My Critical Reflection

 1.How do your products represent social groups or issues?

    My product represents two different social group and a social issue. The first of the two social groups is the scientific group. The character Lana is a scientist who works in a government lab. Her character is based on someone who likes to know the science and math behind everything. Basically, she wants to find the whole factual truth. This represents a big group of people in this world. In fact, is represents not only the scientist already in the field but people who want to pursue a life of factual evidence and theories. The[SAS<1]  second of the two groups is the reporter side. The other main character in this film is named Jessica, she is reporter. As you may know not all stories that are reported are 100 percent true. In fact, sometimes there are details put into stories that were not there before. They do this to catch readers attention. They can do this by putting outrageous titles to stories or details in the story. So as you can see these are two different types of groups being represented through one movie. There’s the more factual side that’s based on science. Then there the more adventurous side that’s based on some fact and some fake. My movie brings these two separate groups together by having two characters from each side. But even though they have different interest they are still able to get along and live with each other. Even help each other with their work. This all ties into the issue which is difference between people. All people can work together as long as they are working towards a goal of success.

 2.How do the elements of your production work together to create a sense of ‘branding’?

To start off our movie was kind of a scifi-horror. So when branding we decided to make the movie scary looking to draw in the bigger crowd. Because ourt movie had so many similar elements to it , it was easy to work and make a brand out of it.Branding takes a lot of research. Not only is it a precise science its hard to accomplish. When branding you cannot just post whatever you want and call it a day. Its almost like a science. Actually, it is a science! Branding is using persuasive methods to draw in crowds of people. When you brand a certain way you can attract people to whatever you are branding, cool posters or flashy things like bright colors or toys like action figures can pull people in and make their brains obsessed with it. As being new to the branding world it took lots of research to get the point where I am now. Branding has been a long journey but with the research and examples I have seen I was ready to brand for myself. The start was getting the platforms to brand on. The platforms we branded on were Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter. YouTube was the easiest to brand on because it was going to be the movie sections. YouTube is where we posted our actual movie. But for everything else it was very different. Instagram twitter and facebook were the parts that took the longest to figure out because there wasn’t going to be just one post on them, There was going to many that drew in the crowds and promoted our movie.

3.How do your products engage with the audience?

My product engages with my audience in many different ways. The beginning of the movie starts off with two people in completely different field of work yet still brought together because of their friendship. When people see this, it evokes emotions in them. And could even trigger ideas that even if people are different you can still get along and bring each other up. One could become very engaged with the friendship that the two main characters have and want to have that with someone else. The rest of the movie the movie is full of surprises and gasps which will bring the attention all to the screen when it is being watched. The movie will keep the watchers on the edge of their seats and on their toes. The movie overall shows the more serious side to the products. It is professionally made and has a horror theme to it. It a serious movie and doesn’t have jokes in it so its not supposed to be funny or uplifting. This is seriously different to the products on our social media pages. This is where we showed the funny out takes. Funny pictures silly videos. This is the place for them. With our social media pages people will more likely be to connect better with it because it isn’t so serious. Its meant to be uplifting and funny to draw people in. Seeing the two different sides of the people who play the character gives another way for the audience to engage. They get to follow the storyline of out movie lives while also seeing behind the scenes and how our personalities really are.

 4. How did your research inform your products and the way they use or challenge conventions?

 For this movie, there was a lot of research done in the field of science, reporting and branding, and horror films. First up was the way that the movie would challenge regular conventions. In this day and age, everyone has their groups where they stick to people who are just like them and have the same likes and dislikes. People are naturally attracted to people just like them. The reason our movie challenges this is because we have two people from two completely different worlds coming together and helping each other succeed. When researching we saw that people tend to stay in groups and not venture out. This is where people are wrong and should learn from the movie. Being friends and make small talk with new people can help you. In the movie, you see that Jessica was having a hard time finding a good story. But with the luck of her having such a good friend she had a small talk with Lana and figured out a way she could get a good story and help Lana at the same time. One way that we used conventions was when we wrote about the government keeping secrets from everyone. As we know lots of things are kept under wraps by the governments to keep the world safe. In our movie, we related to this. We put in the part where the FBI agent comes in after tracking down the dose of an immortal potion made by Jessica and Lana. They come and retrieve the girls and take them away because they cannot be kept in the outside world anymore because it is not safe. This is how we used and challenged conventions.

