OT: Coraline promo site

Some of you here were interested a while back when I was telling you about the movie my son has been a part of creating for the last year and a half. Well it's finally nearing release,and they are putting out some promotion. It looks really fantastic! We were able to tour this studio one Sunday when we were visiting him in Portland (nobody there, no production in progress) and it was very interesting to take a peek at some of the sets and see the different steps in the process of stop-animation.

The link will take you to an article about the movie and some videos (with more promised later, so bookmark the site if interested). You can see a bit of the studio and meet the creators of the film.

My son, by the way, has changed jobs and is working for another, larger studio, Animal Logic (the people who produced "Happy Feet"). He and his wife and baby are living in Sydney, Australia for the year so that he can work this contract. The new movie is about owls and is an allegorical tale similar to Animal Farm.

Hard for a new grandma (me) to take, being away from the baby for so long, but what has to be, has to be(sob!). It's a terrific opportunity for him.


http://au.rottentomatoes.com/m/coraline/news/1748615/exclusive_sneak_peek_at_coraline

I really want to see this movie. I am a big fan of the writer of book, Neil Gaiman and I think this will be a great movie!

I'm thrilled that your son is doing so well. It sounds like he enjoyed working on the movie.

I missed the original post about this movie. What does your son do? Looks great. Sad you won't see grandbaby for so long though. :cry:

Specifically, he's a CG (computer-graphics) modeler, which means he creates three-dimensional images on his computer screen (with sophisticated software) which then get used either to make the plastic models used in stop-animation (as used for Coraline), or for other applications for other kinds of movies.

This studio, Laika, gave him his first job: he graduated just three years ago (he's 28) from the Portland Institute of Art, which you might know-- near Couch St. and 12th, downtown? Laika's Studio is out in Hillsboro. So as a newbie, he mainly did props and backgrounds for this film. The biggest excitement for him would be when one of his props, like a cupcake, got a close-up and filled the whole screen for a moment.

The movie at the new studio, Animal Logic will be CG animated. The story is taken from a children's series called "The Guardians of Ga'Hoole", first three books of the set. As a matter of fact, he sent me a link to it today: http://mag.awn.com/?article_no=3728

And this is his blog: http://eric3d.blogspot.com/

I still have to shake my head and wonder how it all happened--how he managed to find his way into the perfect job! One reason is he's always been willing to take a risk. His career blends two things he loves: computer technology and the visual arts. When he was a kid, he was the one I worried most about--the happy-go-lucky one who didn't fit into any typical career paths. He was just a fun-loving typical kid with maybe a little more imagination than most. Now he's an artist who uses his 21st century "paintbrushes" to create things, and who loves to go to work on Monday mornings.