World Builder (high quality)

[@DJShire_ATL]

10 years now. Who is watching this in 2019? Still one of the best shorts I've ever seen.

[@sambull9030]

i do fine it funny though it goes up to 480p and calls itself high quality, oh how things have changed

[@AquarianNomadic]

@@sambull9030 2009 KZbin was truly the dark ages. We were lucky to get 240p 😭🤣

[@octobermoon9]

And in 2020.

[@DavidLinkan]

@@octobermoon9 And in 2021. Good things are never forgotten.

[@pinkonesie]

Hello from 2021!

[@natthakritbuathong3369]

This video gave me ambitions to make computer games when I was a kid. Still remember the day that I keep watching this over and over again while making games. Ten years later, I'm a game developer. Now I'm back to this masterpiece again. Good old days feelings strike me really hard with this, such a nostalgic feel. Without this, I don't even know what my life will look like. Thanks for such a great and inspiring video!

[@pumpkinchai]

What an amazing story. Congratulations on your achievements! 🎉

[@pandariuskairos3841]

This video has become one of the most important videos of my life.

[@bbranit]

Darius Gabriel Black thank you so much! Please do tell why!

[@HeistEverything]

Hands down, one of the best short films I have ever watched. Wow!

[@bbranit]

Thank you!

[@SuperRonor]

you said it mate... brilliant eh?

[@bunkerbuster2128]

Over five years since I first watched this short film, I have since watched it dozens of times and it just never gets old. What a beautiful film.

[@EMSLS]

Yeah, I came here today after a good +8 years just to watch it again, after being reminded of it.

[@EnesUslu]

Bruce... 7 years ago i watched this video. and i never watched a short filmas good as this. i learned your name to not forget who made this.

[@bbranit]

Thank you, very much.

[@yose42]

Grava Tonish dtto ;)

[@ifanythingisfrozen]

10 years ago, I literally watched this video every single day. To get inspired. I was in high school, and I wanted to be VFX designer. Now I'm on the track. I thank to this video piece. I will love this video forever

[@MrRuminate]

I always watch this video every couple of years. Thank you so much for creating this.

[@bbranit]

You are welcome.

[@Stonehawk]

right now it's getting closer and closer to the present.

[@georgegach7]

Incredible how this gets better with each year I stumble upon it

[@aaronthomas4883]

Still after all these years, this gets to me. Thank you for sharing your gift.

[@cameronbard610]

This video was so intriquing, i was confused for the most of it the first time i watched the video, i didnt quite grasp the full concept of the video. To me the woman that he loves dearly is in the hospital, and she seems to be in a coma. So he decided to make her a wold that she can live in, he made a place for her, a little town, that im assuming they have been before and she loved becuase of how specific it was. The video most would say was that he soley did what he did for his loved one, but you see how much happiness and joy that seeing her move around happily and freely. And the fact that he stayed hidden makes one wonder more about why she is in a coma, and why he didnt show himself, maybe he was afraid she wouldnt remember him or any of the pictures that they showed. He created a world out of love. This in a way is the most out there video we have watched for our MOOC but at the same time, the raw emotions was the realist that one could connect with. Their love is much like the flower, he stands alone, admiring it, much like she did to the flower itself in the video.

[@Some_One_One]

What's a MOOC?

[@asiagawron6705]

this is literally the best film I have ever watched, always breaks my heart. you made it timeless and I hope you will be appriciated forever for this piece of art

[@Mark73]

Absolutely beautiful. Although there's a nagging voice in the back of my head that keeps saying that even with those tools, there's no way in hell he could do all that in an hour.

[@NorthWlf]

Ahhh but you're assuming a man sitting at a desk with a mouse coding this reality by hand in real time. The timer is, indeed, in real time but when he's working he's working at the speed of thought as he's mentally directly interfaced with the computer system. The productivity a person could experience with that kind of interface must be astronomical.

[@andgo]

Now in 2024 it seems a bit slow. He could have done this a lot faster with AI. Starting with simple wireframes, prompting, then doing in-paintings to adjust things, etc.

[@simonandrews5256]

Watching it in 2024 and still getting amazed. Wonderful short film ❤❤

[@DavidLinkan]

Still awesome, even after seeing it multiple times since 2009. We talked a lot about it with my colleagues back in the day, since we build 3D scenes for a living. I even recreated the green "generic" texture and use it on my projects before the texturing phase. Thank to the team for this short.

[@JamesCorbett]

About 4 years since I last saw this, it's still has the power to move. And was amazingly prescient in light of recent advances in VR (e.g. Oculus Rift).

