Directed by Laurent Witz
Client: The Inspiring Luxembourg Committee
Short film 2'00"
ZEILT productions / The Inspiring Luxembourg Committee
OVERVIEW
In 2014, the Inspiring Luxembourg Committee launched a Nation Branding process to reinforce the image of an open-minded, dynamic and reliable country. The centerpiece of the marketing campaign is a 2-minute animated short film created by Oscar-winning director Laurent Witz. The short film is in fact the illustration of an idea symbolized by a bird. Through the film, the bird evolves and grows thanks to the efforts and collaboration of a multitude of people gathered around authentic, inspiring and common values.
The film took shape thanks to a joint effort and the collaboration of many talents, thus paralleling the way the bird evolved in the film. Luxembourg: Let’s make it happen!
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Copyrights M&C Saatchi - A.I.M.E.
CREDITS:
Comissioning: The Inspiring Luxembourg Committee
FILMING:
Assistant Director Live : Julien Becker, Gwenaël François
Director of Photography: Julien Becker
Gaffer: Nicolas Picart
Grip: Jean Huot
Crane operator: Brice Meyer
Drone operator: Brice Meyer, Kévin Marchand
CG Tracking: Fabien Weibel
CG preparation: Jacopo Armani, Fabien Weibel, Sarah Sutter, Cyril Bossmann
Head Set Decorator: Marc Ridremont
Decorator: Amandine Maroteaux
Prop master: Amicalar De Matos
Props: Julie Pironet
Location scouts: Philippe Reimer, Laurent Ernzer
Production coordinator: Laurent Erzner
Assistant coordinator: Christian Comes, Yannis Meys
Kirchberg drone pictures: Drone Club Luxembourg
CG PRODUCTION:
Director: Laurent Witz
Assistant Director: Jacopo Armani
Project Devlopment Manager: Emmanuelle Vincent
Production assistants: Joane Degive, Marie Garré, Laura Mescolini
Legal Department: Lauren Gazin
Technical Director: Maxence Hammen, Rémi Bruschini
Design: Jérôme Gillet, Artur Gorczynski, Pascal Thiebaux
Design intern: Anja Regnery
Colour Research: Cyril Bossmann, Fabien Weibel
Illustrations: Ghayth Cheggar
Storyboard: Pascal Thiebaux
2D Animatic: Pascal Thiebaux
Lead modeling-characters: Ghayth Chegaar
Characters modeling: Yinxuan Li Dezamenien, Nathan Martinez, Boris Philipart, Damien Lefauvre, Sylvain Hugo, Jin Kabore, Aurélien Pira, Aurélien Thronion, Tahar Medjahed, Frédéric Wedeux, Pierre Fievet, Signe Tveitan
Lead Blendshapes: Jin Kabore
Blendshapes: Frédéric Wedeux
Modeling intern: Emeric Penninck
Fur & Groom: Signe Tveitan, Cyril Bossmann
Lead Texturing - Characters: Cyril Bossmann
Characters texturing: Pierre Fievet, Aurélien Thronion, Tahar Medjahed, Eric Nicolas Smit
Props Modeling/Texturing: Aurélien Pira, Frédéric Wedeux, Cyril Bossmann, Aurélien Thronion, Tahar Medjahed, Pierre Fievet, Signe Tveitan
Rigging: Théo Rambur, Frédéric Wedeux
Tracking: Fabien Weibel
Layout : Raphaël De Paris
Animation Supervisor: Carlo Vogele
Lead Animation: Ghayth Chegaar
Animation: Louis Renard, Sarah Sutter, Raphaël De Paris, Jean-Loup Comby
Lighting/Rendering Supervisor: Cyril Bossmann
Rendering: Nicolas Grangeaud, Camille Haumont, Aurélien Pira
Compositing Supervisor: Aurélien Pira
Compositing: Nicolas Grangeaud
Matte Painting: Pascal Thiebaux, Eric Nicolas Smit, Cyril Bossmann
Music: LEITMOTION, Olivier Defradat, Clément Osmont
With the participation of: AVIA, Arnaud Decker, Pierre Barreau, Vincent Barreau
Principal conductor: Florian Krumpöck
Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
Recorded at the: Philharmonie de Luxembourg
Sound recording: Maurice Barnich
Pianist: Jean Muller
Recorded at the: Linster Studio
Music mixing: Linster Studio, Werner Pensaert
Sound design: Soundtastic
Voice-over text VFR: Laurent Witz
With the participation of: Cyril Bossmann
German translation: Ameko
Luxembourgish translation: T9N translation
English translation: Marzenka Krejcirik
Translation supervisor: Jean-Pierre Thilges
Voice-over casting: Soundtastic
Voice-over (VF): Patrick Descamps
Voice-over (VLU): Maurice Lentz
Voice-over (VEN): Julian Archer
Voice-over (VDE):Hans Mittermüller
Mixing 5.1: Soundtastic
Sound design / sound effects: Arnaud Mellet / Alexandre Gibert
Sound Edit: Alexandre Gibert
Mixing: Aaron Baustert
Export DCP / ProRes: Dopamyne
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
Philharmonie Luxembourg
Stephan Gehmacher
Goeffroy Guirao
Rachel David
Orchestre de Chambre du Luxembourg
Silvia Ebert
Antonio Quarta
Drone Club Luxembourg
Amandine Maroteaux
Jean-Pierre Reitz
Nicolas Didier, Luxembourg Science Center
SES Astra