How come we don't talk about LAIKA previs?

It's a crucial part of the film-making process, especially regarding more complex shots with lots of moving parts, it can't be that ba-

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This remastered Coraline rerelease really reminds me how gorgeous this film is. The world and animation were just magical. Seeing the behind the scenes bits after the credits was delightful.

Can't wait for this film.

‘Drawing For Nothing’ Is A Free, Updating Chronicle Of Canceled And Troubled Animated Films Full Of Artwork, Videos, And BTS Stories

Linked in this article by Jamie Lang on CartoonBrew

Drawing For Nothing direct link for the art of behind the scenes digital booklet.

The 12 titles included in the current version of Drawing for Nothing are:

Me and My Shadow (Dreamworks Animation) – Canceled

Foodfight! (Threshold Entertainment) – Released

B.O.O.: Bureau of Otherworldly Operations (Dreamworks Animation) – Canceled

The Incredible Mr. Limpet (Warner Bros.) – Canceled

Joe Jump (Walt Disney Animation Studios) – Canceled

Dreaming Machine (Mad House) – Canceled

Dragon’s Lair: The Legend (Sullivan Bluth Studios) – Canceled

Jack and Ben (Laika) – Canceled

Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy (Al Brodax) – Canceled

Huck’s Landing (Tom Carter Productions) – Canceled

My Peoples (Walt Disney Animation Studios) – Canceled

Larrikins (Dreamworks Animation) – Canceled

The project is ongoing and has plans to update the pdf and booklet website with additional pages.

My love story with Laika holds Magic that is inherently the equivalent of Beyoncé winning the most Grammy Awards and absolutely all accomplishments she achieved, Jesus rise from the dead and Jesus’ birthday, absolutely all accomplishments Rihanna's achieved, Henrietta Lacks’ DNA and all its done bitch, Mansa Musa’s wealth, Bill Gates staggering streak at the wealth and Muhammad Ali win in the Rumble Of The Jungle, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar's birthday, Diana Nyad making the historic swim at the age of 64, The Beatles ENTIRE STARDOM, Justin Bieber's ENTIRE STARDOM, Michael Jackson's ENTIRE STARDOM, BTS ENTIRE STARDOM, Kim Kardashian’s fame and her entire family’s fame and ABSOLUTELY ALL ACHIEVEMENTS THEY ACHIEVED, Jesse Owens setting three world records and tied another all in less than an hour, Billie Eilish entire STARDOM/ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Marilyn Monroe's ENTIRE STARDOM AND ABSOLUTELY ALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHE ACHIEVED, the world’s first Zillionaire version of me and Barack Obama being the first Black president of America COMBINED but x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x

i cannot stop thinking about stop motion style magnus archives i want to do it so bad omg

i wanted to make this video ages ago and i thought now would be a good time.

Studio Laika

I was sitting at home and watching films today (probably what a lot of people are doing right now), and I noticed that a lot of my very favorite movies were all stop motion. It creeps some people out the way that the characters move, but I love the look and admire the people who painstakingly create and move each and every aspect of a scene. A one minute scene can take weeks to shoot if it is large scale. Very impressive. Little did I know that the same company made almost all of my favorites. 

It is a studio in Oregon named simply Laika that is headed by the cofounder of NIKE, Phil Knight, and his son Travis is the CEO. The work that comes from this place is astounding and every single one of their films is just amazing to me. They have put out 5 feature length films over 10 years and every single one has been nominated for best animated feature by the Oscars, the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs, the Annie Awards, and the Critic’s Choice Awards. These are fantastic films with gorgeous visuals and particularly beautiful soundtracks and should get far more attention than they have. 

Here is a little list of all of the movies and I highly suggest checking them out and then checking out the behind the scenes on YouTube.

