CGI 3D Animated Short "Descendants" Directed by Heiko van der Scherm | TheCGBros
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Published 2013-09-17
"Descendants" is a 14 minute animated short about the wish of attaining the unattainable and about the fact that something good can evolve from something evil.
The two main characters are flowers (voiced by Whoopi Goldberg and Christy Scott Cashman) who grow on the edge of a clearing next to one another.
One is old and jaded by a mysterious history - the other one still young, vivid and curious. Destiny has brought these two together and it seems as if they would exist without possibility for change, until one day a visitor to the clearing brings something unexpected to their lives.
This short film started as a diploma project by Heiko van der Scherm and Holger Schoenberger at the Institute of Animation (part of the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg).
Check out the awesome Making of Here:
binaryalchemy.de/index_desc_makingof.htm
3D Core Team:
Heiko van der Scherm . . . Writer, Director, Design, Modeling
Bernhard Haux . . . . . . . . .Character TD Flower main actors
Goro Fujita . . . . . . . . . . . Supervising Animator
Felix Graf . . . . . . . . . . . . Animator
Holger Schönberger . . . . .Pipeline, Shading, Lighting, Compositing
Time Frame:
Production time (First script to final short) . . . 3 Years
Work time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Full time, 6 days a week
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All Comments (21)
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I just realized that the white flower can only appear in places where things have died. She rose from the dead of the red flower's family, and now others of her rose amongst the dead deer's remains.
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I watched this animation many years ago as a kid and I remember it kind of scared me. Watching it now, I'm amazed by how it still sort of holds up to time. Quite a beautiful video, I'm glad I remembered it after all these years.
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I saw this many years ago and it is still as beautiful and touching as it was then. Amazing craftsmanship.
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The red flower seemed selfish, wanting to be beautiful by hurting the white one. She really just wanted to get her poison back to help the white flower achieve her goal; to become something bigger and more beautiful then she already was. This is beautiful ❤️
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In the end, the white flower not only became part of something bigger, but she finally reached the sun.
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there are so many interesting ways people see this video. it shows how diverse our perspectives are
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amazing! The whole time I believed the red flower had ill intent but sacrificed herself in order for the white flower to regrow.
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Am I the only one who think this deserves an award 🤗 Creativity 💯
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i don't know why but i keep watching this over and over it too good and the red flower is so beautiful ....."the most beautiful thing are often the most dangerous"
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Большое спасибо за субтитры на русском !❤ Очень красивый и философский фильм - в нём правда жизни , неумолимая но прекрасная .🤗✌
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Как человек своим воображением и фантазией может создать чудесный образ и сюжет.Красиво.
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Firstly i thought that the red flower was bad one, But when he sacrificed his own live to protect the white flower, surprisingly he proves that he was soo good !!! And the beautiful quote was " the most beautiful things, often times, are the most dangerous" sooooo beautiful !!!!
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The red flower looked like an asshole Because she was full of hatred and bad violent and cruel words. But in the end she saved the white flower, killed the enemy AND helped her friend to reach her dream : Become something bigger. It's a beautiful movie. Very strong impact. The naive one struggled but lived a better life in the end. The one who was obsessed with revenge ended frustatred and.. dead. The two flowers were brave. Amazing. Also they were beautiful, amazing faces and personality. The realism was crazy. The person who realised this is very talented.
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how the red flower said. "the most beautiful things, often times, are the most dangerous." then later the red flower becomes all pretty and such.
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It's interesting how people interpret the movie a little differently from others. Though most of the comments think Red is vengeful, I saw it as angry and protective over white. But also accepts that the deer makes White happy so Red 'gave' White the deer. Albeit with a cost. I find Red kind despite the harsh appearance and words. It's just angry about what happened to it's family, but I think the intention to kill the deer came to be with White's happiness in mind. Regardless if I see it as intended by the creator, this piece is just beautiful. <3
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Whoopie sure fits that part!!
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In the end, she did become part of something bigger than herself, which is what she wanted.
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He save the white flower and he get revenge for his family. Nice ♥
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THE RED FLOWER 🌹 was hurt inside she lost all her family and she was also wounded and bleeding that's why the bugs were eating her, she wanted revenge but she also felt compelled to the innocence of the white flower because she new that deer was no magical beast but a creature who would just eat her, the red flower got her poison back and not only got revenge but she also sacrifice herself to protect the white flower
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Many find this profound and beautiful. I guess so? The lessons I've learned here are: Don't trust anyone, nature is unforgiving and cruel, and if you unintentionally and unknowingly hurt someone, eventually they will poison you to death and you will never know why you died. Then flowers will grow out of your slowly decomposing corpse. Have a nice day!