[@DavidQuaid]

Do you remember those projector screen shopping assistants from movies like iRobot and others ? They have them in Dubai airport

[@JamesCorbett]

They were demoed in Shannon Airport at ITLG Young Innovators David Quaid - made by Mayo company www.vbchologuide.com - we tried to get them to 3Dcamp

[@DavidQuaid]

oh very cool thanks James Corbett

[@Xithos777]

It's happening now.

[@cmbbfan78]

A truly MASTERPICE! A lovely story, packed into such a short time, so smart! The music, the visuals, but again - the story, what makes this short film a jewel. The symbolism, like making the flower...Thank you! (Looking like such a products, I always sad, that there is not yet an easy click-and-donate system existing.)

[@MrCostaMG]

After nearly a decade this is still the best short movie i ever seen.

[@jnickence]

The feels still get to me, every time I watch this. I'm glad it still exists.

[@bbranit]

Much appreciated. I'm still glad and proud it exists.

[@gdurant]

Amazingly beautiful short film by Bruce and crew at BranitVFX in Kansas City Missouri. Maybe the best short film I've ever seen?! Incredibly poignant with anybody who's lived a long life as they inevitably confront the death and severe injury of those they love. Even the image in our memory of our beloved animal friends going through medical trauma comes flooding back in our piercing memory. Thanks Bruce and team!

[@Ernest-Li]

2020 this short aged extremely well and all the effects still stand well even by today’s standards!

[@Matthewschererinc]

Bruce, omg. I have words to describe the feelings i have when i see this. But they fall utterly short of its majesty. My friend what a masterpiece, and fear not the world builders are coming. Some of them are already here, they just dont know it yet.

[@АлександрКостенко-ц5м]

Совершенно согласен с Вами.

[@billy3779]

I remember when this video first came out and still to this day I love this video. This video reminds me of the time I spent in Second Life.

[@bbranit]

Thank you very, very much.

[@nunyabusiness9910]

Watching this again on the last day of 2021. Just as heart warming now as it was when I first saw it over 10 years ago.

[@justinkyle5091]

Bruce, I first watched this in 2009. 10 years later and this still moves me and takes my breath away. This is the best short film Iv ever seen.

[@KeirThomas]

#edcmooc - who did he do this for? Himself, or her? Did she actually consciously experience it? Also, I think this video shows us as entirely in charge of technology: we are using it for our own benefit, and it is responding correctly. We are the manipulators and masters. Using tools has been part of being human since we first started flint, and this is no different. I see no danger of us losing what it means to "be human" in this video.

[@virtualadventurevlogs83]

wow. Painfully beautiful

[@bbranit]

Thank you. Sorry for the painful.

[@msds9603]

Anyone in 2024 who is watching this masterpiece 👇🏻

[@SteveWarner]

Here we are in 2024 and the advent of VR, AR and AI is now making this sci-fi short a reality.

[@stanley2903]

2020 and still watching it. Great storytelling.

[@jellybeannean]

Beautiful !

[@MrMistik702]

to me this speaks to me a little differently then most of you this is my look on this how do you say goodbye to someone you love what better way to build them a world reach out make them your world and remember to always keep them alive in your thoughts remember the things they do and say what would you want them to remember of you how about the beautiful world they can always have

[@MrMistik702]

i spoke on this remembering my father who died in my arms i held him as he took his last breath and at that moment he and i were alone in this world

[@amytorres1949]

Beautifully said, sorry for your loss.

[@amytorres1949]

Beautifully said, sorry for your loss.

[@amytorres1949]

Beautifully said, sorry for your loss.

[@goldvulcan9284]

he used blender lol....omg the ending made me cry

[@gabrielgerman359]

Today I wanted to watch this amazing sci fi short film again after long time and then I realized that was uploaded exactly 10 years ago. Still I love it.

[@cemtezcan]

I remember watching this video in 2012, i think it wat the late days of cgsociety. I was in a job that I don't like to do, I was trying to create my personal designs as much as my job allows to, and I wanted to do more... finally 3 years after I quit my job and freed myself to do what I want. It was (and "is" mostly still) the most inspiring thing in my CG life in the matter of env. design and story telling. this is the upmost thing that ahead of its time. Thanks for this Bruce Branit. You've made my CG life much valuable that it can ever be. Really honor for me to know this creation of yours...

[@ReezeGoingSenseless]

Wonderfully done! Also, Animus 0.5

[@bbranit]

Thank you!

[@Chickenkeeper]

That's almost exactly how CGI worlds are actually made, with a bit of Minecraft mixed in :)

[@dvlarry]

haa, this was before INCEPTION, I think the stole some ideas from this short film. Building worlds in dreams, coma(in Limbo), losing your wife etc...

[@ad49065]

What a wonderful animated short. Actually brought tears to my eyes. I went throughout a very bad car accident when I was young and this video expresses that people that care would do anything in the for the one they love. Great job!!!!!

