"Friendly Shadow" | Dystopian Animated Short Film (2020)
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Published 2020-06-25
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"Hello, Citizens of Autodale!"
"This Public Service Announcement is following ludicrous concerns and whispers we've been hearing as of late. Silly claims of monsters and other loathsome things living within our city walls!"
"There are no monsters here, citizens. Not in Autodale!"
This film follows a detective that Autodale's public knows as the "Friendly Shadow". Autodale makes an effort to keep the monstrous creatures that lurk outside their walls from entering the city but somehow, incursions and attacks are becoming more and more frequent as of late. It appears that one particular monster-breach got very violent very fast and the Friendly Shadow is sent to investigate.
This film was a colossal amount of work, as you can imagine. It's the longest animated film I've ever made. I've been working on this project for just over 10 months now and the number of sheer man-hours I've put into this one film is something I don't want to think about.
I'm extremely proud of this film, though. It's very near and dear to my heart. I think it's a decent film, with a decent story and I'm very chuffed I managed to pull it off. It's one of the most ambitious projects I've ever attempted and I think it turned out pretty awesome.
I REALLY hope you guys like it too! ^_^
Voice Actors:
Adrienne Cox - "Hive"
Kirie Quackenbush (TwistTVShow) - "Mother"
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Original Music composed by Rayshaun Thompson and Cameron Moody of "Controlled Noise".
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FULL SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE!:
• Friendly Shadow: Original Score - I. ...
MAKING OF:
Part 1: • Making of | "Friendly Shadow"
Part 2: • Creative Process | Autodale's "FRIEND...
Part 3: • Creative Process | Autodale's "HIVE"
This is the sixth film in the Autodale Animated Series. Here's the full playlist!:
• "Autodale" | Full Animated Series
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All Comments (21)
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I've been working on this project for over 10 months now. It's one of the most ambitious projects I've ever attempted and I love this thing to bits. It's one of my favourites of my films, if not my absolute favourite. I REALLY hope you guys like it too! :D CHECK OUT THE REST OF THE AUTODALE SERIES HERE!: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ5VEKOKH8PCjZJYvjlinBt…
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“And he disobeyed” AUTODALE BECOME HUMAN
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“This isn’t one of your cartoons shadow” Animator: sweats
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Shout out to the mother: all she cared about were her children being safe
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Dude, the ending gave me chills. She has attain one thing that the "citizen" don't have. Freedom, she now could see what Autodale actually looks like, and probably learns more as she grows up. I hope this is just the start, because I wanted to see Autodale fall and demise
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"Promise she'll be joining her brothers, and NOT ME" chilling.
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“Nothing gets in, nothing gets out.” Hole in the wall: are you sure about that?
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The mothers emphasis on “You’re a lot less scary without the coat” makes the Hive’s solution to “Give him the coat” at the end all the more chilling. As if she picked up on the subtle hints, even as a child, of how he seems to have less empathy and individuality when he’s wearing it. Phenomenal job with this!
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You know you've been watching too much distopia when you see a drawing of the sun and your first instinct is "what? Really? Is even seeing the sun problematic now? Will the girl get murked simply for drawing the sun?" and you don't even register "oh, there's two monsters in that drawing"
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The robot women at the ending were screaming about “the coat.” The mother said, “you’re not scary without the coat.” I smell foreshadowing.
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"There are no monsters in Autodale." "There is no war in Ba Sing Se."
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I’m amazed Netflix or another streaming service hasn’t tried to sign a contract with the creator. This is an amazing film and it could serve as a pilot to an entire series.
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Its so comforting to see someone so humane like Friendly Shadow in Autodale.
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Me: Sees the sunset is another color other than gray. Me: “AND GOD SAID-“
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Funny how she's actually safer outside of Autodale than on the inside.
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It’s interesting that when Shadow was in “kill mode” he dropped the human mannerisms, such as moving his mouth while speaking and using facial expressions.
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I love how when he shot the mother you could hear clear, human, feminine screams under the animalistic, pained screeches.
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When the most human person in autodale is another robot, then you know this place is screwed
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"This isn't one of your cartoons, Shadow." Ironic.
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Love the detail of the grass — in the beginning opening shot of the crack in the wall — looking like people crawling out from the ground; or grasping for life as they die. The grass strands on the left look like a person lying on the ground, while the grass strands on the right look like a person reaching their hand out to the sky. Truely even the smallest details are given extra care! A classic and amazing film series.
