Ikarus

About This Project

Video Concept: “Icarus HER” (Director — Rodrigue Huart, Producer — Studio+)

Core Narrative
The video constructs a metaphorical breakup story through the dual opposition of two characters:
She — a warrior in steel armor: symbolizing the fight for love, the willingness to battle until the end. Her image is an oxymoron of tender vulnerability and armored resolve.
He — Icarus, burning bridges: choosing flight, consciously moving toward self-destruction. His glamorous car serves as an ironic mask concealing cowardice and an escape from responsibility.
Central Question: Who is the victor here? She, fallen in battle, or he, burning the bridges behind him?
The video leaves the answer open, provoking the viewer toward reflection.
Key Metaphors
Icarus — the archetype of the self-assured rebel: his flight toward the Sun becomes a beautiful pretext to assert the power of solitude.
Steel armor — protection against pain, yet also a constraint on freedom: she is “armed” with love.
She — shrouded in mist. The colorist emphasizes her fog with unearthly violet tones.
The Israelites beheld God in a cloudy mist. Undoubtedly, divinity stands on her side — so speaks the colorist’s palette.
He — immersed in the comfort of 1960s Italian cinema: the same glamorous pathos of liberation, the capitalism of rebellious loners.
Colorist Concept
The color dramaturgy must accentuate the conflict between two worlds and deepen the metaphorical subtext.
For Her (struggle, resilience):
Cold metallic shades: gray, steel, muted blue — evoking armor and rationality.
Ruby/burgundy accents: like droplets of blood on armor — symbols of sacrifice.
Contrasting backlighting: harsh shadows create a “scale-like” texture on the skin, reinforcing the warrior imagery.
For Him (flight, self-destruction):
Warm amber/golden tones: a nod to Icarus’s Sun, the illusory beauty of demise.
Blurred neon glows: a “molten” spatial effect — he loses touch with reality.
Sharp light transitions: flashes of euphoria giving way to darkness (a metaphor for collapse).
Overall Approach:
A dichotomy of celestial and earthly realms: the heroes’ palettes visually separate their worlds.
Gradients shifting from saturated (flames of burning silhouettes) to sunset hues — the sunset of love and life. The couple’s “little death” unfolds through escalating fatalism in the color progression. He doesn’t merely leave — he prepares for a stellar flight toward destruction.
Frame darkening in key scenes — a sense of finality, as even the Sun itself withdraws, evoking oppression and dusk.
Minimalist backgrounds: landscapes in muted tones to avoid distraction from the psychological duel.
Emotional tone at the climax: A sudden intensification of cold violet mist — her palette turns icy, while his burning tones fade and merge with the sea’s elemental vastness.
Finale — a symbol of irreversible outcome.
Ultimate Message Through Color
Color should not merely illustrate but deepen the metaphor:
to show how love transforms into a battlefield;
to convey the fragility of beauty and love’s demise leading to mutual destruction;
to leave the viewer in a state of ambivalence: neither character “wins” — both lose, having chosen paths of destruction.