Rose - Animated Short Film

"Rose" - Animated Short Film Directed by Joe Jacobs

Created as a thesis film at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Animation & Digital Arts

Animation: Simon Burdick, Jordan LeBlanc, Joe Jacobs
Music: Jason Fujita, Samuel Mohart
Music performed by: Annah Tencic, Seowon Hyun
Sound design and mix: Ajeng Canyarasmi
Character design: Samantha Borchard
Portrait Art: Taylor Woods

[TheReklove]

The family died in some violent manner. That is depicted by the sheet over the mirror and their ransacked home. Rose also has an injury on her eye.

[emananwar-tf]

she was like a lost soul then that butterfly showed her the right pathway🖤🖤

[RosemaryEdwards-hq]

My mom, whose name is Rose, had her picture taken at age 3 in 1936 with a bow in her hair just like that. What a wonderful thought for me now that she passed 14 years ago.❤

[UnPeuDeTourisme]

For me, this short film is a perfect representation of « to let go ».

Everything has an end. And you must to accept that for live again.

[akenjah]

The way I looked at it was she never accepted the fact she was dead. When the sheet fell she probably remembered what really happened. The butterfly guided her way to Heaven where she can rest in peace.

[lynnealuebben-creates]

I enjoyed it, it showed how we perhaps hang on, until we are reminded it's time to let go

[soniacastelobranco]

Esse filme me fez refletir sobre o apego, que nos leva a não aceitar a morte. Ela vivia na casa mesmo depois de morta porque o apego pela família e as coisas que amava, não a deixava partir, ela ainda não tinha despertado pra morte. Foi preciso que um espírito de luz, no caso a borboleta que poderia ser um parente sua mãe quem sabe? Para mostrar o quadro da família e o espírito dela tomar consciência de que já não fazia parte daquela realidade libertando-a das amarras do apego, mostrando pra ela que estava livre pra seguir e florescer no mundo espiritual. 🙏🙏 Essa foi a minha leitura do que assisti. Achei perfeito!

[geoben]

Time is fleeting, our lives are so short, precious and fragile.
But our souls will find another place to inhabit. Maybe in a different form, and I'm pretty sure we'll see our friends and loved ones again because
Energy can neither be created nor destroyed It can only be changed in form. ✨✨✨✌️

[kathyflorcruz]

Onto the next plane of existence, Rose.🥀 🦋🌹

[anyaspeanut]

I found this so beautiful. It made me feel so many different emotions. Loss, grief, sadness, attachment, and finally letting go.

[rebeccayood]

I'm crying 😭. This is truly heartbreaking for me because I lost my best friend last year. Very well done.

[mariawinterblue]

I'm crying! I suffered a miscarriage a year ago. Found out I'm pregnant again. This film and the roses (one dried up the other growing new) hit hard to me ❤❤

[barbaramaier]

YOUTH, PASS... LIFE, HAS AN END, BUT, SOMETHING, OF US, WILL NEVER DIE... ♥️.... THANK YOU.

[JohnDavies-cnro]

A sad, gentle story with no need of words; you can make your own back stories to fit as you interpret it. Lovely artwork, to say the very least; the transition from live child, in a seemingly empty house to her ghost, via picture and the mirror, is beautifully done.

[callieward]

This was so beautiful. I love watching your stories...
This one reminded me of a soul not yet ready to leave behind a past long gone and the help the universe sends to guide us. As long as we are willing to see and follow it.

[BrendaPenepent]

Joseph, thank you for little Rose. 🌹 I hope you make many more films in your future. I love how you softly moved her from the past into the present. Her recognition that she is no longer the same allowed her to finally be free of the comfortable past and move forward towards the light of hope and love. Thank you for that my friend. 🦋❤

[chrismaccool]

Why not show the girl reuniting with her parents also how did she die and what happened to her parents anyway?

[rebelsaga]

It’s beautiful story which times can prepares to accept what happened and you can relieve the past but in can’t change the present and future the only thing is to move on in time and accept everything. “Cause everything comes with a reason”

[NessaTheBat]

Thats was beautiful and sad. But I'm glad she can move on now. Thats also represented by the rose at the beginning and end.

[BInf]

Time is just a fleeting moment.
Here today, gone tomorrow.