Colors:Noir
Private detective Walter Koch wakes up in his office with a fuzzy memory. He tries to piece together the fragments of his memory to remember how he got there.
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Ando (Cid) AndrianarisonDirectorCid
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Ando (Cid) AndrianarisonWriterCid
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Daniel C. JohnsonWriter
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Ando (Cid) AndrianarisonProducerCid
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Lucie RasoarimananaCo-Producer
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Daniel C. JohnsonKey Cast"Walter Koch, The Rippers"
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Alice HimoraKey Cast"Scarlet, Judy"
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Dylan RungeKey Cast"Andrew, Blake"
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Chris GriesemerKey Cast"Ralph"
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Luna FreyavaKey Cast"Maid, Shona"
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Matthew PabloMusic
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Nicolas JeudyMusic
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JmacMusic
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Project Type:Animation, Short
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Genres:Film Noir, Mystery, Thriller, Detective, Psycho
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Runtime:19 minutes 59 seconds
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Completion Date:June 30, 2023
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Country of Origin:Madagascar
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Country of Filming:Madagascar, United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Black & White and Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Ando Andrianarison "Cid" is a filmmaker and video game developer from Madagascar. Studied architecture, design and multimedia. Then, studied cinema and video games in Berlin. Begin working in cinema field in 2010 and started his first short film in 2012. Two of his short films won awards. Gained experience by working in various fields : TV commercial, jingles, video mapping and documentary. In 2016, he decided to dive into video game by making an interactive movie. He got the opportunity to be a trainee programmer for a german VR studio. Afterwards, he focuses on his personal video game project which won award from Epic Games and Reallusion. From there, he is using Unreal Engine to make video games and movies.
I've always been attracted to animation and cartoons more than live action. I love tripping inside imaginary worlds, unreal universes and fictive stories straight out of the imagination. Strange stories and universe are my main taste including time and space loop, deja-vu and dystopian world. I was seduced by film noir since my younger age and I'm a fan of comics, anime and manga.
I wished to watch a movie like "Colors:Noir" but I haven't seen much animation movie in this style. So, I decided to make it. I intent to immerge the audience in this world of noir and to feel the strange mood inside this universe. The town, characters, scenery, sound, music, narration are intended to enhance the immersion. The movie is made with Unreal engine and the graphic style was a big challenge as black and white can quickly become out of control especially lighting. This movie is the result of years of work and research.
The story of "Colors:Noir" happens in a dystopian neo-noir universe in which people are living in a fake reality where colors have been erased by an entity called "The Rippers". Their goal is to keep people inside this colorless world and erase any last piece of remaining colors. No one is aware of the fact that they are living in this fake world until they have contact with colors. The Rippers are chasing those rebels and erase their memory.