Sci-Fi Short Film “Golden Shot” | DUST 

My personal interpretation of this, was that the sun WOULD rise one day, and they had just-enough bulbs to wait until that day came. But one member rushed the process and doomed them all.

A moment in the light, no matter how brief, is worth so much more than years of gloom.

The beauty of this kind of story is that it can be interpreted many different ways. It just affirms that the film is a work of art and an expression of a vision the writer had. Perhaps the idea came from a dream or some other source. The point is it doesn't matter, take it for what it is whether you like it or not.

By far one of the best short sci-fi films on Dust channel I have watched so far - eerie, intriquing and mysterious - huge shoutout to the creator

Whos here after their new short film "Avarya" ?

Was it worth it? Yeah it was definitely worth it. A moment of freedom (in this case flying) is worth dying for when you are not free....

I was completely charmed by how wonderfully this photomechanical world (and its inhabitants) were realized. So charmed, in fact, that I was caught entirely off guard at the end. As the screen went black, I wondered: better to have a small, carefully-tended life, or better to risk it all for something more? The characters in this film decided it was better to soar--if only for a moment. And for me, that was enough.

They should really invest in some LED bulbs.

Nicely done. I like the Icarus themed ending.

That was one hell of a plot twist!

I liked it. I never once thought about fast forwarding. That’s a good sign. Loved the mix of art work.

Anything that runs on solar (light) is electrical. Given the fact that they had electricity to power the light bulbs, you'd think they'd figure out how to plug themselves directly into the power source, instead of wasting all their time drawing pictures of a sun that no longer existed. Just saying.

Moral of the story is dont use up all the resources all at once for a plan that isnt realistic and not the right time

4 years later and this movie still has me questioning what it's supposed to me, my interpretation is 1. Is a moment of short freedom better then living forever and in misery Or 2. Should we be patient and wait for the correct moment and instead of trying to rush it There is many more interpretations i have read, and i think that's the beauty, it's art it can be interpreted as us the viewer want and maybe the artist had no clear idea, maybe they did but i find it interesting to think and talk about

I can't help being irked by the fact that light bulbs are threaded and yet the robot just popped it into the socket without turning... I know, it doesn't matter, and this is a great video otherwise!

Great film making! It sucked me in, and had me thoroughly entranced, then the lights went out and it pulled the rug out from under me! Bravo! The graphics and the audio were great. Story telling at it's finest.

The moral I took was: "Never allow your reach exceed your capacity to grasp"

Watch this with any TOOL song playing at the same time and it will all make sense...

Dust brings new concepts with short sci fic films. Out of the box

This short video is mimicking life on earth, our technological achievements as symbolized by flight, and the end as our sun dies. Not really, I just made that up. It's only a cute weird video :)

whoa. well done. kept thinking it was over and it kept feeding off the ideas presented. brilliant.

Right away reminded me 9. Nice sound work

These are always TOO SHORT ! Loved it but I wish they would take ONE from all of them and make a full version. Make a contest, let the subscribers vote for the best one and then take that one and continue it from the first video. The subscribers would scream for sure !

Wow after all those centuries and we'll into the future the light bulb technology hasn't changed.

Once you reach the light the mortal body is no longer required. Sequel please.

This one is cool! Those robots are so expressive & the animation is brilliant. I love the music & sound effects! It creates a perfect mood that fits. The ending is pretty sad. Once that big light went out, I was waiting for the robots to fall.

I enjoy stories where no words are required, it’s very rare. thank you. Beautiful art.

Message is like " Bravery of one moment is better than slavery of hundred moments"

Dude... The ending... omg!

"Oh I get it, the point of this is to show that often we look at our "purpose" or "what we're supposed to do" our entire live but never realise it because it's become our routine. So all we have to do i-" *Plot twist happens* FINE, I won't try to interpret nice things into your art. Pfft xD

I interpreted it as the selfishness in the world. Here we see the selfishness of one particular robot, to deny the others from reaching their potential. He hogged up this great light resource, turned it on, all the others were able to charge up and reach their physical potential to fly.... only to have this energy source robbed from them and then they collapsed, all because of ONE particular robot, who could have used his resourcefulness for the good, rather than selfishness.

Brilliant. The flight of imagination. In such a short span, to show disappointments and success and the failure

I love this film so much! Not all endings are happy but at lest he got to spread his wings!!

