Very inspirational, I've watched this many times and even shared it to my friends who are artists as well and every time I see the moment when the darkness turns into a horse and the character rides with it, it just gives me goosebumps every time. Wonderfully done! This is art that moves me and anyone who sees it.
You are a fucking idiot and will never amount to shit just like your idea of a fucking blob turning into a fucking horse. I could make a short clip of me taking a shit with intense inspirational music with overcomplicated comments about how amazing it is to take a shit after taco bell, that I would give you goosebumps on how artistically motivational it is. I love you.
Max, here's my say: A lot of the people in the comments are saying it's fast but different. I understand that they're copying Marlyn but it's simply a shit response to this incredible video/movie/dream. This video is short but it contains a lot of determination and skill. The actual creation with the images was very cool, very illusional and very intriguing! This project took 6 months to make so I'm thankful for not giving up and ignoring your dream that you brought upon when you were younger. This video is simply breath-taking! Thank you
This film should have been called: The Persistence of Vision. That's the name of the flip-book animation phenomena, and also works as a metaphor for pursuing your creative idea.
Agreed - that was the moment for me as well! Max's is a great editor as shown in previous work with Neistat. His melding the narration and music to the video shows further talents.
Thank you for the inspiration Max. It’s 0855, I’m about to start work pushing paper around a desk until 1730, but tonight, when I get home. I will create! What a time to be alive and to be making things.
at the beginning I was like... hmmm i'm not sure I will like this... but it captured me and I couldn't stop watching and by the end I was loving it... great job and super creative concept!
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Your video is a video about your idea to make a video and behind the scenes of the video that doesn't exist because the video is the video about wanting to make a video.
I personally loved the fast pace, it gave me a sense of the overwhelming emotion, I could feel the stress and anxiety of working on something and thinking you will fail, then all of a sudden after all the hard work your done in what felt like an instant with an overpowering sense of pride and rush of adrenalin, and I think that really made an impact on the "feeling" of the movie and the message that I took away from it.
This all because of Casey with I came to know abt this movie This movie is great It's really awesome Max I make sure that get great opportunities from now good luck I think u would go up in life By the way great movie
6:17 the person dancing with his demon... such a beautiful concept & illustration. Watched this video when it came out, but went back to it just now because it's incredible!
It was good, artistic and inspirational, but it felt more like the "Making of ..." than an actual movie. In addition after a video full of art and locations, we are left with a blank wall ... I get it... after all the anxiety and stress, when it's done you feel that sense of completion. It just letting me wanting more. Great job and collabs. God bless.
Veronica DJWUN I feel the same way, this is a video of making a movie but there is no actual movie. I think they might have been trying to show the process of going something done rather than focusing on the end product. (Because Casey mentioned that it was about the process of getting an idea to the final product.) they didn't fully commit to this idea and I don't think it was the best example. This "product" is so simple...like there is some math behind it but there was no reason to go to LA and New York. I think this would have been better if he made two videos, one the actual movie and then this video as a behind the scenes.
I agree, he should've made 2 videos. He invested so much, effort, time, money etc. and at the end it feels like an incomplete movie or just another well done vlog. I don't want to be harsh ... it is just how I see it. Besides all that... I really liked it and liked the message. I am an artist and I appreciate when different type of artists collaborate with each other. Thanks for the reply.
First of all I fucking loved this. This is EXACTLY what a creator feels when you are going from concept to reality. And when you finally let into the feelings of "what if" "failure" and other such things is when your art comes out as pure as it can possibly be. Bravo sir. Well done. I even wrote about this kind of anxiety in a recent post, I updated it to include this video: www.alttab.me/as-a-creator-how-do-you-overcome-what-if/
Sometimes you just stumble across something like this, and it becomes one of the few "warp-like" moments of your life. It's Art in (you)tube, and it's f. great. Thank you Max!
Hey Max, this really was great. I kinda want to see just the animation with out any breaks, but I also like the way you cut it and the story with Casey mixed in as well. Thanks for making this!
This seems like a behind the scenes of the movie we haven’t seen. I thought the move was going to be about the animation but it was more about how you got to make a movie.
You've nailed it, Max. This is so full of energy. Watched this several times and tears started brimming in the eyes. Think I, too, gotta go realizing my dream.
Cool... I would really like to see the whole animation, with no cuts. The way (I suppose) that was initially meant to be shown, on one long road. I like that many different roads were used, but I would honestly like to see the whole animation connected. Nevertheless pretty cool!
+1 Very nice, both the video and the animation. A road would be cool. Maybe a metro or a train line? Finally, if you find a good solution maybe you can set up a system where artists submit animations like that and a team makes them a reality in cities around the world. I assume the logistics weren't easy. Cheers.
TheHayduken1, I do agree on this, it is just that it was distracting (and not in a good way for me) to show part of the "story", themselves then again the "story"... Of course all this IMHO. Take care.
Oh. My. God. That dance with your inner shadow. Synced so brilliantly with the RodGab track. I'm tearing up right now. This is one video to keep coming back to.
i feel like you should of made this a behind the scenes vid, that would have been so much better. you should have made just a short film with the narration over the awesome visuals telling the story, and let people be blown away by it, i just feel like by showing all the preparation before hand it makes them too prepared for it
losang yolmo I think the idea is to show the creative process and the hurdles because it’s the story in the film. BUT I wish there was a separate video of just the animation.
Yup, same here. I liked the original idea. It would have been more difficult, but there would have been a final existing piece of art that people could experience. I saw no reason for multiple locations. You can't tell one from the other when looking at the animation, so what was the point? A film about not giving up, which starts with abandoning the original idea. Meh.
Oh but it is actually interspersed. See how the making of the video is the exact same thing that the pictures depict? The trials tribulations the help the friends the rolling with the idea. It's a different level of smart!
the awesome part ab this is that chinese subways (at least in shanghai) do this too! they put ads on the dark walls that move like this, they make subway rides pretty cool
As a creator who is just starting out, this movie spoke to me on so many levels. Brought tears to my eyes and reminded me of why I do this. Exactly the kind of emotions I hope to draw from my own movies. Killer film, Max!
Let me tell you an easier way to make that flip images, the walls of metro tube. When you look at the images on the wall throught the metro's window, you can catch that flip vision. You are welcome ;)
that's huge, not in the scale of the project (even if it's indeed a big-scale project), but in the expression it's a manifest of pure expression, it's intimate but for everyone it's great man, speechless
wow. that animation was flippin awesome. id say that was quality animation that most people tend to forego nowadays considering the tech and how things could be easier. props to carlos and anthony for that. well done on this, Max! also that part where the subject stops fighting then bursts out of the wall riding that obstacle charging like there's no tomorrow was incredible. goosebumps. i totally love it.
Not when you know this "new idea" has been turned into real-world actual commercial advertisement a long time ago. One example: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TwtfruoWh7w.html
I just want to see the animation start to finish and none of the nonsense in between. Seems like a TON of time went into something that really only lasted a minute. Cool Idea though.
Mitch Observe the video as the whole piece, then you're going to get it. It's not about the product, it's about the journey that led you to the product.
Animation means a dynamic visual medium produced from static drawings, models, or objects posed in a series of incremental movements that are then rapidly sequenced to give the illusion of lifelike motion. So in this case your seeing the illussion of movement while you're moving (with your car, skateboard or feet). That's pretty great.
I liked it a lot. Clearly, the message of the movie went over some of these commenters heads. It is literally a movie about the creative process and so many of you dumdums are like, "I wish he would have cut out his creative process, I just want to see the cartoon."
