There is a couple of exhibition pieces on Laika Studio’s popular movies, and I’ll delve into each of them, starting with:
CORALINE
Since this movie’s release in February 2009, it had been nominated for 5 awards, including the academy award for best picture, and it won 4 awards (3 Annie awards and 1 BAFTA).
This stop-motion piece is based off of Neil Gaimans novella, Coraline (2002), which he made for his daughters Holly and Maddie, who loved scary stories when they were young, and would often, quote, “dictate scary stories to him about young girls and evil mothers”.
Neil Gaimans villain, the ‘Other Mother’, was inspired by Lucy Clifford’s cautionary tale, The New Mother (1882), for it’s similar feature of a creepy mother with unusual appearance.
The movie had over 450 – 500 people working on it, with more than 250 people working in tech, scenery, miniature clothes and faces, making the world of Coraline feel open and real, while also having about 30 – 35 stop motion animators, who’s job is to bring the puppets actions to life.
KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS
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