In the world of film entertainment, stop-motion pictures seem to be the most difficult and tedious to create. Stop-motion animation is the process of taking thousands of photos of puppets, which are moved centimeter by centimeter every picture. After the puppets actions are completed and all the pictures have been taken, they are played together in order, which gives the illusion that the puppet or object is moving. One of the more recent and up to date stop-motion films is the controversial children’s movie, Coraline.
Coraline was directed by Henry Selick, (also known for the films: The Nightmare Before Christmas, and James and the Giant Peach) who was asked by the author of the book Coraline, Neil Gaiman, (also famous for books such as: The Graveyard Book, and American Gods) to bring his story to life. Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman, and a team of over 100 people worked endlessly on everything from the clothes on the characters backs, to the voices behind them.
Coraline is a young girl voiced by Dakota Fanning (famous for her appearances in: The Secret Life Of Bees, Twilight, and The Runaways) who moves with her mother, voiced by Teri Hatcher, (known for her appearance in Desperate housewives) and her father, voiced by John Hodgman (known for his appearance in The Invention Of Lying) to an apartment called the Pink Palace, located in Ashland, Oregon. As soon as she moves into her new place, she is eager to venture out and explore, but when she unsuccessfully attempts to gather the attention of her parents, who are writing a gardening article, she decides to go out and explore the property on her own. Right away, it is easy to tell that Coraline is a girl with a lot of attitude as well as curiosity, and her parents inattentive routine result in her defiance. As she ventures out to find a well, she is startled by her neighbors grandson. A tall, awkward boy by the name of Wyborn, or Wybie, voiced by Robert Bailey Jr. Right away, Coraline is not amused and quite annoyed by her unwanted friend. As she broadens her search to end her boredom, she meets a man by the name of Mr. Bobinski, voiced by Ian McShane, as well as Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, who are voiced by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. Mr Bobinski is one of the Pink Palace residents of whom is a drunk and believes he can talk to mice. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are two elderly women who also reside in the Pink Palace and are retired actresses. The film begins to take an interesting turn when Wybie brings Coraline a doll that resembles her exactly as well as when Coraline discovers a door, sealed by the wallpaper in the living room that seemingly leads to nothing.
One night, Coraline is awaken by the sound of a mouse in her room. When she sees the mouse, she proceeds to follow it with the intentions of catching it. As she chases the mouse into the living room, it makes an unexpected bolt through the door once behind the wallpaper. As Coralines curiosity grew, she ventured through the door to find herself in a parallel universe to which everything is the same; or so she thinks. Coraline finds everyone from her old world in her new one where everyone has buttons sewed under their eyes, but other than that, everyone seems to be everything Coraline has ever wanted. As you could imagine, Coraline was skeptical at first, but because of the hospitality of her “other parents”, she becomes more comfortable. After a few journeys between both worlds, Coraline starts to realize that the “other world” is in fact a bad place with some help from “other wybie”, a cat, and three ghost children. The “other mother” is deceiving and selfish. She askes Coraline to sew buttons over her eyes so she can stay forever, but Coraline knows that something isn’t right. In a desperate attempt to restore her reality, Coraline must realize that she should always be careful of what she wishes for.
In my opinion, the movie Coraline is a great way to teach young children, adults, and everyone in between that we should not always get what we want and that our desires can be deceiving. This film sends a message that i believe everyone should hear, yet I do not entirely agree that this film is suitable for all young children. Although, if the viewer is not easily frightened, this movie will take them into what may seem like a different world! Suspense, adventure, and mystery lies around every corner and will keep the viewer guessing. After viewing some behind-the-scene footage on the making of Coraline, I have gained a lot of respect for all the men and women who worked eagerly and passionately in order to bring this novel to life. I would recommend this movie to anyone who loves a thrill and a helpful lesson or two. But the question is, what would you do?
In the world of film entertainment, stop-motion pictures seem to be the most difficult and tedious to create. Stop-motion animation is the process of taking thousands of photos of puppets, which are moved centimeter by centimeter every picture. After the puppets actions are completed and all the pictures have been taken, they are played together in order, which gives the illusion that the puppet or object is moving. One of the more recent and up to date stop-motion films is the controversial children’s movie, Coraline.Coraline was directed by Henry Selick, (also known for the films: The Nightmare Before Christmas, and James and the Giant Peach) who was asked by the author of the book Coraline, Neil Gaiman, (also famous for books such as: The Graveyard Book, and American Gods) to bring his story to life. Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman, and a team of over 100 people worked endlessly on everything from the clothes on the characters backs, to the voices behind them.
Coraline is a young girl voiced by Dakota Fanning (famous for her appearances in: The Secret Life Of Bees, Twilight, and The Runaways) who moves with her mother, voiced by Teri Hatcher, (known for her appearance in Desperate housewives) and her father, voiced by John Hodgman (known for his appearance in The Invention Of Lying) to an apartment called the Pink Palace, located in Ashland, Oregon. As soon as she moves into her new place, she is eager to venture out and explore, but when she unsuccessfully attempts to gather the attention of her parents, who are writing a gardening article, she decides to go out and explore the property on her own. Right away, it is easy to tell that Coraline is a girl with a lot of attitude as well as curiosity, and her parents inattentive routine result in her defiance. As she ventures out to find a well, she is startled by her neighbors grandson. A tall, awkward boy by the name of Wyborn, or Wybie, voiced by Robert Bailey Jr. Right away, Coraline is not amused and quite annoyed by her unwanted friend. As she broadens her search to end her boredom, she meets a man by the name of Mr. Bobinski, voiced by Ian McShane, as well as Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, who are voiced by Jennifer Saunders and Dawn French. Mr Bobinski is one of the Pink Palace residents of whom is a drunk and believes he can talk to mice. Miss Spink and Miss Forcible are two elderly women who also reside in the Pink Palace and are retired actresses. The film begins to take an interesting turn when Wybie brings Coraline a doll that resembles her exactly as well as when Coraline discovers a door, sealed by the wallpaper in the living room that seemingly leads to nothing.