Shooting a Frame: A Look Behind the Scenes at the Making of Coraline | LAIKA Studios
2018 ж. 15 Қаң.
414 334 Рет қаралды
You might be surprised to find out how much work goes into capturing a single frame of animation! Join LAIKA animator Eric Leighton on a guided tour under, behind, and around the set of the Coraline theater, where incremental adjustments are made and special tools are required.
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I have crazy respect for the animators at Laika.
Thanks! And we love the enthusiasm and support of awesome fans like you.
I think you also have to be a little bit crazy to do this :D . These people are amazing
Omg ikr like bro wtf
@@LAIKAStudios Must have that Lego Pink Palace!
I like to be animator but... I think I dont have pacient enough for stop motion 😂😂
If you blink during the movie, you'll miss 10 hours of work
MegaPistøl Damn, yeah, that's true.
and that's why you rewatch it. catch all the work over several viewings and have fun spotting all the foreshadowing.
Yep
Damn
But id I don't blink, my eyes will dry
I love his modesty with this particular scene.
For your viewing pleasure.
he’s so respectful to a clay model lol
"I find that my clothes tend to light on fire."
He says it so casually too
*exposes his skin instead*
Alexandra Thompson ikr
He probably works shirtless when he’s not being recorded
he said so casualy because dealing with it is nothing compaird to everthing else in this
That was one frame. One. Frame.
I know right??
Masterpieces paranorman my favorite movie ever
Mad respect for you guys at Laika i love every one of your works and i can't wait for the reveal of your new movie. Thanks for everything
Thank you for all your support Diego! Fans like you mean the world to us, and we can't wait for you to see our next film.
What’s the next film???
@@nate3556 when this was posted they talked about "Missing Link". its all ready came out and failed because of a bad advertisement. no one knew it existed a damn shame! hope it wont hurt the studio to badly. i really wish they go back to dark Halloweeny themes. coraline was the most amazing thing ever!! pure masterpiece.
@@chapasproject I'm so sad almost no one knew about missing link 🥺 it was a real gem just like all of Laika's works, but in my opinion one of the most memorable for the Laika team since it was the first where all their characters were adults which had a huge impact on the scale of the characters and sets, phenomenon
@@nate3556 I think the next movie is going to be called wildwood
mad respect. 2d animation is difficult by itself, but stop motion is INCREDIBLY difficult
Honestly I think traditional 2D animation is harder, because you have to draw EVERYTHING (with the exception of backgrounds) in the movie over and over again. With stop motion you're taking real pictures of real objects so all you have to do is move them around and take said pictures, following the same animation principles without having to do everything over and over. I do realize that many faces are made for the movie but like, in many film productions there's tons and tons of props and prop variations made, and it's not like the animators themselves make the puppets or anything... There's obviously different departments. So if you mention the puppets themselves you're stepping out of animation into craftsmanship. All those props and puppets are eventually sold at auctions anyway.
@@cube4547 Stop motion animation is actually the hardest type of animation out there. 2D and 3D gives animators have the luxury of being able to plan their key poses, then animate frames in-between those important poses. This is called "Pose to Pose" animation. An animator can have an entire shot planned out ,just with key poses. On the other hand, the only way to animate stop motion is called "Straight Ahead". You literally start animating from your first frame and go on from there, and it is incredibly difficult not being to have key poses to guide where the animation is going. Straight ahead is almost like making it up as you go, it is incredibly time consuming having to check and go back to see if the movements look right.
@@cube4547 I think the word we should use here shouldn’t be which one is harder, since some people may have a harder time drawing or some people may find it more difficult working with physical objects, I think both are equally as hard. I think the word we’re looking for is which one is more time consuming, but then again both also takes so much time
@@cube4547 That's maybe how it worked decades ago, but nowadays 2D animation and CGI is easier than ever. You don't have to redraw the character every frame. Instead, you can hook it up to a rig where you can move the arms and everything like a puppet. For stop motion, you are physically limited. The creators of this movie had to create a physical object for every position of the fingers and mouth for example.
Hes just so casual about the diffulty of the environment hes working in. "I tend to find that my clothes catch on fire" xD
I wonder is it's handier or even worse to work this job when you're a big perfectionist
I feel like that's part of the job description in order to be a professional animator
Handy for extremely tiny details. Worse for things that don't require such perfect movement, and are on a tight deadline.
for stop motion it's nearly a requirement for consistency less helpful if the deadline is breathing down your neck though
@@prcervi lol I wasn't being literal. As someone who practices stop motion. I'm pretty familiar with the basics. And requirements.
as an animator myself I can attest to it being... both better and worse. you learn more because you push yourself harder and therefore you are a better animator by default. however a 10 second segment that another animator could complete in a fortnight will take you a month. will the quality be better? yes. will the boss be happy? No. thats my 2 cents.
This is just pure passion...I would like to be involved in something like this
Thank you for your interest! You can find all LAIKA job postings here: laika.com/careers.
