Horror Short Film "Audio Guide" | ALTER
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- Опубликовано: 3 окт 2024
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Inside an art gallery, a woman wearing gallery-issued headphones unexpectedly learns about life’s mysteries-whether she wants to or not.
"Audio Guide" by Chris Elena
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"Audio Guide" Credits:
Chris Elena - Director
Chris Elena, Kym Vaitiekus, Daniel Pollock - Producers
Lee Zachariah - Writer
Emma Wright - Audrey Walker
Nyx Calder - Audio Guide
Kym Vaitiekus - Director of Photography, Editor
Rowan Yeomans - Sound Recordist, Sound Mixer
Andy Hazel and Alex Palmer - Composers
Stefan Goslinga - First Assistant Director
Nicole Fouzas, Hayley Inch, William Wong - Second Assistant Directors
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Hi, This is Chris Elena. The director of Audio Guide. Hope you enjoy the film!
This was absolutely amazing man
Very intense, cerebral short! Loved it!
There's something aesthetically pleasing about the movie. Also i like the background score. The voice is soothing too
Very nice concept👌
Op bro 🤟🤟
The scariest part for me was when she touched her face with a hand that was JUST on a bathroom floor!
ikr
YES!
Me too!!! I was thinking, the machine just told you the floor was full of streptococcus, e coli, etc., what the hell are you doing? 🤢
Lol
I was just thinking stop touching ur face wtfff
"This public bathroom is home to..." put me in stitches 🤣
And she still touched her face. Well at least she found out she wasn’t going to die from that bathroom🤣🤣
I can't be the only person who had a good laugh at "This Burger Wrapper"
I was looking forward to hear the story of that burger wrapper.
She's overwhelmed and a bit comforted by the knowledge that she will be the creator of a masterpiece before her untimely death.
@Nydragon yeah but money makes us do things we don't want to do.
@@shadowcobra69 nice
@@strnvii ikr
It sells after she dies, not while she’s living.
So all she needs to do is not create it until she is much much older.
The truth is such an interesting reality.
1. You have to be prepared to receive the truth, when you hear it. Which most people, are not prepared to receive and process.
2. Once you hear the truth; you can not, un-hear it.....
I was thinking about the same.
Recently I watched 'Let's Talk Religion' a RUclips video series which discussed about Adi Shankaracharya's ADVAITA Vedanta or literally non dualism. Swami Vivekananda had preached the same philosophy in the Western Countries. Other non-Hindu countries have a false notion that Hinduism is a Polytheistic religion with millions of Gods. But Hindu scriptures mention that Brahman is One. Everything; living or non-living being- viz. animate or inanimate comes out of it and returns to it. For eg. snow and ice is a form of water. We can't say Ice has attained a different sate or form than its origin. When it melts, it will return to its original form of water. Whatever we see in this world are illusions or self-imposed illusions which has to be removed by gaining knowledge. Which means everyone cannot realize the true nature of Brahman. Only those who are initialized to scriptures. This became a debate in the future. Questions arose does that mean that there is no God or no ultimate God and also that God can be achieved by true devotion towards Him or Her. Shankaracharya or Vivekananda has never said to stop worshiping Gods. They said Brahman cannot be explained, it has to be experienced by following the principles mentioned in the scriptures. Vivekananda's Guru or master was Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa who was know to be a great devotee of Goddess Kali, God Krishna, God Shiva. But he was generally know as a staunch Kali devotee.
Sometimes, the truth can be too much to endure.
More than the truth love...IF you were able to see into the future, would you actually really want to? Of course, only guessing but my instinct says most people would choose yes. But hey, talk about a curse dusguised as a blessing. We get up every day going by what every other day has taught us to expect, but its the hope and faith in the unknown that keeps us going. If you knew that no matter what you'd live to 100 or maybe die at 27, then you'd either stop trying or take for granted your gift...which would in turn change who you are at a fundemental level.
Who is to say any of that was truth?
Like all these religious commenters who have their faith shaken by the smallest of things like a short story. Then they go on here and yell at the film maker like their problems are with the film and not inside their scared little minds
@@rolandking640 what do you expect? A religious person is just enjoying this awesome video and then BAM, you’re told that your beliefs are bullshit. I dont see the point of putting that in the video, this is a horror channel ffs not petty religious attacks, we get it! You are atheist.
