Good Intentions | Award-Winning Stop-Motion Animated Short Film

[@sweetlover211]

So here is the story for anyone confused. She indeed did die in that car crash. She just didn't realize it until the end. That is why the dog reacted that way to her whenever it saw her. Animals have a sense for the supernatural. She was in purgatory. She could not get out if purgatory until she fixed the thing that was plagueing her (fixing her sin) and riddled with guilt over potentially leaving a man to die she decided to check up on him. He sees her, realizing she died that day and he is seeing a ghost, and catches a heart attack from the shock. She tries to run away from him while he is dying(yet again( but is stopped by her conscious. She realizes this time the way to right her wrong was to stay with him. Not run away again. So she layed beside him.

[@coolgames22ismyname95]

You're a great help man(or girl), big thanks. also, nice work understanding such a complex story.

[@pibly674]

Ahhhh. Ok.

[@marjannesutlcollins2318]

THANK YOU! A sort of got it (when she started being invisible) and then lost it. BRILLIANT PUPPETS! hope they use them again

[@k.g.5116]

Not quite. Read the description.

[@bunnybaby9601]

@@k.g.5116 the description doesnt disprove this analysis. It says "she escapes (flees) the scene. It doesnt say she survives the scene.

[@RevLeigh55]

It is obvious by the many comments here that there is more than one way to view what happened. That is the beauty of the story.

[@arikira7888]

I think this short film portrayed how guilt will slowly devour you. In the comments, people say that she does in the car crash, but that’s not how I perceived it. I saw it as, she made the choice to not help the man. Her paranoia, guilt, and shame slowly started eating away at her.

[@arikira7888]

And at the very end, she had another opportunity. But she let it slide, once again.

[@teaacustardcream2868]

Yeah i think she became a shadow of her former self.

[@thomasendter6770]

This is my interpretation as well. Thatswhy she slowly becomes a ghost. She doesn't go out, does not dare to show herself to the world.

[@actuallyaardwolf]

True but rightfully so.

[@moominmay]

@@arikira7888she didn’t because this time she stayed with the man instead of running away

[@Wonder_Woman80sBaby]

The way I interpreted it was.... every time she tried to ignore or bury her guilt, she lost part of herself, a part of her soul, the part that made her human. Thats why she gradually started to fade. Why the motion sensor at the store no longer registered for her and the dog who at the beginning was very aggressive, became confused..... like he couldn't pick up her scent, good or bad. This short film is well executed. Very impressive!!

[@neverthesame7887]

These are puppets! And yet the emotions on all the character's faces were so well done, it was easy to empathize. It was also an important message about life and decision-making.

[@RadioForYahweh]

Life and decision making? Where?

[@neverthesame7887]

@@RadioForYahweh Oooh, relax, Ariel! I'll explain: Life choices. She was in a car accident--do you remember that part in the story? She made the bad decision of leaving the scene instead of attending to the person in the other car who was clearly hurt. So the rest of the video you see her suffering the guilt, plus,she's not quite sure what to do. She's clearly confused and scared looking for a solution, looking for forgiveness. Sounds like LIFE to me

[@rejeki_ngga_kemana]

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[@RankinMsP]

The level of detail is extraordinary. Huge amount of work for the supermarket scene. Well done.

[@elle2829]

I love the grocery store

[@kingCrum11]

I immediately thought the same thing when I seen the supermarket scene! The detail was phenomenal! Loved it. ❤

[@bwilliams463]

Yes, I'm very impressed by all the props on the shelves.

[@ArtB.yGrace]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@vasatbey]

Anna Mantzaris. If you are reading this, you are a perfect film maker.

[@markeiasteffipedron4522]

The woman thought the man died when she left him after the accident. Her conscience almost killed her. She tried to find the man. When she finally found him, the man had heart attack when he saw someone in his room. Her intention is good because she just want to check what happens to him but killed him unintentionally

[@bladerunner7]

Why she didn't save him at the 2nd time? It was her chance to fix the situation, but she made the same mistake at the 2nd time too. ☹️

[@stephenrhodes5674]

@@bladerunner7 i think its because she couldnt do anything. she couldnt touch everything; some things she couldnt touch. i dont know what makes her able to touch stuff and sometimes not, but she didnt mess up the 2nd time, she stayed with him instead of leaving like the first time.

