#i wait for the night

Backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit. Sunset and night on the lake. The last one is an alternate color test that didn’t make it to the film in the end.

Another batch of backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit. Inside of Damien’s car and the countryside of France. I tried to get the sense of space and the vastness of fields that you get when you leave Paris by train or car.

Backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit. This time the lake at dawn.

This month, you’ll be able to listen to the music of J’attends la nuit on your favourite streaming platform! The EP will include the film score composed and reworked by Arthur Dairaine with additional new tracks (including unused themes) from him and The Option.

I can’t wait for you to get to hear all the amazing work showcased on this!

Some backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for te night). Even if a lot of my film is composed with environments shots, I thought it could be interesting to share some of the original work I did in Photoshop before moving to After Effects.

Here is the opening sequence at the park. The buildings were inspired by the Olympiades area (with very specific towers designed in the 70s by Michel Holley) in the 13th district of Paris. I also got inspired from the nearby buildings around the Square René-Le Gall still in the 13th district.

A little in depth for the different props designed for J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). The fly has different level of details depending on how close we were going to see it in the film. I also had to design an iPhone screen to fit the overall graphic style. I could have gone for a complete imaginative phone interface, but since I wanted the film to be grounded in the actual world, I choose to go with an iPhone.

Damien’s turn now! He’s the other character of my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). Again, from fashion researches, expressions to the final turnaround I used in the film, here is all the work I’ve done to find his look.

It’s all about Simon, the protagonist from my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). From silhouette explorations to fashion researches, expressions to the final turnaround I used in the film, here is all the work I’ve done to find his look.

Here is the full colorscript of my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). I also put the first color sketches I did for some sequences, including a lot of different explorations for the lake setting.

I ended up reusing, upscaling, retracing and adding details to some of the boards for the final backgrounds.

Concept arts for J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night), my graduation film still available on @vimeo. I was figuring out the mood, tone and effects that I will use later in the backgrounds and during the compositing process. All of these were done just before making the actual colorscript. Has you can see, Damien still hadn’t his final design yet.

So here it is! J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night), my graduation film made at Gobelins and CalArts is finally available on Vimeo and YouTube!

I started working on this film in August 2017 and it’s been a crazy journey ever since. I hope you’ll enjoy, it’s a very personal film and I put a lot of passion into it. I’ll never be thankful enough to all the people who helped me make this project come to life, especially my actors, David Chausse and Jordan Rezgui, my composer Arthur Dairaine and my wonderful sound designer Nadège Feyrit. Thank you for following me on this insane ride.

Here is a new character poster for my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). It’s coming online tomorrow! I’m so excited! For the late birds, the trailer is still available by clicking here if you haven’t seen it yet.

Less than 5 days before my graduation film is finally launched online. So here is a new sneak peek at the film before his thursday release on @vimeoand@youtube.The trailer is still available on my @vimeo​ profile page.

Early Simon sketches for my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). Head/hair researches and clothing exploration. He’s the main character of the short film, not very talkative and always mysterious.

Concepts made during the preproduction of my graduation film J’attends la nuit (I wait for the night). The main focus here was the light. Finding how it could indicate some surrounding elements (trees, sport field) without actually seeing them in the frame. What’s hidden and what’s visible are two notions that play a huge part in the film.

Last batch of backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit. Those are all the iPhone sequences along with the interface redesign I made to fit with the graphic style.

A new batch of backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit. Some walls, floors and textures from the opening sequence as well as the background design and props I made for the café.

A new batch of backgrounds from my graduation film J’attends la nuit. More of the lake at night/early sunrise. I still have a few backgrounds from my graduation film to share with you before moving on to new things. And there’s a lot of exciting stuff coming in 2020!