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"Immortal Machine" | Dystopian Animated Short Film (2021)

Created by David James Armsby. https://www.facebook.com/davidarmsbyartist/ "You think you understand? All the lies? All the needless atrocities?... No. There is reason, and I want to show you..." Deep in the heart of Autodale lives their Mayor. As old as the town itself, a once great inventor, now a gangly and decaying but undying thing which the townsfolk have long forgotten, but continue to echo his machine-obsessed beliefs. This film follows Autodale's Exceptional Woman as she journey's deep down the rabbit hole of the Mayor's Immortal Machine. This film was one of the most challenging and taxing projects of my life. The film covers a subject matter that is extremely difficult to pull off from an artistic and technical standpoint. Nothing about the setting, characters or structure of this film was easy to do. That's actually the reason I've put off tackling the heart of Autodale and the Matriarch for so long. I knew to pull it off successfully would require a tremendous amount of time, effort and artistic know-how which I didn't feel confident I could do. It wasn't until after finishing my previous and longest animated short film, "Friendly Shadow", that I finally felt that I was at the skill level required for this gigantic project. I'm not in love with all of it, but overall I think it definitely succeeded. This film is extremely ambitious and grand and I'm extremely proud of the result. I really hope you guys like it too! :D Voice Actors: Adrienne Cox - "Exceptional Woman", "Hive", "The Matriarch". David Armsby - "The Mayor" Original Music composed by Rayshaun Thompson and Cameron Moody. https://soundcloud.com/musicbyrt https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIWGJ520wBmsp_AWf8elP1g https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkE2jlEVN7IylUIrV31wOng https://soundcloud.com/controllednoise FULL SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE HERE!: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWhYGmi1Bk4&list=PLEHH5E9HRGLjYwPtLTR7wUAZj-PC2ehGK MAKING OF PART 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmNzKMMEMeU PART 2: https://youtu.be/-rP9ktSqQq4 PART 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eWL0YLDX2o This is the seventh film in the Autodale Animated Series. Here's the full playlist!: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ5VEKOKH8PCjZJYvjlinBtjjmKV_-dk1 PATREON!: https://www.patreon.com/davidarmsby

Dead Sound

3 years ago

i seem to have forgotten my name no no no i [Music] the first one to figure it all out he atrocities [Music] dreadful heavy metal footsteps [Music] ah you caused much disturbance in my kingdom above the first to finally see through the veil you the one who's discovered some sinister truth you the one who you think you understand all the lies all the needless atrocities known there is reason and i i want to show you he called himself the mayor rotten what did he want with what did he say the crea
ture told me a story fairy tale autodale's forbidden fairy tale he called it it was a story of a great inventor whom with the hand of a wilting goddess managed to save us all from their withering the world [Music] you are the first to discover the truth please walk with me uh after enough isolation and time come ready [Music] dance i have brought you here for a fresh perspective perhaps you alterdale's exceptional girl can forgive unnecessary [Music] that poor lonesome thing seemed awfully burde
ned by his creation but after seeing all of the atrocities hearing all the necessary lies he almost seemed disappointed but i i began to find it all really rather impressive just admiration seems like a little more than admiration honestly his affections belong to someone else from the moment he told me of otterdale's past i knew and she's the only one that i'd consider his people you must understand the world outside is sick she is all that keeps us [Music] safe to keep her alive where all the
kim [Music] what [Music] it was all necessary and those pretty faces there are no monsters here to rise we split [Music] thee are kindness [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] hello everyone and thank you so much for watching this far this film was extremely difficult to make i'm making a video covering that process will be out sometime next week but in the meantime special thanks to ryan turpin brooke watson ashley victor j kinser ninja vorthank eden melson victoria george story guardian of energ
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Comments

@hchich2528

It's fucking terrifying that the only “color” in these animations is R E D

@listless2725

man, when you said that autodale was a machine, you weren’t kidding. we forgot that machines need fuel.

@gabewyatt3603

I like to think the reason the Mayor pauses mid-sentence is because he’s dying, but the electric charges are somehow bringing him back every few seconds.

@kazumas3369

I'm a bit late with this, but I just had a sad, twisted realization. The world outside had healed and it's no longer the hellscape the mayor thinks it to be. In "Friendly Shadow", at the end, the girl leaves Autodale with the freak and, like, she doesn't die. Meaning the sole reason Autodale keeps running the way it does is because of pure paranoia of an apocalypse that has long since passed.