@@shireenahmad3600 I question God all the time and I believe in Him. I don't think the Bible is factual but I do believe there is a creator, one that kickstarted everything. The great part about religion and the universe is questioning things. It's not that offensive for someone to say God is fiction because, let's be honest, the biblical God very likely isn't real. Jesus was likely bonkers, and scripture was likely composed by talented yet power-hungry writers. And I say that as someone that has studied scripture and developed my own personal view on it, which I will not get into. So, let the creator have elements of disbelief. It's not hurting anybody. And if you truly believe in something, a short film won't change or influence your view; that, my friend, is an issue of the mind.
no monsters no jump scares no gore
simply the horror of seeing reality
absolutely brilliant
Her untimely death was either from Strep, eColi or Hep A cause she touched her face in that bathroom without washing her hands after touching the floor 😅 Clever and subtle touch that!
I am I the only one who would be thrilled to come across a audio to provide the history of everythinggg? Literally knowing every detail of earth and life would bring tears to me lol
I'd love that too!
Okay, this film has been running through my mind for the past week. While I initially felt the story bordered on the supernatural, the more I rewatch it, I actually wonder if this deals more in the realm of mental illness instead? Hearing voices, no matter if they are coming from a pair of headphones or not, could be a sign of Schizophrenia. Audrey could have been manifesting these thoughts the entire time. Her doubts about her faith, relationship with strangers, and the stress of being a freshman could have contributed. In addition, 19 is around the time where Schizophrenia could surface (despite having no prior history of its symptoms). I know I'm reaching, but isn't a good film supposed to make you ponder?
I thought the ambiguity of it being supernatural or a psychotic episode was intentional. And well done.
I absolutely love this take. Very very interesting theory.
@@squishprince thank you. 😀
I totally agree. Throughout this whole film I was thinking the only way that this horror short to the end without it being completely devastating is for her to die. Which I find is common for a lot of film centering around this dreadful existential horror. Although the thought definitely crossed my mind. I would’ve loved for her to more deeply interact with the ones around her to check if this voice was factual. she’s already pretty much excepted his voice as her God. Excepting everything it says as fact and almost begging for mercy in a way. Anyway yeah this is great and the suspense as the voice reads off the description of Jesus Christ is immaculate.
Shut up
I find it realistic that the MP3 player doesn’t care about your beliefs. It’s giving descriptions, as is it’s job
Would this be a blessing or a curse??? I can't decide. Also, it kinda shows how ignorance can be bliss.
Ignorance is never Bliss. My people are Destroyed for a lack of Knowledge! Straight from The Big Honcho upstairs. So no, Your Wrong.
@Nydragon I mean, is it ignorance or stupidity?(or both) It's a known fact most stupid people are happier than intelligent ones.
@@anaalina5964 Im pretty sure its ignorance. There isnt “intelligent and stupid” there are educated and uneducated people.
@@snoopynow7523 "Ignorance is bliss, and innocence's is just ignorance before its introduced to currency and clips" - Jcole
@@hidingly There is... and intelligence can be inhereted. Sure, education helps, but take a class of students and test their IQ, you'll see some will have it higher and some lower, even though they have the same education.
Touches her face with hands she had on public restroom floor 👍
I loved her acting!
THATS PROBLY WHY SHE DIED.
Too much true information and knowledge of future can certainly make you go crazy.
Exactly
Only idiots say that. Knowledge is a good thing
@@loneraider88 True, for some.
i love how in the Pyramid Of Giza, they said "built by skilled laborers" and not "built by a thousand slaves". It's a pretty common (mis)information among the public that the Pyramids were built by slavery.
Aliens 😅
Came here after watching Coryxkenshin react to this video: just another samurai paying respects to great work!
I could listen to a complete audio book by that narrator, very comforting voice.
Such a great idea, very intense. The acting is just right and took us through a wide range of emotions, all of which made sense. I honestly don't know why but for some reason I had a tear in my eye at the very end which I hadn't noticed until I started this comment. Great work.
@Dappersnapper wdym why
This film is an work of genius. I have watched hundreds of blah-blah-blah short films over the last few months, reaching a level of almost desperate boredom with most of them .... until this gem hit my playlist. I'm astounded. The creator absolutely MUST do more of this kind of work.
I’m an atheist and all, but… damn girl, all it took to get you to ditch your faith was a supposedly omniscient museum guide? I mean, I would at least check to see if any of its verifiable claims were accurate first and make sure I wasn’t the victim of an elaborate prank by someone following me around and broadcasting to my device somehow. And I feel like a more committed believer would just rip the headphones off and declare them to be demon-possessed before acknowledging defeat so easily.
I give her props for turning the thing on herself, though. Not sure I would have had the courage to do it, at least not for long.
I'm a Christian and from how I saw the machine work, I'd have assumed it is making the best educated guess it could make based on any 100% tangible evidence available to it (like a more enhanced version of Google). The JFK killer's body is somewhere decomposing, the pyramids are still standing, the futures of the students can be guesstimated based on the trajectory of their current lives (I mean any of them could accidentally slip under a bus and ta da: no more future). The only thing it can't predict is something related to spirituality (IE the deity of Christ. Sure he was born (that is the tangible part it mentioned) but to acknowledge the miracles as a part of His divine nature requires faith...I don't think the ipod has the ability to process information with faith lol). SO the most plausible explanation (for an omniscient ipod) is to say it is a story and to tack on some reasoning for it.
But the poor girl was having an existential crisis, I don't think she had time to work out what was going on😂
@@ruthhh.m God was not born and Jesus is not God
Next
@@frblaze2 1) who said God was born? I hope you aren't mistaking the physical part of Jesus to the eternally existent spiritual part...thats a convo for another day and another more patient person to explain. 2) Jesus isn't God according to what? You? Or the hole-y theory that was unobserved and can at best explain speciation (not origination) and at worst, be completely incorrect? Or maybe fear of exploring concepts beyond your base understanding of why anything exists? Next indeed😂
@@ruthhh.m Bruh, it's scary how irrational you are willing to go to explain such a nonsensical concept... that whole trinity thing and what not... stop it, get some help
13:11 is my favorite part of this video
That was an amazing, intense short!👏🏽. She was feeling an abundance of anxiety and fear from information overload!! . I believe as soon as I heard the audio guide say a person name and age in the gallery, I would have returned it to the Front Desk saying "Nope"!! 😁❤
really? I would be just like her!
@@moniquevandeplas5210 I would have opened a book with the pictures of the 911 attack on the world trade center and found out what really happened.
@@jerryleroy9187 same!!
@@jerryleroy9187 ditto ‼️
Lies we are all nosy people lol
I like that she stopped listening just before the age of her death. I guess thats all artists really need to know, is that their art is going to be appreciated.
Loved this! Such a Twilight Zone vibe.
Don't insult the twilight zone like that.
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing...too much knowledge is a terrifying thing.
It's so wonderful seeing this film exposed to such a large audience!
More philosophical than horror. Fatalism v/s free will , burden of knowledge and such timeless issues are raised. A part 2 may be made showing what happens if she decides to intervene.
Yes, a second part would be nice.
The entity in the device might be lying.
Wouldn't it be horrifying to find out Jesus never existed???
the only noise being the audio guide telling her everyone's gruesome fates is genius
I need the song in the background 😅 it’s so soothing
I’m looking for it rn😭
Why yes, I do recognize the absurdity of watching a short film called "Audio Guide" with the closed captions on.
Here after watching CoryxKenshin’s 50th SSS video!
Had all the answers.
Unbelievable!
Creative.
This was an interesting idea, it kind of shows that sometimes there can be such a thing as too much information, in a way where it makes things more terrifying. There are some things that you’re better off not knowing, because it’s too much to handle. But then at the same time it raises the question, was it really telling her these things, or was she having some kind of a mental breakdown from a mental illness?
Why is nobody saying this is should legitimately be a black mirror episode
People speak of the burden of knowing 'the truth', but people don't seem to question if it is. Clearly she's experiencing something supernatural, or a psychotic break. The only info she 'learns' that she can verify is what she observes, or know. Everything else she's told could be completely false. If it is supernatural, would you not question if it was *reliable* ? Even if it was telling the truth about most things, might it not lie about 'the big stuff', depending on it's motivation? (feed on despair, cause misery, lead a person away from faith, etc).
My point it, if you ever start having a voice in your head that seems to know everything and telling you horrible secrets, maybe don't immediately give it 100% of your trust.
Ikr its stupid, then she leaves her necklace there, why would i listen to an mp3 player telling me jesus isnt real?
@@shireenahmad3600 When I tell you it made my blood boil. Disgusting.
That lady was so chill about just being grabbed by some random chick with headphones 😂
I feel this short embodies the the delicate and fragile Muse inside all of us artists that we all dream that we will create something profound and yet how many of us die alone, starving, sick etc. Even someone telling you that you will have an untimely demise and die young is offset by the fact that she will create a masterpiece of her generation....a true artist, like most tragedies.
