CGI 3D Animated Short 'Beat' by - Or Bar-El | TheCGBros

Take a look at this great 3D animated short film called "Beat" created by Or Bar-El while at the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design.

Credits:
Story, Direction & Animation: Or Bar-El
Drums: Dror Goldstein
Sfx: Joni Bar Ilan
Compositing: Tammuz Kay
Rigging and TD: Yair Halpern

Special Thanks,
Anat Costi, Yair Halpern, Gilad Kenan

[wobblewokgaming]

This is an accurate representation of an actual job. It's basically a routine you have to follow, but it doesn't mean it's good to follow. Sometimes you need a little spice in your life, like a change of rhythm.

[hoodihoo]

I like how the cube guy heart starts glowing brighter and brighter the longer they follow there own rhythm.

[crazygeek]

the sequences of the drummer in his heart were so incredibly expressive; the movements and colors strongly contrasted what happened in the animation before. Loved it.

[outofpocket]

Okay but props to the actual drummer who did the audio for this. What a legend.

[roxsocks]

There was so much emotional expression from that blank block face. It was amazing

[rosefitzgerald]

I think this represents how society expects us to move along to it's beat, to work as it wants us to, and how some of us find that we can no longer continue to go on like that. We can discover this is so many ways, and not all of us agree with this change, but in the end, we all realise how happy it makes us to be different.

[sottozen]

one of the best shorts EVER seen so far!

[dariuskohler]

well i'm a drummer for 9 years now and i can totally feel with the man who plays with his heart!
i loved the way how the impression of the own beat was made 'cause i know if im Sitting alone i had to tap with my fingers on a table or on my leg to create a beat

[shTree]

A touch I would have liked, is to see his wall scribbles stay, instead of fade, signifying that only those who are willing to not conform to society are remembered

[mentaria]

4:22 When your boss said "Your Fired!"

[galacticjewels]

I think it symbolizes that you can think you are comfortable with following everyone else, being like everyone. But when you get your own style it satisfies you more.

[dadrumma]

Everyone's talking about how this video represents individualism and breaking away from the tedium of society, but to me it represents the psychology of a drummer. We want to be able to play insane fills and solos with incredible rhythmic complexity, but doing so is impossible without knowing how to keep a tempo. This is represented in the end when the camera zooms out from the protagonist and shows everyone else keeping the beat steady. A drummer's heart will always want to be creative and energetic, but any good one knows that they must be confined to a tempo.

[Twilightingale]

This is a pretty accurate representation of what happens when I try to draw a straight line without a ruler...

[happyhuntressfunlover]

The fact that this dude can make perfectly straight lines yet doesn't use them appalls me XD

[ninjamichael]

when you try and be like the others, but you truly are different.

[toasterstrooder]

This protagonist is me trying to draw better lineart for my drawings.

Okay, real talk, this is awesome! The concept is creative and handled super well. I like how the animation is super choppy when things are "normal" and "uniform" and becomes super smooth as things get more "irregular."

[EmpyrealStudios]

The theme of squares throughout the short is brilliant! Sends the perfect mood! Great Job!

[shatifan_the_slime]

the inside spirit in all drummers in a band, wanting break free and let loose the burning sensation of lashing out in a long well deserved drum solo.

[nerdiecake]

Wow... I could go on forever about why this is an amazing, beautiful, and perfect creation in every way. This isn't a video, it's art. 

[tfbeater]

Being different is not a problem. It's just you being you in your own creative ways.