History
Here are the main steps that led to the Great Adventure.
2004 : Leebo
In 2004, The vision was to create new media to provide innovative products that allow kids and teens to enjoy the most fun through learning, discovery and play. We were 6 people, on 3 computers. The team was great, contributing greatly through the process and learning.
We finally developed an interactive CD-ROM: Leebo's Adventures - History of Lebanon (Part 1). Leebo was launched, but it was not the right time. The CD was bought 500 times and distributed free to about 4000 children in Lebanon.
Doubt sits right from the start and BAN is disappointed with the failure of his first project.
Link to the old CD-Rom - History of Lebanon for Kids Part 1
2006 : The Bans
In the desire to improve the quality of the animation for Leebo which was done with 4 key frames per second, while the quality of an animation should be at 25 frames per second; the author wanted to meet animators and met more than 300 talents residing in Lebanon: writers; character artists and animators, modelers, sound artists, musicians, special effects. After meeting all these talents; BAN needed to show their work so he travels to Paris with around 50 talent showreels; and makes appointments with animation studios in Paris.
The French animation studios have all told him the same thing, the freelancers are talented but it takes an interesting project that will bring them together, to bring out the quality, because they need training and work of team. Because of its impossibility to install such a house for artists; for many reasons, the vision has turned into a dream, a movie. Thus, the vision of the community of Bans turns into a short animated film, with the Bans, entitled: "Art can save the world." This short film was transformed ten years later into the great adventure.
It was the beginning of the meditation to save the world, (The Monk was not born consciously yet and will not be born until 7 years later) and The author remained alone with the Bans with this big question.
2013 : The Monk and the Robot
the author decides to travel to Prague to learn cinematography and thus apply it to animation, and especially learn to write film scripts. He who had devoted himself to intensive training for 10 years needed to understand cinematography to be able to make his animated films. On arrival, we were asked to write scripts, he had no script except the Bans short film, but it was a school of real films and not animation, he had chosen this school because he wanted to evaluate his skills facing the study of real cinema. A series of uncompleted short films that lead him to the obvious not being able to work with actors and that animation was his means of expression chosen.
PFS Short Films
While sitting on the school bench thinking about his graduation film, knowing that he had written nothing and was in total emptiness. In this state of depression, a friend Wendy Wuyts, gives him a small paper pub describing a puppet creation workshop for short film. The Monk and the Robot, who had been there for a long time inside, were born in Prague, at this magical opportunity. During the workshop, it was necessary to create a character, instantly and by magic, the Monk and the Robot were born in power pushing him to draw them on the field and to begin to carve them in the wood. Back home, the script of the short film was revealed to the author in a sleepless night of writing.
short film of the Monk and the Robot
The Monk and the Robot (2013) by BAN on youtube.
The making of is available by clicking on this link : The Making of the short film of the Monk and the Robot
2014-2019 Writing of the great adventure (Tome I, II, ...)
Since the Monk and the Robot were born, everything has changed. The Bans tried to connect with the Monk and the story began to come out naturally. Since 2014, the author has written the trilogy; as an obsession. It takes everything. The trilogy is the story that brings together all the characters from the studio; in a spiritual quest. While the author was returning home to Lebanon, in his studio BAN, the Bans made him feel the need to communicate with the Monk and the Robot. That's how it all started. Art needs spirituality and technology to save the world. The forces of good have been created. It will take a lot of work to improve the story and especially to rewrite it in a movie format (Short, Long film, TV series).
The main Mission of the adventure is to spread good values such as the love of others, respect for others, the protection of human values, cultural and historical heritage, personal development. Also, to raise awareness of the great challenges of our time and share the fruits of the Monk's meditation for peace in the world.
In these last years, i also rewrote the adventures of the characters that were written between 2004 and 2014. The Monk, The Robot and the Bans.
2019-2020 :Preproduction
After ten years of writing the 2 first tomes of the great aventure, these past 2 years have been dedicated to the visualisation of the 2 first volumes through an illustrated book (3D), which could be base for our storyboard. Currently, BAN is entering the last phase of preproduction, which is the finalisation of characters and environments, before entering production.
24 août 2020 - L'explosion
en attendant de pouvoir un jour réaliser la grande aventure, notre auteur réalisateur Ban s’exprime sur les réseaux sociaux.
depuis l’explosion de Beyrouth, la colère et le désarroi se sont emparés de son âme. depuis ce jour de drame, il slamme.
les clips animés de Ban, écrits et réalisés en 2021, pour son premier mini-album rap, intitulé : manifeste. Il comporte 5 titres.
Douce Beyrouth, en mémoire du 4 août 2020. Divine Liberté, en hommage aux martyrs de la liberté d’expression. Dernier Rappel, pour la dignité de notre peuple. C’est l’heure, en mémoire de la Thawra 2019. Liban Libre, pour la fête de l'indépendance.
Voici les liens vers les clips animés:
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