My short film package

                                                            The debt to immortality

The debt to immortality

https://debtofimmortalityt.wixsite.com/mysite-3

 

Editing everything

 Welcome my fellow readers! As you know, yesterday was our filming blog. We talked all about our filming experience. An even a little bit about the scenes that we were going to edit. For this blog we'll be talking about everything that needs to be edited. This includes the bloopers for our social media. The movie itself and the pictures for the website. Also the editing of the titles and placement of the titles. For example we have chosen our titles names and the way they will be presented. The font will be black and bold so you can see it. The titles will end by the 2 minutes mark in the movie. The opening scene will be the name of our studio. The next will be the same of our production company. After that the names of the actors will be listed as they are showed. Then the filmed by then music by and edited by. The rest are produced  by, story by, written by and directed by. The movie has almost Been completely edited. We started off the process with going through all the clips. But we started by each scene. So we would watch all the clips that we shot for a specific scene then we would go through and pick our favourites. When we did this we made many different versions of the movie. Then picked out the best clips and made our final movie. For the rest of the editing process which will be the website we will be editing that Saturday. See you next time!!

The start and the end of filming.

 

Hello my fellow readers! I am so glad to finally announce that we have concluded filming. Sunday January 3 we had our first day of filming. Not only was this our first day but it was our last. As you know we had many many many complications throughout the process of trying to film our movie. The biggest one being the fact that me and my partner were both exposed to somebody with covid. Thankfully on our lucky stars neither of us contracted the virus. But we still made sure to keep super clean and careful of what we touch so we could be super safe while filming. We made sure to stay 6 feet apart when we could and wear masks when it was possible. There was a complication with the times so we ended up filming from 2 to 6 instead. But this ended up being more than enough time to get our movie done. and have plenty of bloopers for our website and our media channels. I know you guys are excited and probably want to see and I promise you will see later.For now you would just have to wait. Tomorrow will be the start of editing and through the weekend we will finish editing and posting on our social medias bloopers and funny pictures and small clips from the movie. I have to say that my favorite part of shooting the movie was definitely the FBI scene. We had so many laughs While our FBI agent was taking us out of the hospital. then putting us in the car after we were arrested. We also found some cool ways to make it look really professional from home. Like using white sheets to cover up walls. We even dragged a desk and completely cleared it off into the middle of a room and put white sheets. This was all up so it would look like we were in a clear room for the science lab . We shot the scene a couple different times .also in a couple different ways.just so we would have options of which scenes get put into the movie and which ones don't. We did this for a lot of our scenes so we had lots of choices and wouldn't have to reshoot . I'll see you in the next blog when we're editing

The new plan for filming.

 

Hello my fellow readers. Today we will be talking about the new filming plan. We did not know if we were filming separately or not. But today we will be talking about the plan for if we are able to get together. First, we will be taking the safety precaution. Everyone will be required to wear masks as we film. The only exception will be for those who are on camera. Secondly we are planning on filming either Sunday January 3 or Sunday January 10^th. This is all depending on when everyone will be available. We will be filming from the morning all the way into the night. So this will probably be 9 in the morning to 6 at night. We wont be filming in order of the shots. We will be filming in order of the time of day. So the first shot we will film will be the onethat is the girl coming down the stairs first thing in the morning as they are going to work. Then we will film the scene getting into the car. We will change locations to outside and film the part where the girl collapse and goes to the hospital. Then we will film all the rest of the scenes as the light goes by in the day. Finally when its dark outside we will film the first. This one takes place in the middle of the night at the dining room table and needs to be shot when its dark outside.

Plan B

 

Hello my fellow readers. last time we spoke I told you about how me and my partner had some troubles with filming for our first time. we had trouble filming for the first time, because we were both exposed to somebody with covid-19 . We were super worried about the health and safety of everybody that was going to be in the movie so we stayed isolated for the required 2 weeks. We have also been tested twice. we are both clear to see each other and others. Because we could not film for the first time we had to create a Plan B. We spoke on the phone I put lots of ideas out and thought into it. Having a backup plan it's super important especially when things are this serious. We spent time learning more editing techniques incase any other issues occur. We did this because With good enough editing skills we could film apart an edit together the parts to make it seem like we were actually filming in the same place. Currently we are very familiar and know how to use I movie and other editing techniques such as pinnacle. If possible and if it is a must we will plan to film a part. This prevents as much contact as possible so nobody can get sick. Certain scenes that only require shots of the background are going to be done by ourselves and have previously been shot. Sheet scenes that require one person will be shot individually as well. Once it is safe to go outside and safe in our own homes we can film together. But the whole time we will be wearing masks when possible. And social distance as much as we can. Both me and my partner are persistent and dedicated to completing this film in our best efforts with the best safety in mine thanks for reading .

