Sci-Fi Short Film "The Spark" | DUST

[@benjaminneuenschwander7814]

A long journey but well worth it for a robot. Windows wallpaper unlocked!

[@smushamsi]

😂

[@markfreeman5539]

Not going to lie, I was waiting for the music to turn dark and the robot to start torching the green space.

[@Michael1777-1]

😂

[@TROGULAR10000]

There should be a category for the vast number of science fiction films depicting futuristic robots in a world where lubrication has not yet been invented. The dogs in the recent War of the Worlds series another notable example.

[@Biketunerfy]

Sort of reminds me of EVE the robot looking for life on earth in the Pixar movie WALL-E. cool.

[@robertkirschner3519]

That’s what I gathered. After a brutal war, the guardians protected Eve

[@toyadiinae9800]

That's what I immediately thought

[@Biketunerfy]

@@toyadiinae9800 great minds think alike.

[@OziFreemanBoB]

Yeah ! WALL-E evolved... and all the fat Humans died. Closure .

[@qibraygolospinkin2265]

ЛЮБОФЬ СМЕРТЬ РОБОТЫ !

[@NC-oy8hq]

So many years after the big robots protected life from the small robots and now the small robots know life’s protectors are gone ? Kind of confusing story. And I agree with some of the others saying the soundtrack was lacking

[@leonestello]

My Comment👉 "Weren't these the ones that destroyed life and the🌱 Robots were trying to protect it?🤷" Yea, confusing👀

[@gagarinone]

If I had programmed these surviving robots, I would have programmed them to do, what they do, in this imaginary short sci-fi film. They don't have to be robots, but can be human survivors transferred into a robot body.

[@prophetzarquon]

Chappie the Defoliator3000 has learned _Regret_

[@insurancecasino5790]

It was entertaining and kept me want to watch, but yeah, the ending fell short, but there are only so many endings one can do with this. A twist might be when the bot runs out of battery, and wake ups up to more life.

[@videolabguy]

Nice demo reel. Beautiful rendering as usual. Absolute inability to tell a solid story. But, it has all the clichés. Dusty city ruins. Mysterious end of humanity - as usual. Some life at the end. Who? Why? When? Where? What for? WTF? So much potential. So little realization.

[@stevenhill3136]

Not a single question I had was answered

[@barnabyaprobert5159]

I often wonder if these shorts are created to "pitch" an idea to a major studio. Leaving many questions unanswered in this early form might prompt executives to fund it? I don't know.

[@mrMirzam]

@@barnabyaprobert5159 It worked with District 9.

[@AMS-tothepm]

somethings are just left to the unknown…

[@hilaryc3203]

Film is art, and like art, it is subjective. The viewer applies their own experiences, ideas, thoughts and ideas to what they view to create a story that answers their questions. I quite liked it.

[@hotbit7327]

@@barnabyaprobert5159 Creators usually do not have much to say. To write a cohesive story, or a mathematical theory is difficult, to write something resembling or being poetry is much simpler. The ball is on the side of the viewer/reader, who needs to create meaning (semantics) himself.

[@mycrazylife1111]

So post-apocalypse robot took sooo long to recharge via a tiny solar cell that the world not only recovered, but some society had also noticed the robot recharging, built statues of it, then died out too... this was really good :D

[@RealElequist]

nah the robot was charged up the next day

[@prophetzarquon]

Not with that tiny solar cell half covered! It'd be acting like a resistor instead of making power.

[@Nailnuke]

I don't know what to think. It's reminiscent of other robot shorts with failing batteries. It's nicely done and I think you're alluding to a robot who's achieved feelings, but it's a well trodden path.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

yep, and the battery symbol is just like one would expect it, an AA battery.

[@prophetzarquon]

I can't wait until AA battery icons for remaining power, are as vestigial as a 3.5" floppy disc icon for saving changes to a file.

[@AffordBindEquipment]

@@prophetzarquon Yes but the floppy disc is so iconic!

