exhibition | tim burton's 'the art of frankenweenie' at the bfi

this experience was the best, seriously. my university got us free tickets to the tim burton 'the art of frankenweenie' exhibition AND a masterclass with mark waring, who's also animated on corspe bride and fantastic mr. fox!

we got to see the actual sets used to film the stop movie feature film, tim's original sketches and moodboards, various puppets, models and structures of each character, a 3D screening of the film, our own photo with the classroom scene and loads more animator knowledge.

then we had a masterclass with mark waring who talked us through his role on the film, as well as how he got to where he is today, cool little facts and figures about the animation world, what tim burton is like to work with and other frankenweenie tricks and snippets.

then we were allowed up close and personal with the models and puppets of 'victor' and 'sparky'. what amazed me was how they get the expressions on the characters faces!! there are tiny little holes in the ops of their heads and in their ears, which when you push a little pin into them and twist certain ways it moves either their eyebrows, cheeks and mouth to get expression on their faces - so cool!

thanks UCA x