Sci-Fi Short Film "The Spark" | DUST

Humanity is long gone. After an apocalyptic war, a member of the team of robots tasked with finding a new hope for life discovers a mysterious map.
"The Spark" by Marco Pavanello
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"The Spark" Credits:
Marco Pavanello: Director, Producer, Music, Modeling, Animation
Josue Rivera: Robot Protagonist
Bernardo Iraci: Greenland set
Joseph Dowling: Previz, General Advisor
Nathan Craddock: General Advisor
Stefan Radenkovic : General Advisor
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[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@scotthultin7769]

9 👍's up DUST thank you for sharing 🤗

[@preparedscouter2357]

Even machines need to touch grass! Lol

[@watchdust]

This is the moral of the story. Period.

[@devries9528]

movie name “The Horrible sounds"

[@donovanphillips4973]

Another esoteric masterpiece

[@ToyotaKTM]

Poor robot had PTSD.

[@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 👽

[@fireburnzwhithin]

Especially good on full screen.

[@watchdust]

Those stellar visuals! Thanks for watching.

[@druceeeee]

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

[@freshmarex3538]

Appreciated the Ghibli films references.

[@ruffrider2626]

They're coming for you!

[@craigswanson8026]

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

[@albertusbodenstein1976]

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

[@jimpalladino89]

Good call thanks

[@andrewgalloway7344]

surreal

[@evertonfarrel6396]

DUST is the best aLL video

[@joeled7660]

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

[@shaddouida3447]

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[@pjadi5104]

Perfekt.Thanks.

[@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.

[@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.

[@MGB-learning]

Great video

[@rudevalve]

Certified Gold!!!!!

[@DurokSubaka]

A solar cod piece,huh…. Yeah that’s all I got from this.

[@dloui5214]

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

[@Quickened1]

After it enters Eden, God says, "THE END"

[@JJ-ml9sj]

Would Eve then be an expansion pack...?

[@MaSSaDDict07]

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

[@EvilGingerChill]

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

[@maricromidas3120]

water steam, rain, corrosion - bad decision

[@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!!!!!

[@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! :)

[@user-ul6dc4qc4j]

Life is required to consume life to live.

[@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.

[@markbeames7852]

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

[@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.

[@JULIASMITH-eg9kp]

👀❤️🎥

[@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. 😊

[@bubbalove2261]

Good storyline let’s hope this doesn’t become reality

[@Quickened1]

Truth is stranger than fiction...

[@bigsarge2085]

👍👍

[@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.

[@ASchnacky]

propagandist

[@41divad]

This has already showed up somewhere here

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

Main issue is that a robot has no emotions. So, we as the viewer are experiencing a reaction video of a thing that doesn't react. Exceptional graphics. Great music. Story works.

[@Biketunerfy]

The robot has PTSD. It’s having flashback of the war and to have PTSD you must have feelings. Weird concept but that’s what everyone is saying.

[@mrwoodandmrtin]

@@Biketunerfy Good point! Trouble is, you only can appeal to an audience who have ptsd.. Not sure ptsd is a feeling people return to or recommend in a film. Girls want to feel romance or cy... Boys want to feel power or adventure. generally,... I like comedy and ideas. so... And then there's saturation.. A horror film saturates the viewer in the emotion. where this film, as brilliant as it is .. only glides past the feeling for a small while.

[@willsherman1049]

The motor noises were very irritating. Robot made more noise than a 1965 Studebaker. Whole thing seemed pointless by the end.

[@tomholroyd7519]

I could not watch this without muting the noise

[@newtrick2d]

Cool film until the end when the camera flew, you noticed it was PC graphics, the flying camera ruined the film a bit at the end.

[@user-ri1qx4rt7b]

우와 16분

[@Biketunerfy]

DUST specialises in short movies of high quality since high quality and shorter movies are much more easy and cheaper to make.

[@user-bc6im2rm9c]

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

[@brianmcmurter4415]

Life

[@MrSpock002]

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

[@lion_dragon]

Nice film, but the CGI was a little too clean and the HD aspects and reflections were a little too crispy clear and shiny

[@lalo6460]

That looks so *AI* generated...

[@daverose8082]

I'll wait for the book to come out.

[@lawrieyoutube4375]

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

[@KERWINAC-MOVIES]

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

[@EliezerMessias]

Podia ter legendas em Português BR... Obrigado

[@luisamaro9100]

😂😂😂😂

[@EliezerMessias]

@@luisamaro9100 qual a graça?

[@time603]

Definitely has potential for more ❤

[@watchdust]

@time603 We do too! Be sure to follow the filmmaker on their socials to keep up with their future work. Can't wait to see what else they create. Thanks for being out of this world and watching! 🚀

[@jj2536]

why was there a desert in front of the giant robots and a paradise behind them? i dont understand the ending.

