The Balloon

[TheMindOfLucky]

@xmyusernamessucksx I like clowns//_^"..cause they can be very creepy and mischievous -:]..like the joker//_^"..he so awesome! -:D

[xmyusernamesucksx]

Am I the only person that actually likes clowns?

[acamp1995]

The moral of the story is that you should never ever trust a man who wears makeup.

[Allahanna1]

I don't mind harlequins, normally. It's the american ones that bother me.

[CaliforniaJoker1]

Excellent short vid. The only think I would have done differently is started it at 0:22 - that way the end is more of a reveal. Still, I enjoyed it. Thanks for uploading! : )

[kcela666]

i loved it

[asugar]

This video is a metaphor for gay marriage.

[megapeanutable]

@asugar so a little girl who survived a nasty car crash is gay???

[asugar]

@megapeanutable No, the car itself.

It may take several viewings to get it.

[megapeanutable]

@asugar well i can agree that the car is old but if you can look closely-er it seems to be based in the 80's

[asugar]

@megapeanutable Exactly. The whole decade of the 80's was a metaphor for gay marriage.

[jow567ska]

Great concept...creepy and surreal. I love it!

[13justin666]

Not scary really though disturbing that this jester-clown-figure plays the role of death it seems

Very dark I like it

[LCMScorpio412]

I hate clowns with a passion...also creepy jesters like that one...

[hitmanatyourdoor]

Looks like a sinister Ronald McDonald.

[lmbf64]

That's not a clown! that's a jester, but continues been really weird.

[jozilife]

this would have been a good campagin for remembrin not to take shit from strangers.

[SLCBeezFan]

in the beginning we had a man down

[rock2metal666]

say what do the animators of this kind of cartoons smoke? their creativity is out of this world i meant that in a good way

[IanCooked]

MOTHERF*CKER TAKE THE F*CKING BALOON!!!!!!!!

[XbloodyXsuicideX]

Very very clever, I love it.

[MrDjay619]

the clown was like a grim reaper but since she popped da balloon he couldnt take her

[bench595]

@MrDjay619 thanks for pointing out the obvious

[MrDjay619]

@bench595 i was tellin it 2 da people dat want 2 b retarded n act like they dont kno anythin

[duendedanceboy115]

wooooo this is awsome man i want to lear how to do those thing

[shblackk]

AWESOME!

[decodedcoder]

it seems like the clown is some type of death machine like a reaper persuading he to die with the magic of the baloon but he cant make her die if he wanted to she has to do it. she will be tramatized forever. i wonder if the clown gets some type of reward for makeing her die...

[zakrzewskaa]

what i think is that the girl yeah.. it's in coma, so she dreams or sees a evil clown that wants her to go to heaven ( that's why she was being sent up with that balloon) but she piched the ballon and she wakes up .-. sorry for the grammar mistakes i'm not american

[Pewi32]

i get it, the girl is in an accident so shes close to dieing but then life gives her chance by saying do you want to live or die, so she couldnt decide since she didnt know anything about what was going on so then once she got persuaded by the clown she started going up that way meaning she is picking to die now but she gets scared, actually saying she doesnt want to afterall die. so she trys her best to get out of death by popping the baloon! and bam shes back on the ground since she was hit...

[borizovskimilan]

cool , good story,....I think that the girl is in coma after the accident ...and then ...., nothing to think , just watch :D its not so "heavy story" animation ...

[Irietwins]

I would say the clown is the dead who wants to take her with him...??

[BasbE100]

ohh I get it the clown is the devil and he wants the girl to go to hell thats why he gives the girl the ballon and thats why she was going up untill the balloon burst. thats why he was angry because if she took the balloon she would of died thats why she was on the floor.

[areallylongassname2]

I don't get it

[nomikjustkaty]

@areallylongassname2

The clown/jester represents death and he wanted the little girls soul to take the balloon so that she would die and her soul would go to heaven. Yet she popped the balloon, thus cheating death ;)

[HotpocketMonkey]

im so high that i forgot about the car crash til the end of the video

[MagicRoxxxy]

fuck i hate clowns xDD

[MagicRoxxxy]

fuck i hate clowns xD

[hiynastrike]

pennywise:ooooooo cum on bucko don't you want a baloon

[sm3rfer]

LLOOL

[123mattw]

looks like a little sister for bioshock.

