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Inspector Street

2013 8 min
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This short animation begins with a newspaper, discarded on a public bench, whose headlines warn of unusual phenomena. A gust of wind animates the paper's pages, conjuring strange and fantastical creatures: a bridge that becomes a caterpillar, a steeple turning into a bird, a dome transformed into an octopus. Elemental forces have been unleashed. Skilfully wielding paper cut-outs, origami, and a healthy dose of humour, filmmaker Emmanuelle Loslier plunges us into a fantastical world in which Montreal’s urban landscape has never been so alive.

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This short animation begins with a newspaper, discarded on a public bench, whose headlines warn of unusual phenomena. A gust of wind animates the paper's pages, conjuring strange and fantastical creatures: a bridge that becomes a caterpillar, a steeple turning into a bird, a dome transformed into an octopus. Elemental forces have been unleashed. Skilfully wielding paper cut-outs, origami, and a healthy dose of humour, filmmaker Emmanuelle Loslier plunges us into a fantastical world in which Montreal’s urban landscape has never been so alive.
  • script
    Emmanuelle Loslier
  • animation
    Emmanuelle Loslier
  • direction
    Emmanuelle Loslier
  • editing
    José Heppell
    Michel Pelland
  • sound design
    Olivier Calvert
  • music
    Luigi Allemano
  • musician
    Luigi Allemano
    Sasha Alexander Johnson
    Dave Laing
    Frank Lozano
    Maude Lussier
    Shawn Mativetsky
    John Sadowy
  • compositing
    Emmanuel Suquet
  • additional animation
    Emmanuel Suquet
  • consultant
    Nicolas Brault
    Jacques Drouin
  • cast
    Onil Melançon
  • director of photography
    Alex Margineanu
  • production manager
    Doris Lapierre
  • foley
    Lise Wedlock
  • music recording
    Geoffrey Mitchell
  • re-recording
    Serge Boivin
  • digital imaging specialist
    Pierre Plouffe
  • online editing
    Denis Gathelier
  • production assistant
    Yannick Grandmont
  • marketing manager
    Christine Noël
  • marketing manager - assistance
    Catherine Benoît
  • administrator
    Diane Régimbald
  • administrative team
    Diane Ayotte
    Karine Desmeules
    Michèle Labelle
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
  • line production
    Francine Langdeau
    Jocelyne Perrier
  • executive producer
    René Chénier
  • producer
    Julie Roy

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Ages 13 to 18
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Create a stop-motion animation using cut-out images from a newspaper and the NFB StopMo Studio app. Write a short story or series of captions that could accompany the visuals for Inspector Street. Create a storyboard for a silent film. Consider the characters, the conflict, and the manner in which the story needs to be told if there is no dialogue.

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