[@desk.set.]

@@bladerunner7 She couldn't touch anything because she was the one who died in the car crash

[@casper6405]

@@stephenrhodes5674 its cause she's dead

[@smolingerika4386]

Then how did the living man see the ghost of the dead woman in his room?

[@danitho]

The news article on the phone at 5:41 says that there was a hit and run on the motorway. Not a fatal one. It has the photo of the man. That's it. They dont typically show dead bodies in the media. With that, I dont think either of them died in the accident. I think she was experiencing guilt so bad, she felt like a ghost. She's shown stress eating but when the food doesn't go down easily, it's because her guilt has grown so much, it's no longer comforting. She drops the coffee pot because she was distracted by her guilt. But she's alive. That's why she gets cut trying to pick it up. It's why people look at her when she's walking around. She's behaving strangely. Bringing attention to herself. She just *feels* dead inside. Her good intentions was sneaking into the building. She isn't actually floating through walls. It's a visual representation of her emotions. When the man sees someone unexpectedly, he has a heart attack. Her first instinct is to run. But she isn't actually invisible. That's why she can't go through the walls. So she lies besides him, this time willing to endure the consequences. There are some plot holes though. Like why didnt she help the man at the end. I think she probably left her phone at home, since she was trying to sneak around. But this is the only explanation I can think of that makes sense with what we're seen in the story and the title.

[@mynameisworld]

They typically DO show pictures of traffic accident victims in the media. It's an everyday thing.

[@danitho]

@@mynameisworld I said dead bodies. Not victims. I worked in news media for 8 years. Maybe it's a matter of location, but they don't usually dead bodies on the news. If they do, it's blurred.

[@periel]

If she wasn’t a ghost, how was she able to walk through the wall?

[@danitho]

@@periel I mentioned this. Admittedly, it's quite far down. I said it's a visual representation of how she feels. I also said she isn't actually invisible. That's why the man sees her and she can't go through the walls to leave at the end. If she was dead, the man wouldn't be able to see her.

[@periel]

@@danitho couldn’t he see a ghost and that’s why he had a heart attack?

[@doggoe]

The way I see this, the woman already died in the car crash but she thought she was still alive. The man on the other hand, survived. The woman was guilty as she thought the MAN died, so the guilt eats away at her. Until she eventually decides to check up on the man. She drifts through the walls, indicating that she is a ghost. At the man's office, she thought the man died while going to Hawaii. However, the man is indeed very much alive (but still hurt with the bandage on his forehead). He saw the woman-ghost, and nearly died a second time from a heart attack. This time, the woman stayed with the man as she doesn't want to feel guilty after leaving him to die (for the second time, at that).

[@tonysaldana9308]

No wonder it's a Award-Winning Stop-Motion Animated Short Film. It's pretty good

[@owlthepirate5997]

This was amazing! Big round of applause, for all the tremendous, work that was put into this entire film! Great job everyone!

[@REALBETTYBOO]

The grocery store items and setup are INCREDIBLE !!! WOW !!! 😍😍😍 !!!

[@sallyip271]

The 她杀了他 (she killed him) neon store sign is a nice touch

[@gail2139]

I didn't see any good intentions but only consequences of bad choices that cause slow death, perhaps to others as well as ourselves.

[@coolbeanspizzaman8697]

I would literally destroy you in a fight

[@Mon-kx1cs]

Es una forma de decir, quizás ironía

[@MeriScrapper13]

I agree. The title is misleading compared to what went on.

[@user-bv3yy8sq3f]

did she work on The House?? the character designs and the general atmosphere remind me sooo much of the first story in that show! i hope so, she did really well with this!

