SEPT. 2022 – DEC. 2023
(3’30) GRADUATION PROJECT
Orchid in a Frenzy
a Jane Avril Story
Tools:
Oil painting on glass and paper.
Storyboard Pro / DragonFrame /Adobe After Effect/Adobe PremierePro
Credits:
Director : Elisa Andrade Fonseca
Music & sound design : AloÏs Benoit
Choreographers/ dancers : AlaÏs Marzouvanlian, Marie Châtenet
Singer : Mélanie Guérimand
Musicians : Tomomi Hirano (cello), Cécile Galy (violin)
Additional voices : Catherine Barradel, Mélanie Guérimand, Félicien Bouchot, AloÏs Benoit, Elisa Andrade Fonseca, ‘The Amazing Keystone Big Band’.
Produced by École Émile Cohl.
Pitch:
Paris, 1889, a young woman who suffers from a neurological disease is admitted to the Salpêtrière hospital. Her illness is called the dance of Saint-Vitus and provokes spasms and uncontrolled movements. She discovered the dance during the famous Madwoman’s ball which takes places once a year in the establishment, and found in this art a way to heal herself differently.
01.
Art direction research.
Character study.
Other characters of the film.
Clay model of Jane Avril.
Early background concept.
02.
Animation research with oil painting.
dance animation test in oil paint.
Rough animation was made on TvPaint and colorize with oil painting.
rough dance animation.
Jane Avril walking reference.
03.
Behind the scene
Making of
The short film was made in a tiny tent in a studio at école Émile Cohl. If you want to see the process, you can watch the making of.
After Effect was used for the compositing part.
With the support of Lefranc Bourgeois.
