# Short film created solely on Processing

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098>\
**Category:** Project Guidance\
**Created:** [November 1, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098 "2019-11-01T02:10:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![ilianfilm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@ilianfilm](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ilianfilm)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/1 "2019-11-01T02:10:40Z")

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Hello everybody,  
I’m new to this forum and I’m new to Processing in general.  
I wanted to ask if anybody is aware of short films created solely on Processing?

I know many people have created clips with different shapes and forms, but I can’t find a movie with beginning, middle and an end that is created using Processing only. I don’t mean importing another video file and manipulating it further on Processing, but actually creating all the characters and action on Processing.

Thank you for your time.

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 11:39am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/2 "2019-11-01T11:39:03Z")

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I am not aware of any but I am sure there are some and that it can be done.

But I think you want to try Blender instead.

Read what hamoid wrote here about Blender:

> [@Album cover for Floating Spectrum](https://discourse.processing.org/t/album-cover-for-floating-spectrum/14943/3):
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> Thank you slight_smile I used scripting basically to work faster. Since there are 16 stones taking part on a choreography, and each one has animated properties in a timeline with hundreds of keyframes, I wanted to avoid repetitive work like randomizing animation curves, or activating and deactivating things manually. But the most crucial part was something rather technical: I had the movie split in scenes, and I needed to transfer the physics engine state from the end of one scene to the begi…

And welcome to the forum!

Chrisir

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**Author:** ![noel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/noel/32/213_2.png) [@noel](https://discourse.processing.org/u/noel)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 12:23pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/3 "2019-11-01T12:23:09Z")

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Processing is very often used in conjunction with Kinect. You can have very interesting effects. Visit [this](http://artandtech.aalto.fi/?page_id=1323) link where you can see some videos made with Processing, 3p libs and Kinect.

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**Author:** ![solub](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/solub/32/333_2.png) [@solub](https://discourse.processing.org/u/solub)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/4 "2019-11-01T17:30:25Z")

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Hi @ilianfilm,

If by “short film” you mean a sequence of composed shots that are following a chronology, there are plenty of art/data visualisation installations that fit into this category. For example this project

[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZI7zkgnq1HU/hqdefault.jpg "Ars Electronica 2009: Datamatics [ver.2.0] by Ryoji Ikeda (Part 2") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI7zkgnq1HU)

_(Visuals by Shohei Matsukawa, made with Processing)_

If, however, you are looking for something less abstract that involves characters with an explicit story, I’m afraid you won’t find much material. There was one video that I had stumbled on a while ago that was very close to the critieria you mentionned but infortunately I can’t find it anymore. All I remember is that it was very similar to these low-poly/low-fi videos that Jack Stauber is making with Blender:

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/FP9y7F_rzzo/hqdefault.jpg "help") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP9y7F_rzzo)

_(“Help” by Jack Stauber, probably made with Blender)_

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**Author:** ![ilianfilm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@ilianfilm](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ilianfilm)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 5:36am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/5 "2019-11-02T05:36:18Z")

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Thank you everybody.  
Yes, what i meant is a short film with a explicit story with actual beginning, middle and an end. A story in which you have a protagonist that wants to achieve a goal and an antagonist that prevents him from doing so.  
There are some amazing composed shots, but they don’t tell an actual story. I couldn’t find any short movies, that’s why I wanted to ask here. It doesn’t seem there are any out there. Thank you again

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**Author:** ![Chrisir](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/chrisir/32/45_2.png) [@Chrisir](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Chrisir)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 10:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/6 "2019-11-02T10:27:57Z")

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It could be done.

But processing as a programming language is relatively low level. Meaning you can place a box in 3D. But you cannot have a full figure / character and tell it to walk from A to B.

You could but you would start with boxes or bits of code you find. You would write probably a framework/ collection of tools to accomplish this.

But it would be gruesome and reinventing the wheel. Instead better turn to Blender.

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**Author:** ![noel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/noel/32/213_2.png) [@noel](https://discourse.processing.org/u/noel)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 1:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/7 "2019-11-02T13:16:34Z")

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I am certain Processing is capable of this. I would you like to see you take the challenge.

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**Author:** ![ilianfilm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@ilianfilm](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ilianfilm)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/8 "2019-11-02T16:39:35Z")

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I’m working on it as we speak. 🙂

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**Author:** ![noel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/noel/32/213_2.png) [@noel](https://discourse.processing.org/u/noel)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/9 "2019-11-02T17:13:08Z")

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Great! Please share (partial)result!  
I was searching on how to make a walking cycle with shapes at the moment.

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**Author:** ![hamoid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/hamoid/32/58_2.png) [@hamoid](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hamoid)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2020, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/10 "2020-01-30T19:24:49Z")

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https://player.vimeo.com/video/935317

Although maybe it doesn’t have a story in the classical sense.

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**Author:** ![noel](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/noel/32/213_2.png) [@noel](https://discourse.processing.org/u/noel)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2020, 5:57am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/11 "2020-01-31T05:57:25Z")

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Beautiful! And what a fantastic channel. Really impressive what can be done with Processing, and also with Cinder, wich I didn’t know.

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**Author:** ![ilianfilm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@ilianfilm](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ilianfilm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 12:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/12 "2020-02-01T00:34:47Z")

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This is really nice and I love Radiohead too.  
I’ve created a short film entirely on Processing. I’m implementing the classical narrative structure - beginning, middle and an end - and I have characters as well. I submitted the film to several festivals, so I can’t share it online.

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**Author:** ![ilianfilm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e68b1a/32.png) [@ilianfilm](https://discourse.processing.org/u/ilianfilm)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 12:36am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/13 "2020-02-01T00:36:54Z")

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Hi Abe, I just realized this is you hahaha.

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**Author:** ![hamoid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/hamoid/32/58_2.png) [@hamoid](https://discourse.processing.org/u/hamoid)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2020, 9:54am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/short-film-created-solely-on-processing/15098/14 "2020-02-01T09:54:18Z")

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Yeah I heard about your coming movie 😉 Good luck in the festivals!