tim burton and henry selick
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Tim Burton and Henry SelickTRANSCRIPT
TIM BURTON AND HENRY SELICK
By Matthew Webb, Kieran Chester and Ben Kippen
TIM BURTON
Born in 1958 in California. Burton would make short films in his
backyard on Evergreen Street using crude stop motion
animation techniques, filmed without sound.
Examples of his work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73ax6ZrcUx4
Nightmare before Christmas
James and the giant peach
Mars Attacks
Sleepy Hollow however only on one scene is stop motion is
used.
HENRY SELICK
Henry Selick, born November 30, 1952 is an
American stop motion director, producer and
writer who is best known for directing The
Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the
Giant Peach and Coraline.
HOW THEY WERE MADE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-LXKoNOMj0
Stop motion (also known as stop frame) is an
animation technique to make a physically
manipulated object appear to move on its own. The
object is moved in small increments between
individually photographed frames, creating the
illusion of movement
STYLE AND IDEAS
Tim Burton is known for his dark gothic style.
He was a big fan of Vincent Price and Edward Gorey, and the cartoony
look probably comes from working for Disney in his early days.
Several of his films are based on drawings he made as a kid
Despite having a typical suburban upbringing in his Burbank,
California home, young Tim Burton spent a lot of his time crafting very
twisted and imaginative drawings. Some of these childhood drawings
would serve as the inspiration for some of his most memorable
characters and films such as Edward Scissorhands and Jack