Title	AGORIA - CALL OF THE WILD
Brand	SOLDATS FILMS
Product/Service	MUSIC VIDEO
Category	E08. Excellence in Music Video
Entrant	SOLDATS FILMS Paris, FRANCE
Idea Creation	SOLDATS FILMS Paris, FRANCE
Production	SOLDATS FILMS Paris, FRANCE

Name	Company	Position
Pierre CAZENAVE	SOLDATS	Producer

Why is this work relevant for Entertainment?

This film introduces a new female hero high-concept. Jane, an enigmatic LAPD rookie, trapped into a scary police hazing ritual and forced to face her secret power to dive into death. The concept of this project has inspired the music video AGORIA - CALL OF THE WILD. In fact you should experience this music video as a proof of concept for the full length movie.

Background

In collaboration with electronic French awarded artist and musician Agoria, the ambition was to deliver a very cinematographic piece filled with impressive visual effects, rife with teenage movies symbolism, stylistic depictions of pop archetypes and teeming with ritualistic explorations of mythology. This supernatural thriller is based on Loïc Andrieu's full-length movie project developed by Soldats Films.

Describe the creative idea

Loïc Andrieu sets the new standard for genre videos. Rife with dark symbolism, stylistic depictions of the subconscious mind and teeming with ritualistic explorations of the eschatological, his work is compelling and unsettling in equal measures. “Call of the wild is a female Orpheus myth. Death is the ultimate Pandora box. Dealing with it calls us to face inherent fears over the ‘unknown’. Jane breaks these boundaries and unveils the mysteries of the antechamber of death."

Describe the strategy

Call Of The Wild is a female Orpheus myth. Death is the ultimate Pandora’s box. Dealing with it calls us to face inherent fears over the unknown. Jane breaks these boundaries and unveils the mysteries of the antechamber of death. Not dead yet, but no longer alive. The concept of a female character blessed and cursed with an Orphic power came to me through personal mythological research. I created the concept of Jane as a real-life Fury. Furies are the snake-haired goddesses of vengeance, that under earth take vengeance on men, whosoever hath sworn a false oath.

Describe the execution

The film was shot in Los Angeles by night in 2019. Producer Pierre Cazenave triggered it all by introducing to Loic Andrieu the amazing electronic music artist and producer Agoria aka Sebastien Devaud. he pitched him the concept. From there, Agoria agreed and offered him one of the most iconic tracks of his forthcoming album Drift. The supernatural-thriller tone of the script fits perfectly the mood of the track Call Of The Wild. The fast-paced menacing vocals of Philadelphia rapper STS complements the cold and uneasy mood created by Agoria’s industrial-tinged beats. It was an exciting experience to collaborate with Agoria as he re-worked his track through the editing process of the video by adding powerful instrumental parts. Agoria’s inputs were priceless in terms of balance between the music video and the narrative. The whole project took us one 18 months.

Describe the outcome

Producer Pierre Cazenave and Director Loic Andrieu are very proud to be part of this amazing event. They never took anything for granted and are honoured that CALL OF THE WILD often contact in festivals.