On a freakier note, I imagine this to be the true horror of telepathy and or psychic connection lol
I mean I wouldn't really classify that as horror but oh my that was so good! That idea could easily be made into an amazing anime, book or show. So interesting!
The actress portraying Audrey puts on a really good performance here! Very well executed idea, and reminds me a bit of some podcasts that does similar things with "smart" audio-guides...
One of the better ones here on Alter, and there is a ton of good shorts here!
Damn this short film was sick! I loved the concept but also god damn that music is incredible like I find myself rewatching over and over just to listen to it once more
This is brilliant..its a modern touch on an age-old question. If you could know everything about everyone, would you really want to? Imagine those dearest to you who have been nothing but kind & loving to you, yet you discover something very dark, even unforgiveable about their past? Would that be worth it? What good could come of it? Does he/she/we deserve a 2nd chance? More importantly would your own life be removed of all hope, meaning, trust and above all, faith? Consider that if you as a human never had to actually be vulnerable enough to exercise trust, faith, or even blind love. After all you'd know the end of every story you started.
Wow!! I loved that!!...loved the event that inspired her!! She was so devastated,how happy was she tho,it was enough to know she would produce a work of art regardless of the impending untimely death,think I get her buzz!! Loved it!!
Ars longa vita brevis
"This bathroom is home to all sorts of bacteria and diseases..." proceeds to touch bathroom floor and then rub her hand all over her face
which is what caused her untimely death
Moral of the story 'never use headphones 🎧'
more like 'never use audio guides'
It was the recorder
people dont get what's "scary" in this film because alter usually has the paranormal or any type of horror with a creature or ghost. some people probably aren't used to psychological horror or at least with alter making it
i found the land acknowledgement pretty scary
This was so good! More like this please 😄 existential, intense, and a fantastic actress! She looks a lot like Saiorse Ronan too?
This has a "Men" vibe to it. Men is a extremely disturbing movie. Is knowledge the root of unhappiness??Excellent job on this. I was hooked from the opening credits. 👍
"Cold and meaningless"
Este corto está increíble. Memento mori llevado de la mano de la omnisciencia.
Sublime.
God the music/song at 8:09 is so beautiful... wish it was in the description.
"There is no God!"
Sure, whatever you say, spooky demonic audio guide.
Great story telling! I loved that she stopped listening before “the untimely death”
This story was unique....🙂👌even i want such audio guide🥺
The technology “identifying” future events, while also stating the world is without order is a blatant contradiction that clearly went over her head.
Welp, damn sure that restroom scene played a part on her untimely death 😅
The actress is PHENOMENON!! The idea is beyond brilliance!! Kudo to you.
What I don't understand is when it pointed the sculpture of Jesus instead of talking about who sculpted it it talked about who he was. That and the sidewalk where it describes the eventual murder of the lady she met. Its like her thoughts somewhat correlate to what the audio guide says?
Unique theme!
No dialogs
Just pure expression made by great acting..
The girl is very beautiful by the way 😊
Very cool, really liked this one!
We got more if you're still lookin, Steve!
I personally don't believe in god or spirituality of any kind, but seeing the realization hit her like that, destroying her whole world and leaving her baseless was very intense. I know people find comfort in religion, and she just lost a lifelong sense of purpose in a matter of seconds, literally felt like punching a baby in the face and leaving it crying in the dark. This film is 11/10, pure art, also the acting holy shit amazing
This is brilliant. All the things you wish passively that you could know .. brings certain meaning to ignorance is bliss
Alter this is the why your work is amazing
Those head phones would have left my head the SECOND it segwayed unchartered territory!!!
I love Emma's eyes
This was a fascinating work. To have that level of knowledge would be overwhelming and terrifying. Yet she was compelled to keep going with it.
It was a complex exploration of the emotional effects that information can have on a person. It is also a reminder that knowing the future could be devastating as we would likely be be living in a level of fear and avoidance.
This one makes you think and was deeper than expected. Excellent work and thanks to Chris Elena, the cast, and crew.
Peace. Sincerely Robert
this comment right here! pointing above as I don't know how to do that with symbols
I wonder what it would it say about my future
Actually, I don't ...too overwhelming and ignorance is bliss
mp3: **tells people's names**
light yagami: I need one of those
I watch and read a lot of horror, but I don’t think most horror is good. I slog through the bad horror because it’s worth it to find the rare good ones.
This is a good one.
This audio guide is so cool.
