The film begins with Coraline and her parents moving into a very old apartment called The Pink Palace located in Oregon. Once they get settled into their new home, you learn that Coraline's parents don’t really show her much love or attention. Since Coraline is neglected by her parents, she tries to find people to talk to and keep her company, but her neighbors are all strange and the only kid her age is Wybie, a boy she doesn’t really like. In the middle of the night Coraline wanders the house and comes across a little door that takes her to a parallel universe. This other universe is strangely similar to her own, but people have buttons for eyes and completely opposite personalities. Entering this place makes all of Coraline’s dreams come true until her "other mother" tries to trick her into staying forever.
To film this movie Henry Selick uses Stop Motion Animation , which is a technique used to make an object look like it is moving on its own. Each puppet is moved in small increments before capturing a photo. Each second of the film takes about 24 photos to make the scenes look as realistic as possible. Each character is made out of clay with moveable joints, making it easier to capture the stop motion technique Selick wanted for this movie. Although puppets were used in the filming of this stop motion animation, not all filmers will use puppets instead they often use real people.Another major part of this movie was the costume making. All the outfits the puppets wore throughout the movie were actually handsewn to fit them perfectly and look real. For each scene one of the puppets might have multiple versions of their outfits so it would look perfect in every picture taken.
The movie Coraline was very thrilling and kept me on the edge of my seat. It’s a perfect movie with lots of suspense that always had me wondering what was going to happen in the next scene. Although I really enjoyed this film, I don’t think it should be rated PG. From the horror to the appearance of some of the characters, this movie is a bit too mature for someone under the age of 13.
The background information, as well as the summary were both very informative and detailed. You wrote a lot of good descriptions about what stop-animation is. You posted several links where they were appropriate and they were useful. The pictures chosen were also very nice. There were a couple of spelling errors, but it didn't effect the flow of your review. The only thing you could have added more of would be your personal opinion. All in all though, nicely done.
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The first thing I noticed when I got onto your blog was the pictures. I really liked your choices with that. I think your recap was a little short and it could have been more detailed. Also, I really liked your word choice when you said, "The movie Coraline was very thrilling keeping me on the edge of my seat." Another thing is that, I think you could have spread your links out a little bit more and instead of using them all on linking to the actors/actresses, maybe link too some other things. I really liked your tone in the story, it made me interested and it made me feel like I was having a personal conversation with you about the movie!
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Really good job! this review was easy to read and it never got boring. you gave a great summary about the movie which left me wanting to read more or see the movie. Good job on telling us about how the film was made.All the pictures you added were a really nice touch. Overall good job.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your review because you used very good descriptive words that made me want to keep reading more. You didn't include much background information on the film, so maybe you should take that into inconsideration next time. You included 7 links on the characters, which made me visualize who the characters played. I thought that you could've included more information about the costumes in paragraph 4. The tone of your article was fairly good, and you didn't tell too much about the film without giving the whole idea away. Overall, your review was fairly good.
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