Identity SHORT FILM (Award Winning Inspirational Short) 

*casually scrolling down the comment section to find answers for my homework*

I really like the part where a girl in the hallway changes masks when she goes over to another group of friends. Very good visual storytelling!

I'm just here to thank everyone on the comment section for explaining this for my assignment lmao

That moment you realize everyone is so fake and you just can't take it anymore

I love the part where that one girl goes to join the group conversation, and she switches masks... I can definitely relate to that! In high school I felt as though i needed to modify my personality depending on who i was talking to. I understand that isn't the way it should be now, but back then it felt much different. As drastic as this sounds, high school was sort of like a four-year social experiment all in itself, like the hunger games or something. Once I got out, life was so different. But being in there, it tests you... Its hard when you don't know who you are.

I kinda wish for month our school would give us uniforms, plain masks, and something to cover our hair so you can see it. Like something to make us all look the same and we aren't aloud to know who is who. We have to try and meet people and talk to them. Let's see what people think about each other when physical appearance doesn't have any role to play.

2012: no 2013: nuh uh 2014: nope 2015: still no 2016: you still here? 2017: so how you doing? 2018: Almost there! 2019: just a little longer! 2020: *watch this video for homework*

One of the reason why we suffer from self identity crisis was we are trying to copy someone else life ,including personality ,behavior and mindset . So ,we have to remove our mask and be authentic in order to find ourself . Thumbs up with this short film .very inspirational

I'mwearing so many masks that I've forgotten what my real face looks like

I am 45 years old and have just learned to take off my masks and be my true self. If I could go back in my past and talk to myself, the one thing I would tell myself is to take off these masks and enjoy life. It's not important for everyone you meet to like you. It is more important to like yourself. Don't be like me and wait until you are older to take off these masks. Be true to yourself. If people don't like you for who you are, move on. Spend more time with the people who do like you for who you are.

