My friends !! Sam’s Dream has been running in festivals for more than a year and you can now watch it online on MyFrenchFilmFestival during a month from today :) I hope you’ll like it !
I went to Japan last winter for a couple of days to make a conference about how we colored ‘Sam’s Dream’ and had just the time to visit Kamakura, where temples and theatre shows were very inspirational n.n
Hello hello !
I haven’t put much effort on submitting Passing By in festivals like I did for My Life On Mars ( I mean, like I asked Mikhal n.n ), but it still has been screened to a few ones, and very curiously, has been nominated at the Orlando Film Festival for...Best FX. Well that’s a surprise. Who knew a blue mask would do the trick :)
To celebrate, here’s the film ! To take as an exercise, of course :)
Finished… two years working from home, travelling to Angoulême and Annecy to work with different studios, meeting lots of amazing artists and persons, solving problems, dealing with stress, deadlines, egos, colors and many other challenges…and now it’s finished. What a journey.
I spent so many days, weeks, months working and working that now I have no more work to do on the film it feels really strange. I wonder if one day I’ll be able to watch it without looking for anything that could be better…but I have to say, even if nothing can be perfect, I am happy :)
Have a great day !
I keep saying Sam’s almost done but…it’s almost done !!
Last Monday we went to a studio to record the String Quartet for Sam’s Dream music, it was so amazing ! I’ve heard the music before many times but only with virtual instruments, being in a room with real ones and feeling all the vibrations of strings was so much better !
Very greatful for my producer to have made the choice of recording this part, and for those super talented musiciens for playing it : thanks to composer Erwann Chandon and players Anna Swieton, Sloveig Tissier, Claire-Marie Bronx and Marion Elan Trigo !
Now we only have a little bit of compositing left and the final mix.
See you after that !!
Today I can finally share a trailer for Sam’s Dream !! I’m very excited :)
Working on the end credits right now, no better way to realize that we are very close to the end !
A few month ago we were celebrating the end of the animation…Today is the end of the color !! I mean…there are some retakes here and there but every shot is colored ! Every shot…is colored. This phrase is so incredible to me. Like it’s almost the end…OMG.
Still lot of work to do to prepare everything for compositing, apart from those retakes and as all my files are kind of messy, I need to clean everything and be sure every detail is ok.
Above the same animation of Sam by Sebastien Rouxel, colored with the help of Anaël Seghezzi and Eline Landrevie.
Here are some beat boards for a new idea, in live action :) I have no idea how I’m going to make this but with some friends, motivation and maybe a little bit of luck everything is possible ! I’m always thinking, well, others have done it, why not us.
When I told my mom about it she said “What about Sam’s Dream?”, well of course Sam comes first, always ! But it’s almost the end of the production, soooo..... :)
Hope you’re all doing great and having a wonderful summer !