Created and produced by Denis Hiault and Christine Buhagiar Production assistants : Caroline Vidal (texts, photos), Naira Davlashyan (programmation), Loic Hofstedt (videos) Website design, clickable map of parks, skyline: Simon Hughes Chief editors: Anne-Laure Mondésert (Architecture), Katy Lee (Transports), Ruth Holmes (Environment), Ludovic Vickers (Ethnicity), Julie Jammot (Mind the wealth gap), Béatrice Debut (Arts) Time-lapse: Leon Neal. Edited by Loic Hofstedt. (Music : Pulse, AudioQuattro on AudioJungle) Cover photos: Alessandro Abbonizio Video post-production: Jean-François Machet Edition: texts (Guy Jackson, Denis Hiault), videos (Christine Buhagiar, Denis Hiault), photos (Alesandro Abbonizio, Danel Sorajbi) Programmation: Blackwood Studio Integration: Joseph Soares Integration assistants: Christophe Lesourd and Richard Imi
Section 1: architecture -Background photo: Justin Tallis -Graphic: Patrice Deré -Photos skyline/Big Ben: Justin Tallis, The Shard: London Bridge Quarter, The Gherkin: Leon Neal, St Paul: Ben Stansall, London Eye: Dominique Faget, Battersea Power station: Miguel Medina, Olympic stadium: Justin Tallis, Tower Bridge: Miguel Medina -Photos Olympic sites: Wembley: Miguel Medina, North Greenwich: Miguel Medina, Hockey: Leon Neal, Handball arena: Voishmel, Excel: Leon Neal, Basketball: Glyn Kirk. -Texts: Anne-Laure Mondésert, Robin Millard -English version: Guy Jackson -Video Renzo Piano: Marie Hospital, Loïc Hofstedt. (Music : « Positive Vibes » by soundengine – AudioJungle) -Video Tower of London: Caroline Bodin, Martin Weill, Alessandro Abbonizio -Olympic sites videos: Robert Leslie, AFPTV and LOCOG. (Music : 'Atmospheric' by FrenchLAB (MEA) powered by Jamendo)
Section 2: Transports - Background photo: Ben Stansall - Video cab: shot by Robert Leslie, edited by Katy Lee - Video six journeys: Katy Lee, Loic Hofstedt, Corentin Chretien, Aurélia Frescaline, Caroline Vidal, Myriam Lemetayer. Edited by Katy Lee. (Music: Preselected", by Paniq - "powered by Jamendo") - Texts: Robin Millard
Section 3: Environnent - Background photo: Ben Stansall - Thames photo : Chris Young - Thames video: Images Loic Hofstedt, Corentin Chrétien, Jean-François Machet. Edited by Loic Hofstedt. (Music: Chilling mood de Soundroll-music on AudioJungle) - Clickable map: photos: Miguel Medina, Justin Tallis, Ben Stansall, Ki Price, Carl Court, Leon Neal, Chris Young, Jim Watson. - Texts: Ruth Holmes, French version by Marie-Pierre Ferey
Section 4 : Ethnicity - Background photo: Shaun Curry - All videos shot and edited by Ludovic Vickers. Music: "The spectre" - Texts: Ludovic Vickers, French version by Marie-Pierre Ferey - Additionnal photos: Ludovic Vickers, Aurélia Frescaline
Section 5 : Rich and Poor - Background photo: Shaun Curry - Trader and Big Issue seller's videos: shot and edited by Julie Jammot. (Music: DIY-note, La bicyclette, Ruptures - powered by Jamendo) - Texts: Julie Jammot - Quizz: texts Robin Millard, Julie Jammot, France Costrel. French version by Marie-Pierre Ferey - Photos: Carl de Souza, Adrian Dennis, Carl Court, Ben Stansall, Odd Andersen, Miguel Medina, Jerry Penny, Hotel Lanesborough
Section 6 : Arts - Background photo: Peter Muhly - Texts: Béatrice Debut (exclude timeline of artistic places) - Vintage et Queen videos: shot and edited by Béatrice Debut. (Music : Intro, Dud -powered by Jamendo , Allegretto, Arnaud Conde- powered by Jamendo , Three minutes to escape, The Wavers - powered by Jamendo) - Slide show/street catwalk: photos Miguel Medina and Justin Tallis, edited by Béatrice Début - Graffiti artist: timelapse Leon Neal, additionnal shots Ludovic Vickers, edited by Loic Hofstedt and Ludovic Vickers. (Music "The Spectre") - Food: Shot and edited by Jacqueline Pietsch and Jean-François Machet - Timeline of cultural venues: texts Marie-Pierre Ferey, photos John Mc Hugh, Adrian Dennis, Leon Neal, Stephen Cummiskey, Shaun Curry, Victoria and Albert Museum, Courtauld Institute, British Museum, National Gallery - English version by Alice Ritchie
We thank: A special thank you to Elise Menand and Nicolas Miletitch who paved the way with their webdocumentary "The fall of the USSR".
Architecture: Renzo Piano, Chris Skaife
Transport: John Kennedy
Ethnic: Yap Leong, and the Dragon Fists in Chinatown, Soho Temple Shri Swaminarayan in Neasden Girish Patel Levi Roots Laure Zaigue, “librairie française”
The wealth gap: Trader: Henry-Lance Lawson and his friends. Byron restaurant, Movida nightclub and Canary Wharf Group plc Big Issue seller: Steven and the musicians in Covent Garden
Arts and culture:
- Vintage carousel: Hannah and Frederica - Paper Dress Vintage - Streetart: Ground Release - Queen: National Museum Cardiff, National Portrait Gallery in London, Paul Moorhouse, curator of Twentieth Century Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery, Chris Levine and Hew Locke, artists - Food: Roast, Poppies of Spitalfields, National Café, Des de Moor, Craft Beer Company