Mark shapiro, LAIKA Studios (ParaNorman)
This was one final seminar I attended; the guest talker was Mark Shapiro, who is the Marketing and Brand Manager at LAIKA. He was here to give us a behind the scenes of the making of ParaNorman, and he took use through some of the processes taken when making ParaNorman and even some things about their last film, Coralin.
Mark Shapiro even had a model of Coralin, Norman ad one of the zombies, i regrettably was unable to take an pictures of it.
ParaNorman is about an eleven-year-old boy called Norman Babcock who is considered an outcast in his small New England town because he can see and talk to ghost. When a horde of zombies is unleashed on the town, Norman learns he must use his powers to make things right again. This film takes the classic stereotypes characters and gives them a twist. And this is the same with the evil ugly which that is protruding in a statue and towns history, but this is not the case... The un-dead are also not what they seem, they have they own story and goals.
In all ParaNorman is a very good stop-motion film, and because i loved Coraline i had high expectations of this film, and i was not disappointed. Some parts of the story may drag out for a bit longer than expected but it’s funny all rounds.
Conclusion, the three days spent at BAF 2012 was worth every second, in the time there i have seen the other side of animation, from student work (good, bad and high level work) to professional. And the one thing that was said (or suggested) in each event was no matter what level you’re at in animation, games or visual effects, they is a place for everyone.
The was also things said and shows are an event exclusive, meaning most of the stuff you can’t find in research or on the web.... in short if the opportunity should arise again, i would enjoy going again.
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