfujitsu If you're interested. "The Second Variety" was the name of the short story and two movies were made from it. "Screamers" and "Screamers: The Hunting".

[@kufujitsu]

Hoehner Tim Thanks. Yeah that was the one. Phillip K.Dick wrote many good stories & novels. The Second Variety was one of the the stories in a four-novella collection I read a while back. Heck of a writer. Not surprised Hollywood used so many of his ideas.

[@patrickholt2270]

Fun is physical. How much fun can eyebots have?

[@arvelton]

I thourghly enjoyed this...hope it becomes a movie....well done

[@peterdeyahs3865]

Awesome concept guys full steam !

[@sunnyd9884]

Man, the realization that the spheres are actually the ones talking and making the moves here was heavyyyyyy

[@annamaria-yw6ez]

Very nice, original and tender way to suggest our future...

[@bendia77]

Bravo!!! Did not see where this was going until the end. Loved the pacing, score, moments, .... All!

[@badmojomojo501]

Nice one! SPOILER BELOW!: As soon as he was served breakfast, i knew he was the pet!

[@smartalek180]

You are very smart. Thank you for having the courtesy to hide the spoiler. You renew my faith in humanity (sorely tested of late). Either that, or an audience willing to watch, and comment on, syfy flix may be an unrepresentative sample...

[@woodstoney]

Interesting reversal and concept. Let's hope the future is not quite like this one. Nicely done!

[@squirrelguirrel7010]

woodstoney Future?! Can i move to where you live?

[@maddieleigh20xx96]

Squirrel Guirrel what

[@christow7989]

Let's hope it is so those of us with anger issues can just have at the tech with ball bats.

[@menendez6218]

Maddieleigh 20XX its kinda already happening (the way we treat animals)

[@radharamanivasam7269]

I absolutely agree with you, Amen! :)

[@jimhill4510]

Scary. Good job.

[@jennifermassengill1635]

This was better than a ton of SciFi stuff on Netflix. I suffered through 2 hours thinking it'll get better..most didnt.

[@reneebrady8389]

Student movie?? Wow!! Fantastic! Beautiful visuals, fantastic concept, loved it! Great job! Thank you for sharing!

[@ResinRat2]

Cant say Stephen Hawking (RIP) and Elon Musk didn't warn about this.

[@emitizmo7456]

Two of the greatest scams of our times.

[@radharamanivasam7269]

Stephan Hawking was a scientist, occupied the same seat at Isaac Newton, he is indeed a great scientist.

[@HouseJawn]

Rarely do i think of these short films after they are done. Thought about this hours later. Great message, really deep and universal commentary on our devolving social interactions.

[@ghostman5620]

what a tweest! telegraphed about 15 seconds in.

[@mynameisgladiator1933]

Awwwwe. What a cheery video.

[@1sydman1]

this should have been called "Facebook and u"

[@indigoblueenthustiast4714]

donald parker novody uses facebook anymore bro

[@1sydman1]

Indigoblue, right on dude

[@smartalek180]

Indigoblue Enthustiast "novody uses facebook anymore bro" We should be so lucky. You and those you know may have evolved past that -- or never have felt the need in the first place. But, sadly, you are not a representative sample. Far too many are still tethered --and partly controlled.

[@nameless7838]

"Will there be another race to come along & take over for us? Maybe Martians could do better than we've done. We'll make great pets."

[@ziiofswe]

I've actually read a story named Humans Don't Make Good Pets... so there's room for some debate.

[@NWforager]

Pornos for Pyros fan too

[@theunknown.2997]

no Martians are found on Mars Sorry not Sorry.

[@nameless7838]

Well they haven't checked the whole planet yet . . . lol

[@kufujitsu]

They (superior aliens) might transform us into 100s of different species - like we do to to dogs & chickens...I think we'd make great pets......at least it'll ensure the survival of the species....

[@operaloveringlasgow]

Excellent creation.

[@christianmuller976]

Im Gegensatz 99 Fire Film, bei dem ich noch Schwächen empfand, ist dieser Film Top Notch!

[@DavidKuehn]

Danke sehr, das freut mich zu hören. Auch, dass du wiederkehrender Zuschauer bist. :-D

[@danielschultz11]

Excellent story telling in five minutes than most two hour movies. Excellent acting, effects and cinematography work, with multiple interesting locations. It mirrors how we treat our own "pets", and hints how we may be evolving into a speechless society where technology tethers us controlling our most every action, restricting are freedom of true expression. I expect great things in the future from the creators of this project 🏆

[@DavidKuehn]

Thank you so much for the positive and friendly feedback. :-) It is very nice to see people enjoy my work.

