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K1D6R4Y — The Corpse Bride Exhibit
Published: 2006-02-22 02:37:31 +0000 UTC; Views: 10685; Favourites: 158; Downloads: 1192
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Some of the pictures we took!The first is of the bathrooms. I love the Victor and Emily pictures on the doors.
Dangerskew made the slide show, and his dad and I took the pictures.
Check my journal to hear more about the exhibit!
I'm the person with the big smile in the blue coat and then the Edward Scissorhands sweater. Dangerskew had the Jack Skellington sweater on.
Corpse Bride and the work in these pictures is copyright to Tim Burton...except for the picture I drew of Victor holding a balloon. XD That's copyright to me, I guess.
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I... I can't see it. TT^TT
My stupid, stupid, STUPID computer won't let me!
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Hmmm...try refreshing it. I can't see it sometimes too, but refreshing it usually helps!
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Omg.
it works.
And I must say that you are a lucky rubber ducky for witnessing this extraordinary event, AND I never knew Victor was allergic to artichokes.
I wonder what else was said on those storyboards... o.O
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Hah, those storyboards were awesome! That whole sequence was funny but weird. After the artichokes panel, Victor says, "Not that it matters anymore, seeing as I've kicked the bucket". That's not a very Victorish type of phrase!
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xD
Who cares! It's funneh!
.. I like artichokes...
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I don't believe I've ever had an artichoke...
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They're fattening. But good.
They're especially good with crackers. P,:
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YAY!!! I love the pictures!!! They made my heart skip with joy!!! HEHEHEE!!! XD *FANGIRL MODE* XDDD 
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Yeah, I was feeling super fangirlish! I couldn't I believe I was in the presence of all of those puppets and the other work.
Unfortunately, a lot of the storyboards had completely unreadable dialogue underneath them...they were in some form of cursive or...something. They were well drawn, though!
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I could have read them for you! I good at reading cursive!!! 
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I love Tim Burton's work, but may I ask, where you saw this, and pose the question, do you think this is art worthy of an art gallery? I've been grappling with this issue lately, and I've been upsetting a lot of my friends. Movies are wonderful, but lately, they've been trying to branch out into realms which are, to me, unaccomodating at best. Yes I love Beetlejuice. Yes I love Frankenweiner. No...I don't want to look at this stuff in an art gallery. The movie itself has more business being in a gallery than the individual props and storyboards. To me it seems that would be like Vincent Van Gogh putting his paintbrushes and palette on display, instead of his paintings. I recently went to a show featuring the costumes of Star Wars:Episode I, and I had the same feeling. Yes the costumes were beautiful. No... I don't want to go a gallery and see that in there, in lieu of a starving talented painter who is trying to communicate something more, than a trite corporate repurposing of tools, for added market potential. Am I wrong?
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Sorry about the delayed response.
Anyway, I most definitely think that this is worthy of a gallery. It was said on the Corpse Bride DVD (I forget the person's name) that "Everything you see on the screen was created by a craftsman or an artist", so these things aren't just tools; they're art too. And I guess it also depends on how important movies are to you in general, and how the specific movie effects you. Ever since I saw Corpse Bride, I immediately fell in love with stop-motion. It's a fascinating medium, and this is the first time I've ever been able to look at the puppets up close. It's amazing to see all of the skeletons' joints, and I am personally amazed by the talent of storyboarders. I could never just lay out a scene like they do.
And I think that I would love to see a gallery of Van Gogh's tools, if it were possible. That may sound dumb, but I think that the tools used to create a piece of art are just as important as the result. The Corpse Bride gallery is even more fascinating, though, because the tools(puppets) have faces and expressions.
I also think that seeing these puppets garners a different result than seeing costumes. I know that clothes can also be wonderful pieces of art, and I really admire the beautiful costumes that they used in Star Wars, but what caught my interest in the Corpse Bride display was the fact that each puppet had emotion. Even if it was just Mrs.Plum waving her ladle, it still had eyes, and for some reason I am fascinated with eyes. So...there's just this personality and poise that goes along with stop-motion and the puppets used that isn't in many other mediums.
I really hope I answered your question!
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that's cool. thanks for the honest reply. It's a sticky issue, and I'm certainly certain that I'm not certain of anything with any certain certainty.
I have worked in a few props dept's, and it will probably always seem more like work (job) to me. I enjoyed Corpse Bride, not my all time-favourite by Burton, but cool nonetheless. The website for it, is a work-of-art (provided you are on a very fast connection). Was that in the exhibition? just curious.
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They had a tv in the exibit, and it was showing all of the special features of the movie, but no website.
I guess it's different if you've worked with props before. I'm a kid stuck in a rural life, and anything with movies seems glamorous to me. I'm sure that's not the actual case, but it's fun to dream!
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I understand. It can be a very rewarding, creative experience, if you get to work with the right people, on the right project. Tim Burton would not have to ask me twice to work on something, because you'd know that it would be fun, everyone involved is talented, and there would be a lot of creative breathing room. Unfortunately, jobs like that come along once a century, and the rest of the time, you have to take anything that will pay your bills. These projects are filled with the very unglamourous side of Hollywood: politics, ego, & backstabbing. I just call it an occupational fact of life. Don't let it put a damper on your dreams or future ambitions. The truly successful people in Hollywood don't let it bother them and plow ahead..
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