How the fake Tontons deceive the eyes of Un si grand soleil fans

• Since the launch of the shooting of "Un si grand soleil" in 2018, France Télévisions has called on the Tontons truqueurs for the visual effects of its soap opera.

• This company, specializing in special effects, embeds 3D backgrounds in real time during the filming of the series.

  A revolution.

• This technique considerably shortens the post-production work.

Laëtitia calls for help, in the corridors of the hospital.

Her daughter, Camille, suffering from severe stomach pains, can barely stand up.

It was July 27, in

Impossible, for the televiewers of France 2, to spot that the shooting of this scene appealed to a special effect of the most daring.

It was not boxed in the immense decor that we see on the screen, but in front of a green background, very warm, in the studios of Vendargues, near Montpellier (Hérault).

The rest has been integrated thanks to the know-how of Tontons truqueurs, a pioneering company in real-time special effects, which has collaborated with France Télévisions since the launch of its soap opera in 2018.

"Save time on post-production"

The integration of images on a green background is nothing new. But the talent of the Tontons riggers, it is to carry out this special effect in real time, during the shooting: the company has its small studio on wheels, and accompanies the team during the setting of the scenes. "A strong innovation", which allows "to save time on post-production", rejoices Olivier Roelens, executive producer at France Télévisions. For the visual effect to be perfectly invisible to the viewer, digital tools must be allowed to locate themselves in space. “In the studio, we installed targets, which vaguely resemble QR codes, roughly one every square meter,” explains Pierre-Marie Boyé, production director of Tontons truqueurs.

The last decor of Tontons @Truqueurs for @UnSiGrandSoleil: the chic restaurant!

#virtualproduction #vfxonset #breakdown #realtime #vfx pic.twitter.com/TEPfpPPpp5

- Les Tontons Truqueurs (@truqueurs) November 26, 2020

When the director shouts “engine!

", The team can thus integrate in the background, live," 3D images, which will be distorted in the same way as a real image ", continues Pierre-Marie Boyé.

The sequence is thus seen by the director as it will be in the end, on the small screen.

This cutting-edge technology is used in particular in

to extend a decor, to reveal a landscape or passers-by, at the windows, by varying the hours and seasons, or to create a scene, supposed to take place close to the Champs-Elysées. -Elysées, without leaving Montpellier.

“Ah, but it's Montpellier!

"

At the beginning, the projected sets were based on real images, shot in town.

But today, the level of photorealism of digital tools is such that everything is done by computer, drawing more or less from reality.

“It's a similar Montpellier, but not quite the same,” smiles Pierre-Marie Boyé.

We often say to ourselves "Ah, it's Montpellier! But I've never been here, where is it?"

"

Les Tontons truqueurs have caught the eye of France Télévisions so much that France TV studio, the public service audiovisual production company, has taken a stake in the start-up in recent months.

For the moment, the cutting-edge technology which enables real-time visual effects developed by the company is only used for the filming of

in the studios of Vendargues, but it is not It is not excluded that other projects of the group will soon benefit from it.

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