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Genre: Film & Animation
Date of upload: Mar 14, 2024 ^^
Rating : 4.929 (167/9,265 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-09T16:44:26.942753Z
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My thoughts: she was using virtual reality as a form of escape. In it she finds peace and later the intoxicating excitement and rush of life. Both she and the viewer assume that she needs the virtual world because the real world is too terrible to live in.
Only when she is forced to disconnect does she find something she didn't expect: The real world does have peace. And all the people who experienced those amazing things are there, living those experiences. And their true, real forms are even more incredible than what the virtual world could simulate. She is incredible, and her life can be incredible and full of beauty and excitement, if she would just go out and live it.
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The choice of medium was on-point. Rotoscoping "superimposes" a form onto you, similarly to how digital avatars, especially in VR, are superimpositions. On top of that, this rotoscoping was done using 3D models! I don't know if all this was intentional in the choice, but even if not it's a neat coincidence.
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I've watched this so much the last few hours, and I still don't fully understand.
Things I've noticed that I think I understand: the vr is their release and escape from their current life and back to the remnant of a feeling of bliss as a child- hence the initial disk being in a meadow, like the memory of a rare moment of human connection they cherish. However as well, this method of escape was founded and taught to them as a child as well, as seen with them beside their parents also in vr. The bootleg disk found in the trash is a prototype or illegally modified version of the new official one which was advertised- perhaps the official one is supposed to be you experiencing new things- not you experiencing new people. Also, perhaps such extremes as seen in the bootleg are not intended. In the bootleg, we see a meadow experience interrupted, a mime fighting then experiencing regret- pretty sure the elderly by the painting is the same person (mustache/ same eye color)- also they're likely still fighting, someone committing die, someone speeding away from police but getting caught, someone getting high at a party and possibly overdoing it, and two lovers loving and creating life. Every one of these lives seems to have some contradiction, as real life would I guess: peace brutally interrupted, a violent one who doesn't speak seems to have a loud inner voice, feeling bliss when committing die, fleeing fast for the thrill of escape but being finally caught, the love club is just getting high by yourself, and a dispassionate wedding leads to a new life. The break breaks, they flee to try and recover, they crash, they fall, they rip out the very thing causing it all, and then see the world anew- real laughter, real birds, real color. They encounter their reflection once more, but instead of resisting the act of grounding and remaining in a colorless world, they ground, they reflect, and then wtf the person people are back.
Things I've noticed that I don't understand: After the initial vr session they went to a sync machine to make the return, it then said it was syncing, but then stated that due to an issue they need to find a sync machine to restore to a normal headspace- so, did they not want to restore at that time or is it just some flaw in the system? Also, who was the additional person with the looped earrings in the bootleg that texted them- was it them or? Lastly, the mole- it's always on the right side of their face, except for the initial reflection scene- maybe this is why they were shocked upon sight of their reflection the second time and not the first. In the final reflection scene it mirrors like an actual mirror, but in that first one it swaps sides- you'd think they hit reality in the end hence the sudden vibrancy, but then you see the characters from before and you wonder, but then you watch again and see the mole thing and wonder was any of it real at all? I'm so confused, yet so moved. I can relate in ways- really, what's real anymore?
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Beautiful use of rotoscope. I really hope that more and more people will use it. For a short with minimal dialogue, you've all managed to tell a wonderful story as well. The use of over-saturation and over-stimulation, at least to me, really captured the desire many people have for a 'realer-than-real' experience; so much stimuli going on it drowns out everything else (the good as well as the bad), and makes the real world seem bland by contrast.
That's to say nothing of the many people pointing out the mental health aspects, which I see as well. Happy to see her break out of her cycle of addiction. In the end, she can't fully say "I'm okay"--but you also know that she's committed to reaching a place where she can say that. And I relate to that a lot. There's been many times in my life where I'm just "I'm...".
To each and every person who made this work possible: I love each and every one of you, as one human being to another. You are wonderful, and I hope you can say "I'm okay".
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@ninjagogetta
1 month ago
i love the story of the main character living in ai simulation her whole life of escapism like a drug showing in one color each scene and wanting more becomes over whelming until she rips it off introducing herself to the real world burst of color all at once sees herself in a new light for the very first time, at least that's what i learnt. Amazing cinematography, and storytelling with color Congrats on winning so many Awards you Deserve it .
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