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Once upon a time there was an animated series concocted by Brad Bird, Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg.
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Capture Lightning in a Bottle: Animation Production on “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
Stop-motion animators are a special breed — most became fans of the technique at an early age.
Tim Burton’s Early Disney Days
Burton recalled, “I was like the weird relative that they’d let out occasionally and then lock back up in my room.”
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Puppet Fabrication – Part 2
Once the clay sculptures were approved, the fabrication process began.
The Nightmare Before Christmas: Puppet Fabrication— Part 1
As a movie fan, I am often fascinated as much by how something is made or how an effect is achieved on screen as I am about the finished film itself.
7 Things You Didn’t Know About “Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas”
I have done much research and writing on this Tim Burton’s film, and plenty of fascinating behind the scenes information came to light.
A Look at the Music Behind Tim Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas”
Having worked with Tim Burton on five previous films prior to The Nightmare Before Christmas, Danny Elfman found this collaboration to be even easier than the rest.
Animation Anecdotes #255
Producer Gary Goldman told about recording actor John Carradine as the voice of the great owl in The Secret of Nimh: Carradine suffered from acute crippling arthritis and that he was on pain killers.
Animation Anecdotes #254
Bonkers was created so that Disney could have a Roger Rabbit type of character that it owned completely without having to worry about approval or sharing the profits with Steven Spielberg.
Animation Anecdotes #252
Mickey Mouse Club 1931. Theaters often needed safety even back in 1931 when the Fox Mission Theater in Southern California had its Saturday morning Mickey Mouse Club which would cost…
