5 + 1 years later, Baillat Studio undergoes a metamorphosis with The Clock at its centre.
The blue curtain evokes elegance, mystery, theatre, it can be both conceal and reveal depending on perspective.
Olivia Chan, art director
Initially, the blue curtain was simply to be part of the decor for our new offices, and then it became the framework for our entire rebranding.
Olivia Chan, art director
A key component of this rebranding is time:
The time passed since the creation of the studio;
The time to start a new chapter;
The time invested in a project for it to come alive: “Everything become unique given enough love”
Olivia Chan, art director
When you take the time to do things properly, things happen that couldn’t happen otherwise.
Jean-Sébastien Baillat, film & creative director
One thing that fascinates me with David Lynch is that he can make a simple door handle appear strange and unsettling. The idea of how intention can transform our perception was one of the themes that guided this short film.
Jean-Sébastien Baillat, film & creative director
There’s a colour change that happens. It’s always satisfying to create an atmosphere with a certain colour and then suddenly, WHAM! Surprise with another colour. It’s something I really like when creating: the unexpected.
Jean-Sébastien Baillat, film & creative director
We like paradoxes, to be unpredictable and traditional at the same time; flamboyant and minimalist until the coexistence of blue and yellow in The Clock.
Olivia Chan, art director
The presence of yellow in The Clock was initially a mistake that then became central to the narrative.
Jean-Sébastien Baillat, film & creative director
CREATIVE DIRECTON: JEAN-SÉBASTIEN BAILLAT
ART DIRECTION: JEAN-SÉBASTIEN BAILLAT & OLIVIA CHAN
GRAPHIC DESIGN: OLIVIA CHAN, LOUIS DOLLÉ & GUILLAUME BECHON
MOTION: ROMANE BECHU, OLIVIA CHAN & MAXIME BÉDARD
EDITING: ROMANE BECHU
3D: PATRICK TRUDEAU & GEORG FASSWALD
WRITING AND STRATEGY: NEIL FRISBY & MARC-ANDRÉ CHAPUT
PHOTOGRAPHY: NATHAN LANG
PHOTOGRAPHY ASSISTANTS: RENAUD LAFRENIÈRE & VANESSA LEE JACKSON
TYPEFACE: COPPERS AND BRASSES
WEBSITE: LOCOMOTIVE