Funny enough, Disney fired him for "wasting resources" (when he directed the original Frankenweenie short). Not to mention his "Hansel and Gretel" short on Disney Channel was broadcast there only once due to being supposedly scary. It wasn't until his Batman movie was successful that he came back to Disney to work on this movie and "James and the Giant Peach".
"I'd like to think our effort to use real lights, real materials, real sets, and real talent will give the audience something special, a certain level of charm" ... well that is the understatement of the century
+Courtney Spencer Tim Burton didn't direct this film, he designed the characters and wrote the story on which it was based. He had an influence on the production, bu not to the extent as the other films you listed.
My boyfriend send me a picture of the grinch with max and when he died it show jack skellington and zero He know I like the nightmare before Christmas so I was shook to know that as well
Tim button wanted such a unique look that when they did sketches he asked the artist to use their left hand for a different and wildly unique character
I hear yah. It's so fucking rare to great pieces of art like Raging Bull, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Godfather, Once Upon A Time In The West. It's really a fucking shame!
synecdoche new york, kubo and the two strings, coraline, the lego movie, lots of nolan's work, anomalisa, edgar wrights filmography, t2 trainspotting, silence, nocturnal animals, jackie, la la land, moonlight, arrival, your name ae all fantastic movies that came out recently which I would consider masterpieces. If you look under the radar, you will notice that we live in a new golden age. But everyone ignores it and thats unfourtanate. Not people that watch blockbusters are the problem: YOU PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM!
@@Deew420top Tim Burton didn't direct because he was directing Batman Returns at the time. Tim Burton created the Nightmare Before Christmas story, characters, wrote and drew the book and produced the film, Glenn Shadix, who voiced of the Halloween Town Mayor, pointed out "Tim [Burton] oversaw every detail of that film. Henry Selick was wonderful as a hands-on director of the stop-motion and an incredible group of animators, but the heart and soul of that movie is Tim Burton. He made decisions all along the way. He wasn't at Skellington Productions in San Francisco all that often, but Tim was certainly at the helm creatively and in on all the decisions." Tim Burton explained, "When I wasn't shooting [Batman Returns], I would go up there [to the Skellington Productions studio] because I loved it, but most of the time, Henry [Selick] would just send me stuff - there'd be a few shots during the week - and so over the period of a couple of years, it all came together. Anyway, I would get a reel and I had an editing room and I would edit some shots. I could still affect things as I needed to. When I saw the first shots, I knew that Halloween Town had to be darker and blacker." www.mouseplanet.com/12183/The_Making_of_Tim_Burtons_The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas__Part_One
It's awesome how close to Tim's art the movie actually was. I think that's is what is so great about his work. You can really see his personality in it. So much of him shines through the camera.
8 years late but i’m very interested in seeing this, i tried looking up pictures and can’t find it anywhere. perhaps you have a way to post it somewhere?🙂
If you haven't seen ParaNorman, you should def check that out. It was completely photographed/filmed with a personal handheld Laika camera, with added cg effects.
This film was truly ground breaking in the stop animation department. It's because of the amount of hard work and detail that these meticulous animators put in that it's such a beloved classic and has survived for 20+ years and is considered a Halloween/Christmas favorite. I love this movie, watch it every Christmas. I only watch the first half up to Jack's lament at Halloween then finish the movie at Christmas. LOL.
This is my reason for having such great respect for Tim Burton and his crew, because they are so amazing and talented. This is my favorite movie ever☺️
I've watched this movie a every halloween and christmas since 1993 around its release and it never gets boring, my favourite movie by far, its good to know this painful effort is still appreciated more than 20 years later. The set art is amazing too, even watching it now after so many years when were spoilt with modern effects, this art work stands out so well. This is work that needs to be done more now.
@@larniieplayz6285 Only in the sense that we never have hand crafted sets much anymore. Miniature or otherwise. They exist, but not in full and such detail as they once did. Usually just enough for CGI and green screens to work around. Stop motion animation is one of the few unique styles that CGI hasn't been able to replicate. As much as I love so much what is done now, my point was that even with all we're capable of now, this style from so far back is still such an unique way of making a film and stands apart as an amazing style that is as beautiful as any special effects to witness. If no more so.
