Movie Night Trivia
Norman’s friend who is very smart and handy with computers
Who is Salma
A process also known as visual development, drawings are made to speculate what a film might look like
What is concept art
When shooting a film, there are typically 12 or 24 of these pictures each second
What is a frame
Instead of reading some sort of Incantation or spell, Norman read this at the wrong grave site
What is Sleeping Beauty / a fairy tale / a bedtime story
Before there was LAIKA, there was…
Who is [was] Will Vinton
Before Coraline’s family moved into the Pink Palace, they lived in this mid-western state
What is [Pontiac] Michigan
In which character’s faces are 3-D printed in two separate sections, often hundreds at a time
What is rapid prototyping
A mechanical setup that suspends puppets in mid-air, preventing them from falling over
What is a rig / rigging
During production of The Boxtrolls, the protagonist originally wasn’t adopted by trolls.
Who is Arthur
Laika’s CEO had a very different career during the 90s...
Who is Chilly Tee
In Missing Link, the original explorer with ambitions to find Yetis was married to the film’s heroine
Who is Aldous Fortnight
A clay model used to visualize a character or prop in all 3 dimensions
What is a maquette
The stage of film-making in which green screens are removed, seams are painted over, and details are polished.
What is post-production
This iconic Coraline character wasn’t present within the original novel
Who is Wybie [Wyborne] Lovat
The person responsible for sculpting most of the conceptual clay models during production of all 5 films
Who is [was] Kent Melton
The fictional long-lost-land that Madame Frou Frou allegedly hails from
What is Crackerslovakia
This viscous, flexible material is ideal for building up around armatures to flesh out a puppet’s body shape
What is silicone
Animators will often film themselves performing as reference footage for their scenes
What is a LAV [live-action video]
These subterranean creatures were planned to live alongside Boxtrolls, but were scrapped
What [are]is a Cabbage-head[s]
Travis Knight loved this band so much he tried to make a movie about them
Who are The Beatles
Kubo’s mother used her magic to transform herself into this animal
What is a Japanese Macaque (muh-kak)
In The Boxtrolls, the puppet’s hair is made from several unconventional materials, including a plant fibre used in pharmaceuticals
What is hemp
These slips of paper are shown in front of cameras before each scene is shot, indicating the shot’s date and animator
What is a [dumb/film/production/movie] slate
Laika’s only other cancelled movie to have test animation completed was based on a book written by this person
Who is Laura Ruby
The original director of Kubo and the Two Strings, who lost control of the project
Who is Shannon Tindle