The Forest

[@girzarro]

They tell us to be individual Be different Be yourself But how can you do that when they want us all to be exactly the same?

[@p.eb0441]

your are right

[@theopowell8815]

Nobody ever said to be one thing or something else

[@fart0h]

Your hateing "them" for haveing double standards, yet your the one hideing behind the face of a video game character.

[@girzarro]

Morgan Ray You realize I'm doing this for fun, right?

[@3Dbeard]

i have triple standards! i hide behind 3 fingers you know! xD

[@aflooki]

Adults modify school so that it' ll be comfortable for adults, not children.

[@zerodanna7963]

It' ll? Do you know how to spell?

[@aflooki]

Sorry, how is it incorrect?

[@demonicfox9483]

Isabel Garcia It simply has a space, but I don't think that it is a big enough error to make it seem as if you do not know how to spell...

[@mekquake5879]

Zero Danna do you?

[@miniwolf8932]

um i forgot sorry

[@AnnyLyPikaChu]

3:45 who though she would committed a suicide?

[@cliffvictory5981]

Me

[@facefisted]

Àñńý Ly PîķåÇhű me

[@조개-t8p]

무

[@aidandixon6028]

I thought she had snapped and was gonna kill her father.

[@rebekahconde2640]

me

[@2ndbrid]

I love it how I always finish my night with some old ass animation on KZbin.

[@theodoreadanza3351]

me too lol

[@crystalrosequartz8172]

that's how I start the day

[@qindleton]

Same.

[@erinocelotl3578]

this animation is supposed to send a message though i think...

[@bleucat3119]

The irony though

[@Gregarius91]

The point of the video is to showcase how limited we are in our current system. Mandatory education is required for all children. The educational system discourages free thought, and prepares you for the fourty hour work week. Our bodies can be controled to go from home to school, or home to work, but our brains can't be controlled. We have the ability to change our system. Why passively go along with somthing that does not work?

[@aHarzoo]

Greg Arius The Zeitgeist movement? Get their book for free on their website.

[@thomasashley5925]

This is more about the larger picture of a jaded bandwagon society....it's called "mankind" and it has steadily faltered since it's beginning and it will be till it's end. Everyone us in existence knows the innocence of childhood, until we are born into a society that finds a poor individual in their depressions and a rich individual into their splendor...it is greed in the heart that conquers our world when the true pathway to purity is love,lending and sharing without the expectation of a gain in return. If you want to really rid of this disease that has infected practically all of us, then every single monetary unit needs to be removed and the principles of Christ put into the heart. It was the very scriptures of the Bible that forewarned against the paths of living life through the means of defining anything other than a what's living as precious to a heart.

[@Gregarius91]

Thomas Ashley Very beautiful comment. Everything you said is spot on. Life is not about materialism. It's not about being the best. It's not about having the most money. Life is about cooperating amongst different types of individuals, to learn new lessons. When an individual can learn lessons he/she can grow spiritually. The current way we operate on this planet Is opposite from how we need to be acting. We have to stop senseless competition over material recources, and focus more on our spiritual well being.

[@I3lob1]

Thomas Ashley Oh yeah tell that those that have been burned at the stake during the withc hunt. Crusades. Jews. The spaniards during the Inquisiton days. Yeah they felt the love of the Christ for sure. Bah i think this our nature we are the demons and jailers of out own reality. Conquerors at heart and our purpose will always to dominate and destroy. I mean its what we are best at. All great empires were founded on superior force and intellect. To borrow a line from Ice and Fire Love cannot feed you,warm you,keep you company or help you. Rage,determination and fear will get you something tho. Hippie days are over. And war is coming.

[@thomasashley5925]

You're about as dumb as bricks! You don't even get what you are expressing. Try going casting your stones at those dead individuals who did such acts, it is exactly what you say it is...MANKIND! festered with self motive...There is not a single one of us that live off of puppets strings from heaven, just doesn't exist because it's not defining to love to apply control, so it's your own freedom to do as you please, and maybe you should ask yourself if your morgue of hate evolves a circumference away from your own freedoms and it even makes you angry to even see a smile...why? I will tell you so! Because you, my friend don't know how too under your destructive and self destructive greeds of illusions, if you don't find a light in your own darkness, you will stumble in your own paths just like every sinister fruitcake has in history...'And 'Ice and Fire' has only derived their lyrics from a fallen author of the 'Mein Kampf" or others who have fallen from these misguiding beliefs. And it is just prophetic that war will come, formally mentioned in Biblical scriptures, thus you choose yourself to be your own fool.... Matej Vlk, as you are still young, spend your energies in finding Christ, and then you will be off your crutches that influence your hate, stop being childish! May God bless you

[@skypeshitsenpai6414]

This is honestly how children are treated in society, never listened to, becoming slaves to the world.