[@thilynguyen895]

This is brilliant and intriguing. Love itttt

[@tripod374]

Super Quality content

[@strangelee4400]

Ironically watched this on my smartphone. (Or is this my smartphone talking while i am in a cubicle...?).

[@christow7989]

strange lee hey go outside. It's a bit bright, but much more enjoyable than being in your little space inside

[@balzonurchin]

Saw that one coming before I even hit the play button

[@raymondjones1601]

This is exactly what our smart phones are doing to us.

[@mwillblade]

I still have a flip phone!

[@ziiofswe]

Those two are not mutually exclusive. I had a Motorola MPx220 some years ago. An early Windows phone and all flippy. Also, Sony-Ericsson's z800, one of the first with 3G. Also considered a smartphone. Still very flippy. There are probably more....

[@shirleyware9059]

Sadly I'm afraid one day people will lead lives this way, I hope I leave this earth before that day....I know I wouldn't want to live life like that!!!!

[@Schokofussel]

So your smartphone is able to fly and drags you outside with a rope after it served you breakfast? And does it also go on meetings with other randomly floating phones? Sounds scary yet fascinating :p

[@shirleyware9059]

Schokofussel lol to funny!!!

[@IHeardFromTheHeavens]

Futuristic life 🙃 awesome

[@tiborjuhasz6599]

Oh guyz it was beautiful and brilliant

[@russell7374]

Woah can't say i didn't see that coming lol! Good short👍

[@cheenosayuno9166]

THIS IS SOOO GOOOD. BLACK MIRROR WHO????

[@zxyatiywariii8]

Really well done! (Don't read the rest of this comment if you haven't seen the film -- spoiler alert) Fortunately for my dog (here in my pic) she comes with me to Gala Events. She even came with us on a helicopter tour once. She's a service dog, so she gets to go everywhere. But sometimes I do wonder where she'd take me, if the choice were up to her? Probably we'd spend every day at the dog park, lol.

[@Dargonhuman]

When I take my mother-in-law's dog out for a walk, I generally let the dog lead unless she tries to go somewhere dangerous, like into traffic. Other than that, I let her go to either side of the road, sniff whatever she wants for as long as she wants, go as far down the road as she wants, that sort of thing. She's a good girl, though, and doesn't like getting into much mischief, which is part of the reason I give her that much freedom.

[@ariadnegmusdaedaloximo708]

That's not what the movie meant apparently. It's hinting towards the dark future of humans.

[@evieelliotgerzio4359]

I often let my dog lead me. She mostly wants to go into the forest, but also has led me to children parks, so I have to lead her out of there since a lone adult with a cute dog may get suspected by parents if they keep showing up at places like that 😑

[@chitrikart2328]

dog park 😆😆 how cute

[@chitrikart2328]

u no what I would love to see your dog's vlogging

[@srinusmrt]

Mind blowing!

[@connyruf9910]

Mega gut! Steven Preisner ist echt gut! Toller Film und mega Effekte !

[@frankaustin6193]

The twist was awesome.

[@EileenPCarryEPC]

🐒 This puts a new spin on enlightenment. 🤗

[@annisatrihastuti728]

good job! brilliant idea..

[@RipsterSA]

Sneaky, Mr/Mz Film-Maker, sneaky! :-)

[@tietjen666]

Holy shit! Individual sovereignty abdicated! Morning kibbles?! "Maintenance? Great! And the LvB was perfect in the kennel area. Great job, everybody! Cheers!

[@YouWishNoe]

Nice short movie, n deep message

[@stupidystu]

THIS IS MY LIFE! help me, help, I don't want to throw the ball anymore.

[@geribaldi2]

The was deep. Liked it. Well done.

[@arkadashi]

Thought provoking and very haunting!!!

[@sarrahsescapades5632]

Oh my!! Is this how it's supposed to look like in the future?!! Good thing the Lord is coming soon!

[@3piper]

What a beautiful concert hall. And they did not go and see it. What a shame!!

[@isaacvision2099]

right when i seen the bowl come out i knew the humans were the pet , cool idea. interesting. goodjob

[@smartalek180]

You are very smart.

[@RoboVanDziobo]

That is really what i expect from shorts :) great work guys!!

[@adzakael]

Really good work.

[@brucemonkhouse6698]

People as pets..robots as “human masters”..brilliant and frightening

[@viviennetendido3671]

That was beautiful 😍

[@AssociationRham]

.. Intelligent story !!

[@RubabJaffery_CuteSagittarius]

*FoOd for thought!* 👊😎

[@MichelleMahony_Irl]

Simple but brilliant!

[@felipelotas5609]

Beautiful metaphor. Not so over the current nowadays that you cannot perceive the path we are happily walking.

[@samialhudarahmati]

Woah... That's so shocking! Great imagination.

