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“The
Tale of the Floating World”
"The Tale of the Floating World" is an animated film first
presented in 2001 with the original 5.1 soundtrack, by Alain Escalle
(visuals) and Cécile Le Prado (composer). The film was an official
selection of the Grand Prix IMAGINA 2002 and the CÉSARS 2003 of
French cinema. It is composed of real characters filmed in Japan and
a mixture of new and traditional animation techniques (Film, video, photographic,
illustration and computer-generated images). An evocative and surrealistic
view of Japan and the atomic bomb. An imaginary story,
both cruel
and childlike. The dark visions, light, calm, even agitated by the strange
fantasy of a mutated world.
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Cécile Le Prado
Born in 1956, Cécile studied music and electroacoustic composition
at the conservatory of Nantes (France). She has worked at INA-GRM and at
Ircam, among other places. She has composed music for choreography as well
as films by Robert Cahen, Christian Boustani, Jean-Christophe Ballot...
In 1996 at the animation festival Imagina, she won the best soundtrack
award, for "Bruges" by Christian Boustani. In addition to numerous
acousmatic pieces and compositions for radio broadcasting, Cécile
has extensively studied architecture and soundscapes. She has created sound
installations in many places, including "Le Passeur", at
the parc de La Villette in Paris and the parc de l'Orangerie in Nice, as
part of the Manca festival. In 1996, she created the installation "Le
Triangle d'incertitude", which premiered at the Quartz in Brest (France),
and then presented at La Grande Halle de la Villette et in Ircam in Paris
(CD collection Ircam 005). Cécile's composition is a musical work,
a metaphor of real soundscapes, both a pretext and the starting point of
an inner journey. She suggests multi-scapes and border-sounds, to be explored.
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Alain
Escalle
Born in 1967 in the south of France, Alain studied Applied Arts at Nimes
and Cinema, and video at Toulouse from 1983 to 1989. A Director and digital
creator since 1991, he develops a visual and graphic style using moving
pictures and new technologies like software such as Inferno* ( Discreet
logic ) and, earlier, the Henry & Harry ( Quantel ). Following his
first film, "D'apres le naufrage" ( From the shipwreck)",
and after many trips to Japan, he completed his project about a far away
oriental culture: "Le conte du monde flottant (The tale of the floating
world)." It was an official selection of the Grand Prix IMAGINA
2002 and the CÉSARS 2003 of French cinema. Alain has also directed "Fontevraud,
the soul and the stone", a digital high resolution film permanently
showing at the Royal Abbaye of Fontevraud. As a graphic designer, he
has collaborated on many opening credits for TV programs, video installations,
shorts and video art films. His personal research has often been broadcast
on Arte, Canal+, and NHK Japan and has won many prizes in international
festivals (FCMM, Imagina, Nicograph, ARS Electronica, Monitors Awards,
Locarno, etc...). This pictorial quest bridging traditional cinema and
animation has given him the opportunity to work with other directors
on several projects such as the commercials "NTT GROUP" (dir:
Kenya Tauchi) and "Mirage unlimited" (co-directed with Maurice
Benayoun) or "Cities of the past: BRUGGES" and "A Viagem" (dir:
Christian Boustani, EXPO'98 in Lisbon).
Website: http://www.escalle.com
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