Audemars PiguetRoyal Oak 50

Role: Intro animation, storyboard, key visuals
Techniques: Traditional frame-by-frame animation

The Royal Oak watch in the finished Audemars Piguet anniversary film

The character, frame by frame

A hand-drawn diver turning towards the camera

Traditional animation study | selected excerpt

The opening, in motion

The diver in the finished underwater city sequence

The finished opening | film by Temple Caché and the production team

An underwater world

Colour concept for the underwater city, glowing among rocky spires — The underwater city | colour concept

Selected storyboards

Storyboard showing the diver looking over the city and the planned camera move — The city | camera movement

Storyboard close-up of the diver turning towards the camera — The diver turns

Storyboard of the camera moving into the diver’s eye — Into the eye

Storyboard with floating forms, 1972 lettering and camera movement arrows — 1972 | transition and camera direction

Exploring the world

Two storyboard views of a small submarine with arrows indicating movement — The submarine | movement study

Two drawn versions of the underwater temple and its surrounding structures — The temple | two concept versions

Full credits & project details

Intro animation, storyboard and key visuals. Traditional frame-by-frame animation for the introduction.

Illustration and 2D animation credits for Royal Oak, 2022, are listed on the Temple Caché project page.

Directed by Marion Castéra, Kelzang Ravach (Temple Caché) and Valentin Guiod. Agency: Publicis Luxe. Production: Birth Productions. 3D animation: Hugo Robert, Menhir FX, Thibaut Leroy. Compositing: Thibaut Leroy. Source: the Temple Caché page.