Talk:Frankenweenie (2012 film)

Shelley's Name

Shelley the turtle's name is misspelled as "Shelly" in the plot synopsis, according to the tombstone in the movie. I notice the spelling is the same as in Mary Shelley's name, which seems unlikely to be a coincidence. Does anyone know any references about the spelling of Shelley's name in tribute to the author of the original story? Verminjerky (talk) 11:58, 21 October 2012 (UTC)

References to use

• Michael Fleming (2010-09-20). "Tim Burton Finds His 'Frankenweenie' Cast". Deadline.com.

Production section

I'm proposing to split up the production section into "development" and "filming," and supplement the production section. Recently, several bloggers visited the set and they released information about the production. I'd like to add the following language to a new "filming" section:

Filming began at Three Mills Studios in July 2010. The crew created three giant sound stages, including Victor’s cluttered family attic, a cemetery exterior, and a high school interior. The sound stages were then divided into 30 separate areas to deal with the handcrafted, frame-by-frame style of filmmaking. Compared to other stop-motion animation sets, Frankenweenie’s set is much larger. As IGN notes, the main character Sparky had to be “’dog-size’ compared to the other human characters, but also large enough to house all the elements of the mechanical skeleton secreted within his various foam and silicon-based incarnation.” On the other hand, the mechanics are small and delicate, and in some instances they had to have Swiss watchmakers create the tiny nuts and bolts. Around 200 separate puppets were used, with roughly 18 different versions of Victor. The puppets also have human hair, with 40-45 joints for the human characters and about 300 parts for Sparky.

Sources:

• http://movies.ign.com/articles/121/1214658p1.html
• http://blogs.babble.com/famecrawler/2011/12/14/tim-burton-brings-frankenweenie-back-to-life-we-got-to-witness-the-resurrection/
• http://www.hollywood.com/news/Frankenweenie_Set_Visit_Report_Pt_1/10874570

The information currently listed in the article would be added to a "development" section.

As noted on several other pages, I work in the film industry and therefore have a potential conflict of interest. I am aware of Wikipedia's guidelines when it comes to WP:NPOV and WP:RS, but I'd like some feedback on the proposed changes in order to prevent any potential bias. Thanks. --TravisBernard (talk) 21:56, 15 December 2011 (UTC)

I went ahead and implemented the edits. If anyone has additional feedback, I'm open to keeping the conversation going. --TravisBernard (talk) 20:30, 16 December 2011 (UTC)

black and white film

Can anybody put some detailed information as to why it was decided by all invovled (including Disney) to allow making a children's film in bland and boring black and white, as if kids would ever enjoy that kind of viewing experience? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gawdsmak (talk • contribs) 16:33, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

Black-and-white is neither bland nor boring. Properly made B&W films take into account the lack of color, substituting well-chosen gray tones. A B&W film can be every bit as appealing -- and beautiful -- as a color film. Take a look, for example, at the opening scenes of Oz the Great and Powerful. Besides, "The Horror Movie" deals in inherently B&W subject matter. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:44, 10 November 2014 (UTC)

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