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Coraline DVD Release Tomorrow!

Some news items to correspond with the DVD release:

First up, Coraline eBay auctions to benefit the Starlight Children’s Foundation. Memorabilia from the movie including limited edition Coraline Nike Dunks (some of which were signed by Dakota Fanning) and original Coraline books and film posters signed by Teri Hatcher and Dakota Fanning.

There are three new Coraline “making of” videos up on YouTube. All three are really cool!

Making Faces: About the process they used to animate the faces in Coraline. It actually looks quite dizzying. I had a mental picture of intense animators squatting over tiny sets and painstakingly choosing the next face, perhaps mouthing the lines from the movie over and over to themselves. Not so. Link to movie on YouTube is here.

The 360 Shot: An intense animator tells how they did what appears to be the 360 degree shot where the Other Father plays the piano and makes up a song for Coraline. YouTube link.

Wrapping Up Coraline: Henry Selick talks about the crew and how hard they worked to make it a great movie. Strangely enough he does not thank the Other Mother. Of course, he didn’t thank any of the other stars, so I guess that’s only fair, but I kept waiting for him to mention her. YouTube Link.

Dark in the Dark’s central source for information on Coraline: Coraline Central.

Coraline on Amazon

Published on July 20, 2009 in Coraline. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Coraline Lenticular Cup Giveaway

Coraline Lenticular CupThis morning I announced a cup giveaway happening at Evil Buttons. Tonight I find myself giving away two of the same cups. The cups are lenticular, which is the kind of thing where the picture moves or changes when you look at it from different directions. These cups are being given away on behalf of Universal Home Entertainment to help announce the July 21 (next Tuesday!) release date of the Coraline DVD. To enter, comment on this post. Two winners will be chosen randomly. USA residents only, sorry! The giveaway ends July 21 at midnight Pacific Standard Time.

There is also a sweepstakes going on. Enter Coraline’s Secret Door Sweepstakes for a chance to win $10,000 cash grand prize, plus great daily prizes like DVDs, gift cards from iTunes, Amazon and more! – http://universal.promo.eprize.com/coraline/ You can enter once a day. I already did mine. If you play the game and you don’t get a prize, as a consolation you get to see the lovely Other Mother. And that is exactly what I say when I see her: “Yikes!” I also say “Ouch my broken heart.”

Coraline Sweepstakes Other Mother Yikes

Universal is also promoting the DVD release with this strange site http://www.coraline3dgarden.com To use this site you print out a page and then hold it in front of a webcam. Then when you move the paper, the website shows you Coraline’s 3D Garden. I haven’t been able to check it out because I have a Mac. (Don’t act all shocked. Most monsters use Macs.)

Do it! NOW! And report back to me. You might win a free cup. Then go order a Coraline DVD. Preorder at Amazon! Don’t miss my central source for information on Coraline on Dark in the Dark: Coraline Central.

Published on July 16, 2009 in Coraline. 52 Comments Tags: , , , .

Coraline Giveaway at Evil Buttons

Coraline cupEvil Buttons is doing a giveaway of two Coraline cups. They also have details of some other fun Coraline stuff to do winding up for the July 21 release of the Coraline DVDs (AT LAST.)

Speaking of which, the Coraline DVDs are available for preorder at Amazon, cheap!

Published on July 16, 2009 in Coraline. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Giveaway! Coraline 3 inch NECA Coraline Figures

Earlier this week I reviewed the NECA Coraline Figurines, which are otherwise known as the “NECA Coraline 3 Inch PVC Figure 3-Pack Star Sweater Coraline” set. I thought the toys were really cool and looked better in person than they did in the photographs. I also commented that they looked pretty fragile, especially the Cat and the Sweet Ghost Girl.

I’ve actually been warming up to the Sweet Ghost Girl. She still kind of looks like she’s winding up for a kiss, but I guess it’s OK. I like the Tall Ghost Girl the best out of the button-eyed ghostly children. As you’ll recall, there’s also a Ghost Boy in the movie, and there are figurines of all three of them available in different of these NECA Coraline toy sets.

Anyways, blah blah blah. I sure can go on. Just put a quarter in old Dark and watch him blab on to himself and the world about any subject that he can get obsessed about. So, to business:

The Coraline Giveaway:

What is up for grabs: All the figures from the NECA Coraline Star Sweater set EXCEPT the lovely Other Mother. So that’s the Cat, the Sweet Ghost Girl, and Coraline herself.

Who will win: Leave a comment on this post. If you have a preference for which of the three Coraline figures you would want to get, include that in your comment. Make sure when you post your comment that you make sure to put in the right email address in the field. That’s how I’ll notify the winners. (I can only afford to ship to the US and Canada, so people from other countries please don’t enter. Sorry!)

What they will win: I have one set to split up, so there’s going to be three winners. One winner will get the Cat. One winner will get the Sweet Ghost Girl. One winner will get Coraline.

When and how the winners will be chosen: Saturday, July 25. Winners will be chosen using random.org. Which figure will go to which person will be worked out as well as possible, but if they stated a preference, the first winner will get the toy they chose. Likewise the second will have next priority. So the second and third winners will get the toy of their choosing if it is still available and if they stated a preference. Otherwise I’ll just do some coin-flipping. Confused? So am I!

Notification: Winners will be notified by email July 25 and will have until July 31 to get back to me. After that, their prize will be forfeited and awarded to someone else chosen with a random.org number.

Here they are:

Coraline Cat Toy by NECA

The Cat

Coraline in the Star Sweater Doll

Coraline

Coraline Sweet Ghost Girl Figure

Sweet Ghost Girl.

Don’t miss my papercraft Coraline Doll, papercraft Coraline Circus Mouse, and also my post on the Coraline DVDs. Here are the three Coraline Toy sets: The set with Wybie, the set with Mr. Bobinsky and the set I got, with the Other Mother!

Thanks to Evil Buttons for featuring us!

Published on July 9, 2009 in Coraline. 162 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

Coraline Circus Mouse Announcement

Coraline Circus Mouse Paper Doll

The response for my Papercraft Coraline Doll has been so positive that I’ve decided to make more, and here is the first. This time I have made one of the Other Mother’s circus mice, partly because it’s another of the Other Mother’s creations, and partly because they’re easier to make. I expect all of you to be creating paper Circus Mouse armies! You can download the papercraft from the Coraline Circus Mouse page. It’s my second paper model, and once again it’s a valentine to the smashing Other Mother from the movie Coraline.

I’ve also posted a blank copy of the mouse in the hopes that other artists will customize their own. Have fun!

Published on June 24, 2009 in Coraline. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , , , .