The view coming back from space is haunting, the ocean is boiling and the earth on fire. Was not expecting such images from this, but glad I watched

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

I love replies like this, I'm glad you felt some genuine shock there, that was absolutely my goal

@AG-ss1ec

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee I’d say you definitely achieved your goal then, well done!

@BBWahoo

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee It's such dynamic world building

@snbforever

Жыл бұрын

Pretty much what the last crew of the ISS will be seeing 💀

@SaintJimmy379

Жыл бұрын

​@@berylallee I legitimately thought the world was croacking... Actually now that I've said it out loud I guess the world is about to croak!

One thing I especially love is how you can see the despair in the first jumper's face but you don't know why and after finishing and rewatching the short you just can't see him with the same ignorance as you did the first time. You know what he just saw, and you're just as scared as he is.

@TheGreenReaper

5 ай бұрын

At least he stuck the landing!

Damn. The concept got weirder and weirder as the animation played out, and the boiling pink wave just made things even weirder.. but at the end it makes sense. Really good animation, and you only get the subtle meaning of the contestants faces and reactions upon rewatching it. Even the litle turn the first frog gives tells so much. They all have duble meanings! I wish i could add this level of atention to details in my works as well. The sound design and character deesign is also amazing. Just overall a really good film with a good message behind the story.

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad you said it, you described the journey I wanted my audience to go down with this film and I was worried I wouldn't thread that needle. Thanks for the comment!

@jestrel

Жыл бұрын

@@berylalleeI don't get it really but its amazing colors and lineart

@pyroonbusinesschannel118

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee you did an amazing job!

The way the frogs are designed is amazing, a mix of realism and cartoony appeal!

Just realized the frogs only get that pink sheen in their eye after they come back down. God

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

congrats, you're the first person to notice that. Or at least you're the first to say so.

@wizardteeth

Жыл бұрын

@@berylalleeYIPPPEEEEEE

the most impressive part about this is how much changes on the rewatch. the blue frog gazing upward, you'd think itd be towards the crowd at first, but you could also say they were gazing at the rim of the stadium, knowing the water is about to boil over, knowing that theyre all being boiled alive. their expression and emoting also is so.. sad once you know, especially that hug between them and their coach. their coach is happy about the score, meanwhile the performer is holding up that smile to not ruin what will probably be their last normal moment together. i have no idea if any of that was intentional, but ARGHH it got me to tear up! fantastic work. the animation is also amazing, i wish i could explain that, but i dont know a lot about the technical terms, haha

@hiroshotreplica

Жыл бұрын

i forgot to mention how they backed away from the edge in the first part- plus a lot more details i missed the second time. theres so much to dissect.. just like a frog, haha!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! and you are indeed spotting intentional things, I designed this for rewatches, and I appreciate you giving things a second look!

@dwsel

Жыл бұрын

At first I thought that blue frog was unhappy with their achievement. But again they already saw that wave coming 😢

@polosofoelosofilosofo8484

2 ай бұрын

Es una referencia al calentamiento global y que las olimpiadas de las ranas terminará en ellas inundadas en agua hirviendo 😢😢

wow!! such visual story telling! its like the frogs are trying to jump out the slowly boiling pot of water. no frog in the pot can see the rising danger.

This one spoke to me. Don't know if it was the intent, but it very well encapsulates how it feels to be a teen or a 20-something in 2023. Feeling like everyone is still expecting you to perform socially, and professionnally, even though the world around us appears to be reaching the boiling point. Good stuff!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

I made this during the pandemic as a 20 something and I was very much trying to express how our society makes this kind of dread a profoundly private experience. So to anyone who feels this way: I see you. Thanks for the comment!

@AcEkrystal

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee I'm in my 30 and the animation also resonated with me very wel. Got a crash and burn-out in my 20's thank to similar jump and high world expectations. Now in my 30's and still wrestle with exactly this image of the world and still trying and searching to a way to help it. Thanks for make and sharing this. Ya decided to land outside the stadium what might result in some audience seeing whats going on outside. Thanks!

