"Model Citizen" | Dystopian Animated Short Film (2020)

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Published 2020-01-09
Created by David James Armsby.
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"What is a Model Citizen? A Model Citizen is a providing father. A Model Citizen is a caring mother, all in service of a scrappy, young boy or girl. A Model Child raised by a Model Family, to become a Model Citizen of their own!"
This brand-spanking-new installment of the Autodale series follows the lives of the Robinson family; Autodale's perfect citizens.

I've wanted to make an animated short film based around the life-cycle of an Autodale citizen/family for a very long time. We've only ever seen Autodale through the eyes of children. All of the other short films in the series focus on skeptical children being successfully brainwashed/indoctrinated into complacency with Autodale's dystopian ways. This short film doesn't have that arc. This short film is about the parents. These characters have NO DOUBTS about how this system works anymore...

SONG:
Tchaikovsky - "Waltz of the Flowers

GUEST VOICE ACTOR:
Mrs. Robinson - "Kirie Quackenbush"
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This short film is the fifth short film in the Autodale series. Check out the playlist here!:
   • "Autodale" | Full Animated Series  


MAKING-OF:
   • Making of | "Model Citizen"  



PATREON:
www.patreon.com/davidarmsby

All Comments (21)
  • @SecretMegamind
    "Hey Mom, can we go to Grandma's house?"
    ...
    "Um, about that..."
  • @janecrane_
    It's sad when the father says 'thank you' to the robot even though he's about to die. Just shows how brainwashed they are
  • @Blitz-.-
    What i found especially interesting is that despite being in this distopian society that forces them to live a certain way and put on a mask that fakes happiness, the couple are still happy and in love when they take the mask off. Even if they were forced together by the society they live in, they still managed to find happiness within each other and the manotony of life. Really makes the story come that much more to life.
  • @Franky-qk1cn
    The fact they never show any robot taking them to get killed shows how willingly they accept the cycle
  • @UserName-gr2mv
    When you in line to get killed but the couple in front of you won’t stop kissing
  • When you see someone misbehaving,

    " that's not very model citizen of you".
  • @harmonylynx252
    3:43 i really love how, this scene looks like the man was gonna walk up to the robot he had known for so long, and plead for his life..but no..the mans so brainwashed that he felt he had to thank him before dying.. as if he didnt even consider the idea of living after this moment god thats depressing. Its a psa that glorfys obediance 😢
  • @Study_Time125
    This is literally real life in a metaphor. You grow up, get married, raise a child, and then death takes you. The kiss that would always get interrupted shows how responsibilities take the joy out of life, and how you only get that joy once your job is done.
  • The only way to prevent a prisoner from escaping is for them to never realize they are in prison.
  • @notknown5950
    The perfect dystopia is one where everybody thinks it's a utopia.
  • @peterclarke7240
    When you think about it, the only real difference between the dystopian society and ours is that we don't spend our lives in contented happiness, and our deaths are normally far less dignified.
  • @user-im4vm4lk6w
    Can I just mention that the decision to put this particular piece in the animation really changed the whole thing. It was light and joyful in the beginning, when everything seemed alright. Then it got dark really quick when the audience realized the upcoming fate of the couple. And then, in the end, when we least expect it, the joyful theme from the beginning plays again right when they are about to meet their maker. But they are still happy. Because in their eyes, their soul purpose in life has been fulfilled. Absolutely, utterly brilliant
  • @qwertyuiop5530
    The most terryfing thing in this animation is that every "ugly" person is standing in this line from their own will. No one is forcing them to go there.
  • @sarahf1309
    I love the fact that the only colour they receive in their lives is when they're finally greeted with death, it's the only thing that wasn't perfect
  • @pandakat770
    This is why when someone calls you weird, ugly, lame or anything else insulting, take pride because it means you are different from them! No one is made equally, it is those that dont follow everyone's elses path, that truly break the chains. Unique not photocopy!
  • @gleeX3_
    There's something about playing lovely positive orchestra music over these people just dying that makes it just so perfect. I love that dramatic contrast. I've seen a similar thing in movies and I just love it every time, but especially here. I've been rewatching this series and everything about it I just love.
  • @loloahmed4024
    imagine this is what parents mean when they say they didnt want their child growing up so fast.
  • @user-uc7dn1oi8v
    When you just tryna get killed but the couple in line wont stop kissing
  • @K1WIKOALA
    "dude I'm gonna have 1 child every year so my cycle ain't gonna end"
  • This is literally one of the best YouTube series I have ever seen, the argument, backstory and animation is just perfect.