Bringing Coraline To Life with Objet's 3D Models

With the help of breakthrough technologies from Objet Geometries, the innovation leader in 3D printing, the creative team behind the new feature film, Coraline, brought to life an exciting alternate reality and broke new ground in stop-motion animation.

Directed by Henry Selick; Based on the novel by Neil Gaiman 
Released by  A Focus Features release of a Focus Features presentation of a LAIKA production

Objet was used to create hundreds of 3D models for Coraline,
including:

	Individual upper and lower facial expressions that were exchanged on the puppet to create the illusion of talking;
	Full replacement animations cycles. (e.g., the circus mice and shower); and
	Prop silverware, doorknobs, the Volkswagen Beetle and food spreads.

The Coraline-Objet partnership resulted in a number of stop-motion “firsts,” including:

	The first feature-length movie ever made using replacement faces printed on a 3D printer;
	The first-ever computer aided stop-motion animation morphing sequence; and
	The first-ever stop-motion fire to be created with physical, replaceable models.

With Objet’s help, the character of Coraline had over 208,000 potential
expressions (versus only 800 for the main character in The Nightmare
Before Christmas).

This consisted of 320 top plates (eyebrows and forehead) and 650 bottom plates (mouth).