@@Cloudsouth Yes RIGHT, my favorite movie from all time. I still watch but less than usual because it forces me into a nostalgic state that doesn't exist any anymore. I love all Tim Burton movies including BatmanaU
This movie is my Christmas tradition and it always felt real to me. I had no idea how it was made, just considered it real. Now I'm so grateful & appreciate the creativity and patience that went into creating a classic.
An immense level of patience lol. They need to re-release this in theaters. Having seen this in 93, it blew my mind as a kid, and I feel like the new generations need to experience it on the big screen.
@@chscott9525i‘ll be watching it in a theatre at midnight today. i got to see it on the big screen many times already. the perk of having arthouse cinemas with good programs. i hope they‘ll show vincent as an opener, they often combine those two.
14:03 She was my teacher for a pre-college course I took over the summer. She was constantly telling us stories about her time working on the movie and other stop motion projects. It took me forever to find any sort of interview she was in about the movie, finally found one here.
As a kid watching this movie I always got an eerie feeling it was real.. and to know now this was stop animation.. just .. words can’t even describe. It makes it that much more special and the time spent on this will live on for ever especially in my household🎃🥰
It’s absolutely AMAZING to see all of the hard work it takes to make these kinds of movies. This is my favorite animated movie of all time. The talent these people have is astounding.
I know some people are sick and tired of seeing Nightmare Before Christmas all over the place, between Halloween and Christmas, but this movie looks so incredible. The team did an amazing job, and it is so cool on how they made this movie 💀🎥✨
Just finished watching it again as Halloween tradition. I’m still amazed by how beautifully made this movie is no matter how many times I watch it. It’s definitely one of my favourite movies, it’s such a classic. All the work that was put into it clearly paid off. ❤️
i watch this movie every single year on halloween and christmas eve and i could never ever get bored of it. By far the best movie ever. I love it! The songs in this movie are amazing they make me so happy somehow. Well done to everyone involved!!😊
@@chscott9525I'm 37 too. Its nice to find someone my age that likes Music from Movies as much as I do. I LOVED playing songs from movies in BAND. Danny elfman and John Williams r my FAVORITE Composers of Movies.
REBECCA MAY Just remember that these guys are the MOST patient people you will ever see in the movie industry. (at least thats what Ive seen and heard)
greg dykstra is my uncle, I have 3 jack skellington original skin postive models, as well he gave me a sally screen used armature and a zero model, as well i have an oggie boogie sculp that is a little chipped but non the less the original. he had a ton of great stuff he gifted me and family in 1998, then these things started selling for big money. I have 5 tombstones, sallys basket and my favorite the casket sliegh
+Paul Tennis wow lucky ive been looking for a Lock on screen puppet but i cant find one.. only saw a shock up for auction a few years ago on a website. im a big fan of this movie.
I was curious to watch this feature because my teacher worked on the film. lol she was telling me stories when she worked on the project. I found her, didn't know she would be interviewed.
The fact that all of these people are spending so much time, creating the sets, creating the puppets and creating all of the environments for the puppets to interact and whatever the amount of time that it takes to do all that stuff is absolutely mine boggling.
i swear tim burten is the most amazing movie person ever i love seeing how this while prosesse gets done if i had that kind of talent i would be doing this stop motion for the rest of meh life
My Romance23 The director of this movie is not Tim Burton, it was Henry Selick. However, Tim Burton came up with the idea. Henry Selick is a brilliant director who made many several brilliant Stop Motion movies. I would recommend Coraline, it's my favorite movie.
My Romance23 Tim Burton worked on it and gave the original sketches Nightmare Before Christmas was based on, however he went to direct Batman instead. Henry Selick did most of it. Cheers!
I still love and have this movie on VHS since I was 7 years old, brings me back memories looking back. I also still know the words to the song "what's this" Tim Burton, always know how to make Disney movies and characters look adorable than scary thumbs up if you grew up watching the nightmare before christmas in those days when it first came.
I feel lots of admiration for all the crew involved in this film specifically but after watching this is like ...wow! As a drawer I will tell you that the amount of work and dedication of this animators, sculptors and the story boarder is mind blowing. Incomparable movie
I am so glad they made this movie! All the hard work really paid off! It's my favorite Disney movie, my favorite movie to watch for Halloween and Christmas, and one of my favorite movies of all time 💖 I love the art, the characters, the music, and the comedy 😁
I remember watching this movie on VHS just so I could watch this post credits mini documentary and the few Tim Burton short films at the end, pure nostalgia! Thanks for posting ❤
This is my favorite movie ever. So artistic, creative, creepy, and lovable. I mean , nobody could ever pull all that off making it into one film. Complete Masterpiece! Thank you cause you all made my childhood that much better.