@dwsel

Жыл бұрын

​@@AcEkrystal That last jumper will have to land somewhere else... 😕

Watching it a second time, I was overcome with emotion. The high of looking out at the cosmos and seeing endless possibilities and wonder stretching into forever. That joy of knowing that I'm alive and life is beautiful. And the whiplash that comes from looking down. That familiar, dreadful sense of futility. The shock of that perspective has driven us all a little insane. I felt an echo of it, looking at that boiling sea. Seeing the little frogs in the stadium enjoying their distractions. It's a powerful and layered metaphor for existential dread, and you really delivered on conveying how disorienting and lonely that feels. Your use of facial expressions to convey the story beneath the story was masterful. And with the old story about frogs and slowly boiling water, it's no wonder you chose them for this framework.

You absolutely NAILED the haunting feel of this. I love the sound design, and the expressions of the frogs are very well done. Congrats!

Literally when the frog was coming down to earth, I wasn’t sure what to do if I were in their position. Would I tell everyone or ignore it since they’d probably laugh in my face. The sound effects are amazing as well, so happy I clicked on this 😭❤️

@tifftaffy6062

Жыл бұрын

The story telling is also amazing. Watching it a second time, I’d be proud if I were you 🤩

This is soooo good, the expressions feel so real even despite being on a frog

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

one cool thing about doing research for this was to discover how many wacky types of frogs there are, if you look closely enough, they can be more expressive than you'd think. Also thank you!

@skitterly

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee so true! Frogs have great faces and you portrayed them perfectly

This is incredibly well-done. I went back and watched it three times. The contrast between the transcendent view of space and the horror down on earth is particularly impactful -- the way the sound shifts in that moment, phenomenal. I also liked the little bits of frog worldbuilding, like athletes puffing out their throats and spectators dipping bug legs in cheese sauce. Really fun! And the lineup of jumpers who've seen what's coming -- haunting. I love it.

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

wow thank you so much! I was worried so much of that would fail to come across

@graciliraptor3990

Жыл бұрын

​@@berylallee bro no every little thing is just perfect and I'm loving it, I'd list all I noticed from worldbuilding to artistic choices but you put in too much haha

boiling frogs wont know if you do it slow, what a great short!! great job! you can derive a lot of meaning from this

I am in love with the designs, the storytelling is so well thought out, your animation is so beautiful, and all the little details, this is so well made, you really have outdone yourself honestly

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

thanks, that means so much!

I absolutely adore this animation! This whole thing reminds me of the good old I guess you can say “a saying” of “if you place a frog in a boiling pot of water, it would leap out but if you slowly turn up the heat in the water while the frog is there. It will remain until it boils.” I don’t know if that was the inspiration behind this along with some other things but like I said, amazing!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

That was definitely part of it, in fact a working title for this was boiling water, but it felt too on the nose, Record Highs could imply stuff about the heights of civilization, temperature, disaster, AND Frog Jumps. I've learned the right title will just sing to you. thanks for watching!

@dwsel

Жыл бұрын

​​​@@berylallee You've chosen the perfect title and perfect frame for thumbnail that makes you curious about the story. Such a cute and colorful character and the title as some technical achievement, jump into the hyperspace. But then 😮😢 I hope more people will be able to see it as it has a high spread potential due to it being watchable 2x, 3x times.

holy shit that was way more insane than i couldve anticipated. love it

I love how it perfectly depicts how hard you try for your goals and just when you think you succeeded, other people don't care or don't think it's good enough.

Jeez, what they see up there is one thing, then there's the scope of what they're doing. Seeing that score at the end just makes you wonder what the blue frog went through to get three 10s and a 9

sooooo underrated, i love how much personality and charm gets across without a single word!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! The more I make films the more I realize dialogue aught to be the last thing I work on. I want to make as much of the story as I can with no speaking and only THEN add speech, only if it's needed. Otherwise, dialogue can really hamstring the action

I love things that are an eclectic strange mix but nonetheless resonate well enough to generate an unique vibe. This had a vibe & a message, I enjoyed it!