So three things. 1. What do all the colors represent? Yellow = Beauty Red = Popularity Blue = Smart? Black = Strange? Gold = Cool Green = Geek?, or Nerd? Purple = Unpopular? Violet = Ugly? white = Different, or Unique (These are only my interpretations and guesses at the symbolism. Feel free to comment on them if you disagree.) 2. If the white mask symbolises difference, or being unique, and there's only the one white mask- Why wear a mask at all? 3. Some people commented on how there should have been a life changing event that caused her to remove her mask. However I think that the sequence of events in the video all added up to that life changing moment at the end. Why? REASONS: NOTE: Im aplying all these reasons to the girl in the white mask 1. From the scene at the begining we can already tell she suffers from bullying. 2. We know that she is very observant. Meaning she is allways looking around at others and their masks trying to see why she is different. 3. Her art work is all about pain and suffering: Like- the people with masks the faceless people being alone 4. One key event that lead to her discovery was her teaches lesson. Wearing a mask is basicly the same thing as being one of those slaves bound in the cave. 5. When she is learing about chess her teacher describes the role and purpose of a pawn. When she picks up a pawn at the end she is realizing she shares the same life as the pawn does. 6. Just before she flees to the bathroom you can tell (from her actions, behavor, and the sinister music) that she is under traumatic stress. All the previous events are leading her to question if wearing the mask is what she really wants to do. 7. The final clue was her about to leave the bathroom. She knows her mask is damaged. (The mask breaking symbolizes her loosing her composure or perhaps her starting to free her self from the self that others are seeing.) Once her mask was damaged she had two options. One: Leave the bathroom and pretend nothing happened. OR Two: get rid of her mask entirely She chose to get rid of her mask entirely because she finally realised it wasn't doing her any good. I apologise for the really long comment. I really liked this video and I just felt the need to analyze and explain it to those who were maybe confused about it. Please note that there are just my views and opinions on the meaning of the symbolism. Like with most symbols there can be more than one meaning behind them. Good Job to the makers of the video. I realize this is serveral years old but please know that it continues to inspire others regardless of how old it is. ... March/ 27/ 2021 EDIT: I just came back to this video and was reviewing my old comment, and as I was doing so, another possible interpretation for the white mask came to mind. I think that most likely, the white mask symbolized the fact that the girl didn't feel like she fit in with any of the other groups. Throughout the video, she would look at all the other groups and pay attention to them. She would watch the things they did, and the way that they acted, but she never actually joined any of them. She didn't even so much as walk up to any of them and speak to them. So, the question is, why pay so much attention to the other groups if she had no interest in joining them? She was obviously interested enough in the other groups to observe them, but she never actually acted on that interest. If I had to guess, I'd say that she wanted to join them, but something held her back. As for what that something is, I'd say that she felt like she probably doesn't belong with the other groups. She probably thought things along the lines of, "I am different. We are not the same. I don't really fit in with that group." And I think the color system for the masks was deliberately designed to show this system of belonging. People with similar colored masks would group up with other people who wore the same mask. We also saw in the video that people would switch masks when interacting with different groups, and the mask they switched to was the same color as the group they were interacting with at the time. And then we have the white mask, the only mask without a clearly defined color. The white mask can be considered a blank slate. It can be exchanged for an actual color if the wearer so desires to, but as it is it is essentially colorless. It doesn't match any of the other colors. Another interesting detail is the patterns on the white mask. Those patterns are made up of a wide variety of different colors, and those colors match the colors of the other masks. This is probably done deliberately to show that the girl does have some shared interests with the other groups, or at least to show that they have some similarities, but the girl isn't just a single color. She is a dynamic and unique individual, and can't be categorized by any one color. There isn't any single color that encompasses and defines who she is. To give up her mask for a single color mask would mean to give up part of who she is, simply for the sake of blending in with the rest of a group. Throughout the video, it feels like the girl is being pressured to choose a group. She keeps searching for that one group that she fits in with, that one group that is just like her, but she doesn't find it. She is the only white mask. It is almost as if her mask is a burden to her. This might explain her choice of artwork. And finally, when her mask cracked, it was like the hold that her mask had on her was breaking... Until finally, she was able to free herself from her mask. She was no longer weighed down by who she was and who other people were. She was simply herself, and she was proud to be her own person. There is a very obvious change in her behavior once she is without a mask. All that pain and uncertainty are gone, and she no longer feels the need to observe the other groups. Instead, everyone else has their eyes on her. As for whether or not that is a good thing or a bad thing, that is open up for debate. But at the very least, giving up her mask seems to have had a positive effect on the girl. ... February/ 5th/ 2022 EDIT 2: I wanted to go through the comments and add people's questions and my responses here so that everything is in a centralized location and so that people don't have to scroll through the entire comment section to find all the relevant information to my original post, but apparently RU-vid has a character limit for how long any single comment can be. So instead, I'll briefly mention a few note worthy comments to look for down below. 1. Dennis Keane's comment on the core of the film and my counter proposal for the core of the film. 2. Ashton Hades theory on the purpose of playing the events in reverse to their chronological order, and my response for why I agree with their theory. 3. Ross Curington (AStRaTeGiSt)'s question where they asked "What do you think is meant by "Today I found the truth" and at the end says, "The truth found me"." and my response about shifting perspectives. 4. 73percent pointed out how "The teachers had no mask on".

*takes off mask for the first time *eyeliner on her eyes

"Be yourself"... old philosophy that doesn't really mean anything. No one can be themselves, because everything and everyone is connected to everything and everyone else. Nothing can be something just on its own, intrinsically. Society, culture, our whole environment will always define our identity because that's how an identity is formed in the first place, and there's nothing we can do to avoid it. All we can do is learn to think and reason taking everything we can into consideration, questioning the dominant values and our own is a good place to start. But never assume that there's something inside you that needs discovery or that represents "the truth of yourself", what you need is to discover the whole world out there... and the more you discover, the more you know, the more you think, the more you change into a better version of yourself.

this gave me goosebumps

Who else has to do this in 2020 for e school 😐

sorry. I super glued the mask to my face.

I've actually met the people who made this. They came out to my school.

This is a lesson we all need to learn. Our society tells us who to be and how to fit in, when what we need the most is to show the world who we truly are inside.

This is so touching, people hide who they really are, and sometimes are even excluded. She left that mask behind because without the mask is the truth and her real self.