Quick fun fact: the person that narrated this little mini documentary is “Corey Burton” who voiced the person on the “Mickey and friends tram” at Disneyland. He also voiced the ghost host in Disneyland’s Haunted mansion Holiday
I just watched this movie for the first time, and it’s like the best thing I’ve ever seen 🤣 the process of making stop-motion intrigues me so much and the music is sooo on point. “Sally’s Song” has to be my favorite. Probably going to watch this movie every year, right in the middle of the time between Halloween and Christmas.
@@chscott9525I watched it at Halloween a few years ago. I wasn't interested in it when it came out, but now I LOVE IT. I can't wait to MEET Sally and Jack at Disney Halloween party in 2024
I love this movie so much I have watched it every Halloween and Christmas since I was 9! It never gets old, I have seriously thought about the nightmare before christmas being the theme of my bedroom
They should keep these sets and action figures in a museum or even use them for a sequel!!!! You have everything you need along with making new story boards, then you need lights camera action!!!
Tim Burton is amazing with his films from Sweeny Todd nightmare before Christmas even corpse bride Tim Burton has such an awesome imagination and brings them to life!! Can't wait for watever film he has planned next keep on giving us amazing films Tim Burton🥰🥰
One clue as to the kind of producer Tim Burton was on this movie is the temperaments of the people who worked underneath him. At 2:49, Henry Selick seems pleased to be directing the movie. But at 3:33, you can kind of tell that Danny Elfman is pissed off about the fact that the movie started production without a script. Elfman has since admitted that he and Burton had a major falling-out on this movie. Elfman was frustrated that this movie (as well as "Batman Returns") consumed two years of his life, and I think he was also annoyed that Burton could never make up his mind on things. That's why Burton replaced Elfman with Howard Shore on "Ed Wood", although he and Elfman later reconciled on "Mars Attacks!". They have since mutually agreed never to speak again about the bad experience they had working together on Nightmare Before Christmas.
It’s 2018 aka the 25th anniversary of this movie. For Halloween I was jack Skellington because I’m so obsessed with this movie! I swear this is one of the best movies ever because they put so much Time in effort into this movie that it is actually insane. This will always and forever be my favourite movie
I used to have a crush on jack skellington when I was 2 hahaha I also thought of Sally as my kid the fact that I was only 2 and I had a crush on jack was so humiliating to talk about
"The Nightmare Before Christmas brings to the screen dazzling stop-motion imagery." *Shows scene of Oogie being revealed as a disgusting mass of wriggling bugs* Yes, simply dazzling.
Did you know oogie boogie was skinned alive in the desert and left for dead so when maggots came to eat the rest of the meat he sewed himself up with this material that no bugs can eat though
Such extraordinary talent. I absolutely love this movie. it will always be one of my favorites of all time. thank you for gracing us with this masterpiece!!!!!
I love Tim Burton ♡♡♡♡ He's one of my favorite movie directors I love Tim Burton's art style and paintings It's creepy and fantastic at the same time! It's like a combination of Fantasy, Drama, Comedy and sometimes including Musical just like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride
30 years old and as timeless as ever It's from the mind of Tim Burton but director Henry Selick is the one to thank for this gem of a holiday flick despite it being only 76 minutes long Jack Skellington embodies a preoccupation common in Burton's work over the years; the terrifying notion of being misunderstood That's something a lot of us can relate to indeed, at times we can be carried away with something new going way overboard with enthusiasm Halloween is special but we're reminded too why Christmas is just as beloved This works immensely thanks to its original storytelling, stellar animation, excellent set and character designs, clever camera angles, memorable songs, a slick villain, and a very good message of not messing with another holiday learning to cope with what we have Danny Elfman's score is unforgettable as well Truth be told the movie made even the executives who worked on it very nervous The dialogue is very basic and it's not that deep as far as character complexity Yet this still worked regardless inspiring all kinds of merchandise from holiday decor to clothing for Hot Topic to video games to board games to housewares to theme park attractions etc. It made over $50 million and winning critics and audiences alike being a perennial favorite for Halloween lovers as well as a hot item for costumes, cosplayers, and conventions 'Nightmare Before Christmas' remains astonishingly imaginative, brisk, beautifully told in its storytelling, and operates as a simplistic fairytale being very accessible to everyone serving as a cautionary fable
17:30 "I think 2d animatorns and motion animators are just frustrated or shy actors who can't get in front of the chameras so they act it out with the puppet", and well, now everything's basically CGI and it's hard to find a big movie with the good old stop motion... We're killing the shy actors
3:23 - Danny Elfman = composer, lyricist, associate producer and the Voices of Barrel, the Clown with the Tear-Away Face and the Singing Voice of Jack Skellington
The Haunted Mansion is MUCH older than this movie. It opened in Disneyland in 1969. Also, Tim Burton owns 50% of the rights to the film - and he supposedly won't let Disney make a ride of it (so far.)
