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9. Coraline's Clothes Were Hand-Knitted - Coraline
The craftsmanship that goes into all of Laika's stop-motion animated movies is undeniable, but one aspect of their production that's often ignored? Making those adorably tiny costumes.
And while you might reasonably assume that existing doll clothes were used for the models, or the clothes were at least machine-made due to their small size, on Laika's debut feature Coraline they actually hired a specialist miniature knitter, Althea Crome, to weave Coraline's clothes by hand.
The task was a painstaking one for Crome, who used extremely small knitting needles and had to experiment with different thread gauges to figure out which ones looked the most "realistic" when filmed up close.
Oh, and if that's not extra enough for you, Crome also knitted socks for the title character which are worn underneath her other clothes and therefore aren't actually seen in the movie, because why the hell not?
Though nobody's coming away from Coraline believing that anyone half-assed anything throughout the production, this is going above and beyond what the audience could ever consciously appreciate while watching the movie.