The Making Of Paranorman: Carrying On Willis O?Brien?s Work With An Army Of 300 And A 3-D Printer.

Norman Babock is a special kid. In addition to his ability to speak to the dead, the shock-headed star of Paranorman is the creation of more than 300 people at Oregon-based stop-animation studios Laika, which was founded and is headed by Travis Knight, the son of Nike co-founder Phil Knight.

The making-of clip below, which plays at the end of screenings of the film, gives a glimpse of the work that goes into making a single character in the movie. There have been quite a few developments in stop-motion animation since the days of The Lost World �(1925) and�King Kong�(1933) pioneer Willis O'Brien, and this Instagram�link gives further insight into the creative process and explains how Laika uses something calleda rapid prototyping color 3-D printer — where do I get one of those — that enables the animators to achieve some remarkable effects such as, and I quote, "the translucency of human skin." As the Devo song goes: "It's a beautiful world we live in."

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