props and items

 

Hello my fellow’s readers!! Today we will be going in depth to the props that we will be using. We have added more props since being quarantine. So, in the end even though we couldn’t film on the day we wanted. We were able to find out ways to make our production better. I will be telling you all the props and all the items that will be in the camera for the movie. For the first scene we will be in the dining room. There will be one table and eight chairs. We will be sitting in two of the chairs across from each other. Both of us will have a laptop and notebooks and pencils. The second scene wont really have any different props you will just see them carry those props upstairs. The next scene will be the next morning right when they are getting ready for work. They will come down the stairs at different times. But they will both have bags and shoes in their hands. Then they will walk out the door and the props will add one. So, the add ones will be the car and the car keys. Then when they get to the lab and sneak the girl in. the props will be cups, lab coats, lab googles and notebooks and computers. Then they will get the hospital. The props there will the hospital bed and a heart monitor. Then when they leave, they will have a bags and be carried out by the fbi agent. Finally they will end the scene with suit cases and bags leaving their families.

Film Day one fail

Hello my fellow readers!! Today was a complete FAIL!! Today has been one of the ost stressful days ever. Sadly today was supposed ti be our first day of filming all together will all the cast here and it aslll went down hill from this moring. At 10 o'clock this morning we were supposed to all meet at my house for the first day of filming and probably the last if all went well. We planned thiws for about two weeks in advanced and corona once again ruined things. Not one but both me and my partner came in contact with people who had been diagnosed with covid. We have both been in isolation for about a week and a half and both have gotten tested once. For about the the last week and a half we have been correcting and perfecting our coustumes and our acting. We have about three dayas more in quarntine. After this three day period we will be getting tested once again and then replanning a date to film and have the final product done. Crossing our fingers that neither of us have covid because that could be really bad and leave us falling behind on our schedule for filming and editing. Hopefully with this extra time we have got from winter break we will not have to re shoot. BUt it still might happen because not everything is perfect the first time. But anyways we have gone through and properly given our characters some defined details. Like fro example we planned out what our charcaters would wear and kinda got outfits ready for them. Also we practiced how they would sound and how they will react facially and how we will put emtion into it. So far we arent to far behind our schedule adn we should catch up oretty fast. It was really sad that we couldnt film and we couldnt edit out final or final product. But we will soon and when we do it will be amazing and go super smooth.

Settings

 

Good morning my fellow readers I’m back at it again. Today discussion will be the CLAMPS. Though we will be focusing on the S= setting. I will be going through the scenes and telling you where it will be filmed. First things first everything will be filmed at one house which will be easier but still bring a little bit of complications. The reason I say it's easy is because we won't have to bring the whole cast to different locations and take up more time in the day that we don't really have. The complications that I say will be trying to make it look like a different place when really it's the same place. But with all the scenes it will all be filmed in a different room. None of the scenes will ever cross paths or be filmed in the same area. For the first scene it will be filmed in the dining room and it will be the two characters facing each other parallel to the camera. The next scene will be the girls walking up the stairs also parallel to the camera Fading into a black screen. The next scene will be filmed perpendicular to the right of the staircase and the camera will be parallel to the door. The girls will come down the stairs and the camera will back up as the girls walk forward. For the next scene it will be shot upstairs in an all white room with one desk in the center over wall an one chair on one side and another chair on the other side for the two girls just. In that same room there will be two coatracks with 2 lab coats and two pairs of goggles. In the next scene we will be in the garage with one pull outbed acting as a Gurney in a hospital. There will be a white sheet up to make it look like a completely white room. The next scene will be filmed outside of the garage with the camera pulling back as FBI agent rushes the girls into a car. The camera will be on the dashboard of the car then and the FBI agent will be talking to the girls and the girls will be talking to the FBI agent about what's going on. Finally the girls will be outside of the house saying goodbye to their family and that will fade into a black screen at the end. this is all the scenes and props with the setting .