At the end they were kinda like moths. Who agrees?

That was awesome. So inventive to see a different look on robots. The storyline was amazing and the building up!!! Wow!!

After a lot (a lot (a lot)) of very annoying DUST shorts ,because always the same (the same (the same)), that (THAT) made my day! Thanks.

Nice graphics. I know it takes a lot of work but will some dust contributors actually tell a story? It leaves too much to the viewer to decide what it is all about.

What did I just see??? I have NO idea what was going on. Maybe it's senility setting in. 😳

Who knew robots loved sunlight so much?

And that was a perfect shadow of human existence as we approach "lights out".

Everything has an end. We'll all be gone one day.

Would love more shorts from the "Avarya" universe. Beautiful, haunting and mesmerising.

Trying to bring about the bright future, without waiting for it, brought destruction. Kinda like those idiots that keep trying to trigger the Second Coming and the like. It really hit me in the feels.Really depressing, but so well done I can't regret seeing it.

Well that was clever or at least inventive enough I didnt mind sitting through it. However it was done, CGI or whatever, good job!

Oh my gawd ... that was simply Brilliant! :-)

This would be a hell of a movie

Pure art in the truest sense.

How many robots does it take to screw in a light bulb? None, because the director doesn't know that you need to screw a light bulb with threads in.

If the robots weren't smart enough to be able to plug into the power supply for the light bulbs instead of relying on the light then I have no sympathy for them.

Good Short. Spoiler Alerts (Kinda)... I had to read the description after watching to be sure I really understood it. The short shows two things. 1- Be careful on knowing your needs from wants, as a want can destroy a need. 2- Never depend on 1 system, always have redundancy built into any system. The "sun" failed so all died..

Hahah they are so screwed 😂😂😂 he killed everyone

Wow. Brilliant! Great design - and the story is beautifully dark. I really like this. Excellent work. Thank you.

If a quarter of the effort had been invested in the script as the above par graphics this would be an award winning feature

*when I watch at night it’s so scary for me*

Fascinating and amasing, The concept of robots working with light is brilliant.

We are all destined for greatness, but you cannot wait for it to come to you. The down ending feels more like trope of the genre than part of a larger theme. You could argue that it was one of hubris, but the counter would be short but happy and meaningful vs long but shallow.

The world is a delicate balance, even if we live in a simulation.

I came here from Pentagram Sur 🤘🏻

Wow great graphic 💓💓💓💓💓 amazing work..

Selamlar Pentagram’dan ışınlandım. Çok başarılısınız tebrikler

This should be viral and deserves millions of views

Tragic. But original and well done. Good one

NOTE: Well This was AWESOME! WOW! Needs some kind of Award. Sort of a Robot Icarus, trying to touch the sun story? Do More.

@ G. Gonen... Great CGI animation. Unique story line. One way to stop the machine taking over.

I was so hopeful for them, and just like them, it crASHED

Güneş dururken ampüle güvenme, çok anlamlı :)

I did not expect that ending

This ending was soo funny. Loved this one out of all so far. Thanks

Amazing Graphics👍👍👍

At least they actually flew for 5 secounds same as the drawings so dreams do come true

Bilimkurgu, animasyon, tarz vs. amaç değil araçtır, Dust'ta bile bunun genelde unutulduğunu düşünüyorum, ama bu böyle değildi. Kurgusu çok sağlamdı, dengeliydi, düşündürücüydü. Tebrikler!

Im sorry but that ending was actually funny as hell

just goes to show ya gotta keep trying no matter, better to fail than to live isolated and lonely. they felt free for a brief moment, and sometimes.. thats all you need.

Don't wait , your dream to become true.Go for it.... One of them did ."For all Robotkind"

What goes up......will come down....PREP BABIES PREP......TWO SNAPS UP AND A HALO TWIST!!!

"I would rather have 30 minutes of wonderful, than a lifetime of nothing special"....... Julia Roberts (Shelby) from "Steel Magnolias"

"The Cranes of Ibycus" (When teaching was still teaching.)

What happens when machines don't understand the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics.

Sitting here on the cusp of Fall 2020 I feel this video represents the feelings of many today.

Moral of the story: However much you want change, don't fuck with the system....

