Fifty People, One Question | Short Film

[TheMollyLoo]

I wish I were a kid once again, just till the end of the day :)

[iGeniusUncut]

What font is that at the beginning?

[jonasp28]

What are the songs playing in the backrounds??? I LOVE THEM!

[bloodshy]

i actually answered this question before i even knew there was a video to it... i said "to enjoy the taco salad i'm eating later" ... my pragmatism depresses me.

[GemGemz14z]

I'd wish for my baabygirl,, Chloe to be alive again... R.I.P gorgeous xx

[TheCamilaarias]

My wish is to see my father, sisters, brother and my mother all in one place once again. Also meet my soulmate. - These are the kind of videos that make you think about the real purpose of life.

[Magiesterr]

I want my man to be here, rather than in England.

[billman2112]

Universal happiness!

[progrockcoffee]

An end to violence. Happiness. Falling in love. Bring people back. Yeah, lots of good ideas in this video.

[VIVIANPAYNE2]

What would I wish for at the end of the day Is for idiots to be idiots, kids to be kids, old folks to remember men while more sex.....yeah

[ExtemelyStoopid]

i wish today never ended

[CanadianMuffins]

I would wish for John Lennon's song "Imagine" to become reality.

[0o0Sleepless0o0]

@CanadianMuffins meeeeee toooooooo!!! 

[cachoblack23]

I really like this, for a couple of reasons. Tons of people say what they want all the time, but when you ask them, they're stumped. A wide variety of people, different personalities. But most wouldn't do things for themselves. Really good question.

[TheHornet79]

1:08 Jerry Reed

[kcwarren1127]

I would wish for Reed Cagle back. I love you, Reed. I'm never going to stop. I love you more life itself and I would give you anything.

[SeracuseDreamer]

I wish my grandma back :'(

[shitchops]

oh i only just realised this is from 3 years ago ! regardless of that . very nice :D

[shitchops]

I'm a film student in Australia.I am currently on holidays from college and next year we need to make a short film for the final chapter of the course I am studying..I have considered a documentary style film but couldn't really think of anything past the idea of the homeless situation in my city.i think what you did with this was pretty good.. so simple but yet very effective.. WELL DONE I think you have what it takes to make it in this industry merely by watching this 1 simple idea you had.^_^

[drumfreak9110]

i liked it. i like the technique of refocusing the camera, but i wouldnt have done it sooo much if it was me. but great idea. awesome editing and stuff. keep up the good work :)

[areoqs]

4:01 Rosario Dawson!!!!!!!!!!

[jakeandlittlec]

5:45 gave me shivers. :(

[thefrostflyer]

5:40 To Wake Up ; )

6:16 for everyone to be happy : ) 

[lila27dezfouli]

yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh­ More SEX!!!!!!

[KoRner49]

5:44

[BomWarrior]

@KoRner49 Amen. That's the best part of the whole short film. I pray his wish comes true.

I would add 4:46 and 5:07 though too, bless their souls.

[reeny2]

Okay, maybe its my computer, but I can't here anything over the music

[qwer55555555]

@reeny2 i can.

[finallyfunnyable]

dude you are one amazing director. you and your crew are freakin' amazing.

[urgban1]

oh c'mon! Tell the truth guys! That's what everybody would wish for....

,,, watch?v=3st-Hai1y54

[felipecortizo]

@urgban1 I'd probably wish world peace... and the death of Justin Bieber. Strangely enough i think that one would cause another.

[13JandD]

more sex. LOL.

[killerback01]

I wish, when my child would grown up he or she(or both) would learn to love this beautiful world...

[satvarmac]

Nice! I'm not sure if you were using a follow focus but you could probably stop down the lens so you have some more dof. some of the shots were a little soft.

Great idea and well edited!

[Volthan]

"To blow all the sadness out of the mean people of this world and fill their hearts with pure and beautiful love. .. I think that way we could get rid of most of our problems!"

=)

[singingintherain1967]

...for my life to begin.

[doubled11798]

The Pursuit of Happyness

[sdfgfhgjmk]

I was thinking of creating a video like this for my school project, i was wondering if you could give me some pointers and tips on how you made this? its really amazing. thanks, =)

[sarasue2u]

My answer would've been my dad.

I miss him dearly.