I am literally sobbing. This really has hit me in the heart, like I just overcame a deep rooted struggle I’ve had with myself where I constantly cover up who I truly am around people, because I know everyone else is doing the same and I am typically afraid of judgement. But, when I am alone I feel my true divine self, and I am not ashamed. I WANT to show who I am off, and stop trying so hard to live my life to please everyone else. This really fucking hit my heart I just reached a new level of evolution, I feel my deepest self shining through me. Thank you so much for your message, for your inspiration. Thank you for being a precious soul, who has gone through something unbeneficial to your soul, and overcoming it. For learning, and for spreading your wisdom. Thank you. I deeply appreciate you, your wisdom, your soul, your kindness, and your effort. Thank you for wanting to share such beauty with the world. You are a wonderful soul, We are evolving and overcoming life TOGETHER. As ONE. We are all one, and connected. We should always uplift each other, support, love, and be at peace with everyone and everything. Never against. And we should never hide ourselves, our true selves. From nobody, not from ourselves or anyone around us. Take off the fucking masks and walls you hide behind. Crash those stupid fucking walls down, and be open. In an open field, of trees and naturalness, of POSITIVITY AND OF LOVE!!! Water, fire, air, Earth, BEAUTY. 🦋🦋🦋🌞🌞🌞🌊🌊🌊🦚🦚💗🌜🌜🌜🌜🍭 I hope my message gives you strong feelings of support, love, joy, and vibrance the way your video has given me feelings of greatness, of evolution, growth, self love, hope for the souls in our worlds and hope for myself. I wish you a beautiful life, with sprinkles and glitter of love, light, peace, happiness and pureness. Namaste. 🦥🐝

When the girl was running to the bathroom I was like "yup, period."

Wow....... great work! You are a inspiration !

This is so deep and I really love it. The people who created this are so creative and understanding. This video really describes how the world is. I always wear 20 ''masks''. Even when I'm alone.

Incredible short film first off Great concept and Love the ending when she shows her true identity

i was kind of waiting for her to get beat up or something at the end of the video, because they were talking about Plato and his allegory of the cave, and in that allegory, the guy who sees the outside of the cave (and takes "his mask"/blindfold off) goes back in to tell the others, and they kill him because they would not acknowledge the real and absolute world that plato called "the world of ideas".. but i kind of like this ending better, it tells you that you should not be afraid to take of your maks, people might stare at first, but your life will be brighter (therefor the change of weather, and yes, i have so absolutely overanalyzed this video :))

the girl who CHANGED which mask she wore was especially smart, especially when she was a subtle thing, it really tugged at me, we change our personality to fit in with those around us to protect our own self esteem, because we need to feel accepted. :) anyone about to go to college (high school for you lovable Americans) ;) should pick Communication and culture. it touches upon this subject very deeply :)

Amazing film! I can only imagine..how much planning this took! Great work all around.

Woah! Well written, filmed, edited, and color-corrected! I also really loved the moral of the film.

I normally don't say these kinds of things very often, but wow. I actually really connected with this and never thought I'd find such powerful material that I could truly relate to in such a way. It's short, but is such an incredibly multi-faceted, layered, detailed production chock-full of symbolism within its hidden meanings. When that student went to change their current mask to fit in with another crowd, representing the ways we put on different façades around others... just wow. An absolutely beautiful production.

I feel like this every day.

I just found this film short today. .I immediately shared with my friends. What a very thought provoking film. Great visual interpretation of Platos work. My fav part is when the girl picks up the pawn and realization hits. Thank you for making this film .

This is absolutely stunning, you truly have a bright future ahead of you. You will do outstanding things.

Loved the concept and point it shows how teenagers and even some adults go trough. The switching of mask, the putting on of a mask in front of other peers. But the part I like the most was showing that the teacher had no mask to put on , and also the unveiling of her mask at the end to show her true identity. It's an amazing short film the I can relate to. I've been watching a a marathon of these because I just discovered them on RU-vid, I'm really thinking about making my own now.

What I love about this is how her mask was already unique, already one of a kind, in a sea of faces that were all the same, in an ocean of conformists. She wanted so desperately to break free. Had she not accidentally broken her mask, she wouldn't have removed it. We all wear masks...of pride...of confidence...of self-assurance....that we don't really feel on the inside. It isn't until we take these masks off that we become who we are meant to be. This? This is perfect. Not only applicable to high school, but SO far beyond. Very inspiring, very well thought out short. Loved it.

Wow! That felt like a punch in the stomach! Thank you for this amazing film! I'm so gonna use this as teaching material

Thank you for making this film and sharing it. I have used this for teaching self esteem and independent thinking with my lower school students.

