Short film: The Death Grind

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Watching too much TV makes your brain rot. Here’s proof in an excellent short film by Endre Baráth [endi]: The Death Grind.

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    • rpgsimmaster

      That is a very interesting idea, good execution, and nice design and attention to detail (especially the animation of the eyes)… but I’m not quite sure – perhaps I didn’t quite get the message, but it didn’t really do it for me…

    • aws357

      x) from what I understand, the gears represent the brain activity.

      While actively watching TV, only a small part of the brain was working.

      When the TV turns to blank screen and noises the soul reboot and the whole brain work again…

      I might be mistaken though. The story can be quite deep for something that short.

      And +1 to what rpgsimmaster said about the quality of the animation. :)

    • rpgsimmaster

      @aws357: Yes, I got that much, but for the quality of animation I had to wonder if it had a deeper meaning – otherwise I think it’d be a waste of the good quality time that was no doubt put into this; specifically I wonder the significance of the heart…disengaged while watching TV, engaged while not?… Perhaps the artist himself would be willing to enlighten us all? :D

    • http://www.zanqdo.com ZanQdo

      Hat off dude, I love it. This is the kind of things I want to see in blendernation.

    • http://clems.g.free.fr weilynncg

      This is awesome ! I love the mechianical render.

      Great job !

    • Tim, LA

      Nice work except 2 “little” things.
      Some unreal reflections on the not moving gears and the eyes (incl. animation) don’t look real!
      I think it’s developable!

    • melon

      This is very nicely done animation indeed! Looks very pro. Congratulations!

    • http://www.creamsurfer.de mcreamsurfer

      i like it and i love your texture work. it’s always excellent and inspiring…I really think that your textures are kind of outstanding – most of the time. very unique recognisable style but high quality also.

    • http://www.blender.com.br Ivan Paulos Tomé

      The best thing for an artist is when we don´t need to pay attention to render, technics,
      composition, etc. The best thing is when we can pay attention to the message inside the
      video. Yes, the heart is all. And it´s the single piece that can really move everything.

      Very well done.

    • Jahmaica

      Tim, LA: I would like to see you doing better

    • endi

      Hi, thanks for the comments.
      Is the Youtube hd version working for you?

    • Born

      Superb! Love it all, including the score… everything is so well timed… Bravo!

    • pupkind

      Yes. Great idea. Awesome realization. Respect brother.

    • http://pablographics.deviantart.com/gallery/ Pawel

      Very nice! I’m really impressed. I’ve been waiting for some quality shorts from by individual Blender artists finally coming on the scene, and it looks like here is one. Very promising!

    • banor

      Bravo! Good DOF, blur, sparks, lighting, excellent work on the gears. The face could have been better, but that’s fine.

      God bless,
      -b

    • gat

      brilliant!

    • terence

      Great video. YouTube version worked for me. It confirms what I’ve always felt about watching too much TV

    • Lasphere

      wow, Very well done. I loved the rendering of the mechanincs, but I wish they had used a real person, or at least moved the mouth on the person a little, – caus’ the facial animation and rendering was not at the same high level as the beautilful brain-part was. But apart from that, great!

      Jahmaica: its not about doing better. Everyone has their right to critise somthing, as long as its constructive critism. witch I think is was. :)

    • Aka

      Now. Let me see Blender Foundation DVDs about material and light setup.

    • http://micron.me.uk Mac Duy

      Very nice short. I especially liked the mechanical renders, looked very real! And good matching background music.

    • http://tkr101010.deviantart.com TKR101010

      The was pretty cool :)

    • dusty

      amazing film!!! Very impressed!!!

    • Trawler

      Great work!! Really nice. The movement of the gears and the sparks really impressed me. Keep up the great work. I’m looking forward to seeing what more this artist does!

    • http://www.kulma.org basse

      technically nice. i like the gears and lighting, and effects.
      but other than that, message is underlining, and i really was hoping for more.

      ..b

    • rogper

      Coll short endi!!! I admire you being able to do even the sound work :P which is great btw ;)

    • Xrayman

      Wow! love the message, love the music/sound effects, personally I would have placed the “heart” in the chest, but still animated the same way, Otherwise-let me just say-WAY better than what I can do!

      regards.

    • Schultz

      I thought it was great! Very well done. Thanks!

      @Tim, LA
      Why does it need to look “real”? Do you think all art needs to look “real”? Or perhaps just 3D art.

    • vidrazor

      There was more to the video then perhaps obvious, mainly the permanent damage done to thought by watching TV, as exemplified but the worn-out gears that will never work again. While the brain did spool up. some of it never will again.

      Awesome job.

    • MarcoA

      Very nice! Great idea, nice textures, lights and animation.
      Just a little deprecation – by a mechanical engineer – about the shape of the gears: too simplified and unreal, against the realism and the care about the material.

      I’d have a look at “Blender Mechanical Gears” tool in http://www.selleri.org/Blender/scripts/text.html
      (-:

      Many congratulation anyway, expecially for the message I agree with.

      MarcoA

    • rpg-coder

      This is a fantastic example of what can be. For those of us that are just beginning to use Blender, it is a shining example to not give up :) Great work and thanks for sharing.

      Just out of morbid curiosity, how long did your project take?

    • Razvan

      very nice, especially the mechanichal parts and the sound

    • http://cruzade.110mb.com K0h4n

      Great stuff
      nice effect and DOF

      “…use my heart and not my eyes…”
      kinda remind me of hoobastank song

    • Charon

      This is exactly what my mum is doing, and I would say she never understand what’s the meaning behind this video. Because she’s having too much TV.

    • http://free-blender-models.blogspot.com/ iulian

      awesome :)

    • dono

      Very nice short ! Great render :) Did you use yafray or just internal blender ?

      May be the story and idea is a little too simple and too much explain, but the short is interesting.

      Cheers !!!
      Dono

    • avalon33

      Awesome! (is it internal Blender renderer? I really like the look of metal parts)

    • http://endike.blog.hu endi

      Yes, internal render.

    • http://www.shortfilmreviews.com a short film

      This is a really nice film I think.