Noémie Cauvin - Photography, Illustration, Animation, and other animals

Last year I had the oportunity thanks to Painting Practice to work on "Drug Lord : The Legend of Shorty" (directed by Simon Chinn), a feature documentary about the cartel kingpin "El Chapo", in Mexico.

We were in charge of the title sequence, which is a mix between live action, 3D set, and VFX.

The idea was to recreate the "Cocaïne Alley", a tunnel by which Chapo managed to traffic millions upon millions of dollars worth of cocaine and marijuana out of Mexico.

I've been fortunate to be involved in different steps of the production as I did some props modeling on the CG set of the tunnel, I had the chance to assist the Art Direction team on the shooting of the live action part, and I also been involve in the compositing step.

Unfortunately I'm not allowed to show my work. But you can find below a very interesting case study made by Painting Practice to explain the whole process of creation :

http://paintingpractice.com/the-legend-of-shorty/

Also, you can enjoy here the final result of the title sequence :

Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty - Title Sequence from Painting Practice on Vimeo.

Treo Fiskur

I'm pleased to announce you that our graduation short film is finaly online !

Treo Fiskur from Treo Fiskur on Vimeo.

Credits :

Directed by : Alissa Bécavin, Noémie Cauvin, Lucie Delvaux, Tristan Hélaine, et Sullivan Vanderlinden.
Music by : Thomas Schweitzer
Sound design by : Thomas Van Pottelberghe
Voice casting : Zoé Caudron, Erica Mendez, Edward Bosco

Prize and distinction :

- Graduation jury special mention - France - June 2013
- Part of "The Eye Candy Show", a selection of the best new international short animation films presented by Shelley Page - United States - July 2013
- The "Vimeo Staff Pick" distinction

- 2nd Price (Overseas Video Content category) at The International Students Creative Award 2014 - Japan - November 2014

Festivals :

We have been selected at :

- The Encounters short film and animation festival (out of competition) - United Kingdom - September 2013
- la compétition Images Virtuelles pour le prix de la meilleur création d'images virtuelles 2013 - France - November 2013
- Libélula Internacional Animation Festival - Spain - November 2013
- Les Nuits Magiques - France - December 2013
- Le festival National du Film d'Animation - France - December 2013
- SICAF - South Korea - July 2014
- Anima Mundi International Animation Festival - Brazil - August 2014
- Croq'Anime, le Festival du Film d'Animation de Paris - France - September 2014
- KDIAF - Taiwan - November 2014
- SIGGRAPH ASIA - Shenzhen - China - December 2014
- International Motion Festival - Cyprus - March 2015
- Trolls & Legendes - Belgium - April 2015
- China International Cartoon and Animation Festival - China - Avril 2015

Sky Movies Disney ident

This is a commercial for the english TV channel Sky Movies Disney.
I worked on this project at Painting Practice.
I was in charge of the texturings and matte paintings projections (camera mapping), and I also worked on layout, modeling, and lighting.

Treo Fiskur - Visual Development

Voici un résumé de mon travail en pré-production sur Treo Fiskur.

Cette image est la toute première recherche que j'ai faite pour mettre en place l'univers graphique du film (couleurs, matières, motifs, stylisation des formes, lumières ect ...).

Quelques recherches de rendu graphique pour la mer :