@ashenwynter3194

I find it so interesting that the Goddess has slowly turned to look more human, while the Mayor has slowly turned to have the features of what the Goddess looked like when she was wilting. No real eyes, no mouth and withering away.

@aubreyackermann8432

He wanted so badly for the exceptional girl to condemn him, to find a better way, to fix his creation. Instead, he got an immortal assistant with a crush.

@nitricswight

I LOVE the subversion where you realise that the menacing perpetual thunderstorm is actually what's keeping everyone in autodale alive

@lordisen4668

What I love the most about the Mayor’s voice is actually the pauses in his speech pattern. You can feel the conflict and contemplation within him as he decides which words to use next, as well as the fact he clearly hasn’t interacted with many other people in a long time and natural speech no longer comes easy too him. It’s a brilliant way of conveying so much information through silence.

@hene3260

The mayor is the embodiment of the quote “you either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become a villain”. In a way, he isn’t a villain, he’s just frustrated that he can’t find a better solution and is stuck with this really messed up system

@stoneforest2639

"This is kindness" holy fuck i have chills Edit: why the fuck do I have so many likes. They mayor’s eyes are so kind yes lifeless. The sounds he makes when he walks are disgusting.

@WalkingNowhere

I actually feel so bad for the mayor. He hates what he's created, but considers it the best option that they have.

@immagical7036

I love how The Mayor’s form has come to reflect how The Matriarch used to look. And how she now looks nearly human.

@epixtrolzor

"Autodale is hardly automatic. You and your families are the gears that keep our engines turning and turning."

@amonrawya3064

The mayor looks awfully similar to the Freaks, especially his legs....

@russianbluecat9065

I think the food hurts the goddess because she was never meant to consume human matter. She is benevolent to humans and their only hope of survival; however, her previous source of sustenance disappeared, causing her to get to the sorry state she was at in pre-Autodale times. Hopefully y'all get what I mean. Just a thought, though.

@rxla-3884

I think the fact that the goddess was able to cure the little girl with that spark is really interesting. Back in “Don’t feed the freaks”, we see the fallen matriarchs who all look like they’re in some type of pain. What if, with their dying energy, they released some form of that same spark that would ensure the survival of life around it? Except, instead of a singular spark, it was some wave of energy that simultaneously granted immunity to the withering whilst also physically mutating humans in the vicinity. That could explain why “freaks” are able to reproduce and also have children who are immune. It could also possibly explain why the freaks aren’t that prominent of an issue until later in the years (presumably, as matriarchs began falling). Biological ecosystems are seen to be thriving in some areas- the wave of energy might have provided plants immunity too and allowed them to spread their seeds into the wider landscape. In this sense, perhaps the mayor’s actions were not in vain. His invention meant the survival of the next few generations of humans- one of which would bear witness to a new age of survival.

@beefybois4u288

"Dystopian Fantasy." "Realistic Reality." Ties, between, bring them.

@SpoopyChicken

The mayor never wanted to do the things he's done. He didn't want to participate in the massacres of the uglies, he didn't want to lie or deceive anyone, but he had to. He never chose to be the bad guy in all of this, in any of this... But he understood that he didn't have a choice in the matter. He knew that the death of a god would mean the end of all that remains of humanity, he knew that the only option that was left was to run this dystopia and watch the pain and suffering he's caused or to die and let the rest of the world die with him. The mayor hates what he's done, the mayor hates the mass killings of the people of Autodale, the mayor hates the atrocities he's committed and the mayor hates himself. We can see that he wants to be hated, he wanted the only other person in Autodale that knows the truth to hate him, he wanted to be hated by her, to be called out and told how disgusting and despicable his actions were. but in the end, after knowing the full truth, she instead agreed with him...

@alexnikopou9194

This needs to be made into a full movie, that hopefully provides an explanation as to why the world outside AutoDale is so sick.

@SpectralArchivist

I just realized why there are so many fallen cities with dead monarchs. Autodale was the first; the Mayor was the only one who was able to find a way to both use its power to keep the city alive, while also keeping it alive. All the other cities tried to replicate it, but they failed. Maybe they didn't make the necessary sacrifices, maybe they didn't have the technology to do so. Who knows. But Autodale was the first, and probably the last.