[@livingdeadgirl3495]

Yeah

[@creeperbandito8284]

Not exactly 'becoming'. It's been this way for a long time. Kids weren't listened to that much even in the 1800's. Often parents would sent their children off to boarding school for ten years and then the kids would marry and leave their parents. Also the parents rarely spoke to their children.

[@An_Ian]

SkypeShit Senpai thats why kids what to be treated like adults they dont what responsibility they whant to be heard society wasnt kind to me as a kid so I fight back at society if I wish for something society can stick it for it shant stop me you'll need a more physically present force to stop me

[@Monoman102]

Or one can become a conqueror.

[@An_Ian]

***** tried that unless you have the social skills of a cult leader it will end badly

[@OldManShane]

Honestly, after watching this, I think people take the gun too literally. At no point is she shown shooting anyone; she threatens the teacher, but the whole thing seems metaphorical. In this case, it's not a literal gun, and she's not truly threatening the teacher, by, for instance, saying "I'm going to kill you", but is being threatening in a different way, such as by promoting and stating radical ideas that make others uncomfortable. The gun itself seems like a metaphor for force and an instrument of change; by destroying the soulless machines in the school and the therapists office, this could be taken to say that the system itself is flawed and needs to be disposed of (and isn't that a synonym for 'killing'? Of course, we're killing ideas here, not people), so that something new (the flowers, vines, etc. that grow afterwards) can be made, that works better (or is perceived to work better). By destroying the signs of the soulless and parodied businesses, this too can be seen as a metaphor of change. Out with the old consumerist notions, in with a more organic and wholesome approach to life. Honestly, the most disturbing part of this video is how many comments show a lack of imagination. There's my two cents, do with it what you will.

[@worldsvamp5499]

you sir are wonderful

[@OldManShane]

Michaela Hubbard Thank you. I try my hardest.

[@spyro115]

the girl felt bounded to society - it's laws and way of life and can't do what she wanted that had meaning to her such as go to a forest and get relief of pure freedom, she felt that living in a world to obtain knowledge to work for money in order to breath air for life was stressful. the forest to her was like true paradise - absolute freedom. i understand where this person was coming from. everyone too at least has a paradise to live life in freedom where we don't have to live by any rules or laws.

[@LadyBlazerine]

I agree. :D

[@Offline219]

THANK YOU!

[@sleepybeans9641]

This girl explains my imagination so well, I live in a very pessimistic mind set and i don't hate it, because i actually feel like i understand the world. I also dream of a forest like her although it looks different and its more symbolic of my feelings or situations. I love this short film I'm glad someone made it.

[@vijsm]

Sleepy Beans second ya

[@mdmargareth]

Third ya

[@bvegannow1936]

Sleepy Beans be optomistic, try to make the world a better place, plant food forests

[@jordincowherd19]

The gun doesn't represent violence. It represents how the girl is solving her problems. Society are the 'bad guys' and is trying to pull her away from the truth. The things that the teacher 'taught' with is the lies that society feeds to children. Not everything is a scam, which represents the forest. It's a 'happy place' where the beauty of the world lies. As Mikasa said, 'this world is cruel but this world is beautiful'. That's just a small theory I made up.

[@Djlsk411]

k

[@shipshrekt2156]

Even so the animation is faking weird yo... :/

[@acat5542]

I'd say it's really deep. Holy crap I was crying cause I can relate ;-;

[@carolinekiser4927]

That Attack on Titan reference though

[@JoJo-kz6jq]

luv attack on titan

[@evanmitchell1110]

When she got out the gun I thought she was gonna kill everyone and the story would turn dark...

[@laundrysauce354]

Me too

[@rileyloudin8526]

I thought she was going to kill herself

[@evanmitchell1110]

Riley Loudin Lmao

[@JuanRamirez-pw4vf]

Yeah i thought that too xD

[@thickgrater]

I thought she was going to shoot the teacher and free the kids

[@kryldon8146]

The teacher is straight-up the guy from The Incredibles

[@Bump3rFish]

Exactly what I was thinking! haha

[@MelanieQayutinnuaq]

Ikr I knew he was evil

[@grahamwyles746]

Abby Whatever I dunno.... that teacher didn't seem to care about that dead kid from tne start when she explained school....

[@noneofyourbusiness3341]

kryldon exactly lol

[@hydrathermal9030]

Coincidence? I THINK NOT!

[@sparkylildog3410]

who else would think this would be a good game.