Coraline (2009) 

I very scary adventure about a little girl that moves into a new shared house and finds a door that transports her to an opposite world. The animation is so flawless and realistic that this film actual gave me nightmares and I was 30 when I saw it. The opposite world is the same kind of set up that I had nightmares about when I was a child. It was so engrossing and the score for the film really brings the viewer into this world. The ending song sounds a lot like the  “Something Wicked This Way Comes” song from the 3rd Harry Potter film but with a much faster pace. In fact...check the song out for yourself. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnIUVHtLC08

And maybe some behind the scenes without spoilers...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXqqd0ZBEMA

The words behind the lead character are voiced by Dakota Fanning and the mother (both of them) is done by Teri Hatcher. The acting behind the title character is especially good and really brings to life this tough little girl in her stunning situation. Highly recommend.  

Paranorman (2012)

This is the story of a young boy who has paranormal abilities and he has to deal with a town and family who are afraid of him while also trying to ward off local ghost activity. Totally relatable. This film actually reminded me more of Monster House (2006) with the idea of a group of kids attempting to bring peace to an angry spirit of some form. The closing song is “Little Ghost” performed by the White Stripes and, although my least favorite closer of the five films, is pretty good. The credit sequence that runs through the characters with the short is like a high quality short on its own. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVWt8SYeNus

And of course some behind-the-scenes B-roll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJNK_VGOPss

I will say that this is my personal least favorite of the group, but it would still be a 7 or 8 out of 10. The world is great and the characters are fun, but the story wasn’t as interesting to me and it is not as good of a soundtrack. I still very much recommend.

The Boxtrolls (2014)

I think this is my favorite of the five films for many personal reasons. It is basically the story of Tarzan but put into a world that is similar to an old English village. A young boy dubbed Eggs is raised by trolls and is forced to rejoin human society when he attempts to save his adopted family from a pest exterminator named Archibald Snatcher. Some of my very favorite English actors like Ben Kingsley, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and Richard Ayuade all voice characters. It is a coming of age story for 2 or 3 characters at the same time and there are less “good guys and bad guys” and more misguided individuals all trying to find their place. The ending credits are again accompanied by a beautiful song called “Little Boxes” written by Eric Idle. It goes a little something like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otJqvGMtqUQ

And some time lapse of a couple characters with a voice over with Richard Ayuade and Nick Frost that is hilarious...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h7p0NckTKc

I cannot say enough good things about this film. It has all of the effort and craft of the previous two, but with a better story and less creepiness. A great message for any age and no worry about nightmares (for me anyways). 

Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

This is probably the most beautiful of the Laika films and tells a beautiful story. The one thing that keeps this from being my favorite is a pair of eye-stealing evil sisters. The world is amazing and the voices are fantastic, but this makes the threat of the villains all the more disturbing and there is definitely some nightmare fuel in that. Definitely not like any fairy tale that I was brought up with, and that absolutely makes it better in my eyes. With the current “stay in and stay safe” situation, the beginning will hit close to home. It has the normal gorgeous ending credits with a cover of “As My Guitar Gently Weeps” performed by Regina Spektor. Of course it is here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xxAAXZvCO8

And a behind-the-scenes that shows the stop motion with the voice production

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHyTYL1Z1aM

This was the best film from Laika on a technical and they were nominated for both Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects at the Oscars. Also, this is the best BTS the I could find as it is pretty much spoiler free and has dramatic sewing music.

Missing Link (2019)

This is the most recent film which came out last year and it is the first time that one of the movies did not perform well at the box office. There was little advertising for this film (that I saw) compared to Kubo despite having a bigger budget. The story was not as good and much more predictable than any of the prior films. It did have arguably the biggest name recognition as far as voice actors with Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana, Zach Galifianakis, Timothy Olyphant, Steven Fry, and Emma Thompson. The company has made a name having terrific ending credits and this was not different...but I can’t find a version that doesn’t absolutely spoil the ending so I attached the version for Lakeshore Records. It is a song called “Do-Dilly-Do” sung by Walter Martin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk377s0gOYg

I is a quick moving song with late 1800s instrumentation with a ragtime feel that actually makes me think of “Kodachrome” by Simon and Garfunkel. And of course so behind the scenes...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-skE9Loauc

A really great film that was exquisite but not really on the same level as Kubo. I still think it was well worth the watch and it is on Hulu streaming service currently.

