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DP: Charlotte, was your animated film “Get Out” your graduation project?
Charlotte Boisson: Yes, exactly. The film was made during the third and final year of my training at ESMA and was completed in September 2009. Incidentally, we had a graduate screening of eight film projects in total at the Gaumont Cinema in Montpellier. Around 24 employees from companies such as DreamWorks and Disney, to name the best known, were present to view this work.
DP: What was your training at ESMA like?
Charlotte Boisson: Very good, we really learned a great deal there! Alongside screenwriting, I took drawing courses and courses in modelling, lighting, texturing and even photography. There were also plenty of technical courses for the 3D software – and animation, of course!
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DP: That sounds labour-intensive?
Charlotte Boisson: At ESMA you have to plan around seven hours a day for school and roughly the same amount again afterwards to cope with the material. So you can forget weekends and holidays once you start studying there. But it was really worthwhile and also great fun. If you are interested in animation and visual effects, I can only recommend ESMA.
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DP: What projects are you working on now?
Charlotte Boisson: Well, I myself am on board at nWave Digital in Brussels (www.nwave.com), while my fellow students and collaborators on the film, Fanny Roche and Julien Fourvel, both work at Double Negative in London. Tristan Reinarz is continuing his studies in Spain, and Pascal Han-Kwan is currently still looking for work in character/environment design or storyboarding.
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Further links:
- ESMA