Oh it's the 'frog in the well' allegory, nice touch

The fact that the even if the earth is boiling and the frogs who all would have an ability to escape with even 1/100 of the athletes ability choose not to is deeply profound. They choose to congregate and watch what are quite literally brief, passing moments of thrill instead of do anything that might change their situation. Very dystopian, I love it.

All of the competitors seen what is approaching but decided to stay silent and let the last moments be filled with cheers.

"If you boil a pot of water slowly enough, the frog won't jump out."

Amazing stuff, I especially love the row of previous contestants just sitting there in horror about what they all saw and yet aren't speaking to one another about it.

so unbelievably cool..movement is incredible

Horrifyingly beautiful I love the way it looked when he was in space it made me feel uncomfortable and at awe at the same time

My theory about this short is that the audience will never know the progress but only the result. Your mind is broken by all the things you had to come through but the people will just judge by the very last moment of what you’ve came through, such as making thesis film to successfully graduate the school. You have to dedicate yourself whole and often it is not enough. The space is ideal, and the earth is reality.

Thank you. I will now rewatch it everytime I feel lost in life and worried about my work or petty problems. I kinda though the second frog will jump again, to glance once again at the cosmos before boiling on earth - I think I expected a change in behaviour steeping from knowledge of the disaster. But your storyline is much more convincing and real, and probably this is why it hits so hard, the inevitability of the fate, as usually no desicion in the hasty world is made without premeditation and active will to be different - we are being programmed to not stand out and risk things, even if it might actually benefit us. It was a pleasure to watch and be reminded of the importance of life itself. Thanks ❤

God. The camera lenses flashing like pink bubbles… boiling slowly indeed.

This is no joke on eof my favourite ever animations I've watched, something about the unique choices and interesting implications,

I love how all the camera shorts have been placed and the animation mix with the audio was breathtaking I thought I was one of the frog sitting at the stadium :D it’s very creative too 10000/10 🫶🥺✨

you fucking nailed this! one of my favorite short films i've seen. it genuinely made me feel like i watched something i shouldn't have lol

What kind of genius mind could even... that was a freaking masterpiece holy molly... Edit: oof the dread is crazy on this one

Haunting, yet beautiful.

Your animation is stunning, some of the frogs look so cuteee

the animation and color scheme are stunning! you really nailed the striking contrast between the bright, energetic colors and the chilling terror! great work!

Humans inside a boiling pot will only try to turn it off when is literally too late.

He did so brilliantly, and all they gave him was like 1 point, because he didn't stick the landing. They deserve whatever they get.

I enjoyed watching this, with my stuffed frog

I’ll have to watch this again to get the meaning. I was far too distracted by how well animated this is 😂. I think that’s a win

man, i get like eerie vibes from this but its just so intriguing and its so well made

Breathtakenly beautiful animation . I'm still recovering from the sensation I got from watching this .

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

that's amazing, thanks for watching!

@Nothingreallytoseehere

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee your very welcome !

Wow, such a beautiful take on the terror we all experience. I had a near death experience and its very much like this returning to earth

This is so good from the little details, like the frogs floppy feet to that immaculate depiction of space with that beautiful shot this looks to be 24 frames per and you used everyone perfectly

this is incredibly cool, well done !!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

thank you!

oh no theyre all gonna die, i like the tiny details in things like how the city lights that were about to be consumed by the pink boiling thing went dark like the stadium at the end the ambient sounds (or background music?) for the things like when the frog guys out in space and all the more horrifying bits of "were gonna die" are really nice i like them, i especially like how a lot of the time when ur on the ground its silent and its always tense, which could be explained away by this being an event, but its like *unusually* silent the frog screaming when they noticed the first jumper coming down and the audience being unfazed was also weird but could again, be explained by being desensitized after seeing all the other contestants jumping really high, but no they all probably just accepted their deaths and all the double meanings on future rewatches like man thats cool!! like another comment said, theres also little bits of worldbuilding that i thought were cool too, witht he view coming back from space showing a bit of the very destroyed and red buildings in the distance that could serve as an explanation (but not a complete one) for the pink boiling water thing, perhaps its some very weird oil that flowed down? animation, colors and lineart are good too!! like nothing feels static because theres always subtle frame by frame going on somewhere i most likely missed a lot more stuff tho forgot to add that this entire thing gives off "nothing matters" and "dystopia that noone does anything about" vibes the character design is really nice and everyone has their own distinct pattern or color scheme or feature of some kind, even the bacjground characters!!

