The process

Several steps were implemented for the realisation of this creation:

• 1st step: researches
  • Avatars : profile and appearance
  • Epigraphs : quotations and authors
  • Screenplays and dialogs
  • Sceneries and costumes
  • Sound effects and atmospheres

• 2nd step: creation and adaptation
  • 3D sceneries with Google Sketchup
  • Casting of the voices and recording of the dialogs
  • Costumes with iClone and Photoshop
  • Musical creation or adaptation

• 3rd step: animation et shooting (in iClone software)
  • Positioning of the sceneries and the avatars
  • Moving of the avatars
  • Positioning, framing and moving of the camera
  • Lighting choices
  • Special effects
  • Adaptation of the voices to the avatars (lipsynch)
  • Production of video elements

• 4th step: integration et programming (in Flash)
  • Editing of video elements
  • Sound integration, tuning and synchronization
  • Special effects
  • Setting up of the general graphic and interactive charter
  • Conception and programming of the interactivity

• 5th step: finalisation
  • Tests and finishing touches
  • Publishing and connecting