What Happens Now? | CalArts 2024 

This film subtly and touchingly depicted human emotional restraint in response to the death of loved ones through the interaction between children and Tamagotchis.

Dude. The ending showing him “resetting” the picture thinking it would restart I’M BAWLING.

This is beautiful, it made me cry. The way you depicted this child’s emotions was perfect. Before switching to animation, I was a psychology major who specialized in child psych. The way the kid didn’t understand death is very well written. Many may thing he was just being a brat but in reality most children cannot process death or understand it. It was heartbreaking when he tried to reset his grandmas button. Beautiful.

I'm sobbing my god... The story of this film is just so intensely resonant I was so confused as a child too when my great grandma passed away. Your film really made me feel seen

This was brilliant. I love how you illustrated the child’s simplified understanding of what the family was going through 😢 if only it were as simple as a “reset” button.

THIS ONE IS SO GOOD??? the animation is so so perfect, i love the artstyle paired with the low-frames animation, and the sound design adds exactly what said "low-frames" might be lacking. the story is so sweet. this is 100% my favorite calarts film so far

I remember seeing you in the animation labs and you were working on the 0:33 tamagotchi scene and I was literally playing my tamagotchi 3 desks behind you I should’ve said something !!!! Loved your film so much at the open show and I was so surprised to see another tamagotchi film~ 🐣🐣💓

the sound design is incredible

First- the mom screaming in the car after the boy yelled SENT ME! Beautiful story telling wow! The structure is beautiful and I loved how you told this story with sounds and meaningful facial expressions. Great job!

Thank you for making this. My mom passed when I was 13. I am now 20. I still struggle with the fact death is permanent every week. I wish I could reset her and have her meet my girlfriend and see our cats 💔

This hit me like a truck. I've been full on sobbing for the past hour, and I just need to say this work touched me in ways I didn't know grief still could. I lost my grandfather when I was 6, during the funeral I was sent with my friend to play in the bedroom, I couldn't process that he was gone. I just recently lost my grandmother, and as the older sibling to 3 younger brothers, I felt it on a whole other level. This film is just so well done, and so raw of a depiction, I legitimately think it helped me process my grief. Thank you.

This hit hard. I've just been watching every CalArts 2024 short film that pops up, and this one's probably one of the most sad. I LOVE THE ARTSTYLE THOUGH!!

For some reason, the kid reminded me of Puff Puff from Your Favorite Martian, anyway I like how this was like, I enjoyed the art style and the part where he thought grandma would come back with the bended paper clip. He was being kind of a brat during the car part tho. I also know now that tamagotchi's deaths are not permanent and I can bring them back whenever I want, so thanks for that!

i thought i wouldnt cry since it was already near the end, but god DAMN when he tried resetting grandma i started BAWLING

The picture made me so sad.. it is very well done and touching, i love it!

The ending where he tried to reset his family, that just hurt.

LOL, real. the fact that tamagotchis never had a sound off button would always frick me up as a kid.

Our animation teacher showed your work to us on our meeting where we watch short cartoons for inspiration (We're animators too). Your work is really touching, i really like simple shapes and colours that you used. Imatiently wait for next projects! ❤

Came in, stayed for the story, enjoyed the art style, made a face in my heart that looked like this “ :( “ and wanted to rate 5 stars on letterboxed, can’t find it, and will call this the best of the 2024 cal arts short movies.

Love the art style - reminds me of paper cut-out pictures

The sound design is awesome! And I love the slightly rough feeling of the art style.

The way the tamagotchi beeped and I immediately knew what it was all about (This is such a beautiful concept. The ending got me. I’m still in awe shaking my head staring at the void)

Someone close to me recently lost a loved one and this animation encapsulates exactly how it feels. It was really touching , thank you!

I remember I use to have a Digimon toy, really distracted me from at home, while on vacations, but thankfully not too much at school. Glad I don't have it anymore.

nah slow triplet on gross beat was always a go to. bro already be knowin. fire episode and the track is a gem for surre

The last couple of days, I’ve been watching all the 2024 CalArts films. And may I just say this is one of my favorites. As an aspiring animator, I appreciate these wonderful films. The low FPS choppy style shows so much more emotion than 24FPS animated on 1s. I LOVE the classic CalArts style, and this is a great example. Well done, truly unique work of art you’ve made. I cannot wait to see what masterpieces you’ll make in the future! 👏 (Edit) what FPS’ do you guys use?

Oh god damnit that ending. I thought for a minute that the kid was gonna take the photo out of its frame but then they turned it over to look at the photo again and I realized they were trying to reset and bring their grandma back. God DAMNIT. GOD. DAMNIT /pos Also the scene at the funeral, the kid is upset with their mom and looks to their dad for assistance but goes quiet when they realize how upset their dad is. Ugh I've experienced that so many times and it's so. Real. You don't understand why they're upset or sad but they're emotional and they don't need you bothering them over something that you understand isn't important rn

The ending got me, beautiful film!!

