Podcast: ParaNorman
Happy Halloween! Wow, do we have a treat for you. Jacob and Stephen were invited to a press junket for ParaNorman at the very fancy Hyatt Century Plaza Hotel were they were able to grab two fifteen minute interviews with ParaNorman co-directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell, and Lead Animator/Producer Travis Knight. The podcast starts with our interview with Travis were he tells us what it’s like to be an animator at Laika and what it was like working on ParaNorman. We then switch over to our interview with Chris and Sam to get down into the story and characters of the film.
This one’s pretty sweet, so enjoy!!!
Travis Knight
Directors Chris Butler and Sam Fell
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This was an awesome podcast!
Stop-motion animation doesn’t get nearly enough coverage, so it was really interesting to hear Travis speak about production on Paranorman, the inherent challenges of working in this medium, and the methodologies applied by LAIKA. Speaking of their methodologies, I think there’s a lot there that has enough merit to be considered by other animation studios.
After the beautiful work in “Coraline” and “Pranorman”, I’m really excited to see LAIKA’s next few projects! People should look out for this studio. They’re gonna make waves
Oh, and thanks for the podcast guys! Really appreciated