AnimaCampus case study: Making of Stop-motion Feature Coraline

AnimaCampus case study: Making of Stop-motion Feature Coraline

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Genre

Animation

Run time

1h 30min

Go behind-the-scenes of LAIKA’s Coraline, the first stop-motion feature to be

conceived and photographed in stereoscopic 3D. Written and directed by Henry

Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Coraline is based on the novel by Neil

Gaiman. LAIKA’s marketing manager Mark Shapiro will present time-lapse imagery

and short vignettes that detail the major undertaking involved in the making-of this

Oscar-nominated feature. Hear about the 150 sets that were built across 52 stages

at LAIKA’s Oregon-based studio. Spanning 151,140 square feet, the different stages

were the most ever deployed for a stop-motion animated feature. Shapiro will also

show LAIKA’s first all-CG-animated short film Moongirl directed by Henry Selick.

LAIKA is an animation company specializing in feature films, commercials and short

films. Travis Knight serves as President and CEO of the company, which is owned by

Nike co-founder and Chairman Philip H. Knight. ParaNorman, LAIKA’s second stopmotion

3D feature will be in theaters on August, 2012.

Genre

Animation

Run time

1h 30min

Go behind-the-scenes of LAIKA’s Coraline, the first stop-motion feature to be

conceived and photographed in stereoscopic 3D. Written and directed by Henry

Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas), Coraline is based on the novel by Neil

Gaiman. LAIKA’s marketing manager Mark Shapiro will present time-lapse imagery

and short vignettes that detail the major undertaking involved in the making-of this

Oscar-nominated feature. Hear about the 150 sets that were built across 52 stages

at LAIKA’s Oregon-based studio. Spanning 151,140 square feet, the different stages

were the most ever deployed for a stop-motion animated feature. Shapiro will also

show LAIKA’s first all-CG-animated short film Moongirl directed by Henry Selick.

LAIKA is an animation company specializing in feature films, commercials and short

films. Travis Knight serves as President and CEO of the company, which is owned by

Nike co-founder and Chairman Philip H. Knight. ParaNorman, LAIKA’s second stopmotion

3D feature will be in theaters on August, 2012.

Info

Rating

For All Audiences

Production year

2011

Global distributor

-

Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

11/17/2011