lsquo;Oh; but he was a squeezing; wrenching; scraping; grasping kind of a Scrooge; a clutching; covetous old sinner...rsquo;Using only Charles Dickens extraordinary words and a chameleon ensemble of eight actors; Neil Bartletts A Christmas Carol is a bold theatrical reimagining of a classic Christmas story. This stage version was adapted for the festive season of 2002-3; and played to full houses and critical acclaim at both the Lyric Hammersmith; London; and the Citizens Theatre; Glasgow.lsquo;Gets right to the frozen heart of Dickens classic Christmas tale...one of those rare festive offerings for which no adult will need the excuse of a child in tow...rsquo; - Guardian
#534824 in eBooks 2012-07-13 2012-07-13File Name: B008PT7YU2
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great Overview of the Making of This FilmBy C. W. SmithThis is the second "Art of..." book that Ive read from LAIKA. (Theyre definitely one of my favorite studios all around. and I cant wait to get a copy of the "Art of Kubo.")The images and artwork are fantastic. If you have any interest in how stop-motion animation is made. this provides a great overview to the ridiculous amount of work that goes into these short films. The images do a great job at capturing ParaNormans shift from rough sketches to final puppets. Even more. theyre sure to give some great "behind the scenes" shots for you to see the scale and scope of what these folks are working on.The only reason I docked a star is for the writing itself. Its functional. for sure. and it gives solid explanations of the process of creating this film. However. it simply feels functional. going through the steps to explain each portion. It just didnt "click" on a higher level for me. Its not bad. by any means. but it felt a bit forced. as if it was trying to hard. Still. this could definitely just be me.In the end. it serves as a great intro to LAIKA and the process of stop-motion through this wonderful film. If anything. Id definitely recommend starting here. then moving to Boxtrolls. then Kubo. as they do seem to build on the ground they cover in this process.3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Beautiful book for PN. Laika and Stop-Motion fans!By Call of KthaliaI dont get a lot of paper books anymore - I have mostly gone digital for the environments sake as well as my space-saving sake. But this is one you dont want to get in Kindle format. I got my copy for Christmas. so a big "thank you" to my gift-giver for that!The Art and Making of ParaNorman is a work of art itself. with each page having a beautiful artistic background which you will lose with current Kindle formatting. even with your pretty Fires.Ive been a fan of stop-motion since Clash of the Titans. Rudolph. etc. It is such a fascinatingly intricate art. and I really admire all the work that goes into the creation of these films. I have been a big fan of Laika since Coraline. If you are into stop motion. or just ParaNorman. you will probably really enjoy this book. It really keeps up with the promise of being an "Art and Making of" book because there are tons of colorful photos of concept art. puppets. the movie. etc.. but there are also lots of snippets of text which reveal the creation process behind ParaNorman. and Laika in general. Though they surely could have made a volume 25x the size of this one in order to encompass half of the creation process involved in this film. what you get is pretty meaty for an art book.I added a few pictures. not really to show detail. but to show a rough estimation of art to written content. You will get a lot of both in this great book! Also. you can note the nice formatting in the paper version vs. the Kindle. which at time of writing is the only view offered in the "Look Inside!" feature. Hope this helps! :D0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. ReviewBy ScarlettBeing a big fan of ParaNorman to start with. I never thought it would get an art book. but here we are. and damn. its amazing.The concept and production photos are of very high quality and a joy to look at. as to be expected. Theyre detailed and flow along with the sections. Them alone could probably make a decent artbook.But the real joy of the book in my opinion is reading about the production itself. making being on the cover and everything. All of the sections are broken into parts of production. I read it all in one go. The writing is simple yet engrossing and the LAIKA members have very fun and charismatic input throughout. sometimes heartfelt and personal. I was fairly emotionally invested in it by the end. even with it being an artbook. a type of non-fiction you normally would not expect to. Every department gets their fair share of recognition. It exceeded my expectationsThe book itself is the normal coffee table size and the quality of the pages are thick and high quality.tl;dr: fantastic