[@doomaniination_2ai]

I've always been interested in sci-fi, and this movie really inspired me. It's awesome.💯

[@motherbinary7402]

❤ i really enjoyed this thank you

[@nvsv_wintersport]

Tough robot, surviving that sand storm with all it's moving parts.

[@prophetzarquon]

Its solar panel managed to recharge it, even though nearly half the panel was in shade! (Shading even a tiny part of a solar panel, can reduce its production to nil, due to increased resistance.)

[@preparedscouter2357]

Even machines need to touch grass! Lol

[@watchdust]

This is the moral of the story. Period.

[@leonestello]

Period.

[@gagarinone]

@@leonestello They don't have to be robots, but can be human survivors transferred into a robot body.

[@phungyi4947]

Grounding is grounding.

[@Michael1777-1]

Would be a great little short film series ❤

[@mybazilio]

Флешбэк у робота о войне это сильно😂

[@manuelvega1100]

Dazzling Graphics, mesmerizing plot...There but for the Grace of AI go I...Loved this..

[@WilliamKinsey-dx2dn]

Well we know what the spark is don't we!😱 Normally I don't like these ones with no dialogue but this looks absolutely amazing!😍

[@MyMusic-cd3do]

Yeah! I immediately went "Transformers!" 🤣

[@iamcarbonandotherbits.8039]

Lots of hours went into this well trodden path of a world after humans, but i liked it, spes when he fell into the underground.

[@fjdarling]

Great special effects. Still, a machine does not need an external reminder of it's battery condition. That effect would be for the benefit of some external entity.

[@Klm49]

And why would the battery alert not go off until things were really, really critical/dire? Wouldn't it signal declining battery sooner?!!

[@hlapoint]

Very good work!!! Congratulations 🎉

[@carlosbosque7395]

🎉 MARCO PAVANELLO 💯👍👍👍

[@synergy021]

Congrats. That little map has brought death to far away reemerging life.

[@lobosolitario-j4c]

I like these little features but they always end too soon!

[@larsharris]

I really wish they had a dozen more chapters to the story.

[@TruthSurge]

dayum, what kind of batteries those robots use? I need me one of those!!! Forget EverReady. I need EternalLife batteries! 50 year battery life or money back! WHAT??? I just now reached 8:16 ! hahaha I TOLE you bout dem batteries! I was 2 min earlier when I typed this out and now ... that's crazy. I KNEW them batteries were gonna go out. He could have bought NeverDie brand or even Epoch brand or at least Millennium economy brand but NOOO, he had to skimp and get Walmart brand. sheeesh. Serves him right!

[@jacklangley861]

I don't get it but I enjoyed it anyway! The landscapes were particularly stunning. I usually prefer closure but somehow this was ok as an open ended story, up to interpretation. 😊

[@markbeames7852]

What inspired this robot, how, why and to what end for what purposes?

[@MaSSaDDict07]

Très bien fait On arriverait même à avoir de la compassion pour le robot

[@meranaamsrikanth7300]

Tears is not open to my eyes 👀 but open to hearts

[@Batmancontingencyplans]

🌱 Robots were really playing the long game

[@Gwen-x6d]

Outside my apartment building hangs a tattered flag that is at least 15 years old. This episode reminds me of that flag.

[@prophetzarquon]

That's sad; they're supposed to be taken down & replaced when they get that way! My grandmother kept one flying the whole time her sons were gone to war; it's very faded & tattered, but I wouldn't have been the one to tell her to take it down, either!

[@joskeguereza3714]

because the flag also has nothing to tell?

[@mike-h4r]

thanks i enjoyed immensely.

[@terrillcrookshank4363]

Here at comment 316 this film takes me back to when first crossing the Carquinez Bridge while relocating school districts when in 11th grade. At the help of 2:23-2:24 pertaining to God fellowshipping with me about a man's falling state when I was in 2nd grade. 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[@devries9528]

movie name “The Horrible sounds"

[@davidb1412]

Just wow!, it's like the dystopian version of Wall-e. That's something, I thought I'd never say. Very cool work.

