Sunset Motel

Synopsis

Sunset Motel is an immersion into the world of illustrator and scratchboard master Thomas Ott. His elaborate characters and scenery come to life through motion capture when set in movement by choreographer Gilles Jobin. From the bus stop, where they land in VR, the participant sees the Sunset Motel on the other side of the road. They can free roam through the lobby, around the pool and into the rooms, following the characters and their stories—not ordinary stories—unfolding in movement and without dialogue. The participant is literally immersed in a black-andwhite cosmogony created by Thomas Ott, populated by misfits and loners, scratched to the bones, they are silently carrying their backstories. When a dramatic event unfolds, the participant realizes that they might themselves be the next chapter of that story. Maybe the bus arrived too early at that lost motel in the middle of nowhere, maybe those stories were not for them to see…

Statement

Through movement and without dialogue, Thomas Ott and Gilles Jobin combine scratchboard illustration technique, choreography, and motion capture to create a mesmerizing immersive journey in black and white into the graphic world of Thomas Ott.

Credits

Director

Gilles Jobin

Production

Nadasdy Film (Nicolas Burlet), Cie Gilles Jobin (Gilles Jobin), Floréal Films (Floréal - Katayoun Dibamehr)

Running Time

20'

Language

No dialogue

Country

Switzerland

Music

Marky Edellman

Sound

Ramon Orza, Adryan Barrilliet

Art director

Thomas Ott

Creative director

Gilles Jobin

Lead 3D artist

Tristan Siodlak

Lead creative developer

Adryan Barrilliet

Lead VR supervisor

Tristan Siodlak

Developers

Tristan Siodlak, Pedro Núñez Ribot, Pierre-Igor Berthet

Lead designner

Thomas Ott, Tristan Siodlak

Character creators

Thomas Ott, Tristan Siodlak

Lead 3D artist

Tristan Siodlak

Motion capture

Studio 44 MocapLab (Adryan Barrilliet, Michael Dervey, Susana Panadés Diaz, Odran Jobin)

Dancers

Susana Panadés Diaz, Rudi van der Merwe, Malika Toto Garcia, Ivan Larson, Lucille Mansas, Gilles Jobin

Choreography

Gilles Jobin

Movement coordinator

Susana Panadés Diaz