Le Grand Saut / Leap of Faith

A little girl is on holiday at the beach with her little brother, when suddently, it’s love at first sight for a mysterious boy she sees at the distance.

We wanted to give an illustrative look to our project. It was for us very coherent with what we wanted to convey storywise: that moment when we step from being a child to figuring out how to be a teenager. Therefore we based all our 3D renders on the illustrations we made during the preproduction.

After defining the visual identity of the project through concept art and still 3D images, the next step was to create an animated target shot to bring the elements to life. 

We also chose to create animated turns for each of our character, in order to fully define their personality and make sure the 2D rendering and effects worked from every angle.

We then applied the same visual direction to the crowd to create a coherent environment.

Last but not least, we chose to have 2D matte paintings in the background to create the illustrative look we wanted.