Brainstream

2021~ 20 minInteractive: Web Experience

By: Caroline Robert

Production: Marie-Pier Gauthier (National Film Board of Canada)Isabelle Repelin (National Film Board of Canada)Louis-Richard Tremblay (National Film Board of Canada)Isabelle Repelin (National Film Board of Canada)

Created by the studio AATOAA. Produced by the National Film Board of Canada.

You’re inside the head of D., a young girl who’s livestreaming her brain activity during a new kind of treatment session. Online, along with other participants, you massage her brain, experiencing the free flow of her thoughts, emotions and obsessions. Now, she’s telling you about her weekend. Earlier, her anxiety played some catchy beats that still lurk in one corner of her mind—like an earworm that won’t let go. Keep massaging. It’s doing her some good. In exchange, she’s giving you a guided tour of what’s going on inside her head, empowered by your gestures and stimulating presence. D. opens up as her mind wanders—perhaps a little bit like your own mind. Brainstream is an interactive animated film that explores, with sensitivity and humour, the mysteries of brain activity and the unpredictable trajectory of our thoughts.

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Subject categories


  • Psychology and Psychiatry > Brain and Nervous SystemDreams and ImaginationEmotional LifePerception

Credits


digital creator
Caroline Robert
animator
Caroline Robert
code
Édouard Lanctôt-Benoit
music
Mathieu Charbonneau
sound design
Mathieu Charbonneau
audio supervision
Mathieu Charbonneau
production manager
Vincent Morisset
consultant to the director
Vincent Morisset
voice
Sophie Shields-Rivard
Caroline Robert
text
Caroline Robert
writer/consultant
Carl Bessette
Julianne Côté
research
Alix Gagnon
English translation
J.C. Sutcliffe
sound mix consultant
Bernard Gariepy Strobl
assistant sound designer
Nataq Huault
editor - trailer
Jules Saulnier
producer
Marie-Pier Gauthier
Isabelle Repelin
Isabelle Repelin
executive producer
Louis-Richard Tremblay
head of production
Marie-Eve Babineau
senior production coordinator
Stéphanie Quevillon
Véronique Tessier
administrator
Marie-Andrée Bonneau
senior production coordinator - administration
Isabelle Limoges
production coordinator - administration
Isabelle Gatti
Evelyne Cortes-Oquendo
technology director
Martin Viau
information technology
Sergiu Raul Suciu
interactive media coordinator
Caroline Fournier
voice recording
Geoffrey Mitchell
technical coordination post-production
Mira Mailhot
project manager, digital production
Catherine Perreault
editorial manager
Valérie Darveau
legal services
Christian Pitchen
marketing manager
Laurianne Désormiers
marketing coordinator, audiovisual & digital
Angel Carpio
marketing coordinator
Eric Bondo
social media strategist
Émilie Nguyen Ngoc
Hannah Martin
community manager
Alyssia Duval-Nguon
Mélissa Sauvé
press relations
Mingotwo Communication

Awards


  • Plateforme et web – Expérience originale en lignePrix NUMIX
  • Meilleure expérience interactive: toutes catégoriesPrix Gémeaux
  • Favourite Website Awards