Nicolas Rolland & Ludovic Versace

Le Poulpe from Nicolas ROLLAND on Vimeo.

I decided to include this animation as part of this module because I think what makes it successful is the sound. This animation is very much a performance of the hands, but I really like how the sound effects are all created from vocals. The bubbling the fishes make and the little cough, sounds of the wind all work really nicely under the speaking of the story. This is something I could incorporate into my performance. I think that another thing I need to go out and find is poetry and animation because poetry is often written to a similar beat to lyrics so I think that too would fit really nice in with this brief.

Visually I really like this pixelation because of the aesthetics. The bold colours work really well in telling the story because they are engaging. I also like the innovativeness and the numerous uses of the hands. It took me several watches to realise that they are clouds at the end.

 
(No) Sex (No) City ! Festival Ambi'Valence 2014 from Nicolas ROLLAND on Vimeo.

I then decided to go on and find more work from Nicholas Rolland and there isn't much out there that's as good as the prior animation. I came across this piece and at first I watched it, and I didn't think I liked it because I think the style of it does make it look like it is a piece that has come from clip art. However when I watched it again I had so much appreciation for the narrative, it's so fast but so much happens and it's got an ending that does just make you smile. I think the reason the narrative works so well is because of all the sound effects and it makes me question the brief and wonder if you could portray the song lyrics without actually speaking the words, I think this would be a really interesting thing to put forward and see if you could do.

I went on to thoroughly search through Nicholas Rolland's website and he had a link to another animators website called Ludovic Versace. Now I can't say for definite but I think they studied at Ecohl Emile but they've definitely worked together at some point.

Well his showreel is just the bees knees.


I'm not a massive fan of the soundtrack but the work that's in there is just amazing. You can see almost all the twelve principles of animation in there, and there's just so much of such high quality. I had to watch more. The one I specifically like is the one called golden boy, and it's not made to share but I've included a link to his website and it's on his homepage. But it's just fantastic. Here's the trailer for it but to appreciate it you need to watch the full four minute animation.



Trail golden boy from Ludo on Vimeo.

So I don't think Ludovic's strongest element is his sound as he has a very french electro beat to it. But the narrative and detail in the visuals are impeccable. The narrative is a story about greed and basically the boy has a load of gold in his head and his dad keeps spending it until his mum has to step in otherwise he will have nothing in his head. AS a plot line even though you can see where it's going the visuals are really engaging such entrancing colours and rhythmic movements. I think if these two teamed up as animators they would be an unstoppable force.

http://rollandnicolas.com/

http://ludovic-versace.fr/