That is such a well-animated and beautiful scene! I love the amount of detail that goes into each movement. I really hope to work there one day - that is honestly the dream.
Thank you so much for your interest! Please find all current and future openings here: laika.com/careers.
Millions of ppl have the same dream as you do, me too.
Nice I want to be a stop motion animator once I grow up
Don't wait. Start as soon as possible. I'm trying to start now.
I do too but I’m too lazy😅😂
@@raeeeeeeI'm trying to fight my laziness.
Same here :) I finally saved up for months just to afford some silicone and armature kits, hope you're getting into it as well now
Man that is a lot of work to get some animation frames. Great work you guys.
We're so grateful for your support. Thank you so much!
This is the only real animation studio that exists right now, we all need to support them, they are passionate about what they do and they never play safe.
This kind of stuff is my passion tbh
Animation in any form is horrifying enough. Laika's animators run on the energy of unicorn blood, that's what they do. 💖
The amount of cardio work these people must do for just a single scene is crazy! This is why I love stop-motion animation.
Coraline is my all time favourite animated film and seeing this makes me love it even more.
God coralline is such a legendary work of animation. The amount of craftsmanship and patience that goes into LAIKA’s films is inspiring
What a cool guy. You can tell how passionate he is. The final product was amazing.
This is insanely tedious but OMG it was beautiful to see just one frame done. I always stay after the credits in hopes of seeing a time lapse of them working on a character or scene, but this... I appreciate this a lot more!
They did that with Boxtrolls!
I watched Kubo and Caroline and I loved both. Watch out, Disney because Laika will crush you!
Laika has an unfortunately short, but very impressive resume.
The amount of dedication, work, and skill that goes into claymation/stop motion pictures is absolutely mindboggling. It's my absolute favorite kind of animation though. I find them beyond beautiful.
I watched coralline again yesterday (for the millionth time) and it’s such an amazing movie. I have so much respect for the people that made this movie/the work that went into it.
And he did it all alone? My respects for Laika and all of that incredible family ♥️
No he has a small part to play there are so many of them.
you guys work so freaking hard omg bless you
CORALINE + LAIKA ♡
"If I grab it, which besides is being impolite-" this man respects all puppets 😂👌
It’s a fine line between passion and insanity
My goodness I cant imagine how much running around he had to do to animate the entire stage! And most likely the times he messed up.
I want to work for Laika one day. I’m huge into art and directing, I mean I am still a child but I have really good vision for a director. I love laika so much! Working for them is a dream come true.
Exact same story here
Guys that's awesome! You're my favourite animation studio, not just stop motion!
I really love all the stop motion films. I can just feel the passion poured in every frame. Mad respect to the guys that did Coraline.
"...and I found that my clothes tend to light on fire..." Whatever they're paying this man will never be enough. These animators are godsends and deserve all the recognition and praise in the world.
I've watched his movie three times in the last year, and each time I continue struggling to see that *everything* is hand made. It just seems too perfect and too smooth to be that well done, but it is! This is my dream job, although I don't have near enough patience to do so.
Omg this movie was so underrated. So much talent and hard work went into it
"I've found that my clothes tend to light on fire."
“I find that my clothes tend to light on fire” oh my god the dedication to craft is absurd
I have mad respect for these people. They made my childhood.
Wow.Must of felt like a workout being a puppet animator.-_-
*must've
Nyctoverse they can say must of buddy
Miss. Stainer no they can’t
@@therealunslimshady471 Nope. It's basic grammar m8. "must've" is short for "must have"
Nyctoverse oh I thought you could say must of? Sorry, I’m really stupid.
This movie was my childhood! I still watch it really often!
this is absolutely insane . mad respect to those people who work on laika studios. I could neverr
Movies can take a long time to shoot, some do, some don't. 3d Animation takes a long time. 2d takes even longer But this kind of stop motion with the puppets, and the miniature costumes, the sets, the lighting. Posing, and shooting, posing and shooting every single frame. Photoshoping all the lines out of the puppet faces afterwards. It's genuinely mind boggling the amount of work that goes into this movie. How they muster up the will to work on a movie like this for 7 years is beyond me. They deserved an oscar
This is why coraline is my FAVORITE movie
Love you Laika! I'm currently constructing a stop-motion animation space near my studio in my home and can't wait to get started on some of the things I have in mind. I'm a newbie @ 57 years old but I've been a stop motion fan since the days of Ray Harryhausen. Thank you for the "behind-the-scenes stuff. It's inspiring!
Honestly I love stop motion and I praise the people behind stop motion animations! They work so hard and Laika is a master at stop motion movies
I have so much respect for them because that is not even easy, it's a hard work.
i am obsessed with coraline and i watch it then after relize how long and hard this one AMAZING movie took you did AMAZING with the cly and animating
The intricacy and patience! Just beautiful.
Each frame of this movie is a complex piece of art
Man I cant wait until I'm old enough to apply for work there! >w< its a dream job of mine for sure.
If there's one thing you need to have when you want to be any kind of animator, it's determination.
