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CODA

Denis Poulin & Martine Époque
2014 | 11 min
This short animation draws on advanced digital technologies to offer a new vision of dance in cinema. With motion capture (MoCap) and particle processing, designers Denis Poulin and Martine Époque create virtual dancers free of their morphological appearance. In this balletic and hypnotic film, dynamic traces carry the motion of the real dancers behind the on-screen movements. Addressing environmental themes by way of metaphor, CODA is a fused universe where space and time collide, deploy, and dissolve. In this technically and formally innovative film, luminous bodies in the infinite space of the cosmos transform and evolve to the rhythms of Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.

Awards and distinctions

  • Best Animation Film
    Fiver International Dancefilm Competition, Logroño
    2017
  • 3D Short-Animated - Jury Prize
    Annual 3D Creative Arts Awards, Beverly Hills
    2016
  • 3D Guild Award- category 3D Entertainment
    3D Stereo Media, Liège
    2015