[@Popcornwithextracrack]

ikr?? this remain me to inside

[@terrycampbell3219]

Ice Trex paridot!

[@sparkylildog3410]

Terry Campbell NYEH??!!

[@sparkylildog3410]

Pancake Jim mmmm

[@bodegabas]

IKR

[@MrBlockBoy123]

The teacher is the teacher from the Incredibles :O

[@questashae3122]

YEASSSSS!!!!!

[@krystalwilson4826]

yaa I know right

[@elu_earendil]

xDD

[@fissioncrusier]

you saw that too!

[@MelanieQayutinnuaq]

Omfg I thought that too

[@sandpaige]

I like this. The adolescent girl is seeing the world as it is truly with opened eyes, and doesn't want to conform, thus putting her into a state of depression. She seeks the peaceful forest, without noise. She is then stated as a troubled child, and is forced to take treatment, that takes away her willingness to reject society, and conform instead. She then has a mental breakdown, and is locked away forever in a insane asylum. Thus saying, if we reject society as an individual we're stated as "troubled" "crazy", which is completely true, and very sad.

[@Icantchooseagoodname]

The teacher at 0:41 looks like Dash's teacher from "The Incredibles"

[@namehere440]

yea

[@Samantha..guzman]

+Sydney 159 agreed he

[@Samantha..guzman]

does look like the teacher from The Incredibles

[@JimmyIsSoEpic]

coincidence? i think NOT

[@pill0w648]

Don't Bernie me!

[@megabojan1993]

The world we live in, is one big giant shitholle. I live for the day I leave this place.

[@megabojan1993]

Stella Skondric I used to be an optimist, but life has made me into a pessimist.

[@megabojan1993]

Stella Skondric It's a long story, but I will tell it in the shortest way possible. Back in my early teenage years I had it all: luck, love ( I had a beautiful GF back then) and my health was in a much better condition. I was optimistic back then. Now I don't have any luck, because whatever I start I fail. My love life has been nonexistent for 10 years, and my health is deteriorating. I kinda lost my optimism after all of this started happening to me.

[@megabojan1993]

Stella Skondric Thanks. I'm going to need it.

[@TheBurningFreeze]

You're still young dude, things will work out if you make them.

[@chloe-pc2vx]

That's deep but the sad reality is it's true.

[@chloe-pc2vx]

That was sad but incredibly beautiful at the same time and I absolutely loved the visuals.

[@chloe-pc2vx]

I suppose this is saying that the world is like a prison and the 'crazy' people are free in a way

[@midnightsiblings282]

ChloeIsKZbin. Guess I'm lucky to be crazy then huh 😂

[@chloe-pc2vx]

Midnight Siblings Heh maybe

[@matthewsharp8463]

ChloeIsKZbin. Love your about section on KZbin made me laugh

[@hidekigurmendi5179]

Yes, amazing.

[@greenkibble]

Why does this give me little big planet vibes?

[@featherfly478]

ikr

[@thetaai8262]

NightmareCBL it's the disproportionate cartoonish dark theme that does that

[@featherfly478]

true

[@Peanut9527]

I got the same vibe as well when I saw her forest floating away in that bubble. It was sad, though, because it was like her imagination was taken from her.

[@greenkibble]

Javier Hernandez Agreed. If my imagination was taken from me I would have DIED

[@Neaaah00]

Damn us humans, destroying our own planet... how pathetic

[@anonimato9128]

Thats reality

[@acyl5024]

Wlord _ if you don't think stupid humans exist, how do you explain yourself?

[@acyl5024]

Maranda Loop the hells a keyboard warrior? Also his statement makes no logical sense so there will be contradictions And contradictions lead to arguments and arguments lead to advances in the human civilization, so as a matter of fact, myself being this 'keyboard warrior' will get me much further in life then you will.

[@derpyheights2214]

Im moving to Homeworld and just instead serve a diamond.

[@smallandangrywillow2247]

Linnea Vikenäs God help us, and I'm gonna watch the people who pollute and destroy this planet BURN.

[@sierra9828]

I was 7 when this came out, now I’m almost 19, I keep coming back to it.

[@mikki3208]

It's not about getting what you want. It's about the fact that we beat down people with different ideals than us and going "I'm right you're wrong, so you get punished." Side note: Please, I don't like fighting with anyone. Brings the mood down.