[@AcapulKero]

Wow! Thanks for this short. So incredible that idea of this script. Excellent!

[@timothyvanderschultzen9640]

Changed my life! Thought provoking!

[@joskeguereza3714]

the sarcasm is strong in this one :D

[@VelkePivo]

😂

[@druceeeee]

i want this to be an mmorpg...just a butt-load of different kinds of robots wandering about a post-apocalyptic wasteland!

[@prophetzarquon]

*_Total Annihilation_* has entered the chat. Will you choose ARM, or CORE?

[@ToyotaKTM]

Poor robot had PTSD.

[@TruthSurge]

6:14 dang, what he doin to himself right there?

[@craigswanson8026]

Exceptional work and imagination. Landscapes and soundscapes are wonderful. Thanks.

[@michaelbezoski3096]

Glad I subscribed as these are thought provoking & pleasing to view. Thank you, appreciate your talent.

[@watchdust]

Thanks for watching @michaelbezoski3096. We appreciate you, Earthling 👽

[@bikebudha01]

Once I saw the leaf on the big robot, I was expecting the small 'enemy of the big" robot to call the other robots and start killing everything...

[@sailingaristos2472]

😂😂😂

[@prophetzarquon]

Gotta save something for Part 2!

[@lloydsshednanigans]

Engaging, not too long on each shot-sequence. Excellent animation/cgi and not overdone so it looks like crappy cgi. Especially noticed the little things like an everso-slightly different pitch for the servo motors depending on directional load. A good piece of filmmaking all 'round! Thank you for showing us! :)

[@TruthSurge]

w/o knowing who all did what on this, I can't comment on how good it is based upon how many people were involved and how old they are and how creative they are but to me.... just based on knowing a little about Blender and especially sound and music, this seems like a kind of beginner/intermediate level. I could point out many things that bothered me. Like just one example.... when the robot moves, the sounds should not be identical every time. They should NOT be samples of SFX flown in to represent some movement even if the motion is identical. There should be a tiny aspect that is different. Some of those sfx were identical samples and for ME, it didn't work. Been doing audio since the 60s but more than that, simple common sense will tell you that a motor will not have the exact same torque ever turn because every turn isn't an exact same turn even if it's a robot. The pitch mainly should change slightly each time. Even 30 or 40 cents of pitch change would have been better. I saw someone mention the actual soundtrack not being very good. Well, they are correct. The actual sounds are clearly low quality samples from some sample libraries but the actual musical composition is just not very good. It's rather amateur. Then there's the ending. Robot discovers hey, there's more to life than a barren desert. whippeeeeee. Okay... just learn blender folks and buy some cheap sound libraries and you too can make films for Dust!

[@kertahoon7328]

Proud to watch people that understands IA like a live son and not like a hoe with God's flesh under a demonic spell.

[@mikeh1589]

Oh this is badass.

[@moonwatcher2001]

Bravissimo!!!

[@lieutenant-f22hp]

Nice scenery

[@nsjx]

Nice :) Thank you!

[@meerathegreyhound1044]

The robot found a nice green place to F up and bring all of his buddies to have another war. Interesting concept. It’s kind of like what humans do 😂

[@freshmarex3538]

Appreciated the Ghibli films references.

[@sundaresanesvarsundaresane3217]

Excellent concept sir

[@TheWastelanderFilm]

Wonderful visuals!

[@joeled7660]

Huh. I didn't know robots could get PTSD.

[@ericbrown8916]

Ever watch a rumba have a fit that can’t get to a spot it could before.

[@JohninTucson]

This presentation is spectacular!!! Excellent screenplay and brilliantly executed. Brava. We need more content like this instead of the serialized stuff...that is why I stopped watching things here. MORE MORE MORE of this!!!!!

