they come out at night.

Directed by Christian Szczerba, 2022
Various fish and marine creatures explore the city once darkness sets.
An old project, vfx in Blender and After Effects

[@purplehaze2358]

Considering there's an anglerfish here, there's a non-0% chance there are giant and colossal squids out and about, which is fucking horrifying.

[@MoonProds]

sadly they're too hard to animate :(

[@tyrongkojy]

Really? That wasn't one at the end?​@@MoonProds

[@tyrongkojy]

@@MoonProds Okay, I just checked. I think it was an umbrella. At first I thought it was a squid.

[@MoonProds]

@@tyrongkojy it's just a plastic bag haha

[@tyrongkojy]

@@MoonProds No, no, not that. not the thing that comes from the foreground. The thing sitting upright in the background. Right after the bag.

[@Captain-Nostromo]

There's something fishy going around here.

[@hanspetrov4343]

so creative 😐

[@antimotors5429]

Step outside for minute...

[@adeptusdripstartes]

Hey buddy, Id back off if I were you. Unless you wanna be sleeping with the fishes

[@disgoop]

yes we can all sea that

[@GeneralConobi]

probably the fish

[@TryppyKyd]

-That one Doctor Who Christmas special

[@patmd6925]

Yes, same thought.

[@Adam-sd2ow]

Yeah but this is actually good.

[@RetroCube]

Doctor Who has some of the coolest ideas and also some of the worst executions and scripts at the same time. I’m in a love/hate relationship with that show

[@CoachMike87]

True 😂

[@Michaelfatman-xo7gv]

​@@RetroCube Was in a love/hate relationship....now I won't even try to watch.

[@SeriousBusinessman.]

Reminds me of that one Love Death Robots episode with all of the ghost fish, absolutely stunning. This really scratches the Frutiger Aero itch in my brain

[@Ajox191]

Love Death and Robots was great

[@RecentCobra]

@@Ajox191 Season 1 was, I only liked 4 episodes of the second season. Never bothered to watch the third

[@nawee6801]

Which Ep/season is that please? I can't remember.

[@SeriousBusinessman.]

@@nawee6801 12th episode of the 1st Volume, names "Fish Night."

[@dagobahstudios3662]

Guy looking out of his window: “that’s enough mushrooms for today”

[@SatanenPerkele]

Tonight

[@JRBDWD]

*Steal his stuff while he is tripping, that would teach him for being a drug addict*

[@JanneSala]

@@JRBDWD Lmao what are you 13?

[@MMM-ki7lc]

​@@JRBDWD bro 💀 thinks this is a roleplay server or something.

[@unoriginalhazard]

If only mushrooms are capable of visuals like this, they tend to be far more... creative 😂

[@philipdumas4435]

Huh… this is kinda what being a fish must feel like in a way. We aren’t used to the water sound around our ears since we don’t live under the surface, but without it, it makes you sorta understand what the feel would be like to be a small fish, and have these giant swimmers above you. Pretty neat

[@Thaumiel98]

Yes. Fish don't see water. They can see through the haze. The ocean is completely transparent to them.

[@slothonmercury]

​@@Thaumiel98why are lying 😂

[@azuknow1653]

@@slothonmercurynah its true

[@shakkoryu]

​@@slothonmercurysarcasm

[@theplaguegamer6216]

Someone get me a direct line to the Doctor stat!

[@m0in126]

The whale is so cool, angler fish terrifying, and the alleyway shark, hilarious. I love this. Super creative idea.

[@ghostlightx9005]

Though nicked from Dr Who

[@dodiswatchbobobo]

This is the premise of a 12 year old Doctor Who Christmas special.

[@CertainOverlord]

Yup. this is exactly what came to my mind when i saw this.

[@djshire1984]

I had this dream as a child, sort of. Being in a pet store and the fish started swimming in air like it was water. I had forgotten about that til now.

[@arcanewhiskers2662]

same here I remember a dream I had as a kid where the fish from my fish tank came out and swam around my room

[@YourLocalPlushAddict]

Same,guess all three of our dreams were "Fishy"

[@DieRR01172]

Same here, I dreamed of a huge shark between the trees

[@balsarmy]

I only had an apocalyptic dream in my chidhood with cosmo snakes that swirled themselves around planets and destroyed them.

