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JASMINE CARPENTIER

Jasmine Carpentier is a multidisciplinary artist specializing in 2D and stop-motion animation. Their artistic journey began with music lessons at Ozias-Leduc High School where they learned the clarinet and developed a particular attachment to it. Despite their love for music, they maintained a strong interest for visual arts as well as cinema.

DIRECTOR OF BLIND DATE

Film Synopsis: In a world where we feel forced to fit certain criteria, Blind Date represents someone's journey through self-acceptance in a minimalistic way. No gender or sexual identity is represented. Only ones true self, love, care and acceptance

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What inspires your work? 

Anything that can make someone smile! Wether its big or small

 

What films did you watch as a child?

I mostly watched a lot of Disney and Pixar animations such as The lion King, Mulan (Mushu is my spirit animal), Bambi, Finding Nemo, etc

 

What directors have influenced your work?

Peter Lord and Nick Park. Lord being one of the founders of Aardman animation studios and the creator of some of the greatest titles in stop motion animation with Park such as Chicken Run and the Wallace and Gromit franchise. I love the energy, the lightness and the colours in all of their films! They are a great inspiration to me, but also to a lot of stop motion artists around the world.

 

Name a film score that make you feel something. 

Coraline by Bruno Coulais. Creepy in all the good ways

 

What was the last film you watched? (and would you recommend it?) 

Funny enough, it was Coraline in 3D when it was airing in theater for the 15th anniversary of the film! Of course I recommend that film! If you haven’t seen it yet, what are you waiting for!

 

What is next for you?

I’m currently finishing my bachelor in film animation with a major stop motion project! Should be coming out in 2025! Stay tuned!

 

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 Tell us about your film Blind date ? What`s it all about? 

Blind Date is a short stop motion film about a little creature trying to find love! He crosses multiple and very unique people during his evening out and tries to make himself pleasurable to them, but with no success. Until he find his real match simply by being himself

 

Can you tell us about the creative process in making your film? What drew you to this project? 

this project was actually a challenge given by one of my teachers during my second year in film animation. He wanted me to do an animated film with no « drawing » per say. Thats how the idea of working with clay came. I love making cute, funny and « feel good » films. So I decided to make a film about love and self acceptance using the flexibility of plasticine as my main medium.

 

How long does a film like Blind date  take to make? 

Stop motion animation takes a VERY LONG time to make. For Blind Date, I only had about 3 months to do 2 minutes worth of footage. Which is about 3000 pictures approximately. I’ve spent multiple all nighters just to get the perfect shots and movements.

 

Can you tell us more about the sound design of your film? 

The sound design was a very interesting part during the creation of this film. I didn’t have any composers, musicians or sound technician to help me out. So I had to do everything by myself. While the ambiant music is a simple little jingle I got from a copyright free artist, the voices of the characters were done using my clarinet I had laying at home! I went in the studio and recorded a bunch of « voices » with my instrument just to recreate the emotions on screen

 

What have you learnt from making  Blind date ? Would you do anything differently next time? 

This was my first real experience in stop motion animation and I would do a lot of things differently! I’ve learned a lot since, but one thing I would change the most using magnets and screws instead of sticky putty to hold everything in place! I wouldn’t have been as scared to move anything by accident every time I animated

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