[@buttnoomoo504]

You know, thinking about it, life is a little bland... go to school, get home, see your friends briefly... isn't there SO much more we could do? Expanding our imaginations, transforming Mars... destroying our economy.... economy. That's it. That's the problem. Economy. If we lived without money, we would save trees.... and lives. Think of the poor people, who have no money for food. If we offered things for free to each other, we could save so many lives! And it would be great.... all of Earth, working together to achieve living! Call me insane, or a communist, but I believe this is the way Earth could evolve! No more money! Just working together! So many more could live... and we could achieve more! (Quoting KZbinr, Floramagicstars)

[@catofnacata3496]

That's a nice idea but people won't cooperate.

[@Sky-vy7wv]

But that's a very complex situation and could have a lot of potential flaws. If the world went back to jungles and forests everywhere, without society or economy, it would become anarchy. People would need to hunt to eat and animals aren't common enough in cities. Imagine how many people would starve. We also wouldn't have any houses, so what would we do for shelter? What if the shelter we found was too rare? People may be willing enough to kill others to take that shelter for themselves. This is why we need economy, to keep things from becoming anarchy. It would be nice to have more freedom, but not too much of it.

[@catofnacata3496]

excactly

[@apiatt4189]

+Butt Noomoo eyup

[@Sky-vy7wv]

Heh, yeah, I guess I forgot you could just eat plants.

[@hiraetheria]

Who saw Shittibank in the background at 1:20?

[@blancasanchez2005]

Dogeofdestiny I saw it

[@ekaluraw4376]

And GagDonald´s. And Fuma. And Nasty. And Pear. And Hell. And my favourite: HIV

[@hydrathermal9030]

My favourite computer company. HELL

[@stefanmorris652]

not even gonna lie some of the sound effects and background music kinda sounds like something that'd be in silent hill hell even the little girl sounds like Alissa or what ever her damn name is

[@aleksxyz23]

Alessa* I think

[@pianocricket64]

LOL!!! Yep, kinda creepy.

[@jstar3307]

DoWn In tHe fOrEsT wE wiLL SiNg ThE cHorUs

[@yourlocalcat4254]

honk :o)

[@cancerousbullshitandallels6344]

+Vriska Serket your vriska you don't say honk

[@NicoleMadinn]

One that everybody knowes..

[@eeaw6031]

oNe ThAt EveRyboDy KnOwS

[@scotchbonnie4122]

HanDs HeLd hIGher WE'll bE oN FiRe

[@countdeku646]

0:42 Coincidence? I think NOT

[@countdeku646]

i.imgur.com/PP7valv.jpg

[@TheSadisticseahorse]

the moral i got from that is guns are great for the environment.

[@anonimato9128]

Here, have a gun :D

[@callmetony7143]

SinisterSeahorse So then America will save the trees.

[@TheSadisticseahorse]

Cameron Joseph 'murica!

[@Serend_ipity]

SinisterSeahorse Would you like a gold star or a purple dinosaur?

[@giselamaman5720]

SinisterSeahorse the gun tells us that she is going to solve her own problems

[@MusiicRoolz]

when she shoots everything and nature grows back on top of it, it really reminds me of princess mononoke

[@riff__rafferty]

I know this is random, but anyone else think her voice sounds like Hermione Granger from Harry Potter?

[@emmacrowstorm9370]

Yea

[@emmacrowstorm9370]

Haves a more British accent to it but the animation is more like Inferno

[@Natboy129]

+EnderWolf The early films, yeah. A little. Character seems similar in a way as well.

[@Spacecookie-]

+EnderWolf She just has a similar English accent is all.

[@wehwah5940]

+EnderWolf I thought the same too :)

[@fuckjustinbiber]

who knew that the incredibles teacher was still in work

[@LadyNyra]

You know I love video's like this for two reasons. First we have the video itself and that is one side, the initial message and story being told. But one of the most fascinating parts also is the interpretation of others. Art films are not to be take at face value, their to be critically analyzed. When one analyzes a film personal experience and bias is involved which reflects much of a persons personality and mentality. Ones take on say a film like this can give you almost a psychiatric reflection of the viewers mentality and thought process and personally I find that fascinating.

[@matveyxivan7159]

Tanna Blackburn same here, only im finding most people to be close minded and thier view points are obscured by society, meaning you wouldnt be seeing the true them but a dumbed down society friendly version :/

[@LadyNyra]

Indeed. Another way to perceive it is in a fashion such as Social Triggers (thats my way of calling it anyways). Words or lines or even visuals that people instantly recognize and jump the gun on. A perfect example is the Swastika. Used by Nazi Germany as a symbol of Hitlers government we instantly think of him when we see it. But prior to that it was a mutli-cultural symbol of peace. We jump the gun (no pun intended) on things meaning.

