https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2 Coraline Infographic en-us 2023-02-12 08:29:04 UTC 2023-03-12 08:00:08 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f400.png mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477699060 Henry Selick took on the task of creating the movie Coraline based off of the book, by best-selling author Neil Gaiman. Director Henry Selick had already made a name for himself with the stop-motion animated movies The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach. However, Coraline was his biggest, most ambitious project to date. It was, in short, a massive undertaking -- one that took four years to complete.

]]> 2023-02-12 08:35:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477699060 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477700991 Coraline Jones is an 11-year-old girl who is feisty, curious, and adventurous for her age. Her parents and she have recently moved from Michigan to Oregon. Coraline tries to find excitement in her new environment, despite missing her friends and finding her parents distracted by their work.]]> 2023-02-12 08:42:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477700991 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477702311 Coraline is skeptical that her new home can offer anything interesting to her at all. However; she discovers a hidden door in the house. An alternate version of her life and existence after walking through the door and then through an eerie passageway. This parallel reality appears to be similar to her real life - only much better.

]]> 2023-02-12 08:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477702311 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477703181 The adults, including the oldly ‘perfect’ Other Mother, appear to be much friendlier to her. Coraline is the center of attention there, even from the enigmatic Cat. She begins to suspect that the Other World is where she belongs. But when fantasy wears off, her visit becomes dangerous, and Other Mother devises a plan to keep her there, Coraline must summon all of her resourcefulness, determination, and bravery to return home - and save her family.]]> 2023-02-12 08:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477703181 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477705359 “-absolutely everything you see on the screen, somebody has made.”]]> 2023-02-12 08:54:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477705359 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477705907 Henry Selick was aware that Coraline had a lot of interesting things happen to her, but there was very little she could do to process them in such a way that the audience could fully understand what she was thinking and feeling. As a result, he added a character who did not appear in the book. Wybie, the landlady's grandson, was created so that Caroline would have someone to talk to other than herself.]]> 2023-02-12 08:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477705907 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477706369 She befriends - or, as she sees it, is annoyed by a local boy her age, Wybie Lovat, and pays visits to her older neighbors, eccentric British actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, as well as the arguably even more eccentric Russian Mr. Bobinsky. ]]> 2023-02-12 08:58:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477706369 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477707251 Coraline debuted at $16 million in February 2009 and eventually grossed $75 million in North America, plus an additional $49 million overseas.]]> 2023-02-12 09:00:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477707251 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477707959 Even with 29 full-time animators, only 90-100 seconds of footage were produced each week. To put things in perspective, the final product lasts 100 minutes.]]> 2023-02-12 09:02:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477707959 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477709585 Deborah Cook's costume department was overflowing with tiny clothes made by hand to exacting standards. Each costume is made in multiples due to wear and tear. Cook created 30 identical pairs of the tiny pajamas worn by Coraline in the film. Each copy had to be exactly the same, right down to how the pattern broke at the seams.

]]> 2023-02-12 09:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477709585 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477709940 A larger room dedicated to puppet fabrication is located next to costume design. As with costumes, the main characters have multiple puppets, and there are 28 Coraline puppets. Each puppet also has multiple pairs of backup hands, which are especially prone to wear and tear and must be replaced frequently.]]> 2023-02-12 09:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477709940 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477711482 Coraline Jones russian neighbor who lives in the upstairs flat of the Pink Palace Apartments. He owns a jumping mice circus; Coraline assumes he is crazy and her mother believes that he's a drunk.]]> 2023-02-12 09:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477711482 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477712119 The doll serves as the eyes for the Other Mother, as she spy's into Coralines life to see what is making her unhappy, in order to create a more perfect second life for her. ]]> 2023-02-12 09:15:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477712119 mjwilfert100 https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477718244 2023-02-12 09:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mjwilfert100/5lqbzhphtkscp1m2/wish/2477718244