Facing Champlain
Foreign title: Champlain Retracé (French)
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
Artist Mélissa Hébert- fictional descendant of the first colonist in New France- is commissioned to paint a portrait of Samuel de Champlain, explorer and founder of Quebec City. In her studio overlooking Quebec's magnificent Old City, the artist tries to grasp the essence of the man. Suddenly, division between worlds, senses and dimensions melt away and the artist passes through a tear in the canvas into the third dimension- and into the visionary explorer's expansive world.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Quebec City and its founder, Samuel de Champlain, the National Film Board of Canada produced "Facing Champlain"- a ground-breaking 3-D stereoscopic experience.
To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Quebec City and its founder, Samuel de Champlain, the National Film Board of Canada produced "Facing Champlain"- a ground-breaking 3-D stereoscopic experience.
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jean-François Pouliot
- First Assistant Director
- Anne Sirois
Producing
- Producer
- Marc Bertrand, René Chénier, David Verrall
- Line Producer
- Jean-Marie Comeau, Francine Langdeau
- Associate Producer
- Maral Mohammadian
- Executive Producers
- René Chénier, David Verrall
Writing
- Writer
- Jean-François Pouliot
- Original Script
- Marcel Jean
Animation
- Animator
- Claire Blanchet, Igor Boudnikov, Tom Tassel Boulanger, James Braithwaite, Myron Campbell, Marc Daigle, Florian Fiebig, Dale Hayward, David Seitz, Peter Stephenson, Sarah Taylor
- Assistant Animator
- Shannon Hayward
- Director of Animation
- Munro Ferguson
- Lead Animator
- Theodore Ushev
Voices
- Voice
- Colm Feore, John Gilbert, Domini Blythe, Ellen David, Luis de Cespedes, Felicia Shulman, Terrence Scammell, Simon Peacock, Robert Naylor, Julie Burroughs, Kim Bubbs, Aaron Grunfeld, Tamar Kozlov, Evans Smirnov, Nicolas Charbonneaux-Collombet, Catherine Sénart, Nobuya Shimamoto
- Live Action
- Pascale Montpetit, Eudore Belzile
Music
- Music
- Normand Roger, Pierre-Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand
- Director of Musical Composition
- Normand Roger
- Director of Sound Design
- Normand Roger
- Sound Design
- Normand Roger, Pierre-Yves Drapeau, Denis Chartrand
- Sound Editing
- Olivier Calvert, Dominique Bourgoin
- Musicians
- Denis Chartrand, Michel Dubeau, Michel Dupire, Bernard Cormier, Philippe Gélinas, Pierre-Yves Drapeau, Andrew Wells-Oberegger
Crew
- Director of Photography
- Allen Smith
- Art Direction
- Normand Sarrazin
- Fine Art Painter
- Theodore Ushev
- Director of Digital Effects
- Pierre Plouffe
- Director of Technology
- Paul Kroitor
- Picture Editing
- Sylvain M. Lebel, Gaétan Huot
- Continuity
- Louise Thériault
- Casting
- Nathalie Boutrie
- First Camera Assistant
- Nicolas Marion
- Second Camera Assistants
- Francis Hanneman, Thierry Bouffard
- Clapper Loader
- Nicolas René
- Video Assist Operator
- Jean-François Gravel
- On-Set Stereographer
- Sean MacLeod Phillips
- Chief Lighting Technician
- Normand Viau
- Best Boy Electrician
- Michel Steinmetzer
- Lighting
- François Allard, Érick Dinel
- Generator Operators
- Normand Simpson, George Hryszyn, Michel Parent
- Key Grip
- Serge Grenier
- Best Boy Grip
- Frank Develey
- Grips
- Bono Grenier, Alexandre Garber, David Giasson
- Set Decorator
- Normand Robitaille
- Assistant Set Decorator
- Anouk St-Amand
- Props Person
- Michel Clément
- Assistant Props Person
