Research 9, The Short

     Hello. In this blog, I'm going to be writing about a short film that I recently watched. This film is  called "9". The film was around seven minutes long. This film was later turned into an actual feature length film. When I first watched the short film, I was pretty confused as to what was happening. The film showed two rag-doll like creatures, one with a 9 on its back and the other with a 5 on its back. The film was through the perspective of the rag-doll marked with the 9. In the beginning of the Short, we see 9 hammering some sort of object that is connected to a light. 9 then moves the object and we transition into another scene of some type of large creature made up of scrap metal crawling around a barren landscape. We cut back to 9 and he is sitting down surrounded by lots of trash and junk. He is staring at some sort of compass and through a flashback we see 9 and another rag-doll marked with a 5. 9 and 5 are are seen taking a lightbulb out of a rusty lamp. They connect the lightbulb to something and it begins to light up, 9 and 5 seem to be happy about this. 5 then pulls out a glowing green compass and his facial expression shifts from a smile to a scared look. He gives the compass to 9 and tells 9 to hide. We then see a scrap metal creature take 5 and suck his soul out while 9 watches while hidden. 9 is able to escape and we cut back to actual time. While 9 is looking at the compass, it begins to glow. He realizes that he is in danger and he begins to run from one of the scrap metal creature after it jumps out at him. He is chased by the creature into an old building. In there 9 is able to trick the creature into falling to its death. After this we see 9 examining the compass again and he connects it to another similar object. Once these objects connect, multiple green ghosts appear. Among these ghosts is 5. 5 looks at 9 and nods his head and that is how the short ends. I liked this short because I think that it had a unique animation style. This short was also silent which I thought was cool as well.