Margaux Arroyo's walkie-talkie crackles.
“The picture is in place,” the voice sputters into the device.
The young director finishes her briefing, asks for silence and goes to start the scene to be filmed.
This Tuesday, March 5, was the third and last day of filming in Bréviandes, in the Trojan area.
The 23-year-old young woman, in her third year of studies at CLFC (free conservatory of French cinema), is one of the 15 directors selected for the 7th edition of the “Action Enfance fait son cinéma” festival.
“Cher moi”, his short film, was part of a battery of 180 synopses proposed for this 2024 edition.
The pitch?
Children at summer camp are preparing to bury a time capsule where they tell how they imagine themselves in twenty years.
This future, which seems distant to them, will catch up with them faster than they think... A short film of around three minutes is filmed in each “Action Enfance” village before being put online in May.
They will also be presented during an evening at the Grand Rex in Paris in June, in the presence of personalities from the world of cinema and three prizes will be awarded.
Note that each year, personalities participate in the short films.
For “Cher moi”, it is Laurent Bateau, a well-known supporting role in French cinema, who will voice the film.
Short films online in May
Arriving late Saturday afternoon at the “Action Enfance” village of Bréviandes, the film crew, made up of around twenty film students or professionals, got to work on Sunday to record the voices. off and shoot the first scenes, either in the village or on the beaches of Villepart a few kilometers further.
“Filming with children is always complicated,” says Margaux Arroyo, “but for this project, they are very receptive.
When it was presented to us at school, I was immediately excited.
Our role is also to put stars in their eyes.
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With instruction, the film crew detailed each of its missions throughout the sequences.
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Beforehand, educators from the Bréviandes children's village had organized the casting.
“We needed five main roles and around twenty extras,” emphasizes Mathilde Ebel.
Of the fifty children who live in the village, thirty have proposed their candidacy.
“We feel that this project is really close to their hearts,” continues the educator.
“This experience, in real conditions, helps them gain self-confidence and develop their adaptability,” adds Quentin Lehoux, another educator involved in the project.
The last scenes filmed, with the blessing of the weather, the film crew left Bréviandes with memories in their heads.
Next step: post-production before putting the 15 short films online on the aefaitsoncinema.org website.
One of the prizes, that of the public, will be awarded thanks to the votes collected on the site during the evening at the Grand Rex where budding actors will be invited.
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