Watching this and the behind the scenes for Corpse Bride as a kid is what made me want to work in film. Right now I'm in college doing theater makeup (designing makeup for a show for the first time right now!) and I plan on moving to Burbank to finish my Film/TV/SFX makeup schooling. Movies are magical. I can't imagine doing anything else. I wish I could go back and tell my 7 year old self "you wanna do this kind of thing, and you will". It's weird to come back now and see the faces of the people who helped me to find my career path. I just hope I can also create something that will inspire another generation of artists too.
That is so amazing! Tim Burton was literally my whole childhood, especially The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. These movies raised me more than my parents did (No offense Mom and Dad lol). People might say I'm weird and was taught wrong because I'm goth and only like dark things, but I have absolutely no regrets 🖤 It's my dream to be a stop motion animater, but I doubt that's ever gonna happen. I'm studying to be a tattooer, and am pretty close to reaching that, maybe in a year or two. Theater makeup actually sounds so awesome though! I've never really thought of that before
Update: Got accepted to my makeup school in LA and am going in June!!! So excited to work in the film industry. Thank you Tum Burton for igniting my creative spark as a kid.
@@nathanhaimsonCongrats. Working in film is a DREAM OF MINE. Even just as an EXTRA. I've seen Many films FILMED in New Orleans. Especially 21 Jump street and the 2nd PLANET OF THE APES. I also saw NCIS NOLA
I never watched this movie as a kid because I found it a bit boring but my 2 year old is obsessed with it. I have a new found respect for this movie to know how much hard work and talent went into it. 😮
Nightmare before christmas is a stop-motion, puppet animation, not claymation. The characters are built using various materials, mainly latex to allow ease of movement. A claymation would be where the characters are made from clay, or in some cases for example Wallace and gromit, where the characters are made from plastercine.
Disney initially released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be "too dark and scary for kids". The Nightmare Before Christmas was originally going to be released under Walt Disney Pictures as part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation lineup, but Disney decided to release the film under their adult themed label Touchstone Pictures, because the studio thought the film would be "too dark and scary for kids," Selick remembered. "Their biggest fear, and why it was kind of a stepchild project, [was] they were afraid of their core audience hating the film and not coming. To convey Burton's involvement and attract a wider audience, Disney marketed the film as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton explained that, "…it turned more into more of a brand-name thing, it turned into something else, which I'm not quite sure about." Disney fired Burton, under the pretext of him spending the company's resources on a film that would be too dark and scary for children to see. Tim Burton was fired by Disney after Frankenweenie was completed, as the studio claimed that he had been wasting company resources and felt the film was not suitable for the targeted young audiences.
I am so grateful to all these people who went through this painstaking process for three years to bring us this magnificent film.
Ikr
Jam Lym to
Jam Lym it's really fun I make stop motions with my dolls
SAME
But it was worth it
Disney:this guy is a weirdo lets give him to warner bros
Disney after; The weirdo is succesful we must get him back
Funny enough, Disney fired him for "wasting resources" (when he directed the original Frankenweenie short).
Not to mention his "Hansel and Gretel" short on Disney Channel was broadcast there only once due to being supposedly scary.
It wasn't until his Batman movie was successful that he came back to Disney to work on this movie and "James and the Giant Peach".
XD so true tho
AndrewsMagicandMore nice copy of what a documentary said next time drop the information where you got it from
Anna Marie and you’re assuming that he watched the documentary? Bitch, get a life.
😂😂😂
"I'd like to think our effort to use real lights, real materials, real sets, and real talent will give the audience something special, a certain level of charm" ... well that is the understatement of the century
Only tim burton can take creepy characters and make them adorable.
