Directors/Writers: Kimberly
Knoll, Yunghan Chang
The simplicity of the very
short film cannot be matched by any other format. The advent of streaming video
has given new life to the short film, and I am very thankful for it. I always
have trouble criticizing a short short like this one, and that only adds to the
things I like about them.
“No Robots” is an animated student
film that takes a look at prejudice from yet another perspective. Like many a
sci-fi flick, it takes place in the not too distant future, a world were robots
had played a role in our society, but are now being shut out. The movie opens
with a news report spoken in gibberish—there is no actual dialogue in the 6-minute
short. The animation makes it clear that robots have been vilified and human
protest against them has brought about a widespread ban of robots.
Now the film focuses on a
single shop owner, who has joined the ban by adding a sign reading “no robots.”
I leave the rest to the film itself, which you can watch on the vimeo link
below. I will say it takes us on a surprising course where you learn that
things are rarely what they seem, and that our judgment of others reflects more
on our own prejudices than it does on our reality.
No Robots from YungHan Chang on Vimeo.
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