Csar Luton Invites You to Stroll Through the Mystery of His “Mantis Garden” – Motion design [Video]

Director César Luton, shortlisted for the Student Academy Awards this year as co-director of the extraordinary animated short La Diplomatie de l’Eclipse, just released the trailer for his next project, “Mantis Garden.”

Newly signed to the roster at Paris prodco Eddy, Luton defines his style as a blend of realism and dreaminess: “I love creating animation that resembles live-action cinema without venturing into hyper-realism. My characters, while unmistakably animated, carry a distinct, stylized, and poetic aesthetic.

“My approach is to stage them in a manner akin to live-action, with slow, steady, and deliberate movements, to capture the elegant essence of real-life cinematography. The characters are distinguished by their minimalist styles, depicted in muted colors. This veil of mystery gives them an archetypal quality, thereby enhancing the emotional impact of their facial expressions.