The Loc Studios Expands into 3D and on-set VFX
November 3, 2026
Montreal director/animator Renaud Hallée just dropped us his latest personal film, an exercise in music-driven visual precision that feels perfectly timed to counter to the annual torrent of emotional Christmas ads.
Renaud Hallée: Making this film was a balancing act, involving a lot of iterations. Everything had to be at exactly the right place at exactly the right time and mistakes couldn’t be hidden by a cut or a filter. It also couldn’t be too repetitive.
“With this film, everything had to be at exactly the right place at exactly the right time and mistakes couldn’t be hidden by a cut or a filter.”
I wanted to avoid scripting in After Effects at first, since in doing something manually almost always creates more intentional results. But as the project grew in complexity, I ended up using scripts heavily, both to manage large amounts of elements at once and to solve specific technical challenges.
The audio was done with Reaper and the all the visuals were done with After Effects, although if I had to do this again, using dedicated 3D software for the last part would’ve prevented some headaches.
Production: Possible Metrics
Director/animator: Renaud Hallée
Music: Renaud Hallée
Special Thanks: Marc Bertrand, Colin Racicot, Hubert Lapointe, Joey Simas, Simon Allard, Outpost MTL
Toolkit: After Effects, Reaper