costumes

Good morning my fellow readers I’m back at it again. Today discussion will be the CLAMPS. Though we will be focusing on the C=costumes. Always fun to talk about costumes, because you get to be anyone you want to be when you get all dressed up. In our case we are trying to be just like our characters. We want to try and express their personality through their clothing. Both of our characters are particularly more on the fancy/ professional style just because on is a scientist and one is a journalist. So, they work in places where they are supposed to be dressed a little nicer than usual. Even though the journalist is a little bit more casual she is still professional. Like she would not be in ripped jeans and a tank top. She would wear something like black pants and a nice white or black shirt. The scientist would wear a nice shirt with work pants and maybe a pair of boots just so she does not slip in the lab. I think trying to express what the characters would wear is super important to character development. You really get into the character and look and speak like them like this. Now for our first scene we will be wearing more casual clothes because we will be in our home doing work at our table. So, it will be like pjs and kind of messy hair, yet still looking put together enough where it doesn’t look to bad for camera. Then the next scene when we wake up to go to the we will be dressed in nice clothing with our hair done and very professional looking to go into work with. Then when they get to the lab they will add on lab coats and goggles to complete the scientist look. Finally For the rest of the show they will look a little beat up and messy from being pushed around by the fbi agent but they will still be in their work clothing.

websites

good afternoon my fellow readers. We started our website page for our movie! One of the best experiences I had for a while. It was super exciting to start up our website it was almost like we were a part of a real cast making it. It was really hard for us to start it up but we once we got started it got to be easier. There were so many designs to choose from and so many ideas to work with that it took us a little while to pick which one would work for us the best. Now it might sound simple to just create a website for movie but trust me it is not. We struggled a lot with getting the perfect backgrounds and inserting our links for our social medias. For some reason when we would try to put in our links it wouldn't allow us to click them. But if it did allow us to click them it would take us to a different page that wasn't our page. We were trying to insert the link into a little icon so it would be clean on our website. But sadly, that was not working so we just had to paste our link with the title of either YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and our email. It upset us for a while because it wasn't as clean as we wanted it to be. To us it looked a little bit messy and we really really tried to get the icon link to work but it just wouldn't. So, as they say in showbiz the show must go on, we worked with what we had, and we made a beautiful website that all of our readers could go and see. This was quite the learning experience as you may see, and it was definitely not an easy task to do. But it was an extremely important lesson to learn and now both I and my partner have the skill to make a website. I feel like not only was this a good lesson for this class, but it was a good lesson in general, because now we know how to be more professional and create eyecatching websites that could benefit us in the future. It’s kind of shows how this class isn't just about media but it's about so much more and all of this goes could help us in the future no matter what career path we take. But the funnest part of all of this was going through everybody elses websites and seeing how cool and different everybody was, see you in the next blog.

 

Social media

 Good afternoon my readers!! We started up our social media accounts. But even before our social medias we needed to find our cover photo. Instead of finding a cover photo in fact we got together and made a cover photo over FaceTime. We decided that it would be best for us to make a cover photo instead of getting one because we wanted to be as original as possible. Once we got our cover photo done, we made sure to send it to our teachers to make sure that it was as good as it could be, and they loved it. So, we got the cover photo done and put our title on it next it was time to make our social media pages. First up was Instagram which was the easiest because we knew how to use it and we knew how to create a new page for it. Then Twitter was next which was a little harder because neither of us had ever really used Twitter before, but we still figured it out. Then was YouTube which was harder than Twitter but not as hard as Facebook. Neither of us have ever used Facebook before and we started troubleshooting right as we got into it. When we went to go make our page, we thought it would be easy to just put our movie title as the name for the page, but with Facebook it was not that easy because you needed a real name for the page it needed to be a first name and a last name. What we did was put my first name and my partner's first name for The Facebook page. Then we had to create a new page in the movie section On Facebook for our movie and this is when everything started to go smooth again. Once we created all of our social media pages it was time to upload our cover photo. we believe that our cover photo matched our movie perfectly. Once we uploaded our cover photo it was time to start following all the other pages. We loved to be able to support all of our peers. It might have taken a while to follow everyone but it was well worth it. Especially because we got them to follow back.Now next time its the website see you next blog