I have spent the last couple of years of my movie critiquing life watching older films, but I have not lost sight of the present and all of the great films that are still being created. With all of these fine films from a single studio, my hope for future film making is still great. There work and passion that goes into each film is obvious and should be enjoyed by the masses. I highly recommending taking some time if you are forced to stay in and check out some of these wonderful films. By the way, the name comes from the first dog to go into space on a Russian ship and the first animal to orbit the Earth on the Sputnik 2.

Purple for the colour ask

purple:

what’s your astrological sign?

virgo. scorpio rising.

what’s the best piece of advice you ever received?

ugh i never remember advise so um,,,that’s probably bad. oh! go at your own pace! (both my mom and jin from bts said that). i learn and process and mature a lot slower then my friends. and it used to really bug me when i couldn’t handle books and movies like the hunger games and maze runner and stuff, when all my friends loved them. or like some of my friends are going to university and i haven’t gotten that far yet. or if i was behind the reading level. go at your own pace, you don’t have to keep up with others.

when’s the last time you followed your instincts?

oh, i should probably go with them now. tbh. i mean i cancelled a dance class so that’s one. but a big follow your instincts thing? probably not for awhile.

what’s your favorite food?

my moms salsa!

what’s your secret dream?

secret? i don’t have much secrets. OH not a secret but one if the jobs i want to do but probably wont as i’d be better suited to more theatre related things - work at laika! doing stop motion stuff, id like to do character and set design! but i really wanna found my own theatre company for kids and teens and direct shows with that - locally.

Spent the day at @laikastudios seeing all the amazing stop motion animation and vfx work that went into #TheMissingLink . Listen, this film is MASSIVE. Check out my IG Stories for more BTS footage and a video up soon on theblerdgurltv on YouTube. . . . . . . . #laikastudios #laika #portland #themissinglink #movie #hughjackman #zoesaldana #zachgalifinakas #emmathompson #cinema #film #animation https://ift.tt/2HF0Kc3

Remember this guy from Boxtrolls?

Here's what he looks like underneath his box:

you know what I feel like this story is not complete, let me talk about katelyn. she had been in our class since 5th,along with two other kids but had a seperate teacher because she was actually supposed to be at a different school , something like special ed but like way more poorly executed and pointless, trust me, her,laika and ufo just sat there and did nothing for the most part. whatever, the 3 of them were always 2 years older than the rest of us, they left our school after 8th grade. so, about katelyn, she had issues from the start I think. i just remember her mom wouldn't give her lunch for school and wouldn't really wash her clothes either. she was really nice, and in around 7th she liked all that edgy kid music I liked too. which, she liked bts while I was a metalhead, but we had lil peep and billie eilish in common. also she was on tumblr and would watch anime, i had nobody else i had common interests with, so i thought she was rlly cool and wished to bw closer to her than i was. (also she was good at drawing and pretty,so i might or might not have had a tinyyyyy crush on her at some point).during the time I was s.elf harming, she was too, although we never talked about it. i remember i hadn't s.elf harmed for a few months, she didn't come to school one morning and her teacher walked up to the other girls and asked whether they knew something. lisa showed her katelyns sc story i believe, i didn't have snapchat at that time so i had no idea. she had basically c.ut a lot the nighy before and posted it all, she was really c.utting like with blades and all, while mine were basically scratches at that point. when she came to school later, her teacher walked up to her ans hugged her, they had a whole conversation in which the teacher told her to snap a rubber band on her wrist when she feels the urge to c.ut and whatevee else, i think shw was really worried about her. so, in the lunch break we talked to her. and that's when i actually heard lisa say her injuries were self inflicted, because she said like yeah i've done it before too and regret it and won't ever again. katelyn said it was a habit for her and hers actually hurt because they were deeper. well, i shut my mouth, i was self h.arming too but i didn't want anyone to know, mind you that was before lisa found out and all. I also remember pou really just not getting it and being like wtf, why do you guys hurt yourself are you like insane??? what the fuck (mind you we were 12, katelyn was 14). she really didn't get it, and while what she said sounds super insensitive, i am so fucking glad that she couldn't process why someone would want to hurt themself to cope with something. i am so glad she was metally stable and happy enough to not get it. however, katelyns sh habits didn't evoke mine, they triggered me tho. her talking about c.utting and posting on her story definetely resulted in me doing it more frequently. in that summer period, roght around the time lisa noticed, i was doing all types of dumb shit to hide my c.uts like wear way to many bracelets or whatever,and if you looked closely, you could see something. katelyn was sitting next to me, I'm quite certain she saw, however she said nothing and my only concern was that she'd think i only did it bc i imitated her or something. it was really stupid. whatever i hope she's alright, the last time i texted her was in dec 2019.