[Swansen03]

i know what i want by tomorrow. for everyone to find their voice and be able to sing, for everyone to realize they exist and see how much that means, for everyone to know true love, and how significant that is, then have that for themselves as well, to know themselves wholly, and, lastly :D for everyone to have an orchard and garden full of amazing edibles. :) mm, yep.

[tabarce4a]

wonderful



[VoldemortsMom]

This is truly touching and beautiful. My wish...to end bullying. I've had some very bad experiences with it and know that it is a major problem in my generation.

On a dumber note, that boy at 5:40 had amazing eyes :3

[eyxoraRs]

Good video! :D

[mausicfo]

this just make me want to be happy always and enjoy life hearing to music, just see others smile GREAT

[fishblades]

I love the smile from the guy with the bitchin sideburns and awesome southern accent.

"fuck if I know move back down to mobile"

he kind of looks like Kurt Nilsen

[jpcaradelcrimen]

I wish I had a million more wishes

[isehefa]

That most of us think depending on the actual circumstances we are passing through and at the same time, roughly none of us know what we really want because we are just living the moment...

Nice video!!

[tix13bg]

Hello, I am Tijana from Serbia. Till the end of today I wish to receive SMS from one very special guy :D

What do you wish?

[MartynTheSpartyn]

Amazing video, great job

[kisaadamfilm]

I like it, can I do that from turkey :)

[sonski17]

who counted? i count 51-52.

[RaggedSkullMusic]

I was watching this video and I was thinking to myself,'I'd wanna be happy. I'd want everyone to be happy.', and Dane said the same exact thing and I couldn't stop smiling.

I know life can be a bit unfair sometimes (I'm 23 and I had a heart attack in August) and I'm trying not to let that get to me. I'd give anything to be happy for the rest of my life, however long that may be.

[juninholrcjr]

MORE SEX! HAHAHAHAHAHAH

[kcwarren1127]

@juninholrcjr

lol the guy looks so content on sex xD aha

[haneeification]

Amazing. :)

[willbande]

after 2 minutes of nothing I couldn't be bothered sitting thru any more of it

[zitttu]

What would you want?

[thebatcavestudios]

Check out "The Question: Liberty University"

[123321austin]

What camera did you use for this?

[omnipotentgod1]

i love this.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AMAZING!

[yashksingh262]

Just Wow!

[lynabaya]

"I wish that I was married to her"

SO ADORABLE!!!!!

[DualEnginesStudio]

This was very clever. I was not expecting it to look this way. It works very well.

[TheMummy516]

To bring back 4 of my friends who died in a car accident last month. I'd give anything for that.

[Christopotato]

Great video! I especially love it because I live just outside of new orleans!

[XXXSynchrosXXX]

if you would wish for one thing by the end of the day, what would it be?

Guy: My Son Back.

That touches my heart

[antizac]

to find the love of my life, without a doubt

[myronemartin]

0:45 looks like a filipino! :)

[jimi878]

watch 'passion short nepali movie'  different but good!!!1

[nikkopau]

funny faces.

[kpax91bc]

Epic piano from 3:34 :D Sweeeet

[IllegalAlienAu]

just what the doctor ordered :D

Brilliant!

[Anonywish]

by the end of the day i want all money to go away and then we can have a resource based economy for all!

[beatlesfan4eva456]

Since 1974!

[asad24041992]

its amazing how beautifully diverse life is

[newbies2003]

Shoot, i wish I would get a job too!

[SimplyRandom123]

this was amazing

[paperdollkar]

this is beautiful..

[gauravtahiliani]

its all about fucking moneyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy

[nathanpob]

hope that man and his wife got to adopt

[wwefan70511]

More sex...

[edgehockey14]

literally the best video i have ever watched. i love love love it so so so much! amazing job!

[puckandlou]

50 people...... 1 cup

[619Joe182]

=*[  5:43

[619Joe182]

im eyan de-blabla XD

[619Joe182]

a lot of ugly people out there

[m0n4c3]

@619Joe182 thats reality

[jumperontheline]

@619Joe182 How strange, I thought this film was about how beautiful everyone is (including your wonderful self ) Watch - Validation (another short film) : )

[musmike2100]

very interesting video with a nice perspective and quite inspirational...however we can realise that we are a generation that cares only for ourselves...things like peace , freedom, love, hapyness around the world were not mentiones and this is sth that should make us think more of our valuues and beliefs....

