AV: It is our responsibility to find someone to work on the audio band of the short and it was not an easy task finding someone and convincing him of the scenario and getting him to invest himself in it.Luckily, we met a fellow ESMA in his first year of 3D animation that makes music and was interested in the project. His name is Miguel Randrianasolo and he is a really hard worker and made himself available for us and did not hesitate to sacrifice hours of sleep and week-ends just to get the job done. He understood perfectly well what we needed and knew how important his role was for the short and he did an amazing job in finding the tunes that completed the mood of the film. We thank Miguel for his participation in this short and his talent in finding the appropriate music for it. The sounds were done with the collaboration of José Vicente from “Studio des Aviateurs” who was our guide in this matter. It was a very interesting and enriching experience.

IA: How did the work with Miguel go?

AV: Miguel was really friendly and helpful. We were in the same school and that made work easier. He started with some tests and made some propositions based on the scenario that he had. Later on he would meet with us regularly and we would give him what we had already worked on and this is where he started creating the music that went so well with the short. It is toward the end of the work that things got really precise for all of us as we were set on a final scenario and a time schedule. Miguel did a fantastic job and we can’t thank him enough, especially that he ended working much more than we planed. Initially we intended to have two musical sequences and we ended up with eight.

IA: Tell us about the success of this short?

AV: We have had really good responses over the internet via YouTube and Dailymotion. We also made some successful appearances in festivals such as IMAGINA2008. I hope things keep going this way and that the short reaches more and more spectators that will like it.

IA: What did you learn from this experience?

AV: One thing we learned the hard way: it’s not easy to produce a short! We also learned to work on a step by step basis. Having a time restriction taught us a very important lesson and it was very interesting to work with this restraint. We had 5 to 8 minutes to summarize all our thoughts and find a way of sending the main message in this short period of time and cut and delete all that is unnecessary for the story. Another thing we can all say is that we will never watch other movies in the same way after producing our own. We have also gained confidence and I think we are all more efficient. We know where to put time and where not to waste it. We also learned a lot about ourselves and it is after working on this short that some of us found our career direction and we now know in which field we would like to specialize. All in all, creating and producing this story was a very good introduction to the professional world.

IA: Are you working on any projects right now?

AV: I joined the “Chez Eddy” studio in Paris and things are going well, I hope I’ll get to work on some of their projects soon. I would like to one day join a studio where I can work on a feature film, such as BUF, DURAN DUBOIS or BIBO STUDIO who are all working on 3D films. Other than that I’m just doing the routine personal works and small projects.

IA: Would you like to add anything?

AV: A big thanks to the IT’S ART team who has helped us a lot in accessing a larger audience.

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interview published in IT'S ART Vol 01-2008

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