- Alain Clouatre
- Set Technicians
- Michael Thomas, André Potvin, Ludovic Poirot, Frédéric Vignal, Francis Brousseau, Daniel Renaudin, Trevor Orthner, Frédérick Marcil
- Graphic Designer, Newspapers
- Benjamin Bousquet
- Costume Designer
- Michèle Hamel
- Dressers
- Martine Séguin, Mélanie Turcotte
- Makeup Artists
- Marie-Angèle Breitner, Johanne Gravel
- Hairdresser
- Denis Parent
- Sound Recordist
- Gilles Corbeil
- Boom Operators
- François Guérin, Marc Furtado
- Location Managers
- Louis-Charles Sarrazin, Catherine Lavoie
- Floor Managers
- Pierre Trépanier, Pierre-René Bonnette
- Production Assistants
- Marc-Antoine Turcotte, Frédéric Moreau, Geneviève Brien, Chantal Allard, Dominic Montplaisir, François Gamache, Véronique Isabelle
- Craft Service
- Christian Marion, Marie-Claude Leclerc
- Security Supervisor
- Richard Desjardins
- Security
- Rebecca Lafond, Abdullah Dalbudak, Mounir Malla, Moussa Moralli
- Production Coordinator
- Guylaine O'Reilly
- Production Secretary
- Stéphanie Gaudreau
- Drivers
- Daniel Brunelle, André Ouellet
- Production Manager for Animation
- Jelena Popovic
- Production Manager for Stereoscopic Post-Production
- Jelena Popovic
- Digital Imaging Specialist
- Susan Gourley
- Colour Consultant - Animation
- Anne Ashton
- Computer Graphic Artists
- Nicolas Brault, Louis-André Fortin, Denis Roy
- Technical Operations Supervisor
- Lawrence Lafetière
- Software Development
- Simon Drouin
- Animation and Technology Liaison
- Philippe Lanteigne
- Digital Imaging Coordinator
- Fred Casia
- Technical Support
- Brian Mitchell, Marylin Drolet
- Digital Imaging Technicians
- Yannick Grandmont, Mike Durcak, Neil Doshi
- Post-Production Consultant
- Christian Kroitor
- Re-Recording
- Serge Boivin, Jean Paul Vialard
- On-Line Editor
- Denis Gathelier
- Titles Designer
- Gaspard Gaudreau
- Laboratory
- Technicolor Creative Services
- Voice Recording Production Managers
- Marysol Moran, Yves Fortin
- Casting Camera Operator
- Salim Hammad
- Guide Voices
- Julie Burroughs, Benoit Rousseau
- Prompter
- Nico Gagnon
- Guide Voice Editor
- Chris Leon
- Making-Of
- Philippe Tremblay, Jason Lee
- Consultant for Sound Installation
- André Gagnon
- Consultant for Projecton Installation
- André Gagnon
- Consulting Historian
- Mathieu D'Avignon
- Content Coordinator
- Luc Gouin
- Rights Clearances
- Michèle Houle
- Legal Advisor
- Stéphanie L'Écuyer
- Partnerships Development
- Liliane Tremblay
- Translation
- Kathleen Fleming
- Adaptation
- Kathleen Fee
- Dubbing Director
- Kathleen Fee
- Marketing Managers
- Mia Desroches, Christine Noël
- Administrator
- Diane Regimbald
- Administrative Team
- Michèle Labelle, Karine Desmeules, Diane Ayotte, Gisèle Guilbault, Marie-Christine Nadon, Rosalina Di Sario
- Technical Coordinators
- Julie Laperrière, Brigitte Sénéchal
- Project Head
- Jacques Turgeon
Companies and other credits
- Voice Recording - Casting: Audio Postproduction SPR Inc
- Voice Recording - Casting: Audio Zone Inc
Production notes
Live action with animation.
A historical and artistic 3-D experience directed by Jean-François Pouliot. A collaboration with Musée de la civilisation, screened as part of the permanent exhibition on Samuel de Champlain at the Centre d'interprétation on Place-Royale in Quebec City.
A historical and artistic 3-D experience directed by Jean-François Pouliot. A collaboration with Musée de la civilisation, screened as part of the permanent exhibition on Samuel de Champlain at the Centre d'interprétation on Place-Royale in Quebec City.