[@lpatrasco]

First thought is that electronics is the pet, but at the end realized that humans are pets to electronics:)

[@elitacilan891]

yeah but then robot got a haircut

[@marktwaine9344]

excellent study in the dumbing of the human race....let's face it....we're nearly there....

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

A future where every aspect of human existence is mediated by technology. No thanks.

[@phatphuc9509]

Made in Germany, the structured utopia. The old Prussian emperor probably shed a tear as he watched his people (though in thought) create what he did so well in the army. May it last a thousand years. I wonder if in the Chinese version, the master would be choreographing an army of Tai Chi practitioners. Its calculations on how to narrate the play, "tilt the wrist slightly thus by 5 degrees". I would imagine after teaching the pets math and self defense, they would have calculated their escape on their way to the holding cell. Since man are akin to primates , from what we see usually means war. A positive side, as men, the computer would remove the embarrassing breaking of the ice. I wonder if women will miss even the cheesiest pick up lines. Wait, no she won't, it would be easier, she could text from far off in bright, bold and illuminating letters "As if!" never missing a step, to any hopeful idler. Win/Win,

[@daliayale]

Fantastic.I liked the short films. Interesting by the future robot man. Congratulation the video of student movie.

[@jonathanbalagtas848]

Anything that guggles the man's brain leading to unnecesary acts...like the "craze" things.

[@soul_in_balance6923]

Seems to me like the future of the Terminator universe but without the nuclear war and the destruction. Brilliant and disturbing at the same time.

[@_heretique]

This is some Black Mirror shit. I love it.

[@miniwolfsbane2407]

...Just had a flashback to THAT Doctor Who episode. You know the one. OMG, if it scared me as an adult, it would've messed me up had I see it as a kid. Halfway through this. This is amazing for a student film!

[@pedrohenriquesilvaduraes8381]

Discordo craque

[@decayedspaceman4929]

This should be a Black Mirror episode

[@AdrianMartan]

A very possible not so distant future vision.

[@JoshuaJLutz]

Brilliant!

[@amandataylor8067]

That was a really good short video 🙂

[@iammwh936]

Well done!

[@AdvaitThakur]

This has become one of my favorite short films. I believe one day robots will make us pets.

[@StarwasterPrime]

Really wanted to see a disclaimer at the end of credits that no humans were harmed in the filming of this. That would have been so cool. Oh, excuse me. COOLIO.

[@josephkoester3217]

oh man, the people are the spheres pets!

[@aqsaisrar4986]

I think there is another meaning to this short film. This is how our pet's life is. They can only go to places where there owners take them and they cant do anything with their own will. They are like our slaves. We should take care of our pets.

[@thomascollins4325]

Clever movie!! Well done!!!

[@tub3watcher]

If anyone thinks this is anything other than the BEST CASE SCENARIO with AI, think again. Scientists talking of making dinosaurs, memes say we have 5 movies telling us that's a bad idea. Scientists talking making a real AI; we literally have hundreds of movies telling us that's an even worse idea.

[@biteme4573]

yes like evert one else says VERY WELL DONE,,, it grabs you ,, causes a response from deep down inside.. I think it hits a nerve .. you know the one that causes us to fight for freedom.. i liked it.. and at the same time i think it was so fuked up... could you only picture if our lives were like that ... who ever wrote this has a dark mind.. and a good understanding of the human emotional process. good job

[@DavidKuehn]

Thank you very much. It is nice to hear such a lot of friendly feedback. Do I have a dark mind? I don´t know. Maybe. :-)

[@biteme4573]

i only refer the dark mind cause most (my opinion) people cant initiate this kind of response in the human psyche.... people must and cant think outside the box to get the reaction your video does..AND... Im an artist my self .. good job on not over doing it either.. leaving so much for the mind to fill in. nicely thought through..

[@leslassiter6378]

I'm sure there is a dimension where this would make sense.

[@meganjohansen2690]

My interpretation of this film is that we are the pets and are owners are the intelligent spheres.

[@lucalovato383]

Toller Film! Steven Preisner zu sehen ist immer eine Freude!

[@otterz4u]

We'll make great pets!

[@smartalek180]

Some of us would bite. Others would shred the furniture. It would be interesting to see what percentage accepted domestication,wouldn't it?

[@priyabisht3640]

Awsmmm 👌👌👌👌 Creativity 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌👌

[@xxabsxx31]

Would like to see more was gripped. Brilliant sci fi xx

[@eden20111]

When you realize the chat bubbles isn’t the humans interacting, but the BOT talking to the other bot… very dark

[@derrickgolden1716]

I want more of this!!!!!

[@DreamilyReal]

This is as good as Black Mirror.