Sci-Fi Short Film “Iteration 1' | DUST

After waking up in a bizarre facility, Anna is forced to work together with her literal past lives in order to escape.

"Iteration 1" by Jesse Lupini

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Anna wakes up in a strange white room. She has 60 seconds to escape, and when the timer hits zero she drops dead, only to reawaken in the same room, alongside a shadowy impression of her previous self. Stuck on repeat, Anna must think ahead and learn from her mistakes to solve a series of puzzles and escape this dystopian maze with the help of her past lives.

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Sci-Fi Short Film “Iteration 1" | DUST

[maladjustedmaverick]

This actress is phenomenal. She conveys personality and a wide range of emotions very vividly with so little dialogue...

[justtryitwithgege]

Honestly I would have failed so many times. A quiet room and a bed.. I would have slept straight through it lol.

[hugowoesthuis]

Fun fact: It's kinda how AI learns

[WallaceX]

I wanted to see when someone climbs the tree, sees the maze, and goes insane.

[sneakersheik]

Who else thought she was supposed to climb the tree?

[edbailey]

What a great ride! I loved how the woman's personality evolved with each iteration, how she and the man first sought connection, and then continued on their quest. Together. Humans need connection--no matter the type, and a quest--no matter the outcome. This film shows that so beautifully.

[Wordzwurth]

Seems to be symbolic of our daily rat races in which we run around in circles trying to find a meaning or a way of escape. We do the wrong things over and over until we eventually learn from our mistakes which only leads us to the next challenge. If we are lucky enough to find someone along the way, we can work together toward common goals. The truth is, no matter how many problems we figure out, there will always be more, and regardless of how far we get, we all eventually run out of time. I think the moral of the story is; enjoy your life while you can and use your time wisely or you might end up spending your whole life "popping balloons" for no reason.. Unless, of course, you enjoy "popping balloons". In which case, pop them all you want!!! It's your time.. Spend it how you like! - CHEERS!

[earlpotter]

"The Enrichment Center is committed to the well-being of all participants. Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test. Thank you for helping us help you help us all."

[smrchny]

This maze looks like a light version of "Сube"

[Wordzwurth]

The axe becoming available should be a huge clue!! Going from room to room is NOT the way out. The axe gives them the ability to bypass the "puzzles" by breaking through the walls. If there are "endless" rooms, no matter how fast they chop or how many of them are chopping, they will never chop fast enough. THEREFORE, the axe proves the room puzzles are not a solution but a mere distraction... the way out... is UP!! CLIMB THAT TREE!!

[TRabbit]

“...f@#$ it.” Best response in the video. Bar none.

[AnthonyMiyazaki]

Another DUST video to mess with our brains. Completely awesome!

[jeaneljaylamputi]

The actress is phenomenal. She got me well-invested into her character as this puzzle solving heroine like Chell in Portal. I have to admit, I have a soft spot for puzzle solving and video games... made me fell inlove with her quickly with the 'player one' antics one is supposed to experience when playing progression type games with simple rules but with diverse challenges and having moments that sometimes makes you question your actions and the game itself but you still end up grinding up the levels.

That quirky nature of the whole film itself is just wow... unfortunately this will only make me watch more videos on this channel. Curse you, DUST!

[RassTheKing]

9:15 I really felt that on a deep level.

[graffiti]

the best part I think and I laughed out loud was when she got fed up and rolled over and said "F**K It! 🤣🤣

[mike-zqfl]

I like how they symbolize the process of Reinforcement Learning of AI with human beings trying to find the solutions to a problem in the most efficient way as possible.

[michaeloguntuase]

The dude who wrote this script must be someone who had constant nightmares.

[sikandarabbas]

Sometimes tools provided to you doesn't work the way they seem. You must learn to use them in different ways to find your way

[Marqan]

I loved every second of this! Definitely one of my favourite shorts!
In no small part thanks to the actress, she was perfect!

[genehayes]

Very good short! I like that everyone gets to interpret this for themselves. I personally thought of programmers testing AI to see how well it "learns". Many simulations running at the same time... And if you're the AI, you probably don't know what is going on or that you are just a simulation. Until you learn it that is...