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

There was a long period of time (eons) while the robot was off, during which the planet gradually started rebirthing. Eventually, the sun finally comes out, the plants start repopulating, and the solar energy recharges the robot and he wakes up.

[@petert2922]

Hows the first bloated fireball shooting thing has moss on it when its in the sun with no shade in sight. Also that size solar cell would charge that robot in about 4 years. It began charging, then 4 years later wakes up to find his dumbass people all dead because they willingly stood in the line of fire of some immovable bloated things and all died like brainless chicken. So now he goes to green pastures to pick up farming. Shit howdy brother. PS Whats the crows circling, some tasty metal?

[@BruceDavidKellock]

Excellent piece. Thank you.

[@watchdust]

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

[@JJ-ml9sj]

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

[@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.

[@learjet45]

Loved it, can't wait for the sequel👍

[@SailingABSea]

Brilliant and insightful.

[@watchdust]

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

[@someguydino6770]

This may be about something relavant ; but I am too stupid to figure it out...

[@ShiftyGeeza]

Now that is some next level world building. Mindblowing.

[@Qweazly1234]

what a brilliant video

[@SuperAlexPerry]

Inspiring!

[@Darck_C-137]

:D

[@maximumblackness]

No Dialogue but I think I know what happened

[@danish24m-ez5jt]

No story , No graphics

[@robsonbelchior7117]

😲😲👉🤖🤖💚💚🌱🌱🌳🌱🌱💚💚

[@SarcasticNarcissist]

I actually enjoyed this film. It's not depressing like so many others. But I truly don't believe that robots will inherit the Earth... All the cockroaches will!🪳

[@MarkSteven-yt5zn]

Good story.

[@skyhighakash]

Tesla, BD, figure

[@RandallSoong-pp7ih]

Cool Man!

[@GailBanks-oq5ke]

That was done so well. Thank you, loved it❤😊

[@Rippypoo]

Beautiful visuals.

[@bobhead6243]

Great story line . 👍

[@jameswarren423]

Not overly impressed 😵‍💫

[@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 😂

[@TheKrensada]

So this had nothing to say.

[@241sail6]

I would love to see this continued.

[@andrewgalloway7344]

outstanding !

[@user-tk3wo1ey6w]

I have only one question. How do these robots charge if the city is without power and there is no sign of any energy resources anywhere?

[@PowRKord]

You are fortunate this is not an one question pass/fail test.

[@user-tk3wo1ey6w]

@@PowRKord Am I lucky? In what way?

[@Andrea-xs4ny]

They don't. As you can see, the robot eventually powers down. We can assume that all the robots eventually power down because there is no power source, including the sun, after such devastation. It wakes up when the sun finally comes out after eons pass and it's able to recharge its batteries via solar energy.

[@dbest4755]

the robot will not give up and fortunately it was able to recharge and operate another day.

[@raphlvlogs271]

why do they only have 3 fingers on each hand?

[@ericchild8845]

Um, kinda meh. Interesting cgi, but soundtrack is rather simple and the visuals are what I would expect in a modern AI generated piece.

[@liampugh]

bro if you think this looks anything like generative AI you need to go to an optometrist and get your eyes checked. It is so clearly made with 3d animation.

[@startholdquit]

I agree it is a huge meh... the script has no sense or it is not complete. The robot understood lots of things, but can not manage his battery recharge. LOL

[@alexie40stencsi5]

😂😂😂the noise..totally unrealistic 😂😂😂

[@mr.martinez2333]

Consoles have better graphics. I'm sorry visuals

[@CharlieSeattle1]

No plot?

[@Dan_Popescu]

Overall, the movie is just okay. The music soundtrack is quite uninspired and fails to elevate the scenes. Additionally, the constant noises that the robots' servomotors are making become incredibly irritating over time. While the CGI visuals are impressive, the audio elements detract from the overall experience. A more engaging soundtrack and better sound design could have significantly improved the film.

[@moorejl57]

Translate to English

[@hughjaanus6680]

11 minutes wasted.

[@sarahjohnson8091]

Oh the irony

[@meerathegreyhound1044]

For sure. Much agreed with you.

[@revike6165]

Yeah, no.

[@GiEGDet]

Just another cartoon.....too much but too little....no link between the roads and the buildings just like no link between the robot buildups and movements....and so on.....keep improving guys👍

[@N1originalgazza]

Not a great graphic.

[@dnoodspodu1159]

Boring-ish

[@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. 🦿🦿🤖🍃⭐🤍