Festival Hélios

The building gives the images their structure. Arches open onto impossible interiors, stone blocks move out of place and a monumental clock takes over the façade. Forests and underwater life bring a different scale and pace before warm lightbulbs fill the space.

Each scene follows the lines of the architecture, using its openings, depth and asymmetry to shape the movement. The four façade visualisations below show the image design prepared for projection.

I also directed the musical approach in close collaboration with Studio Cléophas. Yann and Guilhem Cléophas composed the original music and created the sound design, with Yann overseeing the audio production.

My direction covered the melodic atmosphere, underwater filtering, the opening of the bass between scenes, and the place of sound effects — rain, wood and stone — within the music. I then adjusted the animation timing to the score’s rhythm and phrasing.