LAIKA, the studio behind the hit films Coraline and ParaNorman, introduces audiences to a new breed of family: the Boxtrolls, a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs in the amazing cavernous home they've built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town's villain, Archibald Snatcher, comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie to devise a daring plan to save Eggs' family. The Art of The Boxtrolls features the amazingly detailed artwork that went into this film's creation, including character sketches, puppets, textiles, set dressing, and 3-D printed facial models, alongside the story of the film's development.
Author(s): Phil Brotherton; Travis Knight; Tony Stacchi
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 160
Cover
Title
Copyright
Contents
Preface
Foreword
Introduction:
The STORY
The DESIGN
Ch.1 ROAMING THE STREETS:
TAVERN STREET
Twisted: CITY
GRAPHICS
Animating the CAMERA
PRACTICAL LIGHTING
Ch.2 THE WORLD BELOW:
A Boy Named ARTHUR
Cracking EGGS
Under the LID
More than CARDBOARD
MONSTER in a Box
Cave DRAWINGS
Breaking GROUND
Real-Life BOXTROLLS Model Makers
LOOK DEVELOPMENT
Riggers
OLLIE’S SEWER WATER TRICK
Ch.3 SNATCHER’S REALM:
A COMPLICATED Man
CHEEK
ALLERGY Snatcher
Madame FROU FROU
FROU FROU’S DRESS
A Menacing MACHINE
BUILDING THE TRUCK AND MECHADRILL
SNATCHER’S LAIR
OLD GRISTLE
Gristle
Trout
Pickles
Ch.4 LIFE AT THE TOP:
Keeping 'Em in STITCHES
BUILDING COSTUMES
Cheese FASHION
VISUAL EFFECTS
Coloring the WORLD
CHEESE
Paint and PRINT
Waves and BRAIDS
And It All Adds Up to: ANIMATION
Acknowledgments:
About the Author
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