I always felt this way Wow this short speaks what most feel inside
This is kind of like a Twilight Zone episode, I looove it
So in love for this!!
Everything is perfect💜
Completely got me.
I like finding naturalistic existentialism where it’s most useful like the plot of a short film.
I would point that thing at a Lotto sign and hope that it tells me the winning numbers, lol.
There is a monastery somewhere I think in some remote mountains I believe somewhere. I want to say these are mountains that belong to the Asian countries but I can't think of exact place. I was told about it that you can go and ask the monks there to tell you your life and they will write it all down for you and send it to you later...past, present, and future and you have the options to find out when you die or not. Most people I have talked to would choose the not knowing. Me myself I would prefer the knowing because I would plan my life backwards to that...however, I wonder if I was actually there if I would change my mind on this. It caused me a knee jerk reaction when she stopped the knowing about herself the second time and yet I completely understood. This video pulls you in before visuals even play which totally gives the title merit. Fantastically done addressing so many issues like free will, and whether knowledge is always good to share and faith crisis. Jam packed amazingly done. Thank you.
this should be a full length horror movie, seriously
My first thought is that she's already created the painting and is about to be murdered by whoever is going to murder the whistleblower, right there in the bathroom. With the irony being that she created the painting that would make her famous before discovering that god and her faith was made up. And so, she dies, another victim of random violence knowing there is no god. Great movie. I love the concept.
The music hits
the subtitle of this movie is delayed :(
Is a good film!
I agree on both points.
Great story line and thumbs up for the acting! Best example of how a good movie can be made with one actor.
The actress did an amazing job!
Love the lighting, and the lady has a voice like a soft cloud. I'm also incredibly freaked out. :D
I love this video there no jumpscare or anything its just one wonman thinking about life and how much ther to think about
I know it’s so amazing. I came here from CoryxKenshin channel and I loved horror ever since I was a little kid and the maturity of him and his audience and the way they reacted to this really disappointed me. This is some of the best horror I’ve seen in years and we need more of this. I feel like all horror films from the past 20 years have been so formulaic.
SPOOKY AND UNSETTLING IN A ROD SERLING’S THE TWILIGHT ZONE KINDA WAY. BRAVO!
Why is she panicked? You basically have knowledge of the universe in your hand.
Ummm it scary. Would you be able to handle that?
I would love an audio guide like this. So much to test. Could I change the future or is it destined to happen? If so, how does fate weave it's strings to cause this to happen? I could also know the truth behind religion and solve every murder case.
So, she was scared to know her future! But gathered her guts after removing the crucifixion, which shows she puts aside her belief in God for sometime and believe in the audio. Then she is relaxed n happy to know that she will be remembered for her art work which will become famous after her untimely ....death! She is happy to hear that her life will be better and worth compare to all the people whom she checked through the phone.
I really want to know how you guys are able to make such high quality movies, and still release new ones every week. And than the super good actors. How can ur movies be so good but made in that short perioid of time??
Alter doesn't make the films. Alter puts indie filmmakers films on its channel. So it's tons and tons of different film crews submitting stuff to Alter.
@@btkeller93 Oh okey thanks, but still, the movies are very good
@@somerandomguy8764 They're excellent. I'm constantly blown away by the quality.
@@btkeller93 Exacly :0
Brilliant! Thank you!
It is such an amazing concept! I loved it so much. Props to the director and the entire team behind its creation. Keep it up!
Cool. I mean being told that God doesn't exist by somethining, which is itself supernatural must be. . .confusing.
True true. Maybe the speaker is God?
@@akatastrophe Very good hypothesis
I was thinking the same thing lol
@@akatastrophe then it wouldn't have said God wasn't real,it was telling facts about everything and everyone
@Nydragon No it literally said God is a fictitious character lmfao
Top notch security at the Art Gallery letting her walk out with the audio gear. ;p
This film is fantastic. Very ingenious.
Wow. I've seen a lot of Alter videos but this was really well done. I really dug the look of this one. It looks like the kind of footage that I'd find in a 70s movie, it's really nice to look at.
this is an amazing concept! i wish there's a full movie about this
This was just brilliant. I usually say they could have done more with such a good idea but it was just perfect.
It's a short, they did fine.
This feels like one of those Twilight Zone episodes cool!
This is brilliant! Well done! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I wish I had this device that can tell me about people in my life and even myself but maybe not because it might tell too much information what will happen in the future. 🙁
So, she just steals the museums headphones and audio equipment?? 🤣😂🤣😂