[@aarons7975]

Those big ones attacking look a lot like the turtle men from the movie 5th element. so the robot was dormant for how long to recharge? sort of confused here.

[@acidize55]

I'm confused. This was uploaded 47 minutes ago, and yet I've seen this exact animation before. Is this a reupload, or an upload from another animation channel?

[@markusb.ausu.3878]

Same thought. And I was sure as he fell in the hole. It must have been months ago when I saw this video the first time.

[@dloui5214]

after it entered the eden , its metal skeleton grows muscles and skins .

[@mycrazylife1111]

Would Eve then be an expansion pack...?

[@prophetzarquon]

They didn't say it grew _ribs._

[@clayh2766]

That was more confusing than the Jaguar advertisement that didn't show the car

[@rl2699]

So i may be wrong but I'm taking a long shot guess at what i am taking from this. As i do agree with other posts of being yet another post war/apocalyptic event or events that lead to the end of humanity it appears that the end shows either one of two things. 1, life can start over and will start over as evident of the birds and lush landscape at the end. or...... 2, even in the most chaotic and abysmal situations there is always hope for a better ending

[@albertusbodenstein1976]

Cool movie. I found it very entertaining watching it at 2x speed. (it was a bit slow)

[@jimpalladino89]

Good call thanks

[@philipprehmuss6864]

200% speed works perfect for me with all videos except music :-)

[@prophetzarquon]

Yes 125% for music

[@EvilGingerChill]

Lol robot at the beginning was channeling some god dammit energy and the robot experiencing wartime PTSD was interesting.

[@scotthultin7769]

9 👍's up DUST thank you for sharing 🤗

[@slybri5751]

Very awesome.⭐ No dialect, no facial expressions but still SPARKS the emotions. Did anyone else feel gutted when the droids battery died?😭😭😭 Bless its little metal socks. 🦿🦿🤖🍃⭐🤍

[@SynthoidSounds]

The opening scene of the city looks like parts of Ukraine destroyed by Russia's ongoing invasion. Nicely done CGI, a lot of talent and effort went into creating this. There's much potential backstory here, what exactly was this war about? The plant logo embedded into the ancient war machine . . . who, what? If anything, lots of developed content that could be applied to a game / VR experience.

[@sailingaristos2472]

​@ASchnacky ya, a bit off the wall with the war comment

[@D4ni3773]

Great video!

[@richardwernst]

Again, no idea what yet another DUST movie is about/the point, etc. Are there any that actually tell a whole story with an ending?

[@sengasengana]

Stowaway. Couple of years ago. It's great, tells a real story with an actual ending.

[@joskeguereza3714]

Dust used to be good, and actually live up to the expectation of what is a "short story". Those days are long gone tho.

[@danb.3397]

1:06 losing interest 1:16 yet another distopia/armageddon flick 7:00 more deserts ( yawn ) 10:00 mother nature always wins ( yay )

[@pjadi5104]

Perfekt.Thanks.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

surreal

[@RandyZimmerman-pp5wj]

I miss you and thanks for letting me dream

[@Mr.Theerawut]

ต้องถามว่าใครเป็นผู้สร้างและใครเป็น เจ้าของดูแลสร้าง โลกดวงดาวดวงนี้ อาณานิคมดาวนี้ (มนุ ษย์อยู่ไหนรกโลกขยะจะตามไปด้วยความอุดมสมบูรณ์ของธรรมชาติจะหดหายไป)

[@anonimapandisti103]

Bravissimo Marco

[@TheDeclanfox]

Is it dreaming? Some hallucinogenic software? The sudden transition from desert and destruction to a green and fertile land is puzzling.

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

It wasn't sudden. A long period of time elapsed before the sun was visible and plants could grow again. In the meantime, the robot was off/out of power and finally "woke up" when the sun came out and the solar energy recharged it.

