L'Aventure du sucre
Client
L'Aventure du sucre
Agency
Clemence Farrell
Museomaniac
Museomaniac
Services
Editing
Motion Design
VFX
Layout
Design
Sound Design
Directing
Motion Design
VFX
Layout
Design
Sound Design
Directing
Films
14
Year
2025
I worked with L’Aventure du Sucre, Mauritius’ iconic sugar museum, during its first major revamp since opening. As the lead video editor, I created 14 original videos to enhance the visitor experience using archival footage, motion graphics, and storytelling. These films are now part of the permanent exhibition, bringing 200 years of sugar heritage to life in a modern, immersive way.
The Origins of the Island
An introductory cinematic video that plays when visitors first arrive at the museum. This 3 screens cinematic edit sets the atmosphere and provides context before visitors enter the exhibition.
Sugar through the ages
This part of the visit traces how sugar has shaped societies and traditions throughout history.
- 1 Video
Sugar Hits Our Screens
This video is part of the Sugar Through the Ages section. It compiles sugar-related TV ads provided by La Maison de la Pub. To make the video more dynamic, the spots were segmented and re-edited to enhance pacing and visual engagement, improving overall visitor retention.
- Editing
- Motion
- Layout
- Design
Process and layout evolution
These iterations outline the progression of the video’s layout, from early timeline concepts to the agency’s refinements and finally the approved structure.
Early layout iteration introducing a timeline-based structure to clarify chronological flow and support editorial pacing.
Layout created by Clémence Farrell, refining content hierarchy and visual rhythm, and informing the structural decisions used in the edit.
Final approved mockup defining the timing, segmentation, and overall visual framework applied in the finished video.
These iterations defined the pacing logic and the visual hierarchy used in the final edit.
The distillery
In this section, visitors explore a small-scale distillery and learn how sugar is transformed into rum.
- 1 Video
The Cellar master's work
This video highlights the cellar master’s craft, from ageing to blending rum, capturing every detail of his work. The edit required balancing a clear, engaging narrative with the technical demands of a real cellar master, navigating his exacting expectations to create a fluid and legible story.
- Directing
- Editing
- Motion graphic
- grade
- VFX
Driven by readability
This shot required precise clarity: the alcoholmeter’s alcohol-content reading needed to be perfectly legible, so I recreated the machine’s on-screen display in a seamless VFX compositing.
Sugar Process
This part of the visit illustrates the production of sugar, from raw material to finished product, using existing footage to highlight each stage.
- 7 Videos
Sugarcane: From Field to Harvest
This video follows sugarcane from the early stages of soil preparation through planting, growth, and final transport to the factory. Working with archival and pre-recorded footage, I selected and edited the most relevant shots to present a clear, accessible overview of the entire process.
- Editing
- Motion
- Layout
- Design
History
This part of the exhibit explores the history of Mauritius and the successive migrations that shaped the society in which sugar developed.
- 4 Videos
On the left, the first design iterations. On the right the validated mockup before it was decided to have the cards coming from the right only.