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H5 (French company)

H5 is a French design and animation studio founded by Ludovic Houplain and Antoine Bardou-Jacquet in 1994. Under Houplain's art direction, H5's work can mostly be found in the fields of music videos (visuals for Air, Super Discount, Etienne de Crécy, Röyksopp, Le Tone, Alex Gopher, Darkel, Cosmo Vitelli and Demon) and luxury advertising (Dior, Cartier, Hugo Boss, Hermès and Lancôme). Since 1999, H5 has also worked as a collective of directors. They also made their first animated clips, such as animated typography for Alex Gopher, a cartoon for Zebda, digital animations for Super Furry Animals and Playgroup.

H5
Company typePrivate
IndustryGraphic design, animation
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
FounderLudovic Houplain
Antoine Bardou-Jacquet
HeadquartersParis, France
Key people
Ludovic Houplain
Antoine Bardou-Jacquet
François Alaux
Hervé de Crécy
ProductsAnimated films
Websitehttp://www.h5.fr

H5 made the clips for Röyksopp's "Remind Me" (which won the MTV Europe Award for Best Video in 2002), Massive Attack's "Special Cases", Goldfrapp's "Twist" and a series of advertising campaigns for France and worldwide: Areva, Audi, Citroën, Volkswagen's "Train Fantôme" (1st award Film Cinema, Club of the DA on 2006). H5 is at present represented in France by Addict.

Their first animated short film, Logorama, was selected at the Week of Criticism at the Cannes Film Festival 2009 and at CineVegas in 2009. The film won the Kodak Prix at Cannes and won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 82nd Academy Awards.

In parallel, H5's work was presented in numerous exhibitions and festivals, in Paris (National Center of Art and Culture Georges-Pompidou, Paris sleepless night 2007, French National Library, Gallery Anatome), London (Institute of Contemporary Arts, National Museum of Photography[dubious – discuss], British Film Institute), Tokyo (Sendai Mediatheque), Rotterdam (NAI), New York (MoMA) and Los Angeles (Egyptian Theater).

History edit

The H5 design studio was founded in 1993.[1][2] He specialized at the beginning in the realization of graphic projects then the artistic direction of labels in the field of electronic music (in particular for artists and labels of the French Touch).[3] This collective designs its first animated clips from 1999, in particular that of The Child by Alex Gopher based on 3D animated typography which makes them known and launches the activity of H5 in advertising.[4]

Their 2002 music video for Remind Me Röyksopp, which depicts the day of an average office worker solely using animated infographics footage,[4] is also noted, notably winning Best Music Video at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2002.[5]

Filmography edit

Music videos edit

  • Chloé – "The Dawn". Production H5 Paris 2018.[6]
  • Black Strobe – "For Those Who Came To Earth Thru The Devil’s Asshole". Laurent Chanez & H5, Production H5 Paris 2014.[7]
  • Alex Gopher ft. Saint Michel – "Hello Inc.". Production Stink 2012.[8]
  • Darkel – "At the End of the Sky". Production Addict 2006.
  • Étienne Daho – "Retour à Toi". Production Addict 2003.
  • Goldfrapp – "Twist". Production John Payne pour Black Dog Films 2003.
  • Audio Bullys – "The Things". Production Philip Tidy pour Black Dog Films 2003.
  • Massive Attack – "Special Cases". Production Pete Shuttleworth pour Black Dog Films 2003.
  • Röyksopp – "Remind Me". Production John Payne pour Black Dog Films 2002.
  • Sinema – "In My Eyes". Production H5 2002.
  • Wuz (Alex Gopher & Demon) – "Use Me". Production H5 2002.
  • Air – "How Does It Make You Feel". Production Partizan Midi Minuit 2001.
  • Playgroup – "Number One". Production Partizan Midi Minuit 2001.
  • Super Furry Animals – "Juxtapozed with U". Production Partizan Midi Minuit 2001.
  • Alain Souchon – "Rive Gauche". Production Partizan Midi Minuit 2000.[9]
  • Zebda – "Oualalaradime". Production Partizan Midi-Minuit 2000.
  • Alex Gopher – "The Child". Production Le Village 1999.