Its amazing how its done
“And that’s one frame” magic. Astonishing.
I always thought there’s a team of Animators behind these scenes. That’s too much work for one person. Hella respect ✊
This is so hard and must be tiring. You guys are amazing. You guys deserve all praises. God bless all people behind Coraline.
Awesome!
I love this guy, has major Mr. Jones vibes! And that face at the end, such a dad kind of face to make!
Coraline is an utterly beautiful film!!! Only movie I’ve watched over and over and never get tired.
Wow... the studio is like a shadowy doll house. I never considered that the lighting is controlled to such and extent.
stop motion animators are absolute madmen and i love it
The patience is incredible! And just the brain power to work all of the keys out and have it marked beside each moving cog of the whole piece just crazy for ONE FRAME!! let's not forget a rough second of animation is 24 frames 😬
Respect for all the artists, technicians and other team members.
Wow, I always admire these stop motion animators because of just how much effort and work goes into one of these movies. This was really interesting and I'm always fascinated by this stuff. I love watching these kinds of videos. Guys, you have my respect for all the hard work you guys put into making a stop motion film and they're beautiful works of art/masterpieces. Thank you.
I love seeing the behind the scenes of stop motion movies, you really get to see how much hard work was put into the making of this movie. I absolutely adore it.
So incredible! I’m a 2D animator but stop motion just blows me away!
One of my favorite movies from Laika! You guys rock :)
Coraline is award winning I love it so much
Mad respect to y'all Laika team.
i love how they put so much effort and determination into every frame of each movie they process, you guys deserve so much recognition in the modern world and i hope your next project will be just as incredible!!!
Coraline is one of my favorite animation movie, definitely can't get bored even if I watch it for hundreds time
This is why your animations are smooth and perfect . No other animators come close to the work that you all do . Thanks for sharing this video . Awesome work .
My Fav childhood stop-motion horror cartoon of all time.
Arann I think it's my nost favorite out of all movies too.
I will tell you the truth I've in love with EVERYTHING in this studio I mean..the character design,the voices,the works,the animations,EVERYTHING is so...PERFECT you got all of my respects you amazing humans UwU
omg that’s an insane amount of work, mad respect!
I e been growing up watching coraline and pranorman and frankenwinne and I have so much respect for you guys and how much you work !
I loved Coraline so much when I was a child, and even now I love watching it on the occasion
I watched Coraline for more than 75 times but I can still appreciate every second of the film regardless
Bruh let’s jus give everyone who worked on this and paranorman a round of applause 👏🏼
I love the movie Coraline, Awesome job, every time I see the movie it's like the first time I saw it, I could watch it over and over again
All of that time an effort to make a single frame! Major props to the Laika team!!
I LOVE stop motion. It's just so beautiful, and knowing all the work that goes into each frame just makes it better. I just find it so incredible how all of those movements for every frame line up perfectly into the next ones hundreds of thousands of times to make a film. Anyway, that's why Laika is one of my favorite film companies, because you don't see a lot of stop motion, and these are amazing. It definitely seems like labour of love style of film making .
I tip my hat to the animators, incredible work
this is pure joy for me. I have watched coraline and now my children love it! Om so happy to be alive at the same time as coraline! ☺️✨
"My clothes tend to light on fire" this dudes dedicated
I imagine taking 5-10 minutes for one frame, 24 frames per second is fairly okay. About 16,200 hours or 675 days straight of constant work to do a full motion picture. Oof. I know this scene took longer because of the set but, still I can’t even imagine.
I dreamed with this scene last night... I am not kidding. You deserve all my respect and admiration. Thank you!
Laikaaaa your movie will never get old-! °^°
Jesus Christ.. what a bunch of hard work behind this scene. My big respect for you guys! I can really see the love which you put behind. Big kudos for you!
People say I’m insane for wanting to go into stop motion, but it’s things like this that make me want to go into it more
All this work for a scene mad respect 🔥🔥
Wow that’s so crazy! Coralline is easily one of my favorite movies and glad you guys put so much work into it
Stop motion is the most incredible form of animation
It’s awesome to see how much work went into one of my favourite childhood films!
Seriously, that's so amazing
I just wanna say thanks to all the animators. This is still my favourite movie and always will be. I will never stop being amazed at the animation ❤
Congrats and respect for all of those great animators! You are the best one! 🤘😍
Thank you! We love your support for LAIKA and look forward to thrilling you with each new film.
everyone: i have so much respect for the animators, so much work. it must take forever. me: realistically this isn't a lot of work. everything is set to gauges, so 90% of the frame is on autopilot (just remembering everything is a bit of a chore) the actual character that needs to be animated, that seems like the big work. no safety net, just total focus to make sure the character is moving as smoothly as possible. to breathe life into the character, every movement of those puppets that gets animated has to be perfect....and all in natural space without a track like the rest of the animated motion in the scene.
All that ghard work paid off i watch this movie 2 or more times a day i am OBSESED