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filming with a hint of editing

as you know yesterday we took the time to go over what we needed to film and what. Here's a little backstory so you can remember what we are trying to film. "one that shows the lake behind my house and then moves quickly to the house then quickly to inside. The second one was in the morning with an upshot of the sky while birds fly past then swipes down to the door and rush through the door into the table room. The third bringing the same thing as the scene but at nighttime. There is a part where the scene comes in and it's the house in the nights and it zooms into the door and inside the house to show the girls at their table.  Then the next scene in the morning there's a part where it the morning. Then there's a shot of the bird flying through the sky then it fades from outside to inside where one character is yelling for the other to come downstairs" Let's just say to get all those perfect shots of the sky took absolutely forever. The one that took the most time was the one where we had to wait for birds to fly by, which didn't even end up happening. But for that scene, I think some editing will come in handy later. after all this filming we did have to again film at night. This was the harder part of filming. since it was nighttime there was no natural light. We had to decide on whether we wanted to use the street lights or use the flash from a phone or use a flashlight. Since the flash on the phone wasn't strong enough it only left the streetlight and the flashlight. The street light was difficult because there wasn't enough everywhere to properly have a lit shot. So finally we tried the flashlight and it still wasn't strong enough so now we still have to find some type of stronger portable light to use. We went through the footage and chose which scenes that we could use and which ones we couldn't. We still chose to film all of them though and we are still waiting on which one gets the part in the movie when we finish filming it all. Lastly, now that we have all the daytime scenes we just need the nighttime. But anyway this is kinda what we want to have on our scene to look like.

Filming the outside pieces

 Last night and this morning we took then time to facetime and figure out exactly where and what we wanted to film for the outside parts. there was some disagreement but we worked it out just like good partners do. We had a disagreement about where we wanted to film the outside parts. For example, we had three locations and types of outside shots. Like the one that shows the lake behind my house and then moves quickly to the house then quickly to inside. The second one was in the morning with an upshot of the sky while birds fly past then swipes down to the door and rush through the door into the table room. The third bringing the same thing as the scene but at nighttime. There is a part where the scene comes in and it's the house in the nights and it zooms into the door and inside the house to show the girls at their table.  Then the next scene in the morning there's a part where it the morning. Then there's a shot of the bird flying through the sky then it fades from outside to inside where one character is yelling for the other to come downstairs. This was all choices for the intros of the scenes and we couldn't pick the same ones. This was due to the fact that os many of them were good for the scene. The end of the situation was the fact that we film all the scenes and wait till we have filmed the rest of the clips to see which ones fit the best. Also, we will be filming them to see if the ideas translate into good shots. Being so that means that filming the rest of our film will need to happen asap. Most likely we will be filing the rest of our five minutes film in 2 or 3 weeks. This is all depending on if everything goes to plan. Finally, after tonight getting all the shots done and making sure we have all of the shots perfect we will be editing and clipping the shots tomorrow to make them all ready for adding to our film.

the starting of filimg

 hello everyone!! this is the official start of getting the final project done. Before this, we went through the steps of finding film topics, planning, storyboarding, and finalizing the script. This blog will be all about getting ready to finally start shooting. Right now we are in the process of collecting props and getting backgrounds for our movies. By backgrounds, I mean places in our homes that would be a good place to film based on location and lighting. Lighting is gonna be super important for when we film because we have a whole bunch of parts that are supposed to be filmed at night. The biggest problem with this is that I and aniyah most likely won't be able to come together at night time to film. Both of our parents are super strict and don't allow sleepovers all the time. So we are finding places that look like its night time even when it's the day so it comes out good for the shots. For example, we have the first scene of the movie is in the late afternoon when it's dark outside. So we put our heads together to work out the angles that will help and what we can do for the windows. We are planning on covering the windows with blankets and using inside lighting to make it look like night. This will make it appear like nighttime and we will continue that for the rest of the scenes in the dark. But the only problem is when we have to film the night sky at the beginning. So we decided that it would be best if I would pre-film the morning and night outside scenes before we actually film. Corona has made it super hard for aniyah and me to meet so we have been really relying on facetime and texting to get our ideas across. This has made communication a little easier. Hopefully, this ends in time for our final filming session so everything is perfect. A rushed movie is what we are trying to avoid. That's all for now Ill see you guys tomorrow. 

story board for short film

Welcome to my new blog. We are getting farther in the process of completing the final project. Finally, we have reached the storyboard process. I was very excited about this. I was excited because I love our plot for the project. I am excited to complete the story. I took the lead in writing and drawing the storyboard. While Aniyah helped in figuring out which shots and camera movements were appropriate for which scene. She and I figured out all the details of the story. This process was slightly different because of social distancing. Although it was difficult, we were still able to collaborate with each, thanks to new technology. We texted and talked on the phone in order to work together. Aniyah and I were very compatible with getting the story lined up and planning everything out. I am not surprised with our compatibility because we have worked together on other assignments. From those assignments we have had outstanding outcomes. This storyboard includes a variety of details regarding the story. The details include the shots, angles, movements. Also, it includes the dialogue and the actions carried out in the story. You will find there are many twists and turns in the story. The camera movements definitely play a part in certain suspenseful factors in the project. Thank you for reading!

