“The book that influenced me most is Sherlock Holmes, which teaches you the way to deal with reality: to deduct. It teaches you to put together the signs. For example, I look at a person and I see their coat, their jacket, their handwriting, their iPhone, and I am able to deduct some details about who they are, what they wear, and what they do. For many years I was fascinated with Sherlock Holmes. The series trained me to look at the world through these sharp, unforgiving eyes.” WorldWayYearsLooksPersonsBookRealityEyeAbleTogetherDealsTeachExampleSeriesDetailsFascinatedCoatsJacketsIphoneHolmesHandwritingUnforgiving Author:Signe Baumane
“Nobody wants to see the truth. Everybody wants to have the fantasy. When I look back at the books I was reading in my childhood were selling some sort of fantasy as well. Most stories are not going to tell the deep suffering of every day. No book prepared me for the suffering I would experience in life because the word "suffering" does not even describe what the suffering is. No story is going to tell you that, and no words can tell you that.” WantWellsLooksDoeBookStoriesSufferingReadingFantasyChildhoodPreparedSelling Author:Signe Baumane
“In my opinion, animation is best when it communicates without words, because it is the perfect medium through which to make shortcuts to meaning. When actors are not talking, just acting out, it looks kind of weird. But in animation, mime is constant, and you accept it.” LooksKindActorsPerfectActingTalkingAcceptingOpinionConstantCommunicateMediumsAnimationNot TalkingShortcutsActing OutMime Author:Signe Baumane
“I try not to think of myself as a woman filmmaker. I don't look for women influences. I have noticed in the past few years that there is a certain ceiling that a woman filmmaker can reach. I don't believe that it's sexism per se, but there are certain expectations in the industry about what films should be, how they should be made, what stories they should tell, and it's a habit, it's a tradition.” ThinkingShouldTryingBelieveLooksMadeStoriesFilmCertainInfluenceIndustryHabitExpectationsTraditionDon't BelieveFilmmakerSexismCeilings Author:Signe Baumane
“I do love improvisation, I love when I find an object in my studio or kitchen (look, a tea sample's tiny glass jar!) and instantly incorporate it in a project. It makes me feel creative on an every day basis.” FeelsLooksCreativeObjectsProjectsBasesGlassesStudiosTinyTeaKitchenImprovisationJarsSample Author:Signe Baumane
“I animated everything traditionally, on paper. I love how the texture of paper looks (it also matches textures of papier-mâché) and I love the tactile process.” LooksProcessPaperTextureAnimatedTactile Author:Signe Baumane