@berylallee

7 ай бұрын

thanks so much for watching, what a lovely comment! I appreciate you pointing out so many details.

Wow good stuff. Receiving all sorts of feelings from this.

random youtube recommendation. thought it looked just a touch too normal to be that normal. so glad i ended up watching it.

This is incredible.. I want to see a movie with these frogs.

@dwsel

Жыл бұрын

Will we make it?...before the wave comes?

I didn't understand at first but it was totally genius.

god this short is so good its such a gut punch

Woah! The film was very touching and the abrupt end... congrats!! It's always a pleasure to discover great movies like this one!!

To me, this shows that ignorance is not bliss and our lives are in peril the moment we try to beat each other in a race to be the greatest. Fame oversteps boundaries of our pride and causes us to lose sight of what is really important to begin with. Survival.

Such an inspiring piece of art! From the story itself, to the character design, to the coloring! Honestly the coloring made me so happy and amazed at this piece of art. Froggies are the best too ahhh I'm gonna have to watch this again it was too cool

❤❤❤❤❤❤ the two frogs sharing a snack 🖤

The fact that she didn't say anything. She realized they were all doomed, so why panic them? let them have a few tranquil moments more with their families

This is so creative and also has a meaning to be told!

From a medical student, thank you for your content! Med school studying is not nearly as hard when your videos keep me accountable! To everyone else reading the comments, keep going. I do not know what struggles you are handling, I do not know what you are studying, but there is a reason you were put on THIS PATH and I know you can handle it! Stay blessed y'all. 😘😘😘

We are all in boiling water and not enough of us are noticing because we are focused on bread and circus!!!

You hear the boiling at the very beginning, but it's in the background and hard to think about, the scary thing is if a temperature raises slowly frogs wont even know they're being boiled alive. So the athletes are the only ones who realize. It ends up being pretty good social commentary on global warming too, because much like the frogs many people still don't know how bad it's getting.

@berylallee

11 ай бұрын

I can't recall exactly, but you may be the first person to mention noticing the boiling you can hear at the beginning. Thanks for watching!

Not gonna lie when I first saw some of the frogs faces in the crowd I thought "Record Highs" meant something very different.

I love the juxtaposition of the frog seeing the beautiful cosmos and then looking back on their ravaged world. Excellent job!

I watched it once, then twice once I realised whats coming. Reaction of the frogs that had seen it are so well done

Stunning animation. The frogs return to earth took my breath away. Fantastic work! 🤘🏼🙌🏻💪🏼

How has this not have more views this is incredible

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

Honestly I'm amazed it got this many, my work is usually invisible. thanks for watching!

I like how this kind of references the story that if you throw a frog inside a pot of boiling water, it will jump out, however if the frog is inside a pot with cold water and then you start heating it slowly, it will stay there and die

I love how their language is written as you would imagine a frog language to look.. 💚the frog designs were beautiful too! Wondrous! 💚🐸💚

I love how bizzare it gets the more it goes on. The visuals are definetly do a phenomenal job of showing that, great job!

This is so wierd but SO GOOD.

Amazing animation and story. I real felt this one

A meme image from a frog doing squat only, dreaming of flying up to the sky and becoming a star?

I absolutely loved the expressions on this, it really exceeded my expectations considering they’re just frogs. Thought it was interesting that even the frog who performed well was under stress. I took it as a peak in life is just that: a point from which you must fall down. Or crash, more accurately. You’re expected to perform, to keep doing as well, and that expectation can be really overwhelming. The crowd with all its noises, grossness (w/ flies, food, blank expressions juxtaposing the athlete’s struggles, etc.), and how they all just stood and watched encapsulated that. On the inside, the world feels like it’s caving in despite calm appearances. That’s true of the person who failed, and I assume even the one who didn’t. Because they’re still comparing themself to others who may be better, and the next time they perform they are expected to do just as well the next time.

