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corAline. Directed by Henry Selick USA, 2009 Stop Motion, 3D 100 min. PG . corAline. Based on the horror novella by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman Won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers
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corAline Directed by Henry Selick USA, 2009 Stop Motion, 3D 100 min. PG
corAline • Based on the horror novella by acclaimed author Neil Gaiman • Won the 2002 Bram Stoker Award for Best Work for Young Readers • Directed by Henry Selick, the man who also directed The Nightmare Before Christmas and James & the Giant Peach
corAline • The longest stop-motion film made as of 2009 (2 others tied the time in early 2000) • The first stop motion to be shot entirely in 3D • Notice the way the camera angles work to enhance/exaggerate that part of the story
CorAline • Film very successful • Graphic novel adaption • Theatrical adaption • Video game • And so on
corAline • Painstaking time and details • Coroline • 28 different puppets • Main size 9.5 inches • Ground-breaking use of stop-motion animated morphing sequence for Coroline: 130 frames running 6 seconds • 207,336 possible face combinations for the character • To construct one Coroline puppet, 10 individuals worked 3-4 months
corAline • More interesting art preparation • The shoot lasted 18 months, following 2 years of pre-production • 150 sets were built across 52 different stages, the most ever deployed for a stop action film • The crew was made up of people from • United States • Italy • New Zealand • France • Canada • Mexico • Japan • Taiwan
corAline • Bringing the characters to life (3 min.) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlMmBCei6h0 • The making of Coroline – It’s Alive (2 min.) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUqMfKbV4ho • Inside the Animation (1.34 min.) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcGD6YwMrXg