STOP OMG THE END.. BUT THIS IS STUNNING AMAZING WORK ! 31st SUBSCRIBER

So amazing, love all the sounds

Wow! This was extremely well done. Looking forward to seeing more from you!

ABSOLUTE SLAY KM SO HAPPY TO HAVE SEEN THE PROCESS ❤❤❤

This is amazing 👏 , I love the way it all flows 😊

I LOVE YOU!!! BEST FILM EVER OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!

so beautiful and meaningful great job 💜

This was so beautiful. The moment we realized what death was. I stepped on a lizard when I was around 6 or 7 and that's when I realized that i was going to die one day too.

Beautiful

The random screeching was funny ngl

This was lovely film! The animation and sound design captured such a perfect tone, brought a tear to my eye

This is amazing. Well doneee❤

This is really beautiful ❤

Awww so amazing

This is incredible

nah that ending gon make me cry 😭😭😭

Made me cry :(

good film and emotion deliver

It was sad, beautiful and funny, a great animation fr

Im not sure how to describe things, but this is so, so good~

Superb animation ✨🤩👏 It really conveyed the message even without any dialogues

such a sweet video!

This is crazy crazy hard KEEP IT UPP

I love this

Moral Of The Story: Life is not a game, so play it wisely!

Made. me. Cry

Hey what animation software did you use?

は私を泣かせた. ありがとう.

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Это очень круто

Dude

i think you made the right choice going without dialogue. so cute!

This is really well done. I really relate to the older sister here, and I love the balance of slight humor among the quiet grief. It makes it feel more real. With your permission, I'd love to show this during my short film club program for the kids at the library I work at! I think this would be a great film for them to analyze and discuss

From personal experience, Artists usually need a lot of encouragement, so I'd like to say, Awesome job! Keep making more awesome jobs!

When I saw the dad grab the picture frame I knew what was coming and it still had me bawling :'((((( crazy good film!

It gets me everytime he screams 😭

This film really resonated with me. Both my grandfathers have passed, one when i was still a kid and one sadly quite recently. Processing death as a kid is odd as you sometimes don't understand the finality of it. I really wish sometimes that i could pull reset and maybe see them again before it was too late. Beautiful film ❤❤ I really love the sound effects.

hi victoria, i just wanted let you know you touched my heart with this animation. i often forget about concept of death, especially when it comes to loved ones because in my heart its almost like impossible of them ceasing to exist.. it's beautifully crafted animation and you should be proud of yourself . thank you and take care.

That end got me teary eyed Beautiful work

A lot of people say that kids don’t understand the concept of death. I don’t think it’s necessarily why it’s hard to understand death of your grandparents. We are usually closer to our parents than grandparents, even if we live with them. For our parents, its a death of their mom or dad. It’s harder, unless you specifically love your grandparents more than parents for whatever reason.

I didn't think I was going to cry, but I cried.

love your film !

SO GOOD! ❤❤

hello! I really enjoyed your work!! I felt it was such a beautiful, sad, yet sweet story. I thought a lot as I watched the family contrast with the child who had not yet thought deeply about death. Although the weight of the death experienced by the grandfather and the death experienced by the child were slightly different, the feeling of sorrow seemed to be the same. I really enjoyed the directing and expression. Thank you for letting me watch such a great animation! I look forward to your next work!! There may be errors in translation as we use a translator! TT I hope it was conveyed well.

This car scream scene is just the funniest

The older sibling rubbing their are arm after the dad got cut… idk if it was implying what i think it was

this is so quietly heartbreaking i can't even... well done

This was a beautiful animation, I think one of the best of the year thank you.

This might be one of my favorite short films ever

Absolutely incredible

Amazing artstyle

I think I'm gonna cry

soooo goood, people need to know abot u

This is so precious 😭

This is so good

Beautiful

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL! as an animation student myself i’m always watching every youtube recommendation from aspiring animators and i’m just crying and sobbing rn! such an amazing work i’m happy that i’ve found this

Amazingly Nice

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This was so fucking good. The kid not knowing the concept of death and his only experience being with a tamagotchi is so realistic. Especially when he tries to fix it all by touching the back of the picture with a paper clip. Then realizing it ain’t that easy

The metaphor you used in this animation was really novel and the last scene using it later hit me hard. It was the best short animation I've seen recently. Thank you :)❤

Watching this on my phone without sound and still cried. Very powerful depiction of emotion.

Totally underrated.. this was beautiful..

This, this right here has done some damage to me and i miss my grandpa and granddad even more. Luv your animation