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Video game studio miHoYo asked Passion Paris to create a short film. Titled Moonlit Bamboo Forest, it is an adaptation of elements from the lore of Genshin Impact, an action role-playing game blending magic and an open world.
Directed by David Pagaille, the short film features an impressive artistic direction, along with a soundtrack by Cécile Corbel.
A young boy ventures into an ancient mystical bamboo forest, inhabited by spirits and monsters straight out of fairy tales…
Credits:
Directed by David Pagaille
Music by Cécile Corbel
Produced by Passion Paris, a Passion Pictures Company
EP Managing Director: Marc Bodin-Joyeux
EP Head of Games: Lucie Friar
EP Creative Producer: Chamseddine Kaddouri
Based on the original story “Moonlit Bamboo Forest” from Genshin Impact.
Adapted to screen by:
David Pagaille
Gabrielle D’Andrimont
Chamseddine Kaddouri
Joseph Morpugo
Voice Cast:
The Boy – Ava Le
Lady in white, Elder woman – Elizabeth Charles
Elder men – Kevin Lim
Production Manager: Claire “Paps” Lefranc
1st Assistant Director: Lucie Giros
Production Coordinator: Sara Burgio
Storyboard Artists: David Pagaille
Marlène Beaube
Wandrille Maunoury
Editors: Laurent Blot
Patrick Phelpin
Head of Finance: Aline Corniquet
Production Office Coordinator: Marina De Azcarate
Characters Props Designers: David Pagaille
Marie Ecarlat
Claire Magnier
Background Lead Designer: Axel Colin
Background Designers: Justine Thibault
Luc Courtois
Justine Chailleux
Hortense Mariano
Colorscript Designers: Fanny Marguerie
David Pagaille
3D Rig, Animation Layout: Pataz Animation
Sarah Feldlaufer
Background Layout Lead: Axel Colin
Background Layout Artists: Léa Alvès
Justine Chalieux
Vivienne Chim
Laura Dong
Agathe Leroux
Liia Mchedlishvili
Hortense Mariano
Title Designer: Tomoko Yoshida
Brush Designer: Nathan Othano
FX 2D Artists: Olivier Malric
David Pagaille
Silke Czarny
Lucas Ponzio
Compositing Lead: Rémy Bonnin
Compositing Artists: Leslie Belot
Maxime Bernard
Lucie Ikhennicheu
Gabrielle Locre
Stéphane Coëdel
IT: Emile Chaillou
Legal Services: Stéphane Lieser
Mathilde Eulalie
in collaboration with Je Suis Bien Content
JSBC MD: Marc Jousset
JSBC Production Manager: Perrine Capron
JSBC Production Coordinator: Daniel Rothstein
Layout Posing Lead: Valentin Stoll
Layout Posing Artists: Mathieu Corbin
Antony Ho Huynh
Louis Holmes
Juliette Danesi
Layout Posing Intern: Lisa Funke
2D FX Artists: Sixtine James
Erwin Rieffel
Mouloud Oussid
2D Animation Leads: Rohan Deshchougule
Mourad Seddiki
Animation Artists: Marlène Beaube
Jérémie Becquer
Lora Hristova
Laurent Moing
Angsane Sallaud Pujade-Renaud
Hugo Greiner
Charlotte Baker
Jon Densk
Amanda Jespersen Holm
Léni Marotte
Gemma Roberts
Rohit Kelkar
Florian Perron
Mathieu Corbin
Clean Ink Lead: Cypria Donato
Clean Ink Artists: Céline Botté
Amélie Coquelet
Kamila Konczewksa
Benjamin Oualid
Anna Šagadin
Eva Lagrange
Manon Verrey
Rosalie Perrot
Clean Ink Intern: Liam Keller
Colorisation Lead: Rosalie Perrot
Colorisation Artists: Juliette Cabalery
Lucy Toner
Chhay-Tek Ung
JSBC IT Managers: Pascal Lopes
Bruno Le Levier
JSBC IT Intern: Avner Sellam
Voice Director: James Corrigall
Voice Script Supervisor: Jesse Pomo
Music by: Bran Music
Composers Musicians: Cécile Corbel
Simon Caby
Sound Studio: Badje
Sound Design Supervisor: Emmanuel Rebaudengo
Sound Design Artist: Thomas Bauduin
Mix Artist: Mickaël Olivier
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