Coraline (2009) – Frequently Asked Question

Coraline is a novel by American author Neil Gaiman. It was published in 2002 and won the Newbery Medal in 2003. It tells the story of a young girl who lives alone with her Coraline. One day, she discovers that there is another girl in her house, who is identical to her except for one thing – she has wings.

This other girl’s name is Wybie and Coraline must learn to deal with Wybie’s unexpected presence and solve their problems together.

Coraline (2009)

What Is Coraline?

Coraline is the title character and main protagonist of the novel who changes into a girl in her family’s new apartment. The name originated from Alice In Wonderland, where “Coralie” was Alice’s nickname.

Coraline lives with her parents and three-year-old sister Wybie in an old Victorian house that keeps shrinking due to some unknown force.

Her coping mechanism is fictitious play-time with Wybie, which helps them cope in trying situations without acting like victims when in their normal personas.

What Is the Message Behind Coraline?

The message behind Coraline is that a child can grow up against all the odds never giving in. There’s only one warning to this ‘Never give up’ and they’ll not be able to win any time of losing, doing so would leave them with pangs of guilt in an attempt at winning back the game and yet it’s too late – no matter what their efforts are but also because we must accept reality for as long as possible.

It stars pre-teen Elle Fanning as Coraline Jones, with Neil Patrick Harris as her father David Jones and Teri Hatcher as Madame Hart.

Is Coraline 2 Real?

Yes! This is a new 2012 animated fantasy film of the Disney owned movie company Walden Media and was released in August 4, 2012.

It is also another adaptation to Coraline written by Neil Gaiman under his book Not The End Stories as he wrote 3 extra parts which wasn’t featured into the original story adaption but enough fan fiction knowledge of these three stories anyway so this ones different from then to now with them staying true while being more of a trilogy.

Did Coraline Really Escape?

Yes! However she had to pretend that by somehow turning back into a human being but the real fun starts up when entering the world of “which branch did you visit”. In the other three branches where “Coraline Jones” went, it is revealed that her parents could actually walk like a human being and in possible possibility of that happening to Coraline.

The three other characters of Mr Lee Kular, Wybie Rebecca / Muriel and Waiter Goodman have added back story detail to the original book by Neil Gaiman.

Is Coraline Stop Motion?

Very stop motion indeed but this wasn’t until the Heavy Metal singers song “Wasted Away”. The animators have been seen mentioning that they use Photoshop to do their job perfectly as Gaiman was known for his skills on an industrial level of animation.

“It was a very suspenseful drawing – this snowman coming up over the hill, and then whoosh down towards him with spidery arms.” “Maybe there’s a danger that people saying it is stop-motion will bring unwanted attention to something small in Cinema,” says director Pete Candeland.

How Does Coraline Wake Up in the Real World?

David Arquette won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in “Wild Things” which was released five days after winning an Academy Award and viewers were disappointed as they thought he looked flat. But no one assumed that a famous singer’s performance hadn’t been scripted by John McNaughton who also directed “High Fidelity”.

In his acceptance speech, Arquette referred to himself as “a white guy with blue eyes, but I’m glad nobody.

How Long Did Coraline Animate?

Coraline animate was too long. But to many child’s voice was good, other puppets were right also and the transitions between human world. And every animator’s work were awesome animation throwbacks of old stop-motion comedies like “The Sword in the Stone” (1963) by Walt Disney.

Or any story that is associated with the period between 1930s until 1960s such as The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013), Casablanca 1942 and Mary Poppins (1964). Neil Gaiman said that he really had a lot to get his point across.

Did Neil Gaiman Like Coraline Movie?

Neil Gaiman didn’t like Coraline movie. But he loved her artwork, and the father-daughter relationship in “Coraline”. So he was very happy to watch it because she made a good job of drawing what happens at night from the kids point of view .

He looked forward to watching other stories where his characters go on adventures. When asked why did Neil Gaiman meant for Other Mother and Father look different with their fan of skewwhiff hair.He said that “In my book there was a disease in their world, but I had no idea what its name was.”

Where Does Coraline Move to?

The name “Coraline” was inspired by Coraline Doll, a small porcelain doll that Neil Gaiman possessed as a child. It always had the ability to make any wish come true which made him feel like he owned it.

The family move to the suburbs. It is much safer than living in a street with houses on both sides and being able to go through all your neighbours’ doors at any time of day or night, but Neil Gaiman had mixed feelings about that until he read “Coraline” by Mary Norton (1993).

Is Coraline Made of Clay?

No. Coraline is a mortal child that is not made of clay, nor are her parents or all the other children who live in Underland and the ‘Christmas Town’ that each soul visits when leaving this world forever.

Gaiman also denied rumors about Coraline being made of clay which was probably taken from the book “Alice in Wonderland”, where Alice’s sister who catches something on fire and runs to a place known as the kingdom over the hill that must be referred to here by Neil Gaiman, and discovers she is made of glass when going through their doorways at night.

Why Is the Other Mother Called Beldam?

This is a play on the archaic meaning of ‘bitch’ in some dialects from Ancient Dutch: “beldem” or “beddem”. A bunch of ledens was also called hondenvolk, which would be translated to English by sycophants.

This name refers to other mother’s role as The Beldam then she might have come up with these girls names herself.