[@_Just_Another_Guy]

Had a dream of a giant mechanized whale swimming in the air over a fancy bridge then it was about to fire a laser from it's mouth... then I woke up, lol.

[@SissypheanCatboy]

I absolutely love this. Its both wonderful and majestic, and absolutely horrific. The idea of turning a corner and seeing a shark is like a worse version of finding a feral dog in an alleyway.

[@dukeon]

WAY worse!

[@w1zardelf]

idk sharks are usually pretty calm, while a feral dog is much more likely to bite. at least a shark wouldn't give you rabies?😅

[@syrenasketches6902]

​@@w1zardelfsir, that was a Great White.

[@w1zardelf]

@@syrenasketches6902 more dogs kill people than sharks per year. im taking the alley shark over feral dog

[@Mokiefraggle]

@@syrenasketches6902 Actually, looked a lot more like a sand tiger to me.

[@tyro244]

Reminds me of that Doctor Who episode A Christmas Carol where the fish swim in the air.

[@snowcloud8]

Reminder of that Matt Smith Doctor Who Christmas carol special

[@hiide0us123]

Would it be ethical to perhaps pet the fish?🤔

[@MoonProds]

Yes if you ask them first

[@sytrosianoverlord3150]

Which one you wanna give head pats too?

[@RealHumanPerson-zz7ix]

consent is important

[@peytongonavy]

Fish: *bloob* 🐡

[@thecamocampaindude5167]

Should a fish be petted? What an ethical dilemma

[@Manny-fc8ym]

Mr. Bush, there's been a second whale.

[@SolverCyn-vx1kv]

Hahahaha i liked that

[@ferrisbueller9991]

He'd take it 100x chiller than the rest of the prezos.

[@potato_enjoyer5544]

“THEY HIT THE FUCKING TITANIC!”

[@hangedups2608]

😂

[@squamish4244]

Landsharks are terrifying, and have been so since SNL introduced us to them 50 years ago.

[@Arachnilad]

welcome to Missouri

[@gregoryvn3]

"Candygram!"

[@alarictenorio1076]

Can confirm every time I battle Cynthia and her Garchomp. A Land Shark that is also a Jet and Dragon that can cause Earthquakes.

[@shmebulfurdmcglucketthe3rd296]

This feels like the one Dr. Who Christmas special and I’m half expecting to see the 11th Doctor just jump out from somewhere

[@ASingleSpaghetti]

0:54 NOW I CAN SEE THE WHAAAAAAAALES! LOOMING OUT OF THE DARK!

[@excarnator]

LIKE ARROWS IN THE SKYYYYY I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EYEEEEES, BUT IT'S TRUE

[@boombah5228]

Gojira fans when anything whale related happens

[@officialxverzusz]

_[Sick as fuck breakdown]_

[@hiphyro]

This is really cool, I love the effects, very dreamlike. Id love to be in that store with all the seahorses. RIP to that fish at the end lol.

[@MoonProds]

thx! but it's not a fish it's a plastic bag ;)

[@hiphyro]

@@MoonProdsI didn’t even realize lmao

[@ironhell813]

41 morons didn’t know that…

[@Ashvee72-from-Thewildguess]

@@MoonProdsI suppose that’s fitting, there are a lot of those in the ocean too

[@borntoclimb7116]

Total agree

[@oddity1769]

This is like that one Christmas episode of Doctor Who

[@stevesmith1965]

Wow, this reminds me of 'Fish Night' from love, Death, and Robots. The fact two people had an idea like this is mindblowing.

[@no-replies]

Big props to Christian Szczerba. That was super well done. The lighting on the shark was what really sold me.

[@lukestarkiller1470]

This honestly feels like a Studio Ghibli movie setting

[@Unf_nny]

Ponyo live action

[@ZephaniahNoah]

Dr. Who: A Christmas Carol Love that episode

[@yipflaptheexecutioner6519]

This reminds me of that christmas episode of Doctor Who where the fish swim in the fog

[@ae4159]

The ghosts of marine creatures come out to haunt us.

