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Marcel Delord
Marcel Delord is a designer extraordinaire, producing stunning
artwork and illustrations as part of his work on product
design.
His talents go beyond that though, as he has recently completed
a full-length movie, entirely computer generated. A solo project
from start to finish, it will soon be distributed on DVD,
proving you don't need hundreds of people to complete a full-length
film!
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After technical studies, Marcel Delord chose plastic art and sculpture as his
medium, and creation of physical objects has remained his
passion. In that respect, his beautiful artworks are for him
just a step in the process which leads from conceiving an
initial idea through to an actual solid object that you can
hold in your hands.
He has been a designer for 24 years, working for many famous
design agencies. He is fond of computer graphics and synthesised
images, and in the early
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1980s he even developed his
own 3d software - back then, such software did not exist, and making
his own software was the only way to realise his first creations!
Then he contributed to the making of one of
the first pieces of software to use NURBS and ray-tracing,
which was named "Volumm4d".
These days, Marcel Delord uses trueSpace for his work. “From
version 3, this software has impressed me by its intuitive
approach and its interface which is more appropriate for artists
than the majority of competitors which are often conceived
for engineers. Thanks to trueSpace, my imagination is not
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Today, Marcel devotes himself to product design, as well
as having just finished his first big project in 3D animation.
He hopes that in 10 years, 3D creation will use an artificial
intelligence interface that will display automatically the
functions an individual user uses most often, tailoring itself
to that users's preferred way of working.
"The word 'configuration' would become a souvenir,"
he said, "when this ability is combined with vocal command
and retina identification!"
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Design
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The "Essence of Charisma" Awards
honour a renowned persona who exemplifies a spontaneous
and irresistible energy. The trophy is a clear crystal globe,
created for The Fragrance Foundation by Marcel Delord of
Dinand Design and manufactured by Pochet of America directly
from files from trueSpace.
“It is one of the many projects I have succeeded in thanks
in part to trueSpace, because of the quality of its render
engine. Before using computers, I made prototypes out of
physical materials. It is still necessary to pass through
this stage, but now it can be done in 3D on the computer
without the need to make an actual physical mock-up.”
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The Fragance Foundation
awards are considered the "Oscars" of the fragrance
industry, and this striking and beautiful trophy found a
fittingly prestigious home, as it was awarded to former
President, Bill Clinton.
Now after 24 years of creating product
designs, Marcel Delord is now looking more and more towards
animation. “The power of computers these days lets me consider
film making as a means of presenting designs, while still
remaining autonomous as I do not have to be dependent on someone
else to make the movie.”
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Retrospective
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Before we go on to look at the movie that
Marcel has been working on, we will pause and take a second
to introduce the main character.
The robot is about 30 years old, having first been conceived
before the first Star Wars movie was released. Without 3D
software, the robot took form as an actual construction made
from lucite and metal, measuring 2.4 meters on his own, or
a full 5 meters with his spatial shuttle.
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Done purely for fun, Marcel
notes that there was really not enough room in his house for the
robot, and the noise of the motors made the neighbours a little
unhappy! Neither of those were problems in recent years when the
robot took on new life as the star of the Marcel's animation project.
SONDE
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Only just completed this year, Marcel Delord's movie "SONDE"
is a personal work in which the threads of the story are civilisations
and virtual worlds.
Making a full-length film on your own is a real challenge!
Marcel undertook every step of the movie's creation, and all
on his own. from the initial ideas and writing, through to
modelling, rendering, animating, and creating the special
effects, all the way up to recording the sound, creating a
DVD interface, and designing the packaging.
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It has taken more than 2 years of work, and
700 animated scenes in order to complete the project, which comes
in the form of 3 episodes. Marcel describes the result as a well
finished film that mixes documentary and science fiction.
Three movie clips
from Marcel Delord's "SONDE" - click the images to watch!
The ambitious story, which takes place across the timescale of
several billions of years gives a different vision of our world.
Without making any scientific claim, it lets the spectator interpret
the events, so that each movie-watcher can imagine their own world.
Marcel likens it to dreaming, and says “As far as I am concerned,
I have already dreamed about a continuation which will answer some
questions raised during the first 3 episodes. The spectator will
then have the pleasure of comparing those revelations with his own
interpretation.”
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More
Information:
All images by Marcel Delord
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