Autodale: Dystopian Animated Short Film Series

Autodale: Dystopian Animated Short Film Series is a series of short films created by David James Armsby. The series started in August 31st 2017 with it's first episode Film 1: "Being Pretty", which hit nearly 10 million views on Youtube. Notably, the series only uses different shades of grey as it's main color scheme and the only other color used is red, for blood. The series became known for it's distinct animation style and dystopian theme as the story of Autodale is told.

Overview
The series' main setting is Autodale, a small town where citizens live through assimilation while robotic Handymen serve as guards, carefully scrutinizing the actions of Autodale's citizens. Citizens of Autodale are indoctrinated via the radio and TV messages broadcasted daily, forcing Autodale's ideals onto children at a young age. The citizens learn about the "pretties" and the "uglies", the latter of whom are killed off frequently. A typical family consists of a father, a mother, and one or more children. Once the children become adults, the parent's are no longer needed and are deemed "ugly" to be killed off. It is notable that no one in Autodale are given names but are given a smilling mask.

Autodale is a place where individualism is highly discouraged and everyone is expected to be the same, following the same life cycle. However, incidents happen occasionally: whether that would be a Freak breaking in or the appearance of an "exceptional" individual, such as the Exceptional Girl. Such incidents are quickly taken care of by the Handymen or the Friendly Shadow.

It's revealed that prior to the Exceptional Girl, the town is run by The Mayor, serving a dying Goddess as a ravenous illness plagues the lands outside. Only the Goddess is able to keep everyone healthy yet she requires the blood of humans to survive. The town is now ran by an entity known as HIVE, located in The Tower.

Characters

 * Main article: Characters