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“By using formula in filmmaking we are admitting that film is not art.”

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Signe Baumane is an American animator and cartoonist of Latvian descent, known for her unique animation style and profound social commentary. Her work often focuses on themes such as feminism, gender equality, and mental health. more

“I guess for major film industry players a film is a money making devise, so using formulas assures them that their investment will have returns. A lot of big studio films are created by formulas and committees, stripping away any individuality or personality from the work so that they could appeal to most everyone on there planet but to no one in particular.”

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“Once an audience feels that you trust them like you trust a friend, they do become your friends.”

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“Even if you have a gift, it's nearly impossible to become a good actor in just a few weeks of training.”

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“With my personal work I prefer not to work from storyboards because being a director, producer and animator in one person I don't have to communicate my idea to anyone else, I can keep the feeling of the story, the story arc and structure in my head.”

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“Storyboards are kind of inflexible, once you finish making them you have to stick to them. Since animation takes such a long time you become a slave to a storyboard that was created four years ago while as an artist and storyteller you change, you have new ideas.”

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“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.”

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“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.”

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“The ability to understand and deliver comedy and tragedy is extremely rare in one composer.”

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“The thing about being a lifelong gamer is that my eye-to-hand reaction time is faster than average. I actually went on a website that tests your reaction time and verified this to my satisfaction.”

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Author:Arthur Chu

“For a lot of geeks, gaming is all about stripping who you are completely and entering this imaginary space, this world that's made for you, where winning and losing have nothing to do with real life.”

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