The Beating Seed (2023) Trailer
HELLO, I'M
Alice do Carmo
Production, Animation, Editing, Sound Design, Directing
Alice do Carmo
Production and Communication Assistant at DSCH
Postgraduate Animation student at University of Algarve
About Me
Ever since I remember I've always loved stories, and animation's ability to explore that art, through such a diverse, creative art itself. But I also discovered, working as a producer, how much joy it brings me to help others achieve the same.
With this, I began my pursuit of helping directors with the management of teams of more than dozens of members (also with international animators on remote, communicating through Discord and tracking in Notion), scheduling meetings, briefing and debriefing, as well as giving support after the following the process of submitting to festivals, filling out forms such as for an IMDB page.
I believe great enthusiasm, availability and thinking ahead are qualities very precious to this type of position, which is exactly what I will bring to projects I work on. Having experience in a variety of other roles also allows me to used to adapting myself to situations when it is required in order to get the work done.
Education
September 2023 — Present
University of Algarve (Portugal)
Postgraduate degree in Animation, where I am currently directing a stop motion horror short film. I am also working as a Producer for several of my colleague's short films, and will be helping out in Inbetweens and Coloring phases in the second semester.
September 2019 – July 2022
University of Algarve (Portugal)
Bachelor of Animation, where I co-directed and animated 4 short films, three of which were nominated in both national and international festivals. Most notably is "The Beating Seed", a graduation film developed while in a curricular internship at COLA Animation and winner of Best Animated Short Film at Sophia Estudante and Best Portuguese Short Film at MONSTRA Festival, awarded by both the Junior Jury and Senior Jury, where I most developed my skills as Inbetween Animator, Sound Designer and Assistant Producer.
Work Experience
January 2023 — February 2024
DSCH — Musical Association
September 2023 — October 2023
Bragança ClassicFest
July 2023
Classical Summer Festival & Academy
May 2023 — June 2023
Festival de Música dos Capuchos
May 2022 – December 2022
Internship at COLA Animation
Production and Communication Assistant
Production and Communication Assistant; Photographer, Videographer, Video Editor, Animator, Social Media Manager
Production and Communication Assistant; Photographer, Videographer, Video Editor, Animator, Social Media Manager, Working Front Desk for practice room reservations
Production and Communication Assistant; Photographer, Videographer, Video Editor, Animator, Social Media Manager
Inbetweens, Coloring, Editing, Sound Mixing, Production Assistant
Short Films
Future Purchased (2024) — Co-Producer
Managing a team of 19 members, including international animators on remote, tracking deadlines and pipeline in Notion with recurring meetings and communication through a Discord server. In the second semester I will assist with coloring.
The Heat of Words (2024) — Producer
Managing a team of 7 members, in the second semester I will assist with inbetweens.
It Lingers (2024) — Director, Writer, Animator, Model Maker
Directing a stop motion horror short film based on a short story I wrote in 2017.
The Beating Seed (2023) — Co-Director, Inbetweens, Coloring, Editing, Sound Design, Production Assistant
A 2D short film developed while in a curricular internship at COLA Animation, where I also took the role of Production Assistant, scheduling meetings, weekly updates, file managing on OneDrive and tracking on Notion.
Underfed (2022) — Co-Director, Co-Writer, Animator
A motion graphics/2D horror short film made in After Effects.
Essence (2021) — Co-Director, Co-Writer, Animator
A 2D short film based on Sophia de Mello Breyner Andersen's poem "Os Mortos".
Music Videos & Publicity Spots
Don't Bother Me Babe (2023) — Director, Writer, Animator
A music video for Albert Hammond's single "Don't Bother Me Babe" with a mix of 3D, 2D and stop motion.
NKLEAR (2021) — Director, Writer, Animator
A 7-minute 2D music video for HASH23.
Corarinha (2021) — Director, Writer, Animator
A 2D music video for Celina da Piedade.
I Lost You (2017) — Director, Writer, Animator
A non-official stop motion music video for The Walkmen.
Assim Sou Eu (2016) — Director, Writer, Animator
A 2D music video for Celina da Piedade.
French Cinema Festival Publicity Spot (2015) — Director, Writer, Animator
A stop motion publicity spot for French Cinema Festival.
Cellular Degeneration (2020) — Co-Director, Co-Writer, Animator
My first short film and experience in co-directing, an experimental 2D horror short film.
About me in other roles
as an animator
I have developed skills in 2D, 3D as well as stop motion animation, focusing now on getting more experience in inbetweens and coloring (for 2D) and model making (for stop motion).
as a production and communication assistant
I have worked professionally as a production and communication assistant in a festival managing company, and as production assistant in several short films both in my animation bachelor as well as postgraduate degree.
as a photographer, videographer, editor, sound designer and social media manager
Working at DSCH — Musical Association, I had to adapt to the tasks required and with no one else available, I quickly adapted to anything related to content from the music festivals I worked in, from filming and photographing, to editing the footage, to graphic designing while managing multiple social media accounts.
as a director and writer
Ever since I've got into animation I've loved what it brought me in terms of being able to share stories and the multitude of ways to do it. While in short films I have co-directed I found a great comfort in exploring those same ways, directing music videos has been my passion since my first freelancing job in that area in 2016.
Software
Video Editing
Animating
Photography and Design
Final Cut Pro
Krita
Lightroom
Blender
Adobe Premiere
Photoshop
DaVinci Resolve
After Effects
Ilustrator
InDesign
Awards
The Beating Seed (2023) — Co-director
1st Place:
Sophia Estudante — Animation Category
MONSTRA Festival — Best Portuguese Student Short Film (Senior Jury)
MONSTRA Festival — Best Portuguese Student Short Film (Junior Jury)
Other Interests
Daily / Weekly Basis
Creative Writing
Makeup & Fashion
Watching Movies
Reading
Learning Bass Guitar
Ocasionally
Photography
Travel
Making Youtube Videos
Swimming
Still getting into it
Yoga
Roller Skating
Making Ceramics