NOOOOO NOT THE FROGGIES

Wow incredible work! Sound design and visuals really make this whole thing come together. The first watch i was wondering why the pervious jumpers seemed to react in a strange way to not getting a perfect score.

Pov: that time you poured boiling water into an olympic stadium full of frog spectators and athletes as a kid.

Sometimes, I look at something and I just know that I won't be able to really figure it out entirely, because the person who created it was genius. I feel it now. You're genius, that is a truly incredible movie. I'm so interested in your thought process, in the overall interpretation. Reading the other comments, I just realised how weirdly far from the truth mine was in the first place, even tho there was a link with catastrophy. (I saw the pink touch in their eye once the athletes saw the boiling water btw :) ). I'm so intrigued, I wish I could see so much more from you and the creativity you have to offer. Like a bit of your perception. Honestly this movie is truly inspiring, I love it so much

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

You're too kind! I actually did a charity stream on twitch in which I explain my process, I'm thinking about editing and posting the VOD of that soon. I might not put it on this youtube channel though, so find me on twitter to see where it will eventually be posted.

@bandanar1321

Жыл бұрын

Let me talk a little bit ! So firstly, the sky is already pink in the beginning of the movie. There are hints !!! But nobody will get outside of the stadium. They're all so sleepy, the stadium truly is comfortable and even tho this confort is boring, only made of few distractions, they will decide on witnessing the athletes exploit. It seems like the athletes really represent something grandiose for them, as for the kid who would skip breathing to act like the athlete. We can suppose they were dreaming of becoming an athlete too (and we know this won't be possible later... Which is tragic.) Then I find it incredible how we witness the beautiful view, and then just a second later, we see pretty much death, and since then their eyes get the pink tint, like a kind of imprint "once you see it, you won't be able to ignore it anymore". And that's another thing about this all. If you stay in the stadium, you have this chance of not having seen the thing, being able to have hopes, to dream big, and also to just rest calmly, waiting for the next big good event knowing it will come later. And that's incredible because, just looking higher, would occur in a "huh, the sky ain't supposed to be pink, lemme check" and destroy all of this. Anyway, so the character's falling, knowing at some point they will ultimatly die as for the whole stadium that they know ain't aware, and yet, we get a scene of characters eating, AND THAT SCENE BLOWS MY MIND !!! This is so LONG !!! We get to spend nearly 20 seconds with them, super insignificant, while we know their world is going to collapse in some seconds, and that we know it now, we cannot ignore it anymore, but you decided to put that scene at this moment, even tho, at this point, we just wanted to know what the athlete was experiencing. We're feeling bad at this point, we cannot enjoy the fun family moment with them. And I find it so genius, that's such a bold move to put such a scene of 20 seconds at this moment. (I tried to express it correctly, but I'm not sure that I'm making sense). Also, about the athletes, when they sit, it's just so horrible, because we feel loneliness. Even tho they share this experience of having seen it, even then, they do not look at any other. They're just deep in sorrow, alone. And also, I love how everything after being given the information that everything will be boiled over, everything feels excessevly meaningless. How can I care that they got a super bad rating now that I know that everything will just disappear. That's so well done, it really feels like it and the depiction is perfect in such a short amount of time. It reminded me of how much polluting the Olympian Games are, yet for the excitment, as long as we remain in the stadium, we won't care that the outside is already boiling, as we also saw that kilometers of buildings were already boiled and done. Finally, I appreciate also how in the first place, I though the main character was the blue one, and was thinking that they were anxious the not-even-an-entire-point they had aside from 10 would lead them to not win. Then we spend much more time with the green one which I thought would be the opponent. I was hoping for the blue one to win in the end. And that's incredible again because we see our thoughts moving as the movie goes. In the end, you get to be like "how insignificant were my initial thoughts". But also, there was overall no main character, just people, and the main character felt to me like it was this big despair, we all might experience. It's all around us and we're all in this together versus it. Anyway. INCREDIBLE MOVIE !!!!