[@TheStanishStudios]

There’s a pretty good Love Death Robots episode with that vibe

[@reginahudzik5533]

👻👻👻

[@placodermwisp8229]

*xylophones slowly start playing and picking up pace 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵 💀 🩻🦴🤟🏻 DID SOMEGHOUL SAY SPOOKY⚡️⚡️🎃⚡️⚡️ NYEHEHEHEHEHE FINALLY OUR DEEP SEA CORPSE BROTHERS ARISE TO JOIN US FOR THE GREAT ✊🏻 SKELETON 💀 WAR 🤺 🪖

[@serenitynow85]

Love, death and robots- fish night

[@grim_2000]

Yes, that's the one. Reminded me of it too.

[@Alexander24328]

Thanks for reminding me

[@Duong-dc6cm]

Anime too

[@sonofjack6286]

That's the vibe I got from this.

[@carolynallisee2463]

This reminds me of a Dr Who episode, one of Matt Smith's, I think. It might even have been a Christmas special. It had this same idea, Fish swimming around in air, rather than water. It ended with a wild sleigh ride, powered not by reindeer, but two Great White sharks...

[@jfk226]

Clever concept. They certainly got the lighting right which makes it believable.

[@alexibarra192]

This is awesome. The angler fish is one of the scariest looking animals ever.

[@mac2857]

goofiest*

[@DiggitySlice]

It's also tiny. Like really tiny.

[@eeyorehaferbock7870]

⁠@@DiggitySliceyeah, it’s weird that they made it enormous here when it’s literally the size of a grapefruit in real life. I mean, even at that size you’d think it’d still look weird just floating around like that.

[@Kryptnyt]

I bet they're nicer than they look. Give em a good headpat and they follow you around like a kitten, or something.

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

​@@eeyorehaferbock7870 there was post going around for a while that showed a museum exhibit of an angelfish about that size claiming that's how big they really are because of deep sea gigantism (I am so tired), so I have to wonder. It could just be an artistic decision, or inspired by the post even knowing it's wrong. I ain't a mind reader, so who knows.

[@dangerousdays2052]

My autistic cousin who knows the name of literally every single fish in the ocean loved this video.

[@kenesys8713]

I'm sorry but nobody knows every single fish in the ocean.

[@directorphobos]

@@kenesys8713 Well their autistic cousin does

[@kenesys8713]

@@directorphobos I guess you're right, my apologies

[@zakosist]

There are around 30 000 species of fish, no way she could know all of them

[@danegerdane]

nice name

[@cosmichobo4216]

This Reminds of that One Doctor Who Christmas episode with Matt Smith and the floating fishes and shark

[@kabyamtalukdar3066]

Dang cool video man..... Loved to see the "love death and robots" inspiration here

[@soltar1031]

All kinds of sea creatures being able to "swim" freely through urban areas is such a bizarre concept and one I imagine from time to time. Seriously, picture the idea of driving through a tunnel late at night, and approaching you from the other end is a blue whale. It'd be pretty damn surreal. Incredible blender project dude. Your passion really shows 🍷🗿

[@zaarthwren]

And here my warped mind visualizes a Dalek invasion where ever I go

[@Caffeinated-DaVinci]

That's a phobia I definitely didn't need or want.

[@bumpersincapped]

at least you won't die getting eaten by something in the sea or suffocating in a cave while exploring

[@MollyHJohns]

All I see is fresh food swimming unsuspectingly right in front of me. Trap them in the house with fish bait, and you can pick any to cook almoat immediately 😂

[@Mukapogz]

Welcome to the shark punching center how may i help you?

[@SolverCyn-vx1kv]

​@@Mukapogz scp reference?

[@SolverCyn-vx1kv]

​@@MollyHJohnsOh poor fish, well at least i hope you threat them better than in japan

[@tomwylie9298]

This gave me some extreme nostalgia for the old Cartoon Network City bumps

[@thelordnaevis4946]

idc abt how terrifying this would be in real life bcoz this is literally the coolest thing ive ever seen

[@theimpostorafungus1213]

There was a doctor who Christmas special about this specifically

[@trainsplanesmore]

"They mostly come out at night. Mostly." - Newt in "Aliens"

[@hyacinthlynch843]

I just showed this to my marine biology teacher, and it really made her day. Great work!

