Heart of Gold | Animated Short Film (ACCD Thesis) 

Because this had heart behind it. To me the best art is one that you can feel the emotion that was put into it, the love and care.

Year Netflix!? 😅

Easy because most big budget movies don’t care about making a good Movie they only care about money

there is nothing deeper. You are just thinking too much 😂

Yes correct 👍🏻

ME! I saw it on Instagram i went through the comments and found the name of this animation.

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Opps can't know I came from Instagram

​@@Liyana_133same

Me

Yeah I interpreted as a metaphor to colonization

this exact action was condemned in the Bible. like the exact thing that happened in the beginning happened to a girl in the Bible and Jesus condemned them. I'm sure there are some greedy churches out there, but I haven't seen any yet. I've heard plenty of condemnation to large/extravagant churches or the churches that buy a bunch of huge speakers and recording equipment, when they could be spending that money on mission trips and helping their communities and I completely agree with that sentiment, though most churches do spend their money with more care. the broken cross is just an example that this church isn't concerned about the Bible or the gospel. you can't really say this is a flat out condemnation of all churches when this is a fairly rare occurrence, though I do think it's fairly common for people to neglect the Gospel and it's teachings. She did seem to give up her faith because of the deacons actions though and I don't think its portrayed as anything but good, so I would agree that this is probably a blanket condemnation of the church as greedy or some such, despite christians being more liberal with their time and money for causes than any other group in America. so, yay, this animation does seem to spearhead that Idea. I don't think its like the driving force or anything, though. A story doesn't always have to have a main message or specific goal beyond telling a story. At least to me this doesn't feel like its trying to tell me one specific moral. It feels more like it's trying to tell a story with personal opinions playing a part, but not composing the whole of the project. At least for me this doesn't feel like one of those, "But what did it mean?" type animations. it's just a short and simple story

also could mean dont culture appropriate

@@keep_it_cutehow??

my first thoughts when i watched this were the lengths people would take to appease their loved ones is huge, even if they have a toxic relationship or if someone else also gets hurt but this works too as another side of the coin

I KNOW RIGHT!? It's disgusting to call yourself a priest when all you care about is money, let alone at the expense of someone's life.

I think he was a bishop.

@@chancehendrix7139 Whatever. To tell you the truth it doesn't make much of a difference to me. He's a figure of religion and anyone using that to mask their greed is disgusting.

y al final no hubo traducción al español xd

“Oh a man just died? Nah give me his organ 😌🤡🤩”

So there's still a hope😢

Idk she's chilling with just his skull and the skull he wore it might not be possible

Jerboas!

You GUYS* are truly really talented.

Hello! The background painter here. I am curious about which teacher you are talking about, but thank you so much I am glad you love our work🧡

that's fucken amazing.. love the props fucken leaving legacies

@Sebastian Daileg wouldn’t it be lovely if just one film these days had an ending? Rather than the writer just flipping stopping mid sentence!!!

@@kayray4858 agree😭😭

I WAS LIKE "PLEASE BRING HIM BACK, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO"-

just like reality should be. Simps dont deserve to come back

@@sweepsweep5572 I know, that I can be harsh right now, but what if your beloved person was about to turn into a skeleton by magic, which that person cast? Would you let that person die, or safe him/her?

@@ukaszflis828 beloved? Haha! love is for simps *cries in loneliness*

And also she trying to suicide him self with that power, last that green light will grown and she rest in peace with his crush !

Aaaand don't be greedy

Don't mess with Christians

Religion wants you for your money

Exactly. And for control us.

But how do I know I don't understand it, when I don't mess around with it?

Yes!!

Yessss, pls

Yeahhh,i want part 2!!happy ending !

Yess

Yes

This was a great interpretation!! Thank you for writing it!

i totally agree

Imagine being angry because you said something Christian, then trying to make you look like an idiot for believing in GOD

I actually noticed that outside of the church, the cross sign was broken

Sadly there so called preachers/priests that only use the gospal for only money. Even twisting the words of God to match their false doctrines. The 1st chapter of the book of Titus gives great example of preachers/priest should be and warns of such perverse false teachers. Be weary and don't be deceived.