Very true
it's the opposite
You're right ^^
Spazzsticks indeed. I've never understood why people find this film scary. I even think Oogie Boogie is too much of a wimp to be scary.
Spazzsticks true that
24 frames per second
Omg..
the first 15 minutes of Frankenweenie took a week
aka... they improved their speed
Tim Burton is really a great director of clay film like this also corpse bride and frankenweeenie
+Courtney Spencer Tim Burton didn't direct this film, he designed the characters and wrote the story on which it was based. He had an influence on the production, bu not to the extent as the other films you listed.
HOW DID I NOT REALIZE JACK SKELLINGTON IS THE REVERSE GRINCH?
Sameee
Riiiiiight
My boyfriend send me a picture of the grinch with max and when he died it show jack skellington and zero
He know I like the nightmare before Christmas so I was shook to know that as well
I just realized it as I was reading this comment.
Omggg
Tim button wanted such a unique look that when they did sketches he asked the artist to use their left hand for a different and wildly unique character
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That's right I know my facts 💁🏽
Lol, i use my left hand normally(yep, il a lefty) that would mean I would have to use my right hand and that looks like a train wreck
Angela Zamora Holy shit a gotta try that
@@n0vaaaskyy I'm a lefty too. If someone asked me to draw eith my right, they wouldn't be too please with the result..at all... LOL
Back when movies were actual works of art. Man do I miss those type of films.
I hear yah. It's so fucking rare to great pieces of art like Raging Bull, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Godfather, Once Upon A Time In The West. It's really a fucking shame!
Yeah, it's difficult to find some movies with original stories, too many remakes nowadays.
Despite all the remakes, there are still beautiful pieces of art. A lot of it is on television today but still is art.
synecdoche new york, kubo and the two strings, coraline, the lego movie, lots of nolan's work, anomalisa, edgar wrights filmography, t2 trainspotting, silence, nocturnal animals, jackie, la la land, moonlight, arrival, your name ae all fantastic movies that came out recently which I would consider masterpieces. If you look under the radar, you will notice that we live in a new golden age. But everyone ignores it and thats unfourtanate. Not people that watch blockbusters are the problem: YOU PEOPLE ARE THE PROBLEM!
True
Tim Burton was so young!!!
he still is at heart at least
his stop motion projects must take a long of years off him
LOL he didn't have much to do with the production
mostly character design
@@Deew420top Tim Burton didn't direct because he was directing Batman Returns at the time. Tim Burton created the Nightmare Before Christmas story, characters, wrote and drew the book and produced the film, Glenn Shadix, who voiced of the Halloween Town Mayor, pointed out "Tim [Burton] oversaw every detail of that film. Henry Selick was wonderful as a hands-on director of the stop-motion and an incredible group of animators, but the heart and soul of that movie is Tim Burton. He made decisions all along the way. He wasn't at Skellington Productions in San Francisco all that often, but Tim was certainly at the helm creatively and in on all the decisions." Tim Burton explained, "When I wasn't shooting [Batman Returns], I would go up there [to the Skellington Productions studio] because I loved it, but most of the time, Henry [Selick] would just send me stuff - there'd be a few shots during the week - and so over the period of a couple of years, it all came together. Anyway, I would get a reel and I had an editing room and I would edit some shots. I could still affect things as I needed to. When I saw the first shots, I knew that Halloween Town had to be darker and blacker." www.mouseplanet.com/12183/The_Making_of_Tim_Burtons_The_Nightmare_Before_Christmas__Part_One
Yes he was
I live three miles away from Tim. He's got Dinosaurs outside his house
Go share some "lemonade" with him
Monkey God lmao Edward
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@@dartagnan_aramis141 How Do You Know He's Telling A Lie? You Haven't Met Him Yet!
It's awesome how close to Tim's art the movie actually was. I think that's is what is so great about his work. You can really see his personality in it. So much of him shines through the camera.
Probably the LSD, it will have you see things differently.
I especially love the 3-dimensional hatch marks!
Now that's dedication! Became one of the best movies ever made.
I have the original Nightmare Before Christmas book that Tim Burton wrote and illustrated. It has the original artwork and is the poem that Tim wrote.
Ollie Erlewine I think I may have the same one is it rare?
I'm actually jealous lol. I'd love to have that
Me too, i got mine signed by Tim when he was filming Miss Peregrine's home for peculiar children in Blackpool!!
8 years late but i’m very interested in seeing this, i tried looking up pictures and