Brume, the new motion graphics studio founded by creative directors Benoit Drigny and Valentin Nouvel in Lyon, France, just dropped us their maiden project, a beautifully illustrated and surprisingly emotional short film for TED-Ed.

Valentin Nouvel: “We were commissioned to illustrate a traditional Chinese tale of the original star-crossed lovers, to translate the spirit of the tale through into a harmonious whole.

“The project is the result of a full year of work. It’s a very cinematographic project, with framing intentions and a style of narration close to animated feature films.

“The first creative and technical challenge was the five-minute length of the video itself. We’ve never worked on such a long film before, and this meant a phenomenal amount of shots to be designed by Benoit alone, and animated mostly by me with the help of a small team.”
 

 
Client: TED-Ed
Educator: Shannon Zhao
Director of Production: Gerta Xhelo
Editorial Director: Alex Rosenthal
Producer: Bethany Cutmore-Scott
Editorial Producer: Dan Kwartler
Script Editor: Iseult Gillespie
Fact-Checker: Jennifer Nam

Production: Brume
Creative Director: Benoit Drigny, Valentin Nouvel
Art Director: Benoit Drigny
Animation Director: Valentin Nouvel
Animator: Valentin Nouvel, Basile Krasnopolsky, Sebastien Vincent
Cel Animator: Florent Tailhades, Marine Hennes
Compositor: Valentin Nouvel

Music: Alexis Dehimi
Mix/Sound Design: Mars Octobre Music
Narrator: Bethany Cutmore-Scott