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A remarkably strange and scary book --Philip Pullman, Guardian
Sometimes funny, always creepy, genuinely moving, this marvellous spine-chiller will appeal to readers from nine to ninety --Books for Keeps
Sometimes funny, always creepy, genuinely moving, this marvellous spine-chiller will appeal to readers from nine to ninety --Books for Keeps
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In cinemas April 2009, "Coraline" is a stop-motion fantasy film animated and co-directed by Henry Selick, based on Neil Gaiman's Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novella. Shortly after moving into her new home a young girl named Coraline is drawn to a mysterious locked door. Behind the door and down a gloomy corridor she finds a strange duplicate world, with an eerie duplicate flat and a duplicate but off-kilter Other Mother and Other Father, with black button eyes, who won't let her return to the real world. A stunning full-colour guide to the making of the movie, featuring hoards of rare and exclusive photos and illustrations, and interviews with the cast and crew, this book takes the reader on an in-depth tour of a movie that is destined to be a fantasy classic.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Coraline: A Visual Companion,
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The Art of Coraline: A Companion to the Making of the Film
This visual companion is really amazing. It lets you enter the world of Coraline and see how each aspect was created. From pre production right through to post production. As a stop motion animator i loved the breakdown of each area, because it showed me different ways of dealing with ideals which i had not though of before. This is a must for all stop motion animators and animation fans.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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A Visual Companion,
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This review is from: Coraline: A Visual Companion (Hardcover)
It often riles me when I see a movie attributed to certain big-name film makers when in reality the hard work was done by some other little-known creative genius who really should have gotten most of the credit. One such genius is Henry Selick, the animation director who specialises in stop-motion films utilising 3D models and lovingly built sets. Selick's A Nightmare Before Christmas was trumpeted as a Tim Burton film, but despite Burton's obvious vision being an inherent part of that wonderful film, Selick's contribution of having actually MADE the production was given scant attention by the media. Selick then went on to make a brilliant, surreal version of Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach, amongst other film. As if to highlight this point Henry Selick's name wasn't even offered in the list of suggested tags recommended by Amazon whilst I was writing this review!!!
This book chronicles the creation of the animated film Coraline, based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, and once again Selick's peerless animation of 3D movement, his judgement of timing and his superb storytelling facility is evident in the completed film version. Coraline, A Visual Companion is chock full of wonderful production art, on-set photographs, and Stephen Jones's informative text detailing all aspects of the film-making process. There is coverage of the various publications of the source novel (including Dave McKean's fantastic artwork done for the original book), and nuggets of info about the theatrical stagings of the novel too. I'm particularly thankful that this book allowed me to see the wonderful design work of Tadahiro Uesugi, an illustrator who heavily defined the overall look of the film Coraline. I immediately checked out his website and was knocked out by the beauty of all of his artwork. A small gripe about the book is that there are a handful of slightly pixelated photographs reprinted on various pages that are obviously low-res jpegs or screen grabs off the internet, including an awful full page reprint of an early Coraline teaser poster that just doesn't need to be in this book. If it had been scaled down in size then the bad quality might have been reduced but printing it on a full page only emphasises the scale of the break-up of the image. This is only a minor glitch in an otherwise splendid accompaniment to a lovely film.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A mouth-watering delight...,
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This review is from: Coraline: A Visual Companion (Hardcover)
This movie's already out in the US, but what about us poor souls here in the UK who have to wait until May? Well, this book will certainly go a long way to sating your hunger until then.
You might not be aware, but the UK DVD release of Neil Gaiman's previous adaptation to the big screen, "Stardust", was originally to feature numerous extras, but the British Board of Film Classification - in their infinite wisdom - classified the DVD extras HIGHER than the actual movie itself (!?!). Naturally, if the producers were to retain the DVD extras they would have to reclassify the entire DVD... result? NO extras on the UK DVD release of "Stardust". For that reason I bought Stephen Jones's "Stardust: A Visual Companion", which has been an absolute joy to dip into. Based on that experience I immediately bought "Coraline: A Visual Companion" and I'm happy to say it hasn't disappointed: a long interview with Gaiman himself peppers and illuminates much of the book, as well as a look at the various incarnations of the story itself in its varied illustrated editions and also as a comic/graphic novel. There's even a brief look at the history of puppet animation itself. I for one hope Stephen Jones also does "The Graveyard Book: A Visual Companion" which Neil Gaiman recently announced has a director attached to it! Now THAT would be a great 'hat-trick' to have on the shelf!
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