[@baconsir1159]

Remember, kids, one gun can solve almost ANY problem

[@fllz9854]

Bacon Sir lol

[@tharayofsunshine6504]

0_0

[@dakotahope599]

it's a response, not something that fixes

[@hidekigurmendi5179]

no literally.

[@Lawsonomy1]

As a teacher this makes me said. My forest was always found in the knowledge locked in books. Therapist help so many people brake free of there pain and depression and find there peace.

[@vinesamongtrees]

she didn't have the right to remove people from the only world they could handle, but, they attacked her first - for her difference. she made the mistake of believing all people wanted what she had. as did they, thinking she was sick. her best move would have been to wait patiently for her escape, and to leave them in their wasted world. you can only save yourself. in doing so, you may find those seeking other escapees.

[@ethangray8527]

So in other words she shouldn't of freed people from their prison. Instead she should have waited for a chance to escape that would never of come and end up being brainwashed so much that she becomes just like everyone else.

[@driskie]

love the art style and the animation was done quite well

[@ImprovInAFedora]

This is why I write stories, Sleep and daydream

[@coaltheakiulfr140]

Anyone notice that the guy looks like that teacher from Incredibles?

[@congentoVEVO]

Random Video Person coincidence I think NOT!!!!!!111!

[@jeffrey871]

man, i could listen to this kid all day

[@juiceofjuice]

who else saw the shittibank in the background? =3

[@Velvetzienz]

Me

[@Tazzykiki]

+Butt “cutiecutie12B” Saggington me! did you see gagdonalds?

[@juiceofjuice]

+amber goodson no I didn't actually! But too true xD

[@Tazzykiki]

Butt Saggington LOL there's alot of peculiar signs back there

[@fedorable8303]

+Butt “cutiecutie12B” Saggington penis apple

[@toxiczombiewolf5692]

I gave up in school. Everyone tried to fit in. And I'm here like there lies pointless stress. I have a mind of my own and doing what I want to make myself feel less like a slave in society and more of myself

[@chasewallin43]

I love these videos cuz you can relate with them and they make so much sense when they don't make a bit of sense at all and it really opens my inner self

[@apurplebutton24]

I connected with this young lady. This is a reality, it's terrifying knowing how many people are not aware and awakened to realize this.

[@kiwisunshine]

This story was just about a girl who wanted to escape from reality. And the problems reality has.

[@scenessalsajar]

Dang, I remembered watching this when I was like 9. And as before, the darkness of this animated film still stands out

[@RottingCarpet]

Honestly, the educational system is aimed more towards those with the want to learn and the will to learn. Unfortunately, there are other kinds of people.

[@spoiledphish804]

but we are forced to do it and when we do it we have to listen and not be listened to they never let us talk and when they do they say were too young even though in every grade we go to they tell us that we are older now

[@RottingCarpet]

***** For some reason your comment was removed as spam. I don't think you understood my comment. You like people being left behind in the education system due to them not being what society called 'smart'? Or at least 'smart' in the way society dictates it.

[@RottingCarpet]

***** A long while back your corrected by 'unfortunately' with 'fortunately', and I never saw the comment because it was removed as spam.

[@calfischer1149]

I want to learn AND hate the educational system.

[@RottingCarpet]

Cal fischer I never said you needed to like the educational system :/ Most people dislike it, whether because of foolish annoyance at the effort, or actual factual dislike.

[@drumb6261]

nasty,hell,H.I.V.,shittibank? i think those are good enough

[@army-lkimseokjinismymom497]

Zach Griffith IKR LMAO

[@thedevilscry125]

and gagdonalds.

[@swagdaddy4506]

And sewege Blend

[@skittles3823]

0:54 top ten saddest anime deaths.

[@naludragneel5371]

Ugh this takes me back i watched this video so many times as a kid I couldn't stop watching it Its was just Mesmerizing

[@aprilcox871]

Gorgeous soundtrack + sound design

[@zillahero]

so i was wating for my mail, man and the mailman showed up and i was all "wheres my mail? man." and hes like "im right here dude" and im like "not wheres my mailman, wheres my mail MAN!!?!?!?" and hes like "sorry dude no mail today" fukin the government maaan. viva la resistance maan

[@MusiicRoolz]

wat

[@ilovecats4949]

Moral of the story: Shoot the fucking mailman.

[@darlenerahaman4520]

ilovecats4949 haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa HAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH HA.................................HA

[@BaaconHaawk]

At the end it more or less made me see everyone has their own forest 😂

[@SLfromknifetown]

This feels like an autobiography of sorts from the creator (David Scharf), and the girl pulling out the gun and raging against the society is a metaphor of him creating art to enlighten people of the society he can see today, or saw when he was a child. His way of rebellion. And I like it, a well deserved thumbs up!