Woah. I loved the part at 2:31 where the girl changed her mask when she switched who she was talking to. It was so deep & so true.

Everyone is masked, and they learn about Plato's Allegory Of The Cave, how one of them was brave enough to go over the dark wall. The girl's story is like Plato's Allegory Of The Cave- they are both consisting showing true dauntlessness. She steps out and is no longer afraid. "This is the truth. This is who I am...unmasked."

POV: your here for a assignment

Amen, this is what I need to do. But it's so hard; but you know I really am gonna try because of this vid.

That's not how chess works... all pawns can become any piece they want if they try hard enough. Pawns are also the most powerful in a sense, as no piece can trade with a pawn without bringing themselves to a material disadvantage. The only thing they can't become is the the king, who is the weakest on the board as the only thing you can do with a king is protect him.

This was great but the only thing is... In the analogy of the cave, the freed prisoner goes back into the cave to enlighten his fellow prisoners that the world of shadows they see is not the real world, but the chained prisoners kill the enlightened/free one because they couldn't handle the truth... the prisoners didn't want to be saved from the puppeteers who casted the shadows on the wall because they were scared and only believed in the physical (fake) world. Digressing, being different is great (I loved the nature of this short) but I just felt like ppl needed to know how the analogy ended.

great way of showing the frontstage and backstage in our every day life. And also how we use facework from one group to another group and how we switch characters

I love how so many people have an assignment on this in the comments

In the first 4 minutes i was like "i don't get it" and then she took off the mask and smiled and looked suprised and i was like "OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! MY GOSH THIS IS BEAUTIFUL!"

Did anyone else notice that the girl who was all by herself and felt so alone was the one with the prettiest mask? It has different colors and designs. The people who were in groups only had a solid colored mask. The people who are seen as outcasts or the ones who people do not want to hang around with are sometimes the people who you can learn the most from and who have the best personalities. They are the ones who are real and who are not afraid to let their true colors show. I love this film.

this movie tells so much about peoples identity.how people have different masks,one they show to everyone, under that, one they show to their friends, under that, one they show to their family and under that,one they show only to themselves.I love the part where that one girl goes to join the group conversation, and she switches masks... I can definitely relate to that! In high school I felt as though i needed to modify my personality depending on who i was talking to. I understand that isn't the way it should be now, but back then it felt much different.MORAL: be yourself and show your true behaviour to everyone. this helps in building more social values

I’m HERE BECAUSE OF OUR SUBJECT AND SCROLLING TO THE COMMENT TOF FIND AN ANSWER HAHA LMAO DEC, 9 2020 hahah

Halfway in and I'm still surprised the teacher isn't wearing a mask. You have no idea, kids...

It's telling us to think for ourselves and not just go along with societal rules, norms, customs, regulation, authortity, and laws simpy just because you were born into them and not to blindly follow them just because that is the way things have been done for generations. We as individuals should question and challenge what is deemed the norm, fair, and just. Think about it this way it the past women could not vote or own property. Nowaday we think those were ignorant laws. We may say to ourselves yeah but it is very obvious to see it is unjust but during the time before women had those rights and especially many generations before it was unthinkable to give women these rights. Same thing with the laws today! Think for yourself and do not allow athority or society do the thinking for you!

This is one of the most inspiring and beautiful short films ive seen!

Seriuosly, I'm really suprised. I didn't think that sort films give us some useful things, but I change my mind! BRAVO. That's the best movie I have ever seen.

loved this!!! thank you ...keep creating...you are making a change in someone's life!

I've been going to therapy because of this "mask" i've been wearing myself. It's difficult to take off when, like you wrote, society defines your identity. So many feelings were rushing through me while watching this video. It was exceptional. Thank you for posting!

The acting was so amzazing i feel like a whole new better and improved one even I can describe how happy I was that I stumbled upon this short

I'll be showing this in high school. You have done a fabulous job creating this video. I created a unit on Identity using ideas from the web, which all are cited as well as original thought. Thank you for sharing your talent.

This Film Is Soo Powerful And Influential ...i can Literallyy Feel A Current of Shockwaves running Thru My Body n my Mind Constantly contemplating every single second of it to its Deep Core Meaning Which the Film Wants Us to See..its Soo Great..n its Really Powerful Message dat dey hv sent..!! LOVED both the Lectures of a Professor..it says alot dan Wat meets the Eye..!!