[@mahito9304]

Yeah that’s what i was thinking

[@giovannadpaula]

this comment is a couple of months old, so you might've already found this out, but i also immediately recognized the style of animation from the house and looked it up and while the director did not work on it one of the animators credited on the description (tim allen) did! :)

[@jampersand0]

@@giovannadpaula Tobias Fouracre is another person that worked on both projects, though as an animation director in The House.

[@ingovanthiel6660]

Here is how I understood the story. She slows down at the stop sign but keeps driving, because she does not see him in time. He is speeding with his truck, slams in her small car and kills her. She is a confused ghost who mistakingly thinks she is still alive, and the one to blame, and flees the scene. The mix of numbness and shock on his face as he sits in his truck with his head injury could also be because he sees her dead. She returns to her home as a ghost but has visions of him, including the „hit and run“ news on her phone. Her own death slowly becomes more obvious as she slowly becomes invisible, and can walk through walls, but she still does not get it. Her physical control of the world gets less and less, like when the coffee pot just drops through her hands, even though the splinters still cut her and she can still use her laptop. When she finds him, it turns out he is the survivor and the one ridden with guilt. He thinks her ghost has come to haunt him, and he has a fatal heart attack. She understands for the first time that they are both dead/dying, and lies down next to him. The accident and its aftermath has doomed them both, but tragically connects them in death.

[@geoben9801]

Wow!!! All that and you're waaay off in your perception of it. Like so many others, just jumping to conclusions and conjuring up conclusions and answers to things that never happened. It's like half of everything you see is an illusion! You perceive things to be that are not. Just a suggestion, seek help

[@ingovanthiel6660]

George B, a more constructive and confident response could have been something like „Wow! I had a completely different interpretation“, and then you could have explained yours. Maybe that idea did not occur to you. Or maybe it did occur to you, but you still chose to bully strangers on KZbin with generic insults. Either way, your choice does not reflect kindly on you. Make better choices next time.

[@ricardo_jimenez]

Estimado @@ingovanthiel6660 , estoy de acuerdo con tu interpretación de la película, sin embargo, ella sí tuvo la culpa en el accidente, NO respetó el disco pare, esto es detenerse completamente, mirar bien y luego continuar. Como tal, sintió miedo y vergüenza por el daño provocado que prefirió huir en vez de ayudar, su culpa interna la obligó a buscar al hombre... Ahora, no sé sí él murió del ataque cardíaco, porque se ve que respira y mueve los ojos hasta el término de la película... Saludos

[@ingovanthiel6660]

@@ricardo_jimenez Thank you for sharing your interpretation. You are right, she drives past the stop sign. So…. yes, legally speaking, the accident is her fault. You also make an interesting point about the ending: It is ambiguous because we do not see him die. I am not optimistic about his fate, because we do not see anyone else who could call an ambulance. Still, I like your open question because it leaves a glimmer of hope. What if he lives, what would happen next? Inspiring response, thank you! :)

[@anathema7687]

Ingo your interpretation seems to connect all the dots for me, thank you! ❤️

[@badending9533]

wonder what the people in the store thought when they saw a floating bag of chips

[@stephenrhodes5674]

theres still some things i dont really get. When she crashed into him and almost killed him it was UNINTENTIONAL. The second time, she INTENTIONALLY goes to see him, and then she kills him because he has a heart attack. I see the guilt as a theme, but is the story trying to say you can hurt someone intentionally AND unintentionally, but what matters is to do the right thing. She hurts him worse the second time by checking up on him out of GUILT, but although it was intentional, she didnt mean to hurt him. Yet, she knew she had to stay there and do the right thing or she would still be haunted by her guilt.

[@terrycellokord7705]

Yes !

[@rimbihalder7547]

No the thing is she was the one who died...but all along she was thinking she killed him...she didnt realize the fact that she was a ghost...that is why..she was binging all the time cause the food never reached her stomach..in the supermarket..when the man turned his head he couldnt see anyone..the mall door sensor not working for her and also the dog yelling at her..because they have a sixth sense which we don't have..when she found she couldn't touch anything..both out of guilt and doubt she went to check up on the man..and found him alive..whilst the man who was probably going through guilt too that in reality he was the one who killed her..saw her ghost and had a heart attack..when she realized everything..she ttied to leave but her conscience stopped her..and that's why she couldn't get through..so she stayed with him..as if to compensate for what she thought she did..