[@SyedAmeedul]

This is one of the best videos I've seen in my life!!! Some info, about this video: A strange man builds a world using holographic tools for the woman he loves. This award winning short was created by filmmaker Bruce Branit, widely known as the co-creator of '405'. World Builder was shot in a single day followed by about 2 years of post production. Branit is the owner of Branit VFX based in Kansas City.

[@mandyl9374]

I am so in love with this film - I wish there were more parts to it... For years I have watched it - resembling some of what I've been through medically and how individuals cared enough to keep life beautiful even if I didn't realize it at the time.

[@killerclownsintown]

I watched this so long ago....the best short film I ever seen. Still love it. Nostalgia is real with this one!

[@hnapierala]

There's something about this movie that makes me want to go back to it once in a while. Great job.

[@rogerdodgeraviation]

Thanks Bruce for giving your presentation at the KC Independent Filmmakers Coalition.

[@gerard.stanczak]

This is the first video i ever liked on youtube on my account. Gives truely nostalgic vibes. Cheerts to everyone who feels "old" these days.

[@meczydusza1]

... I've seen this film lots of times and each time I've been left breathless....... This time - it is the same ... .. absolutely fabulous...

[@thegroovytoothpick]

Simply one of the most brilliant, captivating pieces I've seen in a long time. The concept was both infringing and heartbreaking, and the special effects and minuscule details were gorgeous. Absolutely breathtaking.

[@bbranit]

Some of you have been asking "Where is the HD version of World Builder?" This copy of World Builder was uploaded from an HD file, but for some reason it was not available to play in HD through KZbin. We totally overlooked that. There is a new link to the HD version of the film in the description above. Thanks everyone for your support and comments.

[@qthefirsttimelord]

Easily one of my favorites. From a first person perspective, if I were to be 'within the body and looking through the eyes' of the man outlined in this video, this is what I would imagine it's like to 'program' a holodeck, or to be a holoprogrammer. A 'new form' of story telling. This is sincerely what I want to do for a living, and this video is a huge inspiration for that.

[@MrSorbias]

I still come here back almost once a year to watch this movie. It is one reason that made me to learn 3d.

[@rhodanosaurus]

I always loved this film. It's nice to come back to it every now and then.

[@Alcyeragraeth]

This has got to be one of my favorite videos of all time; no idea how many times I've watched it. Beautiful work.

[@Phoebe2k]

I remember my fifth grade teacher showed this to us in class. Time flies.

[@Srceodizno2142]

This should win some sort of youtube award for its amazing heart warming story and great effects. There should be more like this on youtube. This is just like the program google sketch-up. Incredible.

[@Xithos777]

12 years later I come back to this video and it's happening now.... it's amazing.... It's just over the.....

[@javanakohime9543]

Me and my loved one spend time in Second Life, we love your virtual reality, just watched the green screen side by side with the video....very inspiring...I have young adults that have used my home to make movies, one already one an Emmy...probably inspired by your vision...thank you!

[@bbranit]

Thank you!

[@pandariuskairos3841]

Still watching, still sharing.

[@bbranit]

Darius Gabriel Black thank you!!

[@Lycon721995]

that's so sad and beautiful what i'm getting from this is shes in a coma or brain damaged and he builds these worlds for her to show his loves for her and will never leave her side even when she is'nt all there the world could be a place in real life he recreates to get her to remember. I honestly cried on this one

[@pranayverma1153]

I first saw this video in 2011 when i was in graduation, i dont know why i was so i flunced but believe me after death of my girl friend i searched this video madly on you tube and when i found it then I could knew and realised why this was so soecial video. Now i can get the hidden emotional message of this video but unfortunately i never wanted to get it like this way. I lost her in 2019.

[@hassankhan]

After 10 years, today I watched it again 💕. Just watched Disney's movie Onward with my kids, and it reminded me of this short film.

[@ZhonLord]

This is still one of the best videos I've ever seen on KZbin. Well done, keep the epicness coming!

[@ChantingInTheDark]

Makes me cry every time I see this. Just a fantastic idea for a story, and so well executed.

[@FatMat426]

This digital film is amazing! I just found out about it today & I'm going to share it with as many people as possible. Thank you so much for all the hard work you put into making this extraordinary feature.

[@EddyCutz]

@counter1245 "And all that for a movie about 9 minutes" this 9 minutes will last an eternity. That was incredible and I definitely won't forget it.

[@gypsytaechatelaine5145]

This is why I love Second Life...I can so relate to this man's fascination with his creations...Those emotions are reflected perfectly here...Beautiful work! ~ Blessings Gypsy

[@Sylar482]

208 who disliked this are heartless. This to me is so beautiful a man showing his affection for the woman he loves by building a world for her.