[BackShifty1]

What would I wish to happen by the end of the day?

I'd say, that I wish I could get through the rest of day, and at its end, be satisfied with the choices I made on that day, and be happy, if one of those choices made someone else happy.

What about you guys? :3

[ThatNerdfighter]

WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA

that was three questions

what's your name?

where you from?

and then the question.

the title is lies! :P

[angrlicadeluna]

its about being able to see yourself in everyone and everyone in yourself.. notice the beauty in everyone and accept everyone for who and what they are while ascending to a fifth dimension, and the only way to get there is to go through the fourth dimensional emotional body, through love. LOVE is all there is.

[InterGraphixDesign]

great message in this video really enjoyed that well done good directing!

[prashantchakravarti]

i'm loving it.........

[crooksey1988]

It's what you make of it

[drewnicholsmusic]

Skip the first three minutes.

[radiovaral]

You´re a really good director. I´m a composer and learning to produce videoclips.

[separatethis]

@radiovaral thanks! :) send me some of your music : ben a t thedeltree d o t com

[swirlybuns12]

6:00 That Is The Best Answer..

[Octava712]

By the end of today I wish people will wake up tomorrow and know who they are <3

[WhatsUpManHAAA]

thumbs up if u liked most the answer- ,,my son back''...this would be the biggest happiness for that man...no money,no women,no job,no done work,just his son...

[mizfit32]

Awesome video. simple but insightful

[officialJULIANDIVITO]

lmfao at the guy "more sex" he should of said to "have sex" :)

[dilcham22]

Nice... very thought provoking.... Thanks...

[freebytz]

Powerful stuff! Very insightful...

[maddust]

What music did you use in this video?

[antizac]

@maddust four tet <3

[CommentFanatic]

What a boring question. thumbs down.

[i0am0shrieky]

Great Vid

[WixterNZ]

I love things like this. That show us all the different sides of humanity.

[megabrowser17]

By the end of the day what would I would I wish to happen? Have everyone stop having abortions and have it outlawed permanently across the world.

[clockworkmars]

"To wake up."

[tailormadexx]

I live in Colombia, and I would love to shoot a video like this where I live.. see what kind of answers I get from people. I personally think its great because You don't think of these sorta things on a daily basis. sometimes is good to stop for a min and JUST THINK.

[TheConvictedshrimp]

1:45 hello Tommy Lee Jones

[videosbybriancox]

Very cool concept!

[LovingByProxy]

5:44 always breaks my heart...

[RayVizion]

Cool idea love it!

[SlayeCohen]

4:33 I think i saw Toguro from Yuyu Hakusho! o.0

[jakebrookfilm]

the guy at 4:23 reminds me of Seth Rogan.

[valemaiden]

Im pretty sure once they were all leaving, they questioned themselves to think of a better answer. It had a lot of people thinking, even me.

[inspiratsioon]

Love the atmosphere, the elements of authenticity and the beauty of every second.

We got so inspired that decided to make our own version in Estonia - please check it out "Fifty People, One Question | Estonia, Tartu"

[flamethrowerphil]

seems like everyone just wants to be a millionaire

[ThePowerReviewer]

This is by far my favorite short on youtube. Very well done.

[aryasevenfold]

very inspirational!

[butterflywings983]

Can anyone please please tell me what's the moral? Like what do we learn from this? What's the MESSAGE?

[separatethis]

@butterflywings983 Just listen. There are a million different morals and messages to be had. Just listen.

[freebytz]

@butterflywings983 it's just a simple question yet so powerful because it makes us look inside ourselves and definite who we are, what we want and where we want to be in life...

[11thhourreprieve]

@butterflywings983 I saw this vid a long time ago, it just came to mind so I thought I'd share. What I got from it was the idea that it would be great if by the end of the day the whole world could rewind back to the beginning se we could all put right all those wrongs that occurred.

[11thhourreprieve]

@butterflywings983 what if we could do the day over. give the love instead of the hurts, give the smile to the stranger we didn't smile to and regretted it. then I realised we get that chance every single day when we wake up. Each day is a chance to put things right.

[MissSecretsAndLies]

I wonder if he got his Swedish model team...

