For Sideways, I wanted the metaphor to be simple, strange and immediate: a man living entirely sideways.
He walks sideways, works sideways, does the dishes sideways, goes through his daily life sideways. The world around him continues as if everything is normal, creating a creepy quiet tension.
Precise frames, almost no camera movement, and a controlled mise en scène made the absurd feel strangely real.
Only at the end does the metaphor reveal itself. If you feel sideways, reach out. There is help.
Press
Awards
Idea Awards (Film Direction) • Idea Awards (DoP) • Idea Awards (Sound Design)
Credits
CLIENT MCE • TITLE Sideways • AGENCY Cosette, Canada • DIRECTOR Olivier Staub • DoP Jo Decoste • PRODUCER Guillaume Arsenault • PRODUCTION Les Enfants • CREATIVE DIRECTOR Cedric Audet • Copywriter Alex Begin • Art Director Genevieve Renaud • EDITING Monica Remba • COLOR GRADING Benoit Coté • VISUAL POSTPRODUCTION Rodeo FX • SOUND DESIGN / VOICES / MIXES Cult Nation