Astrid and Raphaëlle
Beauty Retouching • Compositing • Color Grading • Tracking • Rotoscoping • VFX Compositing • 2D VFX
Description
For Astrid et Raphaëlle season 6 (France 2), visual effects had to support the series' cinematic aesthetic while navigating complex themes related to parapsychology and intimate traumas.
Within a VFX artist duo, our approach focused on invisible VFX compositing and beauty retouching. The objective was enhancing scenes' raw emotions without ever revealing our technical intervention, thus ensuring total plot immersion.
From meticulous parasitic element erasure to complex tracking via Mocha Pro for tablet and smartphone interface integration, each shot benefited from rigorous attention to preserve this unique universe's harmony and credibility.
Role
VFX Artist & VFX Compositor
Toolkit
- After Effects
- Mocha Pro
- Photoshop
Duration
5 weeks
Production
JLA Productions, France Télévisions and RTBF
Challenges & Solutions
Beauty Retouching & Emotion Preservation
Emotionally charged scenes left physical marks on actresses (redness, intense tears, fatigue) that needed softening without denaturing acting performance.
I performed delicate digital retouching to harmonize complexions and clean images, scrupulously ensuring authentic expressivity and raw emotion preservation on faces.
Visual Immersion & Set Anonymization
Parisian sets contained unauthorized brands for broadcast, and technical equipment (booms, reflections) sometimes invited itself into frame, risking viewer distraction.
Through masking play, set reconstruction, and color adjustments, we erased all visual distraction to refocus attention exclusively on the investigator duo.
Complex Tracking & Narrative Interfaces
Numerous moving shots required key digital element insertion for investigation (messages, mathematical theories) on phones or tablets manipulated by actors.
Using Mocha Pro enabled millimeter surface tracking. Completed by precise hand rotoscoping, animated interface integration occurred organically, enriching visual narrative.