Short Film - Sonata in Motion

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Hi!

I would like to present our first short film, “Sonata in Motion” (2007) which I had the pleasure to codirect. It was finished in 2007, but now that the festival season is over for us, i feel free to post it online. It all began as a way to find sponsors for Eva Ledesma, an exceptional triathlete who is, at the same time, a great pianist. Inspired by some ads from sports-focused brands, we tried to create a piece which would follow the natural flow of a triathlon, showing the contrast between this extremely demanding sport and the delicacy of piano playing. The shooting was about 4 days and, being it a low-budget project, I created most of the effects you can see in the movie. Postproduction took about 4 months in my spare time, involving 3D animation and compositing. The movie was shot with a DVCPRO 50 4:2:2 camera and I used 3Dsmax, particle flow and vray for the 3D part and Combustion for the compositing. “Sonata in motion” has received several awards and the experience has been extremely rewarding. It has also helped us to gather funds to shoot our next project in October.

Hope you like it!

Full staff:

- Main character : Eva Ledesma

- Director : Josep Antoni Duran/Laia Gil
- Producer : Laia Gil
- Screenplay : Sergi Martí, Laia Gil, Josep Antoni Duran.
- Screenplay consultant: Alex Villagrassa.
- Direction of photography : Anna Molins
- Director’s assistant: Sergi Martí
- Music : Roger Costa
- 3D, compositing and editing: Josep Antoni Duran
- Rotoscoping: Laia Gil
- Makeup : Sara Buira
- Costume design : Bibiana Marchena
- Graphic design : Marina Delgado

Links for Sonata in Motion

Link Vimeo (better quality) :

Link Youtube (be sure to watch it in high quality) :

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Fantastic…really top work, and great fun too!

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Thanks for your kind words!

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Outstanding job mate, congrats for the awards.

Eagerly waiting to see your next short :smiley:

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Exceptional!! A beautiful piece of work. Congrats to the team!

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Im waiting too! In fact, I’m terrified as well, the shooting is going to be overkill!

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Thanks! The team worked hard, and, although we faced some bad weather conditions, everyone was commited and we managed to go through all difficulties.

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Beuatiful piece. Great emotion and exitement. Thank you for sharing.

Would love to see some behind the scenes material on this one.

/Jon Angelo

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Thanks!

You can watch a little making of here:

At the end of the video there’s some behind the scenes material about 3D and compositing.

Hope it helps!

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Congratulations, Panhon.

Job well done and very professional directing.

zoran

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Thanks for your comments zoran! We tried to do our best as directors, and, although the main character is not an actress, i think we managed to get a consistent performance throughout the film.

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very nice.
thumbs up from me.
Lovely particle work. - good job.

Awaiting the next!