Pierre Michel was offered what most artists dream of from a client: carte blanche to create whatever he envisioned. The project was to create the opening for the French film festival "Polar dans la ville" ("Polar in the town"), which would be printed to 35mm film and projected at about 40 cinemas around Paris as well as on television.

I think the sound effects and music are as vital to the final peice as the amazing imagery and visual effects. In each video the sound keeps the pace of the video, building up towards the ending, good sound seems to be overlooked in most videos of this style. The entire thing was created in after effects, using several particle systems to simulate rain and clouds, with footage of the character shot against a green screen.