LAIKA ‘s films possess a truly distinctive, dreamy quality, driven by their pioneering approach to stop-motion animation.

Stop motion animation is often called a lost art, as doing it (or at least, doing it well) is incredibly difficult and time consuming. Every detail on the screen, no matter how minute, has to be ...

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Stop-motion animation is among the most laborious and precise forms of artistry imaginable; the average animator produces only four seconds of footage per week. If they make a wrong movement, there is ...

Laika came along. By combining handmade artistry with new technologies like 3D printing, the Oregon-based studio behind Coraline and ParaNorman has revitalised the 100-year-old genre. Having pioneered ...

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