2020 / Short / puppet stop-motion; watercolour animation; live action

I, Barnabé

Name: I, Barnabé
Released: 2020

Canada

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Year2020

Format familyShort

Techniquepuppet stop-motion; watercolour animation; live action

Distribution & partnersNational Film Board of Canada (Financier)

Overview

15-minute NFB short written and directed by Jean-François Lévesque. The official film page credits puppet stop-motion, watercolour animation, live-action photography, compositing and 3D character modelling as distinct parts of the production. its synopsis follows a man whose encounter with a mysterious bird forces him to reconsider his life.

Cast & crew (14)

Cast and crew credited on I, Barnabé
Person	Role	Department	Source
Jean-François Lévesque	director; writer; animator; designer; compositor; live-action shoot; 3D character modelling	direction	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Valérie Dupras	props fabrication; illustrations; set finishing; puppet repair; stop-motion animator; watercolour painter; 3D character modelling	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Stephan Ballard	director of photography; motion-control operator; compositor; live-action shoot	camera	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Mathieu Bergeron	director of photography; lighting R&D	camera	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Mélanie O'Bomsawin	compositor; production coordinator	editorial	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Brenda Baumgarten	puppet maker; rooster-head mechanisms	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Jim Randall	Barnabé-head mechanisms and skin	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Erik Goulet	armature fabricator	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Hamish Lambert	armature fabricator	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Allison Easson	costume fabricator	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Patrick Bouchard	stop-motion animator	animation	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Marie Bloch-Lainé	set designer; stained-glass designer	art	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Annie Jean	editor	editorial	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.
Julie Roy	producer	production	Official source nfb.ca high confidence Details NFB film-page credits.

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