Gallery: How the Tiny Studio Behind Coraline Became a Powerhouse
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Laika CEO Travis Knight working on the set *ParaNorman*.
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Isaac Hempstead Wright on one of the green-screen sets of *The Boxtrolls* with Knight.
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Director Henry Selick and Knight on the set of *Coraline*.
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Costume designer Deborah Cook works on Norman's outfit for *ParaNorman*.
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*ParaNorman* directors Chris Butler (left) and Sam Fell discuss a car sculpture with director of photography Tristan Oliver (right).
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A still from *Coraline*, which was based on Neil Gaiman's children's book.
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Production designer Nelson Lowry on the set of *ParaNorman*.
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Cinematographer Tristan Oliver works on the lighting on one of the sets for *ParaNorman*.
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Animation supervisor Brad Schiff and creative supervisor of puppet fabrication Georgina Hayns examine the puppet for Neil while working on *ParaNorman*.
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Kodi Smit-McPhee faces off with his *ParaNorman* stop-motion avatar, Norman.
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Animation supervisor Brad Schiff (left) and director Graham Annable on the set of *The Boxtrolls*.
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Norman gets scared by his lamp in Laika's second feature *ParaNorman*.
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Fish and Shoe slide through a cardboard tunnel in *The Boxtrolls*, a movie about a young boy raised underground by creatures that wear, yes, boxes.
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Directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable, producer David Bleiman Ichioka, and Nick Frost (from left) look over a scene from *The Boxtrolls*.
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Directors Anthony Stacchi and Graham Annable working behind the scenes on *The Boxtrolls*.
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Costume designer Deborah Cook working on one of Eggs' outfits for *The Boxtrolls*.
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Creative supervisor of puppet fabrication (a real title) Georgina Haynes explains the background of one of the puppets from *The Boxtrolls* to Isaac Hempstead Wright while director of rapid prototyping (another real title) Brian McLean watches.
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Other Father (voiced by John Hodgman) in *Coraline*.
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Director of photography John Ashlee Prat adjusts the lighting during filming of *The Boxtrolls*.
