Marie Jourdren
Creative Director
Luxury. Culture/Art. Experiences.

Luxury. Culture/Art. Experiences.

MP7 Transition

METALIVE — INTERACTIVE 3D SHOW — 2023

CLIENT.     EL-GABAL / METALIVE

ROLE.     AUTHOR, CREATIVE DIRECTOR & PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR

CONTEXT.

What if a concert wasn’t a concert anymore? MP7 Transition is a metalive — a new format that fuses video game, music video, and musical into a single 60-minute interactive 3D experience. The hero, MP7, is a digital human with supernatural attributes who takes the audience on a space-time odyssey through six fully realised environments — from the Arizona desert to the far reaches of space, from fantasy realms to a futuristic West Side City.

APPROACH.

I led the creative direction across the entire production: narrative structure, six-act dramaturgy, character design, environment art direction, and the choreography of interaction between audience and show. The challenge was to bridge musical storytelling with game design logic — each act with its own emotional arc, visual identity, and interactive mechanics. Directing forty digitally created characters and dancers alongside the lead, MP7, meant inventing a new kind of stage direction — one where the audience moves freely and the story reshapes itself around them.

Beyond the show itself, I supervised the production of all marketing content — trailer, website, and promotional materials — as well as a collection of NFTs and a 7-episode digital series derived from the experience, ensuring a consistent creative vision across every format and touchpoint.

WORK.

A fully produced 60-minute interactive 3D show. Seven environments. A photorealistic digital human lead. Customisable avatars. Real-time audience choices shaping the narrative. A format somewhere between a Pixar film you walk through and a concert you play.

CREATIVE DIRECTION. MARIE JOURDREN
INNOVATION DIRECTION. ANTOINE CARDON
PRODUCTION. EL-GABAL

MUSIC

PHILIP GLASS

CIRCUS DIRECTION

TILDE BJÖSFORS (CIRKÜS CIRKÖK)

VISUAL DESIGN

MAT COLLISHAW

LIBRETTO

DAVID HENRY HWANG, AFTER ROBERT LAX

SET DESIGN

CHRISTIAN FRIEDLÄNDER

SET CREATIVE AND TECH CONSULTING

MARIE JOURDREN

PRODUCTION

PONT-NEUF