Exclusive: LAIKA Re-Animates Kubo & Beetle for Bespoke Father’s Day Piece

Reading this article by (Milligan, 2021), I understood how animation studios are currently generating visual content to attract their audience through the use not only of production development, but also of animated material on social networks, making use of their characters and stories. And I have understood the power that images have to attract audiences. 

Award-winning feature animation studio LAIKA is celebrating Father’s Day across social media this weekend with the help of some old friends: Kubo and Beetle! The puppet stars of the two-time Oscar-nominated, triple Annie Award and BAFTA-winning 2016 movie Kubo and the Two Strings will be shot on stage, accompanied by paper / origami elements.

The relevance of using social networks to socialize with the public has reached the LAIKA study, which is why throughout social networks last weekend for the purpose of celebrating Father's Day. So using the Kubo beetle and the two Strings, a post was carried out to celebrate this special day.

Before the father's celebration, a BTS studio footage was created with TikTok fans with editor Steven Wong Jr. and assistance from Spencer Rutledge.

The objective of the team who are also parents was to show a moment that was not fully seen in the movie, in the scene where kubo and the beetle are playing, and to show a happy father and son.

The scene is a pleasant pose, which was performed spontaneously in the stop-motion technique. The animators sought to achieve naturalism in the animated scenes, they were not always perfect since there are details that for the eye of the beholder go unnoticed. According to LAIKA animators, these imperfections are part of the stop-motion technique that gives it the artisanal touch.

On the other hand, according to the LAIKA team, when taking still photographs the process must be perfect because the viewer has time to fully visualize the image. The important thing is to find the perfect pose to communicate the message. Capturing the essence of the image is a fun challenge, and Dan did a beautiful job showing the joy and mutual admiration of a relationship between a father and his son.

Reference:

Milligan, M. (2021) Happy Father’s Day | LAIKA Shorts Worldwide Exclusive: LAIKA Re-Animates Kubo & Beetle for Bespoke Father’s Day Piece. Available at: https://www.animationmagazine.net/shorts/exclusive-laika-re-animates-kubo-beetle-for-bespoke-fathers-day-piece/ (Accessed: 22 June 2021).

........Eggs from The Boxtrolls and Luca from Luca would be friends.....Yes I know nobody cares but I wanted to say it.

The realness of Laika has the staggering mass that’s inherently the equivalent of Beyoncé winning the most Grammy Awards and absolutely all accomplishments she achieved, Jesus rise from the dead and Jesus’ birthday, absolutely all accomplishments Rihanna's achieved, Henrietta Lacks’ DNA and all its done bitch, Mansa Musa’s wealth, Bill Gates staggering streak at the wealth and Muhammad Ali win in the Rumble Of The Jungle, Jeff Bezos being recognized as the world’s wealthiest in 2024, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar's birthday, Diana Nyad making the historic swim at the age of 64, The Beatles ENTIRE STARDOM, Justin Bieber's ENTIRE STARDOM, Michael Jackson's ENTIRE STARDOM, BTS ENTIRE STARDOM, Kim Kardashian’s fame and her entire family’s fame and ABSOLUTELY ALL ACHIEVEMENTS THEY ACHIEVED, Jesse Owens setting three world records and tied another all in less than an hour, Billie Eilish entire STARDOM/ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Marilyn Monroe's ENTIRE STARDOM AND ABSOLUTELY ALL ACCOMPLISHMENTS SHE ACHIEVED, the world’s first Zillionaire version of me and Barack Obama being the first Black president of America COMBINED but x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x antonellamania number x