Title

The Summit

The Summit

Category

Commercial

Client

Recyc Québec

Recyc Québec

Year

2023

2023

Overview

A frostbitten climb to a summit built from everything we discard.

Real garbage piles and physical foreground elements were combined with digitally rendered mountain backdrops, all shot on blue screen. The grade had to unify practical and digital plates into one seamless, photoreal world, holding frost, fabric, and debris to the same tactile standard throughout.

Credits

Director

François Jaros

François Jaros

Cinematographer

Olivier Gossot

Olivier Gossot

Production Co

4zero1

4zero1

Agency

Cossette

Cossette

Colorist

Charles-Etienne Pascal

Charles-Etienne Pascal

Color graded still from The Summit, frost-covered gear and goggles in an icy close-up
Interior tent still from The Summit, warm firelight cutting through the cold exterior palette.
Backlit still from a Recyc Québec film, a climber's boot stepping over discarded shoes and fabric near the summit.
Wide shot from a Recyc Québec mountaineering film, climbers roped together ascending a mound of discarded plastic and cardboard
Icy still from a Recyc Québec commercial, an oxygen mask and goggles set against a cold blue palette.
Solitary figure still from The Summit, a climber pulling gear from a pack atop a debris-covered peak.
Color graded still from The Summit, frost-covered gear and goggles in an icy close-up
Wide shot from a Recyc Québec mountaineering film, climbers roped together ascending a mound of discarded plastic and cardboard
Interior tent still from The Summit, warm firelight cutting through the cold exterior palette.
Icy still from a Recyc Québec commercial, an oxygen mask and goggles set against a cold blue palette.
Backlit still from a Recyc Québec film, a climber's boot stepping over discarded shoes and fabric near the summit.
Solitary figure still from The Summit, a climber pulling gear from a pack atop a debris-covered peak.