[@JessyJess0610]

Beautiful and tear jerking. A true work of art. Elegant, beautiful and deeply moving. Great job.

[@killerclownsintown]

This was truly amazing, thought provoking, and touching. I really admire anyone with such talent. It makes think of love and that we as people cared and loved one another longer, harder, because you never know when the right to do so will be taken from you. Great film guys, Marcus.

[@franktatu]

One of the best CGI shorts I've ever seen. CONGRATULATIONS!!! Really Nice work.

[@LordYggdrasill]

Still one of my top favorite KZbin videos of all time.

[@AnahatNaad]

I have been searching this video for so long 😭😭😭

[@bbranit]

Glad you found it!

[@cpuwrite]

@Sylar482 The thing about it is that not just anybody can do such a thing! And he does it so selflessly! The world he built was an artistic masterpiece, and, after a short time, it was thrown away, and all that was left was a single flower that he somehow brought back to this world. No one else got to share the world builder's gift, and that is the true tragedy of the movie. Yet, the world builder himself doesn't even notice! How completely tragic!

[@brysonite]

This one was ahead of its time.

[@thewalkingjesusfish]

I'm speachless... this is truely awe-inspiring and inspirational. Definately a masterpiece and a true credit to it's producers and all who were involed in it.

[@cinemaa1]

This video indexes true love for the lovers, great work of art for the artists & an inspiration for the dreamers.........this short film is just simply amazing & extraordinary. mind bending work from the world builder.!

[@SunilPatil-hb2ou]

Never get old!! First saw when I was in High school !

[@Error90]

Wow! just found this again. :-) Because of this short I startet working in vfx 10 years ago and I still do.Thanks guys! Really life-changing. Would love to buy you a round of beers. :-D

[@amaris8253]

Such a beautiful short film... Always makes me tear up!

[@stephenkagan]

This is without a doubt the best vision I've seen for building in VR. It helped inspire part of one of the main story lines in my novel. This is not only a technical achievement but a beautiful artistic achievement. Thank you!

[@bbranit]

stephen kagan thank you!

[@KirDzl]

Absolutely beautiful. A tear-jerking, powerful piece of art.

[@bigbrokenben]

One of the most amazing videos I've ever watched. This is probably the 20th time in the past 2 years I've watched it.

[@ReBlagenBlag]

How is it that this film can move me to tears in under ten minutes, when a feature length film won't even get my eyes starting to water?

[@Jason-mm9mp]

This video is short, but lots of love inside this film, i really like it. Thanks

[@barelytwolegs]

Its beautiful. Its also just breathe-taking. I watched it with my girlfriend after seeing it once and we both cried. I would build anything for her. Every day for the rest of my life, if that's what it took. Amazing job.

[@tomprunier3601]

Friend recommended this to me. What a wonderful work. And it holds up now in 2021. Well done!

[@madadura]

Those who made this vid have real talent. Simply beautiful!

[@jutau]

I saw that DUST posted this in their channel. So I thought I'd come back here to rewatch it.

[@LoisBryanPhotography]

so moving and poignant. heartfelt in concept and lovely in execution. beautiful music score as well.

[@EMSLS]

I had to dig this video up after being reminded of it, after seeing it for the first time something like 10 years ago, it remains awesome 👌👌👌

[@julian1994cook]

I can't stop watching it... Such a good short!!!!

[@sergiolopez8966]

Este video es muy inspirador, realmente te toca el alma en lo más profundo, una obra de arte sin dudas. Cada vez que lo veo me emociona como la primera vez que lo ví. Felicitaciones !

[@bbranit]

Thank you!

[@mishavonnaxlovelace]

This is absolutely beautiful. Wonderful graphics, powerful message.

[@OnanTheMan]

@chilloutsesh101 It took 2 years for him to build this 10 minute film. Man doesnt want to use up his whole life on one movie. He worked on StarTrek Enterprise though, did alot of the ship effects if you want to check that out.

[@vTILLv]

A truely inspiring video. Stunningly created and the storyline was breathtaking. Remarkable recreation of a world of fantasy. Capturing the true happiness of a woman seeing such a beautiful flower in bloom. The details of textures....truely superb. Special effect..............startling!! Well done

[@Brisi3]

Imagination and love are qualities that I appreciate from this video.Good work!

[@XEcutioneer]

this is probably the most inspirational thing i have ever seen, it makes me want to spend days on 3Dsmax to astounding creations

[@RexSowards]

This is the world I often dream of being in. Thank you, and please make more.

[@DavidTChavez]

A visual poem of surpassing beauty. I am ecstatic that video could be taken to such a magical realm - it inspires the imagination to new heights.

[@elipandaman]

This is absolutely beautiful. Simply stunning-- truly touched me.

[@AbhishekKumar7]

Beautiful creation of precise engineering and great art. Awesome!