[@dennisvugtvan]

reminds me of the movie Divergent. with that wall

[@Lalu.lal.mithaivala]

😍😍😍 osm

[@eamonpaul5360]

nice work

[@adamplona9438]

very cool

[@hughbarton5743]

Although this was lovely to look at, I must agree with other commenters: most of these videos on Dust are absolutely lousy in regard to giving us the time-honored components of a story: characters, a setting, an antagonist, an occurance, an ending. Most Dust filmmakers can sort of give you a setting, and an ending that always seems to be slapped together. Advice: you students: consider studying literature....there's a growing need for content, so go write some......

[@mytreesloth]

How did Number 5 wind up at the Grand Tetons?!?

[@lawrieyoutube4375]

Nice to see a short Sci Fi film that isn't just another dystopian downer.

[@pswanberg1]

So they can create sophisticated autonomus robots, but not a satellite to take pictures of earth.

[@mike5869]

Camera man got tired of the robotic noises on the comically slow tincan, gre wings and flew ahead to explore the new area

[@evertonfarrel6396]

DUST is the best aLL video

[@pamconnell3742]

It's what I believe these days is called a 'reset'. The world was destroyed, but will eventually recover. And a new cycle will begin.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@MrSpock002]

Well DONE!! At least there is more left than just cockroaches!! 😂 Another Eden perhaps!!! The Tree of good and evil!!!

[@BestTop-tj3kx]

Very very good

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

Why do sci effects always have robots based on humanoid features? Surely the best way to avoid having complex moving parts would be to have a fixed head with visual and aural sensors on every side negating the need to turn the head. Bipedal walking and balance isn't necessarily a good thing. All terrain wheels or tracks can be better (and still enable the climbing of stairs etc.). I think Star Wars got it quite well with small wheeled robots (yes I know they still had humanoids too) doing all the simple little tasks. Why waste resources on complicated robots for simple jobs?

[@prophetzarquon]

*_TARS_* _has entered the chat._

[@nickmaclachlan5178]

@@prophetzarquon Yup, T.A.R.S and C.A.S.E are perfect examples of what I'm talking about.

[@gagarinone]

If I had programmed these surviving robots, I would have programmed them to do, what they do, in this imaginary short sci-fi film. They don't have to be robots, but can be human survivors transferred into a robot body.

[@KERWINAC-MOVIES]

This is awesome. Wish they made full length movies. Either stopmotion or cgi. I love this channel.

[@DaleHudson-t2k]

This reminds me of starwars movies ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤liked r2d2 robot and cpo.

[@goodstudio_ng]

I think the soundtrack on this kinda made it worse. There was too much emphasis on the robotic sounds rather than trying to aid the storyline. I still think this is great work.

[@prophetzarquon]

Could have used quieter joints & more crunching footsteps.

[@shaddouida3447]

Barbarella Update Synopsis A remake that both parodies and pays homage to the original movie. Barbarella, an astronaut from the 41st century, sets out to find and stop the evil scientist Durand Durand, whose Positronic Ray threatens to bring evil back into the galaxy.

[@prophetzarquon]

Barbarella's kitschy sexploitational humor is sorely missing from today's corporate-approved media, even though modern media still manages to exhibit all the same biases with a hasty facade of moral outrage pasted over it. Ironically, most of the female _and_ non-cisgender people I know, have expressed that they _liked_ this kind of entertainment! (I first watched it, on a girlfriend's recommendation.) I'm not sure any major studio would touch that live-wire with a ten foot pole, today.

[@ignis-lita]

Чернопесковое каменистое плато как 2я часть пустыни интересно!

[@VelkePivo]

There was a story here?

[@donovanphillips4973]

Another esoteric masterpiece

[@techtodaythailand]

❤❤❤

[@GenFalcon]

WALLLL-EEEEEEE

[@BruceDavidKellock]

Excellent piece. Thank you.

[@watchdust]

Thanks for watching, Earthling. You're the best in the galaxy. 👽