[lilrosebudd]

@123mattw that's what I thought

[ihavoldgamertag]

@123mattw tru dat

[BlackPearl773]

Great music :)

[rolthox]

I love clowns.

[VictorianDollParty]

Me too ! <3 .

[SovietNinjah]

Love these kind of shorts.

[Katyousha]

so If I encounter a clown after my near deathy I should kick him in the balls and run. or even in real life just to be safe...

[Circasylum]

:C Well, telling by the cockscomb (the hat on his head) and his attire, he's a jester, not a clown. And this was made by a student in Ringling School for Arts (or something similar to that name, been a while since I've been to the site). Either way, it's a very good video.

The jester, I believe, symbolizes death, not evil or the devil. While he may come off as malicious, I'm.. rather unphased. XD;

c: Either way, thanks for sharing this!

[gohyperstrike]

it's easier to classify him as a clown because of how he looks. and it was written on the description that he is a clown.

[gohyperstrike]

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! *crying

i hate clowns! =(

[SpiritofRyoko20XX]

As captivating as the color red is.

Its also the warning sign. The 'red' flag.

[HotZetiGer]

Take it! wink! :D

[SGTnameless123321]

very creepy but awsome at the same time, DAMN YOU CRAZY BALLOON GIVING CLOWNS FROM HELL.....and creators of Gears of War 2 who fail to fix major issues with their game, their new ranking system isnt bad, but leaving a game means minus 1500 experience??? thats gay!

[ugotjavked]

wow anyway all i no the clown is a badazz magical dude if i could do dat not very much people would be alive on earth

[hamble99]

this is so funny lmao

[Fireheart228]

Deliciously disturbing.

[phantomzipper]

Beautiful and scarey!

[JesusSananda]

cool. so yeah he kept trying to get her to accept death but she wouldnt, i think she figured it out at the end

[meabor]

lol funny

[Kippiing]

I think the baloon represents death, and the clown dude keeps trying to get her to die by like, disguising the death balloon.

[stringwhore]

wow captain obvious lol

[RGCrazzy]

lmao i didn get it till i saw wat he wrote :P

[eatlizband]

great!

[CassieHeartbreak]

omg clowns really are the true satan

[citrusmanALT2]

the #1 rule:never trust a clown!

[OpenxNotes]

It should be the 11'th Commandment

[NickieBean]

Rule number one! Never accept anything from a clown. Especially Kool aid!

[JamieDean]

Nice, great animation!

[hiynastrike]

that was two words cre and pee

[13percentDEPP]

Clown from hell. I hate all clowns that aren't the Joker (the sexiest and least scary clown in the world)(even if he's homocidal...O.O) Lovely animation, though.

[sexpistolbaby]

by the way, did you ever find the original version yet? id love to see it...

[rilizzo21]

interesting story. i liked it a lot. great animation.

[bearza1030]

Awesome animation! I especially like the part when the girl was floating up and her eyes darted a few times as she looked down at the Jester. Nice attention to details. :)

[sexpistolbaby]

THAT is not a fucking clown, its a joker.

[clonedos]

a joker is a clown dude

[FuckFaceFail]

Whats wrong with clowns?

I think their neat.

:3

This video is so cool, I like the magic tricks.^^

[YueMolkoDepp]

I don't like clowns, I cant's stand them, I got a clown-trauma since I saw "IT" when I was 7... anyway... I liked the video, the girl is lovely.

[busisija]

wow

gorgeous!

i hate clowns

clowns are stupid!!!!!

[NickieBean]

You see! This is why no one should trust a clown! They think their all funny and stuff. then all of the sudden they start kidnapping children and lock them in their basement and then have their way with them! CLOWNS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!

[xXxspitfire00xXx]

my friend marissa yelled at a clown

[septemvocis]

If your A little girl under 12,and your high don't play in the street.