@bandanar1321

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee So cool !!! You just casually say "you're too kind" and then say that you did a charity stream. I'm just going to call myself a fan at this point. I do not have twitter, but I'll find a way anyway Thank you for this information !

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

wow this reply blew me away, I'm so glad you were able to soak so much of it in and experience this story with the characters in such a meaning-rich way. There's so much I could say here but I'll save it for later and leave you with this: As I was making it, I remember talking with people who were confused about the bug leg eating scene, it seemed kind of pace-breaking and redundant. I wanted to leave it in because (among other reasons) without that moment they're just cute background characters, and I needed people to be thinking of both them and the athletes when you see the final shot. It also saved me a lot of time on animating the green frog entering the atmosphere ngl.

@bandanar1321

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee save it for later :D ? What's going to happen. I'm so happy about your reaction to my comment, seriously, I'm really admirative and your reaction really means a lot here. About this part, I thought about the fact it could be to save up some animation (which would have needeed some spectacular animation, and so some spectacularly unnecessay hard work !). It didn't came to me that it was to remind us of them tho. That's interesting, and indeed, I'm not even sure I would still be thinking about them at this point. It was a great idea, and it really added so much to the whole movie in my opinion. I understand how we might as well think it was a pace-breaking, but that's pretty much what I loved the most about this scene, as if, as the movie maker, you wanted to mess with us a bit, showing a thing that insignificant when we can't care anymore. I loved this irony But honestly, I'll just try to make shorter comments so I'll force myself to stop here

There are so many new shorts coming out, what's happening, some festival project thingie? Regardless, FFOGD!!!!! FROGGSSSS!!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

Yeah there are a lot of shorts lately, my guess is 2 things: 1, a lot of art students post thesis films this time of year and 2, a lot of people--like me--are finally done with their ambitious pandemic projects. Thanks for watching!

@BBWahoo

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee Nice! It's harvest time for the fruits of creativity, and your beryl berries are delicious (this is a compliment) Thanks for making it! I love the character design, and of course your craft.

as a fellow frog enjoyer this made my day thanks :)

Pair this with Over My Head by First Aid Kit and it will take it too a new level

Why do you hurt me like this

All of the jumpers look haunted and I love that detail

The language being frog's feet and lily pads is a nice touch 👌

Love it, the point is made with the subtelty of a hammer to the face, but masterful eloquence.

love it :)

Nice work

Commenting for the youtube gods

Great vid

This is almost Lovecraftian

10/10.

Still haunting 5months later

@berylallee

9 ай бұрын

thanks for revisiting, it means a lot

@chasewilltin8567

9 ай бұрын

@berylallee 🙂ngl, this looks like it would be a great show... but with a less painful premis.

Bro got the prophecy didn’t tell no 1

She was robbed!!

Brilliant metaphor and animation. But for the record: frogs not noticing being boiled alive if done slowly is a myth. Just FYI, comment section.

it's incredible! What program was used to make the animation? how long did it take? It's really cool!

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

thanks! I'll be posting a making of video soon so stay tuned for that. but to answer your question it took me about 2 years and I used TVPaint for the rough animation and Procreate for the final ink

wow thats cool

What a weird place. The FrogWorld.

Ok look Im just gonna say it: frogs dont run

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

That's true, I did take some liberties when depicting natural frog sporting events. Thanks for watching!

@sonnyobrien

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee but its because the frogs will be the first to know so will have to also run the fastest to survive first

@sonnyobrien

Жыл бұрын

Growup

I’m rewatching it, the toad is kinda cruel for giving only 0 because the leaping frog didn’t land other than the track. Or maybe they get disqualified immediately in that case? Lol

@berylallee

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I definitely wrote the toad to be the stingy judge, he always has a sour expression and gives the lowest score

@kinshop9053

Жыл бұрын

@@berylallee Oh, I love your work! Thank you for commenting😻