Planning blog

schedule-

location

My house both inside and outside

Partcipaints 

anyiah and I and possibly friends if needed

Health and saftey

Everyone wil be staying 6 feet apart as much as possible and when not

filming will be wearing masks for precaution and everyone will be in quarentine

for two weeks before filming.

Props

computers,chairs,tables, phones, notebooks, pens, science materials,gloves,goggles,lab coats and car

coustumes

regular clothing mostly and then lab coats and professional wear for work

 

Short Film vs. Feature Length Film

 In this blog, I will be comparing and contrasting the very great 9 short film and the 9 featured film! The short film and the feature film have lots of stuff in common and also things not in common. The biggest thing they have in common is the characters, 5 and 9. But in the feature film, we were able to see more characters. Both had characters that had major developments. The short film had no dialogue which left a very open field for people to make a story to match the actions. But the actions in the movie in my opinion spoke more than any dialogue could. I feel like for a short film it was well put together and it was very easy to understand for not having any dialogue. In the feature film, there was dialogue, this added to the story. Since the feature was much longer there was more space for dialog and actions. The speech added more emotion and allowed viewers to get more attached by having us hang on every last word of the dying characters. I believe that the feature film accomplished making the story completely make sense telling how they got to that point and why. Although the short film was very well put together there were spaces where information was missing like, how did everyone die and what was happening in the world. In the end, it was a very close tie but I did enjoy the feature film more. I believe it was more attention-grabbing because of the dialogue. I was able to interpret the conversations and feel the emotions they felt. In the end, I was more connected to the feature film than the short. Both were very well out together and had great plots. Though the plots were very similar they were different in some places. This is because of the mass about of detail the feature film had.

Research 9, the feature film.

Hello everyone today is the day that I watched nine feature films for the first time. After watching the short film I was so excited to watch the featured film. Little did I know that I would love it even more than the short film. My first impression of this was how much I liked seeing him adventure to find the number 2. I loved watching him get his voice and seeing him speak for the first time. The beginning was 9 realizing he was alone and leaving the house to go outside and investigate 2. Things start to rise when he and five want to go look for 2. The climax of everything was when 2 died due to the robot spider dog. They made it their mission to kill all the robots. In the end, everyone was dead except for 9, 3,4, and 7. The director adding dialogue gave it even more of an emotional connection to each character. He made sure that we knew how every character died and their last words. This was what really got me in the movie, I don't really like when I have to watch characters I get attached to die. I think in this movie more than one character had a big development. The twins went from being anti-social to interacting. 7 went from working alone to working with others. 9 went from not trusting anyone to trusting the group. 1 went from being selfish to being selfless and giving his life instead of nines. As the characters developed they all got better at teamwork and in the end, this is what helped them defeat the robots. They saved the world and freed the souls of their friends in the end. Overall I really enjoyed this movie and it was one of the best movies I watch in a while extremely cute and I may or may have not teared up.

research 9 short

 

Hello everyone today I will be telling you about my first impression and thoughts about the short film 9. 9 is a 7-minute computer-animated short made in 2005 by Shane Acker.  My first impression of this short was that it was weird. I didn't get it and the fact that there were no words left me confused. But I watched it twice and took a break a let it sink in and it all clicked after the second time. I went through so many emotions with this little hacky sack looking thing. In the beginning, the 9 was in a memory of the last time he was with 5. Then things start to rise when the evil robot kills five. The climax was when 9 decided to take charge and get revenge for his whole family. He sets a trap and runs all around this place with the robot chasing him. Then in the end the robot thinks he cornered 9. This is where he was wrong and 9 pulled out one last trick and lifted the mattress that was holding the stick up which caused the robot to fall to its death. My favorite part about this whole film has to be the character development of 9. In the beginning, he is looking around a thing and ran when the robot came. He was scared and didn't know what to do besides run away and hide. By the end, he was stronger and smarted and he went to fight his demons. He didn't back down even when he was facing death. Once this ended he put the ball together and let his families spirits out. The director choosing to put no dialogue in the movie was truly a very broad choice. But I do think it was a very smart one. It was almost like the actions that happened played the story better than any conversation could. Overall this short was really great and i cant wait to watch 9 the movie.