Neil Gaimans Coraline: Not Good for Stop Motion?
If you surf around the internet enough, you can find many sites that talk about stop motion. On some of those sites there are people who are extremely good stop motion animators and over time have theorized about what makes a stop motion film good.rnrnSome are saying that Neil Gaimans Coraline which is due out in February looks too sanitized, and that the cleanliness of the puppets removes the life from them. Now these aren't my words, but I do agree to a point about this kind of argument. Normally films done in stop motion show the human touch, and sand paper and un-natural lighting techniques remove that. rnrnThe quest for perfection isn't bad, but take a look at some older Claymation films or some Starewich films and there is a lot more energy and charm in the look of the characters. So what do you think? rnrnJoin our network and discover the secrets of stop motion and clay animation!rnrnFor clay and stop motion news, tutorials, message boards and capture software visit our main page here:rnrnhttp://www.animateclay.comrnrnFor tutorial DVD's, downloads, armature wire, eye balls, armature kits and set building tools visit our shop:rnrnhttp://www.animateclay.com/shop/rnrnrnCheck out Marc Spess' personal film called Zombie Pirates here:rnrnhttp://www.zombie-pirate.comrnrnPost your videos, pictures and blogs about stop motion on our nework site here:rnrnhttp://www.stopmotionmagic.com
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#1 MR_HOBS ~ Nov 26, 2008
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While I can see your point to a degree... it's just a crying shame that people are down on this film. I mean, especially with Henry Selick directing. The man is practically single-handedly responsible for the keeping the genre alive. If it weren't for Nightmare, there probably still wouldn't be any feature stop-motion films. its just sad to see self proclaimed stop-motion enthusiasts be so harsh and elitist. Stop-motion doesn't have to look \"dirty\" to look unique. You certainly shouldn't TRY to make it look dirty. That would make the whole thing become artificial in the worst way. You're still going to get the hand-made look, and it's still going to have that slight jerkiness to the movement. I'm really trying to hold back here, but I have to say, I'm at least a little disgusted.
Perhaps you are just expressing concern, and are planning to go see the movie and keep an open mind. I'm pretty sure you'll walk away pleased with the look. If we're going to pick on stop-motion films, I could say a few things about Corpse Bride. It's funny that you seem to favor that movie, when to me, it seemed much more guilty of being too \"flawless\" for it's own good. It just wasn't memorable, and didn't have the personality or depth I was looking for. I can't remember a single song. Coraline looks to be much more varied and visually interesting, not to mention a real story with some heart and soul.
(Sorry if this was alarmingly harsh and unexpected, but I'm aiming it at certain people who are saying much worse than anything you said.)
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