[@teaacustardcream2868]

Yeah but she didn’t even phone an ambulance

[@moominmay]

@@teaacustardcream2868she can’t touch anything or be seen or heard since she’s a ghost

[@daniellequant2892]

What I took from it is that sometimes you have to let things go and live with the consequences of your actions. She was being impacted, and so her desire was to make things right. In her desire to do so she inadvertently made matters worse. Her desire to rid herself of her guilt led to his real death. Had she just let it go, he would have lived a happy life. She had good intentions, but it resulted in a bad outcome.

[@9825xTreasure]

I knew she already died the moment that door couldn't recognise her existence. And she didn't pay by the way. She just ran with that Lays.

[@viviand9493]

I love that embedded in this is the lesson to freaking stop at stop signs

[@DonnaSnyder]

You know that cliche about made my heart stop? Well, this really did. Made me hold my breath. Made my head race.

[@smolingerika4386]

How interesting the comments are! The film is fantastic, in every quality, and who interprets it and how, this tells a lot about his own world of thoughts and feelings.

[@talionfrost]

I'll try break this down she did not die she is not a ghost its a representation of guilt and how she is in a moral scense not a real person shown as a metaphor. And ya he almost died as the car could have caught fire afterwords

[@clanaoaarmyofallah2557]

Oh ok makes sense

[@diamondfrazier5691]

Afterwards

[@deerheart87]

And the heart attack ???

[@danitho]

This makes the most sense.

[@periel]

If she’s not ghost, how does she walk through the wall?

[@sailingkame8613]

Intricate art with the style, the gestures, and the details. Yet, disturbing theme: not sure how the “good intentions” title fits here. The first time she ran away instead of trying to help the man out of a car or at least calling for help… Then the second time she meets the man, he gets a heart attack because he saw a ghosts that was her… she attempted to run away again but the wall stopped her. Perhaps that means her conscience. Ok, a second chance to do the right thing… did she call for help? No. Did she try to help him? No. Did she at least try to console him? No. Being the ghost that scares him to begin with, what does she do? She gets closer to him, stares at him, and without a single attempt to amend her doing, she simply lies besides him. Seems to me as if she needed that for herself more than even considering the other person. This got stuck in my head pondering on how humans have become so self absorbed that things like accountability, respect, care and compassion become obsolete. She obviously doesn’t even feel those things for herself with the way she lives, how could she possibly feel that for others? So so heartbreaking and sad…. 😣😞

[@ZEUSs_Paw]

The details are amazing. And the creativity of the burning flames, nice!

[@ginajones2328]

Hello from Alaska. Definitely 😮 wow i will watch again amazing and share

[@xamel9528]

Damn I haven’t seen anything that’s made me feel anything since Bobby yeah, future, or inside the lab for years. Thank you. I applaud and appreciate you!!!!!!🖤🖤🖤

[@alexanderkulakov1345]

Wow, great work! Animation, lighting, puppets, props - all this is done at a high level. 👍👏

[@bunnycafe1427]

The way I dont feel bad for her what so ever is nuts 😭😭

[@terencebarrett2897]

Absolutely brilliant and these videos are" absolutely wonderful" much better than TV thanks KZbin's everyone

[@geoben9801]

She definitely ran the stop sign. And then fled the scene.!!!! 😮

[@candyman5223]

I haven’t seen a stop motion this good in along time

[@anthonyrodriguez7950]

Beautifully done, great storytelling that leaves you thinking, and wanting more.

[@Deemememe]

“I didn’t get you the first time. So I’m going to stay to make sure you really go.”

[@ivannaandrade7631]

i love how she ' like "well i go through walls now, lovely"

[@cheryl9389]

Clever story with a unique look...

