London International Awards
2022 Winners and Finalists
Bronze
Music Video
Animation
| Entrant: | Wizz / Quad Group, Paris |
| Brand: | Orelsan |
| Title: | "The Quest" |
| Corporate Name of Client: | Orelsan |
| Record Label: | 3ème Bureau/Wagram Stories, Paris |
| Creative Director: | Coralli Grieu |
| Production Companies: | Wizz / Quad Group, Paris |
| Director: | Victor Haegelin |
| Executive Producer: | Amanda Stubbs |
| Line Producer: | Claudia Traeger |
| Director of Photography: | Jeremie Lesquenner |
| 1st Assistant Cameraman: | Alexandre Szabo-Fresnais |
| Production Designers: | Geraldine Stivet/Florentin Bougot/Julie Chapallaz/Maude Gallon |
| Production Assistant: | Elina Granjon |
| Gaffer: | Rémi Brissaud |
| Post-Production Companies: | Fix Studio, Paris/Quad Group, Paris |
| Executive Post-Producer: | Nataly Aveillan |
| Post-Producer: | Sabine Brillet |
| VFX Companies: | Fix Studio, Paris/Quad Group, Paris |
| VFX Supervisor: | Mathieu Caulet |
| Lead Artist: | Anne Georges |
| Flame Artists: | Benjamin Laborde/Ewald Aloeboetoe/François Poupon/Aymeric Rochas |
| Animation Companies: | Wizz / Quad Group, Paris |
| Animators: | Victor Haegelin/Hugo Cierzniak |
| Edit Facility: | Fix Studio, Paris/Quad Group, Paris |
| Editor: | Emma Robin |
| Color Companies: | Fix Studio, Paris/Quad Group, Paris |
| Colorist: | Quentin Remy |
| 2nd Assistant Set Design: | Tifenn Danion |
| 3rd Assistant Set Design: | Virgile Jardin |
| Stage Managers: | Thomas Samoun/Julie Drareni |
| Playdough Modelers: | Ivan Terpigorev/Paul Mas/Lou Beauchard |
| Props: | Thomas Gebczynski/Alexandra Malcouronne/Stéphane Viola |
| Music Production Companies: | 3ème Bureau/Wagram Stories, Paris |
| Music Composer: | Skread and Phazzmusic |
| Music Lyricist: | Orelsan |
| Head Make-Up: | Chloé Paccard |
| Head Hair Stylist: | Elodie Hue |
| Interns: | Bertille David/Elona Bellaiche |
Description:
The music video features the singer seemingly creating his life out of clay and playing into the first line of his song,
“Nothing takes me back more than the smell of playdough.” As he tells his story, OrelSan gives his fans an entirely new take on his music videos, in a claymation realm he hasn’t covered before.
With a quick turnaround time for this project, a team of 10 created all the puppets and shot the animation that went across four different sets.
Using images of the people in OrelSan’s life, as well as old pictures sourced by the team, the animated figures not only represented the singer’s life, but were modeled on the real-life people in it.
Most significantly, the video was created to feel as though the singer himself both shot and created it in its entirety, which certainly translated.