I love it when the Behind-the-Scenes material focuses on the artists and technology behind an animated film, as opposed to the voice cast. Actors are critical, but their involvement is minimal compared to the animators and craftsman toiling on the project for years and years.
Here’s a new featurette for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox which does just that. We meet producer Jeremy Dawson (The Darjeeling Limited, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou) and animation supervisor Mark Waring (Corpse Bride) who detail the “the Fishcat Method,” developed by Fish and Matthew Kitcat (Chicken Run). The system allowed director Anderson to approve the framing of a shot from anywhere in the world. Fantastic Mr. Fox is in theaters on November 25, 2009.
