PFor film buffs, even informed ones, it is unlikely that the names of Laurent Le Corre, Antoine Lienhard or José De Hita will be evocative. The public retains the actors, the director. At the end of the credits, in the theater, few spectators remain paying homage with their presence to the names that stretch out, “chief stagehand”, “first assistant”, “chief electrician”… These professions are nevertheless essential in the film industry . Without these dozens, even hundreds of technicians and specialists of all genres, films, television dramas, television shows would not exist.
Laurent Le Corre is “chief production designer” on the sets. Trained upholsterer, trained in Applied Arts in Nantes. “A bit of frame too”, before chance transported him to a film set. One thing led to another, by training “on the job, as with many cinema professions”, Laurent Le Corre continued filming.
Antoine Lienhard immediately explains his own profession. “By necessity, I know a little about electricity, but a chief electrician, in reality, is the chief lighting engineer, in charge of the team which manages all the lights. » José De Hita was general manager, filming coordinator, in essence, before becoming production director.
An early vocation
The Royan association is making its cinema innovative, a few weeks before the fourth edition of the Society Film Festival (from December 3 to 8). During a long morning, Saturday December 16, around fifteen audiovisual production professionals, in the broad sense, were invited to the Carel de Royan to put the right words on their jobs, on their role in the channel which is giving birth to a long- footage, of a TV film.
“Juliette decided at 8 years old that she would work in the sound field”
In the Carel auditorium, certainly small but crowded, a mixed audience. Half of them teenagers, most of them college students. Just curious or already decided, for some, about their possible educational and professional direction. “Juliette decided at 8 years old that she would work in the sound field,” says her dad, Tony. Now a fourth grade student, Juliette is already thinking about post-college. Like his comrade Suzanne. With a mother who is a television journalist, a certain idea of the future is emerging for the 13-year-old girl. “Even though for several months, she has been saying to herself that she would like to be a psychiatrist, I encouraged her to come to this meeting, to learn a little more,” whispers Suzanne’s mother.
Laura Allard-Villelégier, sound engineer, took the time to chat with Juliette and Suzanne, and with other teenagers who are interested in her profession. A native of the country, Antoine Moulineau also shared his experience. The Royannais supervises the creation of the visual effects of a film. These “tricks” have become so sophisticated that this field sometimes relies, for certain large productions like “Avatar”, in which Antoine Moulineau participated, on a team of dozens, even hundreds of people. Getting a foot behind the scenes with the confidences of professionals probably reassured the young people of Royan in their desire to continue their path towards the light of the sets.
