MY LOVE FOR STOP-MOTION ANIMATION (Blog # 6)

Stop-Motion Animation is da Bes

. Travis Knight is an animator at Laika Studios who are noted for their well done films Coraline and ParaNorman but not only that, he's also the president and CEO of the company. His wide variety of techniques that he brought to his design of stop motion animation have brought the industry back to life and he has done it well. With each passing film, new ways of doing things are brought down from each other and then improved on in the next film which ups the game for the company as new techniques such as 3-D work is used in the movies making the movie even more vast.
Although, many views were beginning to notice a trend of a horror-aspect to their films, while their new film The Boxtrolls, will hopefully break that idea.

As Knight as said, by becoming CEO of the company, he has gained an extra set of eyes on the whole expense as to making a film and to running a company such as Laika. Being an animator, it's only you and your puppets to animate but as a CEO AND animator, he's able to see from both sides. Knight also has touched on the fact that, all animators are an actor. Hand drawn or even stop motion, you are acting out that character. At the company, the combination of cutting edge tech and stop motion come hand and hand as many workers come up with new ideas all the time and it's in tune with each other as a team and even a family.

Do I Wanna Be A Boxtroll??

. Laika is one of my favorite animation companies out their and their work on stop motion films has paved a way for that type of animation talent. Myself, Iv'e always been a fan of that type of animation and being able to see the as I grow up and be bigger than ever, it's amazing. Such films such as James and the Giant Peach and comparing it to ParaNorman, it's odd seeing how Laika has expanded the industry so much.

I completely give Knight my full congrats as he is doing a wonderful job in animating and running the company as he's bring out new ideas and making the animation industry more mature and it's finally getting recognition.
Congrats.