[@TishyRose]

My dad always told me when I was little there were, “land sharks,” that lived in our harbour, but you’d only be able to catch sight of them at night. When they’d be in one of the fish’n’chip shops across the street getting their meals for the night. He used to tell me, “They tasted battered fish once and we couldn’t keep them away, so we let them have the harbour at night to make their own. They get the occasional gull who tries to nab a chip, never dive-bombs again. Doesn’t fly much after either.” I was very young, and fully believed in land sharks until I had to do a report in primary, so I did one on sharks, and my dad revealed to me that land sharks do not exist, they do not walk around on their tails and use their fins to squeeze vinegar on their fish’n’chips. I miss him, and this cool video gave me a fun memory of him, so thank you x2 for making something really cool, and for making me smile 😸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MoonProds]

That's so adorable!

[@vincentschmitt8629]

I live in Montpellier and can confirm that this does happen. I was once attacked by a group of flying squids!

[@GrievyRZ]

Animation is really hard, and animating something swimming as if it were underwater is on a next level of hard. It truly is a challange to make whatever's the focus look like it's actually gliding itself through a real body of water, yet I see no flaws here. Absolute cinema, well done.

[@harrytheseal6566]

Reminds me of a doctor who special where a planet was capable of having fish swimming in the air

[@foreign_objective2855]

Reminds me of Ponyo when the entire city was flooded and even extinct marine animals started coming out, swimming over the roads.

[@MaseraSteve]

Holy sh*t this is the clostest imaginery to my most beautiful and vivid dream of a fish swimming in the city.. obviously It's in a daytime and there's a skycraper

[@tyrongkojy]

Has someone been watching the Christmas Carol episode of Doctor Who?

[@MoonProds]

No but I just looked it up and indeed we had the same idea!

[@mathieu525]

i KNEW someone would point that out, thats what the video reminded me of

[@DalekPratt1963]

Nice to see more people referencing that Doctor Who episode!

[@eliasmolck5566]

As someone who is terrified of the ocean and many sea creatures, this is straight up Nightmare Fuel. Especially the whales. If I hear that sound, I'm taking cover ASAP.

[@strongcloud28]

My thalassophobia went bezerk.....now I wont be able to sleep tonight.

[@alcuinmacdonald]

Whale I'll be. Never thought I'd sea such sights. Loved it. Everyfin was great (white).

[@joeyip1528]

This reminds me of that doctor who christmas episode with matt smith

[@MDE_never_dies]

My first thought as well

[@justpaddingtonbear]

Same thought. ❤

[@ladykoiwolfe]

Exactly what I thought of as well.

[@Otgmar]

Reminds me of that part in Angel's egg, except with real fish instead of shadows.

[@rottensquid]

This is gorgeous. It's amazing how beautiful CG images can look when approached with an artistic eye.

[@shaydystheshadowqueen9584]

This is literally my safe space. Water is such a comforting thing for me; moving in water, drinking (flavoured) water, watching natural water features like rivers, lakes, creeks, and waterfalls, listening to water (splashing, rain, moving water), and even smelling water (the damp rain smell and the indoor pool smells are my favourite). And of course, I like creature that live in/near water. When I was at university, there was a small aquarium that had a touch pool for bamboo sharks (a kind of nurse shark, small and flat) and when I was having a bad day and some money to spare, I would pet the sharks and it was like having a therapy pet. When my therapist asked me to imagine a safe place, the first place I imagined was being underwater in the sea. I felt safe in the water and when I need to go to my safe space, I imagine sharks swimming by me just like in this video.

[@goosetavsson]

This is so beautiful, nature is healing ❤🙏

[@StardustNova69]

Y'know, this is a Doctor Who episode

[@SolrSurfr3]

This is gorgeous and terrifying at the same time, incredible job!

[@The_jesters_house]

Doctor who Christmas specials be like:

[@princeramblerose]

this is absolutely delightful in the way it hits me with a mix of unknown dread and immense childlike wonder

[@youknowho4439]

"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?"

[@VestinVestin]

Gąbkorobert Kanciastoportny :P!

[@mset68]

Wonderful work. Beautiful.

[@PaulieandGilbert]

Wow!...that's one heck of a CG party! Great job! 👍 😊🎉

[@miguelisaurusbruh1158]

I SWEAR i dreamt of this once

[@CesarGameBoy.]

I would totally love for Sharks to just swim around in our skies during the night. Gives me more a of a reason to wanna stay up all night to see my cartilaginous friends :).