I know this may not be a christian related film, but I can tell you that it definitely helped deliver a message; I showed this my youth group that I teach last year on finding out who you are and your identity and they had to have loved it just as much as I did, and still do. Just wanted to let you know that your work is being appreciated from all sides. Good Job.

It is excellent storytelling of how 'she' finds the truth and how the 'truth' finds her later. The story is about the intervening period between these two events.

Wonderful! A lot of truth within this short, thank you for creating this :)

This honestly made me so happy. I really love this.

The beginning kind of creeped me out since I'm watching this at 3 a.m

Thanks for this video ❤️ I will be using this video in my class (if thats okay) to display Identity Foreclosure .... I really liked this video so much. This actually opened up my eyes to different aspects of life as well as the comments. Thanks a lot for this .

What an amazing short film. Thank you for posting it. 👍🏻👍🏼👍🏽👍🏾👍🏿

Muchísimas gracias a todos los que habéis puesto el significado de todo y vuestro punto de vista, me habéis ahorrado muchísimo trabajo os tkm uwu

A inspiring short film with so much meaning behind it. People to to stop hiding behind the the mask of what they think they should be. Its time for people to realise being different is beautiful. Its what makes us human.

"BE YOURSELF"---one of the most hardest thing to do.

I absolutely love this .. Five years later and its still getting out and making an impact. It is truly amazing.

I love how everyone's mask is plain and hers is the most beautiful and decorative

This is why I want to do media next year as a subject. So I can hopefully make things as amazing as this. So many great things to learn from.

This story is teaching us that we dont have to hide our face cuz the different is our beauty We all has a our own beauty we don't have to change anything the things you have to do rights now is feel grateful at what you have not changing not anything

i love the use and symbolism of masks here especially the part in the hallway where a girl changes her mask as she approaches a group of teens showing how people change themselves depending on who they talk to

If I stopped hiding behind a mask and showed my true identity I would be in prison...

wow I have always been different from my peers . its a difficult road but so much better than being a cookie cut person . I have been called weird ,strange, crazy , kooky ect and when people say this to me I thank them . its a compliment ( they don't mean it to be a compliment and it upsets them when I receive it that way :)

my favorite short film. I really like the message, not to mention you portrayed it really well. :)

The meaning of this is so deep , wish there were more people to understand it .

Why is everyone here for their homework- . I'm here for social studies lmao

watched this in my sociology class! truly inspiring :)

That is an awesome concept - it is really what teenagers need to feel free to express themselves.

great job KJ looking forward for what's next!!!!

too bad the mask wasn't porcaline when she dropped it it could have shattered resembling her breaking away . Very well done though.

This is amazing, and the message has been executed perfectly. You've motivated me to create my own art!

That was amazing. Well done!! This video is one I can really relate to

I like this video and I know the meaning of it I showed it to my friend . Each of us promised to stay truth to ourself and don't hide away

Great movie KSA, God bless you.

This is beautiful...

its about finding out who you want to be in life. what you want to do in life. seeing your true potential.

If we take off the mask, we see that we are never alone!Thank you for helping people in finding their greatest purpose!

I was waiting for her and others to gather up and dance like Jabbawockeez

This is an incredible short movie which gives very important message to the society. All of us in society are wearing a mask with the aim of hiding our true identity. We fear for think and act differently beacuse of others' judgements. All of us have the same problem. Untill one person get the confidence to remove his mask and show his true identity to the world this social disaster is ongoing. Everybody should be like the girl in this video. Anybody cannot spend a happy life with a mask cause wearing mask means he or she spending their lives based on the judgements of people in the society. Think every time are the things you about to do and the things you want to do are the same. It wil be able to remove your mask from the face forever.

Nostalgic Just thought of this film and really wanted to watch it again. Really strong theme behind it that's executed clearly and simply

You are so talented...don't ever stop doing what you doing :) Thank you for your help ...

Great video, this is true. But some people are just afraid of being judged.

that was really deep. I loved it

I love this inspirational film but, in the end it happens to all of us!

Icredible! I loved it! I was so amazed!!!

...I was thinking their masks were ugly. Not hers...

I really gotta stop watching all this deep stuff on RU-vid and go back to my Cat Videos :P

Identity Short Film : Great realism. Congratulations Kalhil KJ Adames. C'est magnifiquement bien écrit.

This is so true! And I like the music in the end