Frankenweenie Research Paper

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Frankenweenie is a 2012 3D stop-motion-animated film directed by Tim Burton. It is a remake of Burton's 1984 short film of the same name and is a parody of and an homage to the 1931 film based on Mary Shelley's book of the same name. Filming began at Three Mills Studios in July 2010. The crew created three giant sound stages, including Victor's cluttered family attic, a cemetery exterior, and a high school interior. The sound stages were then divided into 30 separate areas to deal with the handcrafted, frame-by-frame style of filmmaking. Compared to other stop-motion animation sets, Frankenweenie's set is much larger. The main character Sparky had to be 'dog-size' compared to the other human characters, but also large enough to house all