Animation Magazine Just Released an Exclusive Post Giving Us a Behind the Scenes Look at 'BoxTrolls'

Animation Magazine, an excellently written website for animation lovers and pretty much the Variety of animation just did an entire post showing statistics and pictures from the behind the scenes on Laika's upcoming feature The BoxTrolls.


The trailer: http://youtu.be/Gg5CU8Y1xnY

Below is a reprint from the article...

By the Numbers

• 1 week; the average amount of time for an animator to complete 3.7 seconds of footage
• 3.5 inches, the cuff-to-cuff measurement of baby Eggs’ sweater (created on an embroidery machine to produce irregular lines, like a hand-knitted garment). His little socks are only ⅝” long
• 4 scenes per week was the goal for each animator
• 14 different fabrics were used in Lord Portley-Rind’s white hat
• 24 kinds of weeds were created for backgrounds by the greens department
• 55 different sculpts of prop cheeses were made; different scale sizes were needed for wide, medium and close shots
• 56 ½”; the size of the terrifying Mecha Drill vehicle; every joint is articulated for jostling and the prop required its own stage rig
• 30 to 300; the range of crew at work between the beginning of shooting and the height of production
• 1,300 shots required vfx touches, which were accomplished by 50 artists
• 20,000+ props were handmade for the film; the smallest prop is a tiny sewing needle with thread
• 55,000 facial expression pieces were 3-D printed, with the potential for approximately 1 million combinations
• 125,280 individual character poses are needed to create the 87-minute film