[nordensgaarden]

clowns should be illigal

[lastmile21]

that was so fucking stupid....i hate you......

[scottishsatanist]

CLOWNS FUCKIN RULE!! \m/

[PhillyGarver]

no they are evil, they are probaly child molesters as well for most of them.

[PDValentine]

Fantastic! Five stars.

[eileengoth]

this freaks me out a bit

[erinandcompany]

We all float down here

[blackenedwolf93]

I think I get it. In the beginning the girl is seen as lying on the ground and there is a red car crashed in a pole. So I'm guessing she was in a car accident, and was unconcious. The clown represents death and the red balloon, represents the red car. The girl popping the balloon and refusing it, is her refusing death.

[PDValentine]

Thanks for the synopsis, Einstein. Jesus...

[sherox08]

yeah the clown does represent death...trying everything it can to lure the little girl into a deeper sleep.

[iamstupid56]

I find the clown the devil sturring the child away from consiousness to a more deeper world, maybe hell..

[catsandsoup]

I saw this kind of metaphorically. assuming the clown is representing death. It, like everythig else that exists, has a job, and it will do it. it never talks, which adds to the effect of the video, but ut dosen't really seem like a negative thing.

good luck with your balloon clown, if you find it, could you tell me? It sounds quite intersting

[grapecoco]

spooky and exellent

[embean88]

oh my god...I totally know which one you mean about the clown eating the balloon...I've been trying to find it for aaaages!I didn't know anyone else knew about it!

[deadboyfuk]

been tryin to find that cartoon ..'balloon' i remember watchin it on bbc2 as a kid n it freaked me out! dya have any look finding it? would love to see it again ..... cheers ..

[MuddeyMoose]

reminded me of the little sisters from Bioshock

[erailea]

Maya 5.0, darn this is old. It's nice to see some of the older work done by the Ringling School of Arts.

[Nihilanth]

Very nice animation, spooky, me likes! :D But that's not what I was looking for... I've been searching for the cartoon "Balloon" for about 2 years now... One cartoon when a girl wants to rescue her red balloon from being eaten by a clown... :)

[fannyloyd]

I've been looking for that one for years, too! If you find it, please let me know.

[fannyloyd]

I just figured out that the one you and I both saw was by a guy named Ken Liser, and just called "Balloon." I can't find it online anywhere, but if you can find a copy of the 1992 Festival of Animation, it's on there.

[Nihilanth]

Seems almost impossible to find it... Living hell to find it on torrents, on P2P network, I think this is the first thing that cannot be found on the internet... Bugger... :(

[Client1]

brilliant

[views]

This is awesome!

[hautxtalons]

Awesome! :D I never liked clowns. This sort of reminds me of Stephen King's IT.

[3Deity]

So remember the Green Cross Code kids, else you could be freaked out by a man with an erectile shoe disorder!

Actually, its really well animated. Looks very SoftImage.

[sPYhUF]

Nice one.

[kuuip0]

what is this supposed to be about?

[conkers58]

I know that this isnt what its about but it seems that maybe shes being tempted by evil before she dies

[whatthehellidid]

oh my god i hate clowns, but strangely i love this....creepy...check out that guys nails heh, ewe.

[buzby303]

Ive got it !

[buzby303]

No not yet... Im not sure if its the same one.. hope so.

I'll carry on hunting!

[buzby303]

Im searching for a animated film of the same that was on bbc back in 1991. The clown was much better with top hat and spoke the words of 'Jazaar'

[darkweasel87]

Same here, its the one by Ken Lidster right? I need to watch it for a seminar. Did you ever find it?

[shayanthis]

I like the way it highlights ppl ability to ignore what they know and still take the thing that they fear. I like the idea behind this.

[stupidweirdo]

omggg, CLOWNS R SOO SCARRYYY

[iluvyuna]

ooooooooo creepy! I likes!

[guyblin]

Cool and creepy... have you seen the stop-motion film "The Sandman"? Not sure if it's on here...

[JellyGiggler]

Wow that's really creepy and cool.

[superkittyofd00m]

....clowns scare me....

[psycroptic1]

wow what a awesome clip