When sound creates image

Sound ecology competition in collaboration with the Lycées Eco-Responsables initiative of the Île-de-France region.
Launch of the 2025 edition with original music by Thomas Dutronc

Soundtrack composer

© Yann Orhan

Thomas Dutronc was born in Paris on June 16, 1973. Diligent and willing to be at the top of his class, the young boy grew up surrounded by artists, listening to rock’n’roll classics from the age of twelve: Eddy Cochran, Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix…

Founder of A.J.T., a trio of guitarists covering the bossa nova and manouche repertoires, Thomas Dutronc joined the Gipsy Project in 2002, with guitarist Biréli Lagrène, one of the greatest heirs of the manouche style.

Respected as a jazz guitarist, Thomas Dutronc also contributed to his childhood friend Matthieu Chédid‘s album, “Qui de nous deux”, and, still with -M-, to the soundtrack of the cartoon “Les Triplettes de Belleville”.

In April 2022, Thomas launches a joint tour with Jacques Dutronc, entitled “Dutronc & Dutronc”.

Each evening for almost two hours, they revisit Jacques Dutronc’s hits from the 60s and 70s, with arrangements that are a little more pop, even rock. They also cover a number of Thomas Dutronc songs, including “J’aime plus Paris”, “Comme un manouche sans guitare” and “Aragon”.

Thomas Dutronc is sponsoring UNESCO’s 20th Sound Week in January 2023. An opportunity for him to denounce the use of ultra-compressed sound on streaming platforms.

Thomas Dutronc is honored to compose the soundtrack for the 2025 edition of the “Quand le son crée l’image” competition.

(source: Rfi Musique)

Listen to the soundtrack

Theme 2025: "Controlling noise

From September 23, 2024 to December 20, 2024.

Presentation

This branch of the competition is open exclusively to Eco-Responsible High Schools in the Île-de-France region of the Créteil, Paris and Versailles Academies.

 

The theme of the competition changes every year. For this year’s edition, all short films must respect the following theme: “Controlling the noise”.

Noise is an integral part of our daily lives. To the point where we no longer notice that we’re living in an incessant buzz of noise: cars speeding past, planes flying overhead, construction sites next door, sirens, horns…

The shutdown imposed by the confinement periods of the Covid-19 crisis has made city dwellers aware of the noise that pervades our lives. For a time, the noisy big cities had shifted to a quieter world.

Noise pollution has become a major environmental and health risk. Indeed, according to the World Health Organization, noise is the second leading cause of pollution-related death in the European Union (after air pollution): disruption of the cardiovascular and endocrine systems, psychosocial effects, cognitive impairment, deafness, etc. The brain needs silence to regenerate: it’s a fundamental physiological need.

Noise is also a scourge for many animal species such as birds, mammals, amphibians and insects. These species feed, protect and reproduce using sound signals that can be greatly disrupted by city noise, even threatening the survival of some of them.

The proposed theme, “mastering the din”, is designed to encourage students to reflect on our increasingly noisy societies. What is the impact of this ambient noise on our species and on all living beings? What kind of noise environment do future generations want to live in? How can we calm and control this din?

Projects must be submitted by midnight on December 20, 2024.

We invite you to download and carefully read the competition rules (below). You’ll also find the soundtrack to download and the link to the short film submission form.

If you have any questions or require further information, please do not hesitate to contact us at lasemaineduson@orange.fr.