Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the background Mark. I noticed the Laika name at the beginning of the movie but didn't connect it to the M3 in the film until you mentioned it. Someone at Laika must be a Leica fan. Regards, Dick On Aug 18, 2009, at 11:16 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Coraline used an M3 to take pictures of her friend in this scene, >> about the last thing I expected to see in a cartoon drama. There >> must >> have been a Leica fan on the animation team. When the camera cut >> to a >> through the finder view, there was the single M3 50 mm frame line >> just >> where it belonged (though stretched to 16:9, for artistic purposes, I >> suppose). She's left eyed, too. >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/rtaylor/PICKS/misc/300_5353.jpg.html >> >> Taking pictures off the TV set was easy once I realized you had to >> move the camera in and out from the screen until you found a distance >> (actually magnification, I suppose) that defeats the moire. Screen >> capture is not allowed from DVDs in a Mac. >> >> "Coraline" was great fun, BTW. I really enjoyed it. >> >> Regards, >> >> Dick > > Coraline was created a few blocks from my old house photo studio in > NW > Portland OR where I lived and worked for 20 years. Used to be a big > building > which said WOODWORKING on it. > They turned the W up side down so it said MOODWORKING. And starting > making > claymation movies in the early 80's. > Nike's Phil Knight and his son bought them out. > Now its called Laika, Inc!! > > http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1459080/coralines_laika_inc_rise_of > _a_prominent.html?cat=40 > > http://tinyurl.com/o3ncv6 > > > > Mark William Rabiner > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information