The Boxtrolls opening 9.26.14 (usa) Have not had much interest from the mainstream tent pole genre films releases, for the consumption by the general public/audiences. IF I do decide to watch any of them, it is not at the theaters but instead, I wait until they are available for rental or down-streaming. This summer, I see only ONE that is an All Puppet Stop Motion feature The Boxtrolls from Laika studio in Oregon, USA. Of course since Stop Motion works is Stop Motion centric :) , I would be remiss if I did not post about The Boxtrolls. Laika Studio is not exactly typical mainstream tinsel town and I would consider more Independent and not part of corporate Hollywood-esque. ------------------ A few links that may be of interest if you like behind the scenes: From JoBlo site 3 Part series, Boxtrolls set visit ... Part 1 joblo/movie-news/set-visit-the-boxtrolls---part-one-welcome-to-cheesebridge Part 2 joblo/movie-news/set-visit-the-boxtrolls---part-2-meet-the-stop-motion-masters Part 3 joblo/movie-news/set-visit-the-boxtrolls---part-three-dining-with-the-directors-206 ------------------- From Animation Magazine, lots of photos ... animationmagazine.net/features/behind-the-scenes-with-boxtrolls/ ------------------- From Cartoon Brew ... How Laika Pushed 3D Printing to New Heights with ‘The Boxtrolls’ cartoonbrew/feature-stories/how-laika-pushed-3d-printing-to-new-heights-with-the-boxtrolls-101512.html Mini-rant ;) - All this hype about 3D printing, I still have some mixed feelings. If you read above article, the numbers of printed faces are reaching hyper-mega numbers to over 52,000 printed face parts?? :o I LIKE stop motion replacement animation techniques. It is NOT a new method ... GEORGE PAL did this in the 1940s where the puppet parts where hand-made. Today for the very minority few of studios that do high-end stop motion and if they have the budget .... using 3d printing methodology is essentially first doing ALL the facial animation IN THE COMPUTER, then they are printed-out as individual plastic face parts. So essentially, the creation of the facial animation is based in the CGI technique. ------------------- The Boxtrolls website ... theboxtrolls/
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