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Exhibition : The Art of DC Comics – The dawn of superheroes

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Exhibition : The Art of DC Comics – The dawn of superheroes

March 2017 – January 2018

Art Ludique - Le Musée (Paris)

From March 31, 2017 to January 7, 2018, Art Ludique – Le Musée hosted an exceptional exhibition dedicated to the DC Comics universe.
Produced in partnership with Warner Bros. and DC, the event offered visitors the opportunity to contemplate more than 250 original comic strips, as well as 300 concept artworks created for the movies.
Alexandre Poncet composed a musical suite for the occasion, paying tribute to DC’s rich mythology. The score was used as part of the advertising campaign, but also within a short documentary film recounting the history of the studio.

About the exhibition :

Art Ludique – Le Musée presented the world premiere «The Art of DC Comics – The dawn of Superheroes», in collaboration with DC Entertainment and with the participation of Warner Bros Consumer Products. A unique exhibition in the world which pays tribute to the history of DC and his iconics Superheroes and Super Vilains like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and the Joker which are at the origin of a true contemporary mythology.

Original creation of the Art Ludique – Le Musée team, «The Art of DC Comics – The Dawn of Superheroes», revealed more than 250 original historical plates, more than 300 works of research for the cinema and numerous real costumes and props from the films.

The exhibition on tour :

February – September 2018 :
O2 – Londres

PRESS

France 24 TV report

DISCOVER

« Biafine » : the Dédo show recording

Walking With Animators

Gremlins special effects and puppets workshop

Exhibition

Last Door to the South by Sacha Feiner

Soundtracks

Last Door to the South by Sacha Feiner

2015 – 14 minutes

Last Door to the South marks the second collaboration between director Sacha Feiner and composer Alexandre Poncet, three years after A Better World.

Adapted from a short story by Philippe Foerster published in 1982, this black-and-white film features a two-headed child locked by his parents in an endless building. The process of composing the soundtrack began before filming and continued throughout the production, in order to correspond as closely as possible to Feiner’s vision.The score has four leitmotifs: one for the “world”, one for the young protagonist, one for his castrating mother and one for his missing father, which leaves behind many enigmas.

Awarded at the prestigious Brussels and Clermont-Ferrand festivals, Last Door to the South won the Magritte for Best Animated Short Film in 2016.

About the film:

The world is made up of floors connected by stairs. The floors are made up of rooms connected by corridors. And all the floors, that’s the world. This is the theory elaborated by Toto, the friend and second Siamese head of a child whose mother never let him out of the huge family mansion. Between exploring endless corridors, private schooling and visits to their father’s mausoleum, the brothers never questioned the limits of this world. Until one day, obsessed by a strange light they see by accident, they vow to find the end of it.

Director, Screenwriter, Director of Photography, Editing, Visual Effects: Sacha Feiner
Assistant Director: Chloé Morier

Assistant Cameraman: Letizia Giorgi
Costumes: Jackye Fauconnier
Foreign Producer: Alon Knoll
Sound Engineer: Antoine De Schuyter
Executive: Arnaud Hock
Original Music: Alexandre Poncet

Author of the original work: Philippe Foerster

Awards

Award for Best Animation – International Competition Festival – Clermont Ferrand 2016

First Prize for Best Animation – Rhode Island International Film Festival (United States, 2016)

Grand Prize of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation + RTBF Prize at the Anima Festival (Belgium, 2015)

Best Animated Short Film Magritte 2016

Watch the entire short film

Watch the making-of

Voir le court métrage

Mad dreams and monsters: the art of Phil Tippett and Tippett studio

DISCOVER

« Biafine » : the Dédo show recording

Walking With Animators

Gremlins special effects and puppets workshop

Exhibition: The Art of Marvel Superheroes

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Exhibition: The Art of Marvel Superheroes

March – August 2014

Art Ludique - Le Musée (Paris)

In 2014, “Art Ludique – Le Musée” hosted an exceptional exhibition dedicated to the universe of Marvel heroes.

To accompany a short documentary screened as part of the exhibition, Alexandre Poncet created a musical suite adapted from the soundtrack of the Disney Channel documentary Behind the Mask of Superheroes, composed the previous year.

About the exhibition

“Art Ludique – Le Musée” offered the world’s first major exhibition dedicated to the Art of Marvel Super Heroes. The Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, the X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, The Silver Surfer… Their names ring like icons. Their costumes and emblems are universally recognized, their place in our imagination and in the culture of our time is inescapable. This exceptional exhibition presented a panorama of the Marvel universe, from the historical plates of the original comics to the concept drawings and illustrations made for the latest film productions.

In addition to the exhibition

The documentary Behind the Mask of Superheroes, made for the exhibition and broadcast on Disney Channel France.

2013 – 52 minutes

Directed by: Gilles Penso
Written by: Jean-Jacques Launier and Gilles Penso
Produced: Isabelle Roche and Jean-Philippe Serrano
Original music: Alexandre Poncet.
Starring: Stan Lee, Joann Sfar, Adi Granov, Zep, Ryan Meinerding, Olivier Coipel, Franck Ferrand, Ollivier Pouriol, Alex Nicolavitch.

DISCOVER

« Biafine » : the Dédo show recording

Walking With Animators

Gremlins special effects and puppets workshop

A Better World by Sacha Feiner

Soundtracks

A Better World by Sacha Feiner

2013 – 24 minutes

Directed in 2012 by Sacha Feiner, a Belgian talent who rose to fame with the short film Gremlins Fan Films, A Better World follows the misfortunes of an intelligence agent after the fall of a totalitarian regime.

Alexandre Poncet’s music was initially intended to expose the rigidity of this dystopian universe before shattering it. A piano waltz in the middle of the projection illustrates the loneliness of the central character, and his final exile is accompanied by an orchestral suite that moves from anguish to transcendence.

Alexandre Poncet and Sacha Feiner will reunite on Last Door to the South, an animated short film that won a Magritte in 2016.

About the film:

Henry, a zealous citizen of a ruthless dictatorial state, has always given himself body and soul to his work at the Ministry of Denunciations. But suddenly, the regime collapses, seeing overnight the transformation of this cold, technocratic, paranoid world into an idyllic, caricatured expanse of green, singing, free fields.

Director: Sacha Feiner

Starring: Vincent Kohler, Damien Marchal, Jean-Marie Barbier…

Genre: Fantasy, Science fiction
Country: Belgium / Switzerland

Executive producer(s): Panache Productions, La Cie Cinématographique
Producer(s): Rita Prod

With the support of: RTBF, TSR