Haute Definition
Directed by Baptiste Turbé CinéCréatis Graduation film (2017)
- formation 4th year
- année Promotion 2017
- durée 14:20 min
Synopsis
End of the 90s.
From rentals to advice, Paul lives in the routine of his video store, alone but very involved. One night, while closing his store, a mysterious woman asks him to identify the contents of a shocking untitled video tape…
About the film
High Definition is a psychological thriller directed by Baptiste Turbé, about 15 minutes long, whose main theme raises the following question : Is the past indelible?
The short film brought together over 30 students in their 3rd year of studies in cinema. The project required 3 months of pre-production, 8 days of shooting and 2 months of post-production in order to create a high-quality film.
Following what director M.Knight Shyamalan said in his films Sixth Sense (1999), Unbreakable (2000) and Sign (2002), the thread tells the story of a man who has forgotten who he was.
The short film is set in the world of VHS, the historical star of video.
Casting
Valérie Pastre (alias Adèle)
Actress and voice-over, it is at 23 years old that Valérie leaves her business studies to head back to her passions, theater and image. Afterwards, she did internships at Cours Florent and took classes at the Pygmalion studio.
She then followed training courses with the American coach Jack Waltzer. It is from this moment on that she will start acting in short films and lend her voice to different projects.
Nicolas de Boisse (alias Paul)
Born in Lyon, he grew up there until he was twenty years old. After a classic engineering career, he left his city to work in development all over the world, moving from one destination to another.
However, every day he has the same question that comes back on his way to work: “what would really make me want to go to work this morning?”.
It in in Bangkok in 2012 that he realizes what drives him, what he really likes to do: acting!
Back in Lyon he joined a theater school. There he learns the acting profession for 18 months. He left school last January and has been participating for two years now in volunteer short films, always with the ambition to make his passion a profession that will make him happy.
Haute définition : the figures
- 1200 VHS boxes
- 1200 screws
- 75 days of post-production
- 57 technicians
- 48 m² of settings
- 30 days of construction
- 27 projectors
- 22 construction reinforcements
- 21 sheets of decorations
- 20 liters of paint
- 16 shelves
- 12 posters
- 8 customers
- 7 days of shooting
- 6 electricians
- 6 control room assistants
- 5 VHS tapes mistreated during filming
- 3 camera operator assistants
- 3 stagehands
- 2 scriptwriters
- 2 VFX assistants
- 2 assistant directors
- 2 prop masters
- 1 director
- 1 director of photography
- 1 camera operator
- 1 sound recording operator
- 1 assistant sound recording operator
- 1 chief electrician
- 1 head machinist
- 1 VFX supervisor
- 1 continuity assistant
- 1 production manager
- 1 general manager
- 1 assistant stage manager
- 1 head decorator
- 1 chief builder
- 1 head costume designer
- 1 make-up artist
- 1 special effects make-up artist
- 1 chief hairdresser
- 1 chief editor
- 1 assistant editor
- 1 mixer/sound designer
- 1 post-production manager
- 1 VFX supervisor
- 1 calibrator
- 1 credits editor
- 1 storyboarder
- 1 animatics supervisor
- 1 communication manager
- 1 communication assistant
- 1 communication graphic designer
- 1 making-off director
- 1 making-off cameraman
- 1 set photographer
- 1 composer
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