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Watch Trajectoire, a thesis short film from French digital arts schoom ESMA that is finally avalable online. If you like dream-like visuals and onirical concepts, you’re in luck. It should be noted that Houdini was the main software used by the team.
The short film was directed by Guillaume Beguin, Serena Longo, Brice Esquer, Léon Rousseau, Nathalie Hurtak, Allan Savarit-Bodin, Noémie Layre, and Clement Wallez.
A character is fascinated by a world that causes him pain and physically deforms him.
To escape the pain, he takes refuge in a sphere set at the back of a boat, his means of navigation in this world. There, he is safe; it heals him and reverses his deformations. The healing process is slow, and the environment is sterile. The character is constantly tempted to leave despite the safety it provides.
Musique / music: Yanis Greenskin
Son / sound: Guilhem Favard, Mickaël Merrheim, José Vicente, Yoann Poncet – Studio des aviateurs
We interviewed the team behind the short film in our video about the ESMA 2022 jury: you can hear them talk about the short film at 3 minutes 42 seconds:
