In November 1957, Soviet scientists sent Laika on a one-way voyage, making her a tragic national hero. Sixty years on, one scientist's son told the BBC about playing with her as a boy.
Plus, claymation studio Laika is back for the first time in over five years and Sense and Sensibility is updated for a new generation.
Entertainment & Cinema
Anination studio Laika takes flight with a grownup stop-motion tale, while the Grammy-, Oscar- and everything-winner returns with a Pharell-produced 11th album
Entertainment & Cinema
How the stop-motion animation studio blends traditional techniques with modern tech.
Technology
‘There’s no humanity behind it.‘
Technology
Technology
Adam Savage shared a captivating half hour video of him exploring many of the detailed stop-motion puppets Laika Studios created for its new animated film, Wildwood. The studio’s animators already revealed that their puppets now have internal diaphragm’s making them appear to breath, but several of the puppets also have hidden mechanisms in their arms making biceps automatically flex as they’re moved. [Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9stm18DFD08]