Here is Leonard’s take on the project, in his own words.
To begin with, I have rarely been able to work in such good conditions as with WTBR.
The organization was perfect and that helped me a lot. Nico and Tuesday gave me confidence and invited me to participate in the conception of the film. I set up a Miro board to get an overview and to get feedback on my proposals.
To start, I read about TCC, watched their youtube videos, and was very impressed and proud to have been chosen to draw their story.
I started by drawing small doodles of the scenes from the movie, including the cold opening and the intro.
I quickly realized that I had trouble visualizing the shots if I didn’t draw the action, what happens before and after the Key Shot. That’s why I quite naturally proposed storyboards, even if I was a bit afraid of overstepping my role.
I have the feeling that the work was very fluid because Tuesday, nico and I were very complementary and they were particularly open to proposals.
As for the end of the film, Nico’s first storyboard was already great and I loved the idea of hearts beating in unison. But I felt that the end of the movie lacked a bit of science fiction because it starts with an epic intro so I wanted an epic ending sequence too. That’s why I proposed that the house takes off, and passes in front of a screen the size of the moon.
The sequence was complex to visualize, so I tried to make a storyboard to visualize it better.
The whole team was admirable and it was a real joy to work on this project.