[@kimmieh8419]

Everything about it is so cool! The editing, the sound effects, (especially the siren when the shark was out, like patrolling😂), and that these are really incredible creatures that live in our deep blue oceans, not some made up monsters! Love this! Thank you! 🫶

[@codenamelarry6518]

Those Whales remind me of the ones I saw walking through downtown St Louis back in 2006. Also saw some jellies there too!

[@dsagent]

Finally youtube recommends me some good stuff that I actually want to watch!

[@braindeaed-7]

them whales could keep it down at night, some folks need to get up early for work even shark 's more civilized . . just vibin, taking a night swim

[@MortusSweet]

I audibly GASPED watching this. Omg I love this so much.

[@generalstorm8381]

Words cannot describe how much I love this.

[@Taegreth]

Love your videos, glad to see you're still here.

[@MaverickHunterDaniel]

Feels like some sort of early SCP. I like it. The lighting and effects looks really good. Great work!

[@osasunaitor]

I got SCP vibes too haha

[@Mets4Barth68]

I love after fx camera shake. It looks soooo convincing and doesn’t look like headache inducing mulch at ALLL…

[@john-brady]

Marvelous! Beautifully done…

[@skyhornet8677]

love to see more of your stuff

[@thewyit4222]

reminds me of that one dr who Christmas special

[@marleydarch-devereaux9712]

This is basically that one doctor who Christmas special 🤷‍♂️

[@aquatifox9857]

This is both technically impressive and absolutely hilarious. Well done!

[@broaisland9003]

Reminds me of that one Doctor Who episode.

[@2xenn]

The view to like ratio on this video is absolutely insane. Great work.

[@vidyasagar3624]

This is SURREAL. Great work!

[@Charcoal2023]

"The marine life forms do get a bit quirky at night..."

[@Herminsky69]

C'est cool de voir un Français faire des trucs sympas comme ça :)

[@yuegodelg]

This is so cool, I’m glad KZbin showed me the notification for this one so I could also see Mortadella which it didn’t show me

[@tritonis54]

Wow, magnifique ! L’ambiance est vraiment folle, bien joué !

[@mehmeh4785]

Beautiful

[@XOTICXPATRIATE]

Well its certainly a very original perspective. Though I think having sharks out and about at night sounds absolutely terrifying! Its like sharknado but more......artistic and well thought out. Great job!

[@gekinatracksuit9710]

ride the sharks

[@XOTICXPATRIATE]

@@gekinatracksuit9710 yeah.......I am going to have to give that a hard pass.

[@TheGraemeStone]

Genius! Wonderful! Dream-like!

[@goofyahh5387]

This reminds me of that episode in love, death, and robots.

[@DavidCordeiro-yl5dg]

Excellente🎉

[@GreenBarsArchives]

Maneater 2 looking crazy!

[@SolverCyn-vx1kv]

Xd

[@kellyluck1626]

I absolutely love this.

[@UniqueGeekFreak]

If these creatures were outside hanging around i'd probably be out more and just look at them, this idea of them hovering around gave me a chuckle 😄

[@jadeviper1290]

NOW I CAN SEE THE WHAAALESSSS!

[@excarnator]

LOOMING OUT OF THE DAAAAARK

[@URAGOOFUS]

i enjoyed the sound design on this one

[@Crosswind_7322]

Same here.

[@debiduttapradhan9260]

I love this. Beautiful imagination 🔥

[@Nikolaos0603]

I used to always imagine what it would be like if sea creatures swam through the air. Thank you for making a visual representation. I especially liked seeing a shark swim through the neighborhood 😊

[@left.toe.9749]

Pov: global warminh and ocean rise

[@linkly9272]

The Mississippi delta 20 years from now:

[@AMYT8]

This is literally that one Doctor Who Christmas special

[@MiMiTheMemer]

EXACTLY. I was thinking the same thing, lol. 😂 I’m actually going to watch the video now, I just had to find someone else who noticed that. 😁💙💙

[@SourceAwareness]

Absolute Masterpiece!!!

[@jakepatterson2798]

This is impressive and beautiful in an odd way. Reminds me of dreams I had where I could breath at the bottom of the ocean and watch huge sea creatures pass above me in complete silence.

[@raufahmadov6108]

its reminds me one of the love, death & robots episode i think it's a season 1 episode 13

[@swenzy7840]

it's my favorite show everyone go watch it