Yes 👍

True. God is about justice, love and family. Not about materialistic things.

IKRR 😭😭🥺

Do you see that there are still three mouse? One must have died but still alive, so he will come back again.

I noticed the broken cross too!! Very nice touch 😆

Thank you!! TT_TT

Loved that little detail myself.

@@ambattii_art but can you make them happy please

That's also how I found it

same here!

Same for me.

Thats exactly how I found it too!

Same

Thank you!! Yes, actually a lot of our teammates weren't even animators, but illustrators, so a lot of them were learning to animate as we made the film haha! I definitely would have loved to have more time to improve the animation but we opted to let the animation stay choppy in favor of spending time on the compositing/FX/lighting because in the end we wanted to tell a story with a lot of mood. Thanks for the feedback!

@@rebeccabraunsdorf1613 Hi! Thank you for watching our film. The ending is intended to be an open ending--it's for you to decide whether she was able to revive him or not!

jerboa i think, but i agree

That was not a chinchilla, that was a jerboa. Do you seriously not know what a chinchilla and a jerboa look like? They don't look anything alike.

@coolpanda7191 annoying

The rabbit-mice-chinchilla things are actually real creatures called jerboas!

Creo que si lo logro pero tuvo que sacrificarse😢 por eso al final se encuentra el chico sosteniendo un cráneo 🥺😭

Respect the man. Have a man like him.

But she wasn't money hungry. She wanted gold for the church. The way she went about it may have not been the right choice but it wasn't for herself. She wanted to give back just as good as anyone else. The Priest may her feel as if what she had to offer wasn't good enough. The Priest was an arsehole and the Sharman was a bit naive and careless.

@@spcrri4796 yeah we as the audiance know that Im just saying he didnt know and yes she is a genuinley nice peep

he is simp, thats why he threw his own life for her at the end. She wanted to kill the poor cow for her selfish gold show

@@sweepsweep5572 Well, he knows that the woman is redeemable expect for the priest.

Thank you Kenet!! I'm excited for you guys to post your film as well!!

*Unreemable.

truest stuff.

Facts🙌

Can you tell me what does the story mean?

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Moral of story believe in god not on the person who asks something in exchange for helping you seek god

Thank you!

Thank you!! I'm glad it made an impact!

You don’t know much about history do you?

@@CaptainG2280 what does this have to do with history? I'm commenting on a fictional story.

I don't think that would fix anything. The whole town prioritizes money over everything else, that's how the priest's pockets got so bloated in the first place. Imagine they put a different, genuinely selfless guy in charge, but the second he gets there his pockets get lined with gold. Will he keep that selfless attitude, or slowly turn greedy? That's probably how the priest started, a decent guy slowly corrupted over time.

@@nyctophobia4573 idk, they only glorified gold because the priest guy told them to or encouraged them. Like how the catholic church told people they could pay there way to heaven for a bit there. If someone actually values morals and faith they wouldn't tell people that.

@@onerosegrowing936 You have a point, the town got this way because of the priest guy, but they also encouraged his behavior and willingly gave him offerings. What I'm saying is, even if they were manipulated, they're not entirely innocent. They enabled him. Don't get me wrong, I think the priest guy is awful, but you'd have to fix the corrupt society before any real change is made. Simply putting a new guy in charge won't eliminate the greed.

Kindness should not be confused with naivity , i think your more soneone who is strongly empathetic and wears there heart on there sleeve . As long as there is still good hearted people out there there is hope

@@lilpretzel5629 Only on mobile comments I can show my feelings because in this cruel world we shouldn't show our emotions. Kindness nowadays only applicable for the one who are really in need not to others otherwise they take advantage of it

Yeah, most priests are. They just scammed a lot of people, convincing them that if you don't give donations, you're not going to Heaven.

@@xxstar-bluesxx An old man once said "People who sell Heaven, may not see Heaven".

@@vincentberkan605 Wow... I love that quote tho

@@xxstar-bluesxx "It takes one bad apple to corrupt something good".