Advertising edit

  • Ecologic – Le recyclage, ça marche. Production H5 2011
  • Areva – Energy. One powerful story. Production Addict 2010.[10]
  • Smart – Cinéma. Production Addict 2010.
  • Celsius – Papillon Tourbillon Mobile Phone. Production H5 2010.
  • Gatorade – G2. Production Addict 2009.
  • Areva – Athlenergy. Production Addict 2009.
  • Total – Les Mots. Production Addict 2008.
  • Toyota – Breath. Production Addict 2008.
  • Volkswagen Touran – Train Fantôme. Production Addict 2007.
  • Cartier – Ballon Bleu. Production H5 2007.
  • Citroën C4 – Ice Skater. Production H5 2006.
  • Toyota Yaris – 1000. Production Addict 2006.
  • Areva – Experts en Energie. Production Addict 2004.
  • Audi A4 S-line – Un Peu Plus Qu'Une A4. Production Addict 2003.
  • Vuitton – Bellaix. Production H5 2003.

Short films edit

Exhibitions edit

  • Moving Types – Gutenberg-Museum. Mayence 2011
  • Collector – Tripostal. Lille 2011
  • Graphisme et Création Contemporaine – BNF. Paris 2011
  • Type in Motion – Museum Für Gestaltung. Zürich 2011
  • L.I.P. (Logo in Peace) – Festival International de l'Affiche et du Graphisme. Chaumont 2010
  • New Directors/New Films Festival – Logorama. MoMA. New York 2010
  • Hors Piste – H5: d'Alex Gopher à Logorama. Centre Georges-Pompidou. Paris 2010
  • One Dot Zero – H5 Retrospective. British Film Institute. Londres 2009
  • Design Parade – Villa Noailles. Hyères 2009
  • 2036 – Biennale Internationale du Design. Saint-Etienne 2008
  • La pub s'anime – Musée de la Publicité. Paris 2008
  • La Force de l'art – Grand Palais. Paris 2006
  • Multiples H5 – Galerie Anatome. Paris 2006
  • D.DAY, le design aujourd’hui – Centre Georges-Pompidou. Paris 2005
  • Premieres – MoMA. New York 2004
  • Clip city – The Netherlands Architecture institute. Rotterdam 2002
  • Graphisme(s) – BNF. Paris 2001
  • Movement – Sendai Mediatheque. Tokyo 2001

Awards edit

  • Logorama
    • 2011 – César Award for Best Short Film
    • 2010 – Academy Award for Animated Short Film
    • 2009 – Best Short Film – Stockholm International Film Festival
    • 2009 – Kodak Award at la Semaine de la Critique du Festival de Cannes 2009
    • 2009 – Public Award – Festival international de Curtas Metragans
    • 2009 – Public Award – Lille International Short Film Festival
    • 2009 – Special Jury Award, Public Award, Fuji Award for Best Director – Cinanima International Animated Film Festival
    • 2009 – Best Direction Award, Public Award – Vendome Film Festival
    • 2009 – Gold medal of animation – Zinebi, Bilbao International Film Festival
  • Röyksopp – Remind Me
  • Alex Gopher – The Child
    • 2000 – Club des DA. 1st Vidéo Clip Award. Paris

Bibliography edit

  • This Is the End – Cover art by H5. Editions B42 2009
  • Gas Book 18 – H5. Éditions BNN 2005

References edit

  1. ^ "Société H5". Societe.com (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2014..
  2. ^ Valérie de Buchet (8 January 2014). "Ludovic Houplain renouvelle le graphisme à la française". madame.lefigaro.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2014..
  3. ^ Pierre-Éric Salard (27 February 2011). "Logorama – Entretien avec les réalisateurs Ludovic Houplain et Hervé de Crécy, récipiendaires avec François Alaux de l'Oscar 2010 et du César 2011 du Meilleur court-métrage d'animation". effets-speciaux.info (in French). Retrieved 26 November 2014..
  4. ^ a b Marie Lechner (21 October 2012). "H5 la guerre des signes". Libération - Le Mag (in French): XII–XIII. Retrieved 26 November 2014..
  5. ^ Joe d'Angelo (14 November 2002). "Eminem Wins Most MTV Europe Music Awards". Retrieved 26 November 2014..
  6. ^ "Mine de rien, le réalisateur du dernier clip de Chloé a inventé le dreamographe" (in French). Sourdoreille. 14 February 2018.
  7. ^ "Black Strobe vous baptise" (in French). REDUX. 19 September 2014.
  8. ^ "HELLO INC by ALEX GOPHER(feat SAINT MICHEL) / OFFICIAL VIDEO DIRECTED BY H5". Arc Street Journal. 10 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Alain Souchon - J'Veux Du Live (DVD) at Discogs". Retrieved 4 June 2018.
  10. ^ Areva lance une campagne publicitaire à grand spectacle
  11. ^ Logorama à Cannes Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine

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