It's difficult enough to maintain movie props and keep them in good shape during filming, but what about when your entire movie is technically made up of props? While filming the stop-motion animated classic "The Nightmare Before Christmas," the filmmakers had to worry about preserving the sets, characters, and every item that would appear onscreen, and since a lot of things were made of foam and clay, that could be tough. Temperature could play a big factor, and on one particularly warm day, an open garage door led to an entire scene needing to be reshot.
In the new book "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion", co-producer Kathleen Gavin shared a funny story about how sometimes the most humorous retakes have nothing to do with human error and everything to do with unusual circumstances. Instead of having his whole world changed by a journey through a magical...
In the new book "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Visual Companion", co-producer Kathleen Gavin shared a funny story about how sometimes the most humorous retakes have nothing to do with human error and everything to do with unusual circumstances. Instead of having his whole world changed by a journey through a magical...
- 11/12/2023
- by Danielle Ryan
- Slash Film
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