Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The 3 minute animated short that made me cry.

I'm not much of a crier.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not one of these overly macho guys that never expresses their feelings. I'm just not often moved to tears.

This 2 min 48 sec animated short "Spacebound" had me sobbing. I'm talking about sitting in my office with tears running down my face. To be able to elicit that kind of emotion from your audience with such a short story, and one without dialog no less, is truly amazing.

Please watch it.

Spacebound from Spacebound on Vimeo.


The message, as I see it, is that the end is coming for all of us. We can either sit there watching the clock or we can get out into the universe and enjoy ourselves. There is no better "personification" of this message than a dog. They don't care about the future, they just want to live in the moment.

Truly a beautiful story.

9 comments:

  1. Aughg I am SO not a crier, but I'm going to watch this. But if I cry, I'm coming back after you. Sounds touching. OK here I go....

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    1. Try again: Back-- that was very sweet and poignant. I'm glad you shared it. And I'm glad I took the time to watch it. What a great story, and I got the same message you did from it.

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    2. I'd love to be able to tell a story that sweet but still that compact.

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  2. Aw! Love how this vid made something so tragic so beautiful and touching. It also helped confirm why I'll forever be a dog person--you're right, they're perfect personifications for living in the moment!

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    1. My dog would ride stars with me, I'm sure of it.

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  3. Great video, thanks. Now I miss my dog. :(

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  4. Yep, crying. Beautiful film, I can't believe something so short can create such emotions.

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    1. I sent it to my brother and he wrote back saying he cried too!

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