Monday, April 15, 2019
Missing Link Director Chris Butler on Crafting A Stop Motion Action Film
Collider: Imagine all the intricacies that go into staging an action sequence: the stunts, choreography, rehearsing, and timing. Now imagine that same process – but in stop-motion animation. A simple ten second shot of, say, Tom Cruise running down a freeway takes hours to set up and shoot traditionally, but in stop-motion: that same shot takes days, if not weeks, to film. This brings us to Missing Link, the latest stop-motion feature from Laika Studios, a globe-trotting action adventure in the vein of Indiana Jones.
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This past summer I was able to visit the Laika pop up museum in San Diego; which is a collection of their work over the years. It's a super cool showcase of the actual puppets and moments that remain memorable movie moments from people's childhoods and lives. During the tour through the museum I got to see one of the forest sets from Missing Link. Getting to see this "massive forest" was really weird. It was huge, but still much smaller than me. Every aspect of this set had been designed, leaves were made out of twist ties, and as mentioned by the guide, many of the materials for their sets were just repurposed everyday items. Seeing all these items, from the technology, to the designs, to the faces and puppets, to the sets, really put into perspective just the patience and skill needed to make a stop motion animation film. It's impressive that director Chris Butler created this film as primarily action. I appreciate Laika because they continue to push the animation industry, they've improved coming from Coraline to now the Missing Link. Their technology has brought them to opportunities like in Kubo where they were able to begin 3D printing faces, with a range of more colors, to now bringing in directors who want to push the type of content that these movies are able to show.
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