Episode 28 - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005) (with Stuart Messinger)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005).
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Episode 28 sees Chris and Alex joined in their world of pure imagination by Stuart Messinger, VFX Coordinator on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Tim Burton, 2005), to discuss the part-musical, full-fantasy and live-action/CGI adaptation of Roald Dahl’s popular story. Topics include Stuart’s work on the film in digital visual effects at the Moving Picture Company; the collaborative nature of multi-studio effects production on feature-length blockbusters; the practical and artistic challenges of animating live-action plates; the combination of 2D (matte) and 3D (sub-surface scattering) technologies; and the integration of realist aesthetics together with the surrealistic imagery and fantastic stylisations conjured by Dahl’s original 1964 story.
Suggested Readings
Bassil-Morozow, Helena. 2010. Tim Burton: The Monster and the Crowd: A Post-Jungian Perspective, London and New York: Routledge.
Fraga, Kristian. 2005. Tim Burton: Interviews, Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.
Magliozzi, Ronald S., and Jenny He. 2009. Tim Burton, New York: The Museum of Modern Art.
McMahan, Alison. 2006. The Films of Tim Burton: Animating Live Action in Contemporary Hollywood, New York and London: Continuum.
Woods, Paul A. 2007. Tim Burton: A Child's Garden of Nightmares, London: Plexus Publishing.