It’s not easy to adapt a video game as popular as League of Legends. Successful bet with Arcane the second season of which is gradually being released on Netflix.
Arcane, it’s the story of two opposing sisters: Jinx, with blue hair, who became a terrorist in the underworld; his sister, Vi, in the world above, is linked to a female officer, responsible for fighting these terrorists. A story of class struggle in a rich, ultra-violent universe, which evokes Japanese animation, the retro futuristic universe and painting. The second season further increases in scale and rhythm. Everything is made in a Parisian studio, Fortiche. Julien Georgel is one of the two artistic directors.
From the start, making a series is completely different from a video game. “It’s a game, seen from above, with little characters fighting among themselves. As a result, they have developed very catchy heroes, who should really, at first glance, be recognizable to the players. And We don’t work in the same media.
Our objective, adds Julien Georgel, it’s about telling a story that is rather quite dramatic, rather serious, and we need to immerse the viewer in this universe, for them to really feel the emotions, while trying to respect the original material as much as possible, so that we recognize the characters. We lowered a lot of sliders to make them more “subtle”, and above all to make these characters more credible.”
For example, for Jinx, one of the two sisters. “She has big pieces of armor, she has huge gloves. We reduced the size of some of those elements a little bit. We didn’t want it to look like they had lightweight plastic costumes “.
With its realistic and classy style, the first season ofArcane won prizes at the Emmy Awards. A style specific to this French creation, animation and production studio, which led to them being contacted by the video game publisher. “An animation with a somewhat painted look, explains Julien Georgel, mix of 2D and 3D, staging really closer to certain live films, with a very organic, very lively camera, where you feel the work of the cameraman, a little bit of sequence shots, etc.”
Arcanea fast-paced second season with stunning style and the sound of rock music. Not to be missed, for fans of the genre, on Netflix.
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