[@finalomega8894]

I had to rewind and play it again because I saw that she was transparent. Very heartbreaking.

[@terrafletcher1930]

"Oh glob, I killed that man.." Later: "Oh glob! I killed that man.."

[@jpjp661]

We can't always fix the wrong things that we've done but we shouldn't try to escape from it.. Sometimes the best thing we can do is to not run away from it and that's enough..

[@JLiL4949]

This is very well crafted ❤❤

[@ALLSAINTLOVEGODGODALLGOD3LOVE]

GOD I SHARE MY LIGHT WITH YOU 🕯️

[@Αίφοσ]

if she had stopped at the stop sign there wouldn't have been an accident at all

[@lv7118]

I would be SO pissed if the hit and run driver from a few weeks ago, came back as a ghost and gave me a heart attack.

[@GonjaGrowinGirl]

Wow I think this could win awards!! This cartoon is exceptional and magical ! Thank you so much💥👍🍀☘️🌿🌱🌴

[@Hiikaa69]

The best first clue that she is dead is when she flickers in the grocery store.

[@jesscateyesquad]

my opinion for the end is her guilt dissappeared and she was relieved to see the guy having a heart attack, that is why she turned solid. She looks happy to get away with it all and takes a good moment to lay next to guy who will never be able to identify the hit and run criminal the only witness to it all 😸

[@ZachChase_TV]

this is amazing I really do enjoy this video

[@lorymaypel]

I thought about her becoming a ghost was a metaphor of she lost her humanity by leaving the guy behind in the crash.

[@NDJunction]

swear ta Ra, this is how ghost actually work

[@kellingtonlink956]

Brilliantly well done! Thanks for the video.

[@theeraphatsunthornwit6266]

Remind me of moon landing scene when they use stiff-arm doll to ride moon buggy😂

[@Julie-le9fx]

Not only that the artist had assembled the woman as partially invisible. I got to admit the ending was unending I suppose. Yes it makes sense that she passed away. I was hoping they both survived the crash 💥 but can still believe they lived rightfully in my mind. The ending could be summarized any many ways, depending on how you look 👀 at it!

[@tanishjain1898]

An engaging and brilliantly made quality stop motion short film! Loved it!! And i would love to see more short films from the same creators!!!!

[@noufohere1663]

Never understood the art effect of a ghost who is passing through the wall but stays on the space like alive. only the flying ghost like Casper is real)

[@GonjaGrowinGirl]

I wish I could see a documentary of this stop motion video on the creating of this😃😃😃I also wanted to mention the sound affects, voices,music, are all so superb. !!!

[@webb8448]

Watching this while high. Got me thinking if I'm a ghost now. 👻

[@johnshields6852]

Very cool, honesty, empathy, kindness are the important virtues of human beings, karma is absolutely real.🙏

[@myfairlahey5738]

It's a pun - the road to hell is paved with good intentions

[@deerheart87]

There is no hell

[@brianedwards7142]

Well that wasn't what I expected. Excellent though.

[@kostasrestas]

very cool! greetings from Greece!

[@c0ffin.vxmpire]

Nice animation

[@elle2829]

Aw wow...this reminded me of a loved one...whenever their hurt... Sometimes those nights rescue. .

[@BreaktheMachine]

Absolutely amazing. Stunned. 😍

[@miauw_2050]

1:34 I see Lays, my favorite snack

[@陈叶-j6y]

She died of that car accident,she didn’t know,the dog can see her

[@thatshot8]

Totally thought this was a snowman from the thumbnai... ⛄

[@jeusgarcia8597]

*YOU BROUGHT REALITY*

[@MapplCiderVlogs]

Anna Mantzaris your are a perfectionist ❤️

[@RadioForYahweh]

Why did she just lay next to him and watch him die? Is she now comfortable knowing exactly how he dies this time instead of being a trick of her imagination? And the title, Good Intentions, where? Where was there one good intention in the film? Don't get me wrong, the puppetry, stop motion was superb. But the story like what the heck? I am so confused by the ending.

