Matthew Maldonado
In their own words
Every single thing was made by hand, truly.
The storyboards and the concept art are our North Star; that's what we're essentially trying to get in camera.
One of the common misconceptions is that these are tiny miniature sets that people build. But our sets are huge, and the artistry that goes into them is just absolutely breathtaking.
It's a small, bite-size sample of what we've done. But I think people will walk in and understand that it's a lot bigger than they probably would have imagined.
Articles & interviews3
- Laika’s Wildwood blends stop motion and CG in epic new feature
Tom May reviews Laika's Wildwood as a major advance in animation, praising its blend of handmade stop motion and computer-generated visual effects. The film combines physical puppets, sets and props with 3D-printed facial animation and scanned environments, creating a detailed world that the author argues should be experienced on a cinema screen.
- Laika’s Wildwood blends stop motion and CG
Tom May reviews Laika's Wildwood as an ambitious hybrid of handmade stop-motion animation and computer-generated effects. The film used more than 230 puppets, 132 physical sets and over 140,000 3D-printed facial performances, with CG extending scanned practical sets and crowds. May argues that its tactile, physical detail makes it best experienced on a cinema screen and urges audiences to support human-made animation.
- LAIKA built Wildwood by hand for stop-motion film