[allenboles]

Just posted this very question on facebook

my answer was "for everyone to receive a heart of compassion and understanding"

[xDreamAndDancex]

Wow! Amazing video! Fantastic job!

[TheStarsDemise]

6:12 : By the end of the day, I wish you would get a hair cut.

:) Loved the video!

[09195221021]

simple wishes that can make

a great change . . . .

[ToxicQueen13]

for everything to be back to how it used to be..

[xadam2dudex]

I wish all the corrupt members of congress the bankers and all of Bush's administration would turn themselves in for their crimes and the government would be given back to the people and an end of the military industrial complex..the only one who understood the question was the woman at 5:14 and the guy at 5:02

[fishblades]

This video is pro if only for using a Four Tet song.

[PatDanNoonan]

This makes me like people 

[lInkea27]

"What helps you stay motivated in life?"

Is a question I would be very interested to hear answers to.

[MrLuchi3]

@lInkea27 That would be quite interesting to watch!

[InnovativeAliens]

Hey, this video is very inspirational !... We used it as a template to shoot a video of some of our friends graduating high school this year and are happy with the turnout. Wish you guys much success and we'll stayed tuned to see more of your work ! (the video we did is on our home page if you get a chance to check it out). Thanks ! -Usaid&Lawrence

[lifeinrectangles]

The concept is wonderful and the image quality is amazing, but I think it would work a lot better if it was much shorter without as much build up. We want to hear their answers!

[markoskvariemai]

IM TELLING U GUYS

the guy in 5:45 ''my son back''

I SAW HIM IN ''machete'' at 0:22:45 at the speech of robert de niro, he is holding an american flag,

im not kidding...

[johannesfelsch]

4:23 said what every guy was thinking^^

[codypriceuncool]

that pregnant girl was sexy

[venomtaker123]

by the end of the day... I wish that im a better man.. a better man than I am right now.. I dont care about money.. I want to be brave.. I want to be a better person.. a peaceful person.. and to be the perfect guy tht my girl would like.. I dont want to be in a relationship since im like 14.. but.. by the end of today I want to be a real man.. and I want to be with her for the rest of my entire life.. I love her soo much :)

[SimmyBlu]

i like casies boyfriend so much.dane or..whatever

[psycho705]

This is the answer to violence. Showing that everyone is a person and we all have feelings and wants and that everyone has their own lives that shouldnt be wasted on another's greed and hate.

[kaeVala]

Love 5:38

[dtlim88]

WHAT IS THE TITLE OF THE SONG/MUSIC USED IN THIS VID? i love it! can somebody tell me the title and artist of the song pls? thanks!

[antizac]

@dtlim88 (as I replied to somebody else, but i'll reply again to you so you get a notification too) it's the band "four tet", don't know what song(s), but I'm going to guess it's on their cd "rounds"

[jtdrummer2112]

wanted to watch but too long with nothing happening sorry.

dead air kills.

[jtdrummer2112]

wanted to watch but too long with nothing happening sorry.

[jesuskanessa]

I been a refugee in USA since i was 18th years old; For 7 years of my life, i have not seen my Mother because i can not go back to the place i came from...

With no doubt, i would love to see my mother by the end of the day...

:(

[TheBeautyFairy]

5:44 . It makes me sad

[LynseyLou92]

love at first sight .

[ZeeJayBay]

Sex isn't everything.

[JumplnTheFire]

Money money money...

[viniciusb]

What's the point of the bullshit?

[ArtRoomProductions]

i would like to be happy.

[JessieODwyer]

Joe <3



[xjosephhortonx]

for just one person to be healed by Christ love.

[BadActingWYIM]

for society to stop using animals for their own ends

[ToxicCupcake1]

do not judge. You know his/her name, not his/her story.

This person may be having alot of difficulties that you dont know about, you don't even know the person. Take care of each other.

this video made me cry, it can be really deep if you get this. Love more, and show it. Every person on this planet is lovable in some way.

_Every_ person is wonderful.

Think about it.

[cscdigitalgraphics]

Love all the different reaction. Some of the expressions are priceless.

[Apex367]

This was quite intriguing made me think alot about my day

[02hbotedw]

Not a bad short! Intro is too long though (maybe you could you have shown more of the enviroment), personally wasnt a fan of the constant focus pulls, and fade to blacks! what camera you shoot on?