Aww, like Icarus, they flew to close to their self made Sun! 🌞

When he ran with the bright lantern I knew we were in store for a transition that would result in both a transformation to the degree of possible flight and then his demise. What I didn't expect was the multitude . That blew me away .The individuality was becoming solidified and the Boom ! A hive like response to the ascending globe. Wow! As if the creator was telling us all to get a life

"Golden Shot" kısa film Yorumu: Filmin fütürist üslubundan bir “Distopya”da geçtiği söylenilebilir. Ne bitki ne insanın, güneşin bile olmadığı sadece robotların olduğu bir gelecek bu. Kendilerine yapay yollar, bir odalı evler yapmışlar, yapay ışığa bağımlı bir şekilde yaşıyorlar. Başkarakterimizin filminden güneşin bazen doğduğunu, güneşin olmadığı vakitlerde de yapay ışıkla yaşayabildiklerini görüyoruz. Bu bir hayalse, kurtuluş amacında giderken hata yapmış bir robotu; değilse kendi hayali uğruna diğerlerini riske atmış bir robotu izlemiş oluruz. Farklı yorumlar çıkartılabilir. Başkarakterin komşusunu gözetlemesini ve saatine bakıp durmasını; sanki sözleşmişler de bir fikir bulmaya çalışıyorlar gibi bağlamaya çalışırsak. Diğer robotun neden başkarakterin ampullerini çalıp kendi fikrini ondan izinsiz gerçekleştirdiğini anlaşılabilir. Bu pencereden bencilliğin kötü sonuçları olduğu ana fikrine varırız. Sonundaki başarısız oluş, gelecekle ilgili bu kısa filmin fikrinin elbet bir yerde patladığını anlatıyor. Doğal olmayan bu ortamın yaşayamamasının sebebi ise; evrenin kendiliğinden doğan işleyişine uymaması, başlatıcı enerjinin yani güneşin olmaması. O zaman film makineleşmeyi ve doğayı yok edişi eleştiriyor da denilebilir. İnsan da bir duygusal makinedir ve sevginin ışığıyla çalışır düşüncesiyle bakarsak; arkasından bıçaklayan ve onun için yapay bir sevgi oluşturan arkadaşının, sonunda başkarakteri ve diğerlerini hayal kırıklığına uğratması gibi de okunabilir.

You could've just let us be happy

Short film: “golden shot” by DUST

What a sad little story.

False light! 👊 much love.

Sir, you are a genius and a poet. Thank you so much .

Better to live a dream for a minute than a nightmare for a lifetime

Better to live a dream for a minute than a nightmare forever.

mood

I took it as If you have to live a life day in day out with no hope, spread your wings and fly above it even for just a moment.

A metaphorical expression of man's incredible rise and inevitable fall!

WELL its worth a "GOLDEN SHOT" 😆👉👉 Eyyyyy

My view on it is that one shouldn't spend long time resources on short time ideas.

Loved this weird little video from start to finish.

Consejo de el dia ,nunca te apresures en algo que quieres o quieran los demas ....porque si te adelantas te podrias arrepentir y hecharlo a perder e incluso lamentarlo ;mas si los que te apoyan o no ya sea economicamente o desisiones familiares

Was just wow!

Все отболит, и мудрый говорит: "Каждый костер когда-то догорит. Ветер золу развеет без следа". Но до тех пор, пока огонь горит, Каждый его по-своему хранит, Если беда, и если холода. Раз ночь длинна, жгут едва-едва, И берегут силы и дрова: Зря не шумят и не портят лес. Но иногда найдется вдруг чудак, Этот чудак все сделает не так, И его костер взовьется до небес. Еще не все дорешено, Еще не все разрешено. Еще не все погасли краски дня. Еще не жаль огня, И Бог хранит меня. Тот был умней, кто свой огонь сберег - Он обогреть других уже не мог, Но без потерь дожил до теплых дней. А ты был не прав, ты все спалил за час, И через час большой огонь угас, Но в этот час стало всем теплей.

Steam punk, OK. No words,OK. Ending sad. It could mean so many things. But not good things. One of them had a crazy idea that didn't work and took everybody with him. They didn't seem to have a choice. The wings came out even if for just a moment. Were they awaken just for a moment? Was that better than continuing the life they had? Was it worth it?