[@VooDooMusic]

Wow.. just.. when she grabbed that gun, I expected it to be another dark, cliche ending, but that was just fantastic.

[@AcaiSfuturewriter]

To everyone who thinks the message being told is to shoot up your problems and such: learn to interpret. Most of this isn't literal, it's like a child's mind in which much is figurative.

[@kurobancho3508]

The teacher looks like Dash's teacher, Bernie, from The Incredibles. XD

[@unlimited-edge]

Coincidence? I think NOT!

[@kurobancho3508]

ST3R - LARD Exactly!

[@Kaboom1212Gaming]

+Kuro Piggy THIS LITTLE RAT IS GUILTY! GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY GUILTY....

[@edgarc7613]

+ST3R - LARD Jesus Christ! dude I laughed so hard at this XD

[@GreenWingSpino]

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT! XD

[@thatoneperson4002]

I feel that these types of films actually have true meaning and can give you a break from all the meaningless things on KZbin. they give you a refreshing wake-up call about the true meaning of life and this world. and how sometimes society won't approve of your choices, but you have to stand up, and fight for your individuality. In my opinion these animations are somewhat under-appreciated, if you will, and they will always have a special place in my heart.

[@ExtraordinaryJam]

I suggest you try watching feel good inc music video, as it really has similar concept with this video, sorry if my English is bad

[@jasireebee]

The teacher looks like the one from the incredibles

[@Redsneaksuela]

OMG you're right!!

[@nicolewelch6165]

Coincidence? I think not!

[@Enderman4999]

Wow... This really just spoke too me, and just related perfectly. Like how school is a machine that plugs you're mind of crap, and the companies are evil. I liked the forest part of it all, the last of free will, and she tired to speak up, but was called crazy. I loved this.

[@zacharyhayden6521]

I just burned my hand on a pizza pocket, just thought everyone would want to know.

[@broravioli907]

Are you alright, now?

[@davidcruz6697]

The world may never know

[@zacharyhayden6521]

Yes, my hand is very fine. I apologize for not responding to your sympathy.

[@broravioli907]

+Let the world burn It is alright, friend. I am glad that the pizza pocket did not horribly disfigure your hand or anything.

[@davidcruz6697]

The world knows

[@yikes_lazzy]

This was a very touching, and true story. Antonia was a very smart girl, with a free mind. I really liked this; it reminds me a lot of myself. And the logos for the products that were in the city were spot on.

[@dimensia5266]

Is the girl the same voice actor of the Red Queen from the Resident Evil Movie Series?

[@clenshin97]

i kinda dont like how incredibly straightforward the message is, theres no room for thinking or for interpretation. which is kinda ironic

[@YuximaMax]

3:47 BOI SHE BOUT TO DO IT

[@skeletonsinscarves3965]

I can't believe this is 12 years old already

[@krazykat829]

Lollll "shittibank"

[@KirstonKnox]

I don't know why, but, this reminds me of Coraline

[@flamequeenheart426]

Me too. I can see the similarities: There both confusing- there both scary- there both are weird and misleading- and they both give you nightmares.

[@Electross098]

Also the trees look like the tree fingers in the movie

[@Lopsider]

Shudder. why are so many animations dark and desolate and creepy?

[@luz9893]

I don't know. I've noticed that, too. They are so fabulous! I love them. For real creepy dark and desolate animations go for David Firth and Kol Belov. They are DELUICIOUS.

[@Brit101ful]

Because they give you a visual pathway into someone's mind and ways of thinking.

[@arsdementis]

Because the world is not a happy place for the majority of people. Art is a medium for communication and a true Artist conveys a message inspired by his experiences, feelings and thoughts. Even abstract ones. When the stimuli (input) is dark the result (output) will be dark as well. The majority of great Artwork is dark. Why? Because negative input always produces stronger emotions/feelings and thoughts than positive input. It inspires more. As sad that may be for the state of the world we live in (the world has always been bleak), at least we will always have great Art. Like this animation.

[@NOVAZ3N]

Because they are a reflection of our world. They are made from people who see the different side of what we call "reality". For those of us who were born here, we never asked for this life. We were simply told to follow the rules and to not ask questions, otherwise we would get into trouble and or be punished for our "rebellious" behavior. I guess that's just my opinion anyway.

[@Lopsider]

Ok, thank you. I get it. Shut up please.

[@ella-ke7ko]

I dont understand what kind of school all of you ppl in the comments go to, but my school actually ENCOURAGES free thought and different ways of thinking. We do regular activities and experiments to get our creativity flowing and they show us MANY, MANY different ways to do something and solve a problem. We also go through different types of learning, such as visual, interactive, etc. Everybody thats ever went to my school absolutely loves it there...

