Serious Time #5 Stop-Motion

Stop- motion has been a animation art for many years. The studio Laika uses stop animation in their major pictures. Laika has been responsible for movies such as Coraline and Paranorman and now their most recent, The Boxtrolls. The thing Laika wanted to do different with this movie is move out of that scary and creepy setting. Travis Knight, the lead animator of Laika and also the CEO of the company, says they wanted to do something different and not have creepy and scary their default and signature thing, so they made The Box-Trolls. Being lead animator and CEO is not all as caught up to be. Travis Knight calls it a balancing act, giving time for one thing but also having time for another, hours of animating then hours of meetings. The article also goes into how he decides to animate by hand and cg, what he re-shoots etc. Additionally in the article Adam says he knows what the next film is and says that we will dig it.

I am actually surprised at how interesting this article was. I myself wasn't looking forward to The Boxtrolls because of the reason that its a different style then Coraline and Paranorman. But now I might actually see it. I personally like how Laika has told their stories and also putting a message behind them. Being a Tim Burton fan though I do have to say I'm still a little bit disappointed, I really liked Coraline and I really want them to do a project like that again hopefully in the future.One thing I have to mention is that the article didn't bore me and that I was reading the entire thing instead of just skimming through the article, I like that. One thing I learned is just how hard and long it really takes for Laika to produce a movie because of how much they have to do. They have animating then meetings repeat everyday, I would honestly be tired of it probably. One thing I wonder is what their next project is. I really want to know and hope it has them back to their old style. This relevant to Digital Media because of the fact that it's a company about stop-motion.

I hope you have all enjoyed and I will see all you lovely faces later! Peace!