Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Stop motion as an art form is highly respected yet somehow always overlooked in cinema – but one director has always tried to keep it alive, despite everything. With Henry Selick recently releasing his first film in 13 years, let’s take a deep dive into all his previous films and analyze not only how they’re made, but also the motivation and struggles that went into making them.
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Check out Supervoid Cinema’s video on The Shadow King:
youtube.com/watch?v=A9AaR1XPjpA
Animation by David Oneacre
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/davidoneacre
✒️ Portfolio: davidoneacre.com
Music and Voice Over Processing by Jayfoo
jayfoo.com
📼 Subscribe: bit.ly/2D0PhjX
🎵 Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/jason-fujita
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/jasonfujita
Voice Over Editing, Concept Art, and Assistance by Melanie Tan
✒️ https://www.meltan.art/
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/Sproutlines
Gimberly uses kamone416's toon shader, which you can find here:
kamone416.gumroad.com/l/hnddn
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Sources and Further Reading:
[1]: AV Club: Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Christmas and Wendell & Wild, is ready to get his due, avclub.com/henry-selick-nightmare-christmas-wendell-wild-burton-1849712802
[2]: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, The Art, The Vision, Pages 150-151
[3]: Box Office Mojo: boxofficemojo.com/release/rl375752193/weekend
[4]: Rotten Tomatoes: rottentomatoes.com/m/monkeybone
[5]: IndieWire: Rose McGowan Describes the ‘Incredible’ Movie ‘Monkeybone’ Could Have Been, Calls Out Fox for Firing Director, indiewire.com/2016/08/rose-mcgowan-monkeybone-instagram-henry-selick-1201720974
[6]: Animation World Magazine, June 1997 News: awn.com/mag/issue2.3/issue2.3pages/news2.3.html
[7]: Deadline,Disney Halts Henry Selick's Stop Motion Animated Film deadline.com/2012/08/disney-halts-henry-selicks-stop-motion-animated-film-318992
[8]: Los Angeles Times, Disney takes $50 million write-down on canceled animation projectlatimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-sep-13-la-et-ct-disney-50-million-write-down-20120913-story.html
[9]: IndieWire: Henry Selick Blames Scrapped Stop-Motion Film ‘The Shadow King’ on John Lasseter’s Interference, indiewire.com/2022/10/henry-selick-john-lasseter-ruined-the-shadow-king-1234775353
[10]: CTN: A Conversation With Henry Selick, tv.creativetalentnetwork.com/a-conversation-with-henry-selick
[11]: Business Insider (Paywall): businessinsider.com/hbo-max-netflix-amazon-cancel-kids-series-animation-2022-9
[12]: The Wrap: thewrap.com/henry-selick-wendell-and-wild-pixar-movies-netflix-interview
Additional Audio and Visuals:
Nurse Piper - Silent Hill 2
Better Call Saul Main Title Theme
Saul goodman 3d by Itsnickford
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:26 The Nightmare Before Christmas
3:01 James and the Giant Peach
4:19 Monkeybone
7:13 Coraline
9:02 The Shadow King
12:37 Outro
Stop motion as an art form is highly respected yet somehow always overlooked in cinema – but one director has always tried to keep it alive, despite everything. With Henry Selick recently releasing his first film in 13 years, let’s take a deep dive into all his previous films and analyze not only how they’re made, but also the motivation and struggles that went into making them.
Subscribe! bit.ly/3rugbJ5
Store: shop.doodley.org
More Videos: doodley.org
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Check out Supervoid Cinema’s video on The Shadow King:
youtube.com/watch?v=A9AaR1XPjpA
Animation by David Oneacre
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/davidoneacre
✒️ Portfolio: davidoneacre.com
Music and Voice Over Processing by Jayfoo
jayfoo.com
📼 Subscribe: bit.ly/2D0PhjX
🎵 Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/jason-fujita
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/jasonfujita
Voice Over Editing, Concept Art, and Assistance by Melanie Tan
✒️ https://www.meltan.art/
🐦 Twitter: twitter.com/Sproutlines
Gimberly uses kamone416's toon shader, which you can find here:
kamone416.gumroad.com/l/hnddn
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Sources and Further Reading:
[1]: AV Club: Henry Selick, director of Nightmare Before Christmas and Wendell & Wild, is ready to get his due, avclub.com/henry-selick-nightmare-christmas-wendell-wild-burton-1849712802
[2]: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas: The Film, The Art, The Vision, Pages 150-151
[3]: Box Office Mojo: boxofficemojo.com/release/rl375752193/weekend
[4]: Rotten Tomatoes: rottentomatoes.com/m/monkeybone
[5]: IndieWire: Rose McGowan Describes the ‘Incredible’ Movie ‘Monkeybone’ Could Have Been, Calls Out Fox for Firing Director, indiewire.com/2016/08/rose-mcgowan-monkeybone-instagram-henry-selick-1201720974
[6]: Animation World Magazine, June 1997 News: awn.com/mag/issue2.3/issue2.3pages/news2.3.html
[7]: Deadline,Disney Halts Henry Selick's Stop Motion Animated Film deadline.com/2012/08/disney-halts-henry-selicks-stop-motion-animated-film-318992
[8]: Los Angeles Times, Disney takes $50 million write-down on canceled animation projectlatimes.com/entertainment/envelope/la-xpm-2012-sep-13-la-et-ct-disney-50-million-write-down-20120913-story.html
[9]: IndieWire: Henry Selick Blames Scrapped Stop-Motion Film ‘The Shadow King’ on John Lasseter’s Interference, indiewire.com/2022/10/henry-selick-john-lasseter-ruined-the-shadow-king-1234775353
[10]: CTN: A Conversation With Henry Selick, tv.creativetalentnetwork.com/a-conversation-with-henry-selick
[11]: Business Insider (Paywall): businessinsider.com/hbo-max-netflix-amazon-cancel-kids-series-animation-2022-9
[12]: The Wrap: thewrap.com/henry-selick-wendell-and-wild-pixar-movies-netflix-interview
Additional Audio and Visuals:
Nurse Piper - Silent Hill 2
Better Call Saul Main Title Theme
Saul goodman 3d by Itsnickford
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
0:26 The Nightmare Before Christmas
3:01 James and the Giant Peach
4:19 Monkeybone
7:13 Coraline
9:02 The Shadow King
12:37 Outro
