RUIN - an animated short set in a post-apocalyptic universe

http://vimeo.com/38591304

I was drawn to this video when a celebrity mentioned it in a tweet and recommended people check it out. The "Oddball" animation short film features incredibly lifelike CGI, and can be seen in 3D and 4D theaters (which would probably make it all that more impressive). The beginning of the film starts with an overgrown, deserted city. The lifelike structures made me second-guess whether or not the short was actually animation or not. The film is a long chase scene between a human that has electronically-glowing skin and a hovercraft. Through a series of bombs and explosions, the human eventually conquers the hovercraft. This superhuman must have powers of some sort to have survived such attacks – you get the notion that this was not the first – from some higher power. The effects in the film range from explosions to slow motion and very lifelike panning landscapes. The short ends with the title “RUIN” fading in and out of black. The end credits run over a night scene of dark blues and blacks that suggest the attacks last past the duration of the film. The most interesting part of the film is what has been left out. How did this “human” survive the apocalypse? What was the apocalypse like? How do they live now? Are they the only survivors? It makes you wonder about what the future holds…