Official Selection Exploring taste Commercial Work: Craft: Idea

CLIENT/BRANDMEURISSE

PRODUCTION COMPANYUNKNOWN.COLLECTIVE

DIRECTOR(S)LOUIS VIELLE

PRODUCER(S)ESTEBAN BROUILLARD

AGENCYUNKNOWN.COLLECTIVE

DOPCHARLIE SEVERE

EDITOR LOUIS VIELLE

CREATIVE DIRECTOR LOUIS VIELLE

SCRIPT LOUIS VIELLE

VISUAL EFFECTS JULIEN MERCIER

COLOUR GRADING FRANÇOIS DUBOIS

MUSIC COMPOSER CHARLIE SEVERE

INSTAGRAM TAG @LOUVIELLE @UNKNOWNCOLLECTIVE.EU @MEURISSE #EXPLORING_TASTE

SOUND DESIGN GAUTHIER CLAUDE

SHORT SYNOPSIS THIS FILM IS A TRUE CREATIVE CARTE BLANCHE.

I WANTED TO IMMERSE THE AUDIENCE IN SOMETHING POETIC, WITH A TOUCH OF NOSTALGIA DRAWN FROM THAT NEO-VINTAGE, RETRO VIBE I HOLD SO DEAR. FOR THIS FIRST PIECE, THE IDEA WAS TO TAKE OUR AUDIENCE TO THE SEA IN THE MOST MAGICAL WAY POSSIBLE.

WE FOLLOW A CHARACTER DESCENDING THE FINAL STEPS OF AN UNDEFINED PLACE, BATHED IN SOFT BLUE LIGHT REMINISCENT OF THE OCEAN'S DEPTHS. LIKE A TREASURE HUNTER STUMBLING UPON A HIDDEN GEM IN A CELLAR, OUR CHARACTER COMES FACE TO FACE WITH A BAR OF MEURISSE CHOCOLATE. THE ECHO OF THE SOUNDS ALREADY IMMERGE US.

TO GIVE SOME CONTEXT, FOR NEARLY TWO CENTURIES, MEURISSE HAS BEEN MORE THAN JUST A CHOCOLATIER. THEY ARE EXPLORERS. SINCE 1845, THEY HAVE PUSHED BOUNDARIES, BLENDING TRADITION WITH CURIOSITY TO UNCOVER NEW FLAVORS, TEXTURES AND EXPERIENCES.

FROM THE VERY FIRST BITE, EACH PIECE OF MEURISSE CHOCOLATE INVITES YOU ON A JOURNEY. AND THIS IS WHAT THIS FILM IS ALL ABOUT. EXPLORING TASTES. EACH BAR IS A PASSPORT TO ADVENTURE, A CHANCE TO REDISCOVER THE JOY OF TRYING SOMETHING NEW.

AS OUR CHARACTER TAKES A BITE, HE IS SWEPT AWAY ON A SENSORY VOYAGE. HE FALLS INTO THE SEA, THE OCEAN FLOOR ENVELOPS THEM, BLURRING THE LINE BETWEEN REALITY AND DREAM.

EXTRA CREDIT 1 ACTOR: BRYAN LOUIS