Henry selick

We shot the film digitally - the first time for me. There are many reasons to do this but the best for me was the workflow-to be able to shoot a test and see it immediately rather than waiting for dailies. It made the whole process more fluid. I could do dailies four times a day and at the end, all day. It was liberating for that flow of imagery to have been enhanced so much by shooting digitally.

Based on Adam Gidwitz's children's novel, FilmNation's film follows two children who escape their own dark story only to stumble into eight other twisted tales.

Henry Selick is an American stop motion director he has worked on various movies such as; The Nightmare before christmas, James and the giant peach, Monkeybone, Life Aquatic, Moon girl and Coraline. His most recognisable works are The Nightmare before christmas, James and The Giant Peach and Coraline. Coraline I really like his work as he has a great imagination and his animations are at a great quality. It's not just the quality that catches my eye I love that he still uses traditional…

Nightmare Before Christmas behind the scenes

Henry Selick: As a gifted and renown stop-motion animator, Henry has directed a number of animated films in addition to collaborating on projects with directors such as Tim Burton and Wes Anderson. While I've worked experimentally with stop-motion, I've never had the opportunity to properly learn the art of stop-motion character design and animation as I have often hoped. There's something perfectly magical about it. I'd like to create some of that magic, just as Henry has.

Henry Selick.

Henry Selick and the 7 inch puppet used in the amazing 2009 film, "Coraline".

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH (1996).