[@Orlandocorvid]

well your one of the few lucky ones then. i got stuck in a school that doesn't give a shit about individuality and wants you to get high numbers on paper so the school looks good, and the kids? oh my god they're terrible. some teachers are getting severe stress because of how much they misbehave (the school cant or wont even do anything about all the troublemakers either!). i would honestly do anything to have a nice school like that, seriously. you must go to a much nicer and well kept up school (probably even richer than mine, my schools always begging for money), my school is run down and barely anything in there has changed (i saw some photos of when my mom went there in the 90s, and it looked exactly the same as it does now!). the only nice looking area in there is this college and career center building they added, but its really small and doesn't have alot of classes. alot of these people in the comments probably go to the same kind of school i do. just because your school is one of the few schools that are actually nice, doesnt meant that the rest of our schools are perfect like yours. i honestly WISH my school was that good, but its not unfortunately.

[@mrscupcake909]

this is so important

[@fissioncrusier]

yes it is....

[@glodudenetwork]

Nice terezi pic XD

[@ツキ-f5v]

先生みたいな人がMr.インクデビルの先生にしか見えない

[@TheAviatorStar]

I'm drifting into short animated film hell again oops

[@goobersss]

I’VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS FOR THE LONGEST TIME I LOVE IT SO MUCH 🥺🥺🥺

[@dangernoodle3337]

oh fuck I daydream at class all the time

[@bunnybee1295]

I LOVE THIS

[@bunnybee1295]

And this reminded me of the game "the unfinished swan"

[@dwangnoderbora]

So remember children, you can solve all of your problems with a gun.

[@MrCutieEyes]

Ok 😋

[@dwangnoderbora]

Have fun!

[@sarinaac]

Lol

[@Nu_Wen]

she didn't solve her problem, if anything this shows that guns don't solve your problems. she get locked up in the end!

[@dwangnoderbora]

***** I never said it wasn't, my joke is that a kid would take this at face value.

[@suprisebitches7331]

As a child the message I get from this is that we're never actually listened to. We heard but not listened to. My mum always wants things to go her and my step dad's way. She doesn't listen to menor my sister. Adults think children are stupid. I'm definetly not stupid. At least I don't think so anyway. My principle saw me and my fellow pupils as scabs that needed to be picked off. She loathed me. She even removed me from the transfer test because she "thought I was going to be upset". I couldn't care less. There are plenty of schools out there. My actual dad is the only adult I know that really listens. He sits and listens and replies to everything. I love my dad. My granny listenes sometimes. She's become more understanding as of late. I got deep into this , didn't I? Well you don't need my whole life story so I'm going to post this comment and be on my way. Nice video by the way. Excellent work.

[@imstupid880]

>shittibank Lmao But on a more serious note, I appreciate the message of the story. The shadows were definitely an interesting medium to use, hiding the faces of all the characters; it helps to show how, no matter what emotions may be occurring, the facts still stand true, and what happens in life will still have happened no matter what you try to do about it. It also tells a strong message about growing up: that society feeds off of innocence. The forest is where the young go to escape their troubles, but as society drains them of their innocence, they begin to lose that forest. Problems begin to catch up, and you either have to grow up and face them or crumple and be blended in with everybody else, aka letting society take care of your problems in exchange for your will: your individuality. In here, the girl takes a gun up to try and fight this deal; obviously, she fails miserably, and is sent back to jail, where she goes back to her forest. The gun symbolizes rebellion, a lashing back, a belief that rights can be wronged in the world. But it fails, and she reverts back to a child-like state. There's no point in trying to change anything, so might as well stay here and rot so I don't have to face my problems anymore.

[@saltyyorkpeppermint8010]

love your view

[@Abigial245]

haha "shitti bank" omg

[@sold4life]

the teacher looks like the teacher from the incredibles!

[@gabysky6829]

it's depressing how realistic is this video

[@aprilgilbert4523]

Now let's all agree to never be creative again

[@hipstercatemz2383]

Omg thank you XD Best comment of the day.

[@angelcake7077]

Woah there friend you might need to slow down.

[@ceruleancorvus]

Oh god..... Plz...no...not that again D: That crap scared the shit out of me

[@angelcake7077]

Alyssa Nevarez Oh come on. Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared is a work of beauty and art. It's is intriguing and meaningful, and a little on the macabre side.

[@jijall]

very impressive... very sad but true

[@XX-bb5vh]

Sometimes the sanest of us all are the ones we criminalize.