[@minamayes1529]

Same here. She felt guilty for doing a hit-and-run, but then she's just going to lay there and watch him die?? Doesn't make any sense.

[@e_mmmme]

Maybe that’s the point? At least that’s what I believe. Maybe the filmmaker isn’t trying to make a point, but rather invite us, the audience to make our own conclusions or questions 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@RadioForYahweh]

@@e_mmmme I'm tired of this generic and obscure answer. It gives film writers the pass to write garbage and film garbage and everyone still applauds and dances around as if it were great. I always give the benefit of the doubt that I missed the point or the film isn't directed towards me as a target audience. I will never accept "the artist left it open for interpretation" where it is obvious there is no story. It isn't an open ended horror film where we have to guess what the monster did, ate her or befriended her. Or a thriller deciding if she got a botched surgery or if she's a Stanford wife now. Nope, that is all.

[@dawnb2125]

I don't think he died.He had the cut on his head, so the accident was real but it seemed like she was a ghost and her laying down with him started to calm him down at the end.

[@farkhandatariq3633]

she was already dead

[@tillerman7272]

is this something to do with the fact that life can have a way of making you be responsible for your actions?

[@RadioForYahweh]

What?

[@tillerman7272]

@@RadioForYahweh I just feel as though at the start, she fled the scene, but at the end, she couldn't escape, and lay down with the man.

[@nickmccollum1196]

@@tillerman7272 yeah, I think you got it. She was about to go with her gut instinct yet again to flee, but then when forced to stay when her option to pass through walls was removed. She did what she wished she would've done at the car accident...stay.

[@MiriahColbert]

Holly shit,K, Right.

[@perfectbreakfast]

the video description has the answer

[@miko_mikalo]

I still cannot believe this would happen in canada

[@Oiskko]

i dont understand the ending..!.!ㅜ. ㅜ

[@KarolineTherHermit]

Read the other comments.

[@Oiskko]

@@KarolineTherHermit 나도 안다 임마 내가 그걸 몰라서 ㄱ달앗겟니?

[@Lavisiondemani]

Thanks for this video.

[@KatherineRivera-zk2jb]

I love it kisses from Puerto Rico 💋💋💋💋

[@garrethobbs8737]

What gripping, macabre and lonely film.

[@skyzero676]

I'm filled with nightmares now

[@clanaoaarmyofallah2557]

Ok i got it now.. very good short film. But still scary if she died and was a ghost and didn't realize.

[@mynameisworld]

I don't understand it, but I want some potato chips.

[@afinepoint4u]

Do ghosts bleed? She cut herself on the broken glass.

[@EverythingEsoteric11]

The ending was quite scary

[@Networkwtme]

What does her disappearing insinuate?

[@edwingarcia6447]

I don't see how she can feel guilty wif she supposedly died that day. confused but this was still deep

[@matthewpaul6904]

Not where I expected this one to go. Nice Rod Serling kind of spin.

[@FrontRoomProductionsanimation]

Wonderful!

[@jamiewddsmith-dl9bk]

Loved this, curious…. How did the women with the dog die. She could see her the second time, and because of your craft. You could tell the dog was sad and morning her passing.. nice job

[@YesPrincessDess]

Definitely thought her “guilt was killing her” ((literally)) until iRead the other explanations . . *

[@storyverse705]

What does it mean? Can anyone explain in simple?

[@maryserrano6448]

What happened to the sound?

[@Julia-sh2rz]

Putting the button calling you to ,,suscribe" during animation, is a cause of me never watching this chanel again...

[@PapayaPositive]

Next level artistry. 👍👍

[@KawaiiStars]

reminds me of "this house".

[@N3MES1SX12]

God that was sad

[@mrexcelsior1414]

This was before airbags I guess lol

[@danielyoder1527]

If she died in the crash; how could she help him? I must have missed something in the story line.

[@musicjester2005]

I am so confused

[@mr_oinkey1785]

How

[@pyrotwinflame]

New channel just found some inspiration here