[@Kahlimer0]

often

[@janetjaylewis]

This voiceover’s voice is too precious! Love this whole film!

[@paladindanse8417]

I cried

[@108wee]

Ugh what a negative view of the world. It almost makes me cry to see people with this state of mind. I wish I could explain or show people what the world has to offer but it's something you have to find out for yourself. Life is like a forest with endless directions to go in but depressed people seemed to be locked in a room and can't see what's outside. It's so frustrating for me to see these people torture themselves. Ugh and I can't help them.

[@Parasitoid_Sentimentality]

but it is all too true. I learned from a young age that the world does not care what your weaknesses are, it bends you until you either break or conform to their every command. no time to escape or let go of problems. I personally will have to live the rest of my life searching for meds, therapists and doctors when others are searching for jobs and houses. curled up in bed while the world is being productive or at play. that's if I live long enough to become an adult, and I can't see myself making it very far.

[@areyoukirringmeirriyaa]

i had a friend who would treat herself really bad, i really tried to help her but she still hurt herself and its so frustrating , ,

[@nekoju605]

+Poison Ice Blade Not all people have opportunities to experience the goodness, what little there is in this world. This world is more cruel than good and if you look around and see the despair around you, you'll understand why people aren't happy. There's so much pain here and I can see it on many peoples' faces.

[@upabove4478]

Icy Dice Right? I just found this video plain pretentious

[@indianvloggerfromassam]

Intan Kurnia Im glad you're privileged. Not all of us are.

[@doe_eyed_doll]

"me and my family used to live on an apartment block".....it should be "my family and I"......

[@Anonymask-Official]

KZbin algorithm blessed me with this in my reccomendations

[@trashdumpling7882]

DOWn In ThE fOreST we'lL sInG tHE cHoruS

[@legionofsponges5503]

+Potato Faced Pancakez 21 pilots yay i saw them live a couple days ago i found them in mid 2015 lol

[@dal.k0m]

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[@mollytripp1295]

one tHAT EVERYBOdy KnoWS

[@xcoralinedollhouse1360]

WHAT IS THE CLIQUE DOING HERE

[@sophiasizer1276]

+xCoralineDollhouse WE WILL ALWAYS BE HERE!

[@Wishfuldiasy123]

All ways ran to your fears, unless it's a bear never ran towards a bear!!

[@ashleybayon7457]

now watch as some random guy go running to go hug a teddy bear

[@kirorodamia9268]

And, why am I crying?

[@SercanPy]

ONIONS

[@adiosk80]

I'm grateful for this creation of visualization with sound.

[@Nightman221k]

Cute film, but if everyone had a childlike, free to do whatever you want mindset we wouldn't have cures for diseases, cars, or planes and we'd be ignorant of so much, because to achieve you need to learn and work. And there are people who would give everything they have to be educated. Society has a lot of shitty stuff true but acting like we just need to frolic carefree is completely stupid.

[@ypsawbones3646]

agreed

[@spectrum6474]

+Nightman221k you're right but I don't think that's what it was trying to show. I think it was showing how the only reason most people do just about anything is because 'everyone else is doing it' which is preventing anyone from thinking outside the box and coming up with new ways to do anything, because if anyone does then they get labeled as mentally ill (i'm not saying there aren't any serious mental illnesses, just that some people are considered crazy just because they are different). also, sorry for the absurdly long run-on sentence :P

[@embraceoblivion436]

+Nightman221k i see little wrong with a world free of cures for diseases and from the invention of cars and planes. In fact i yearn for a world where populations of people being culled by diseases, in a world full of the diversity of life before humans wiped them all out in the name of progress. Yes i fully embrace that if this reality could be swapped for such a utopia i could now be disemboweled and dying in agony and feeding the locally extinct Thylacine!

[@Nightman221k]

Steven I Cool story, bro! :^D

[@siberianhuskybudthegreywol9202]

+embrace oblivion if only... that sounds wonderful

[@fraxonthefurry21]

Yeah well. I'm 20 and still have my imagination, a strong one, and I'll always have it.

[@dsb1838]

So a girl got a gun and shot everything and went to jail

[@franklinbrown7722]

Spoiler

[@darthadipose1920]

pretty much.

[@suzannegriffin8572]

I have been literally looking for this video for all most 2 or 3 years..

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

this is a GRATE BASE FOR A GAME a side scrolling game, like limbo or oddworld, i hope it will be a game

[@michaelrosenstock9187]

well a game with that name was made but not the story....

[@jasa6554]

am I the only one who noticed shittibank? AHAHA

[@urlocale-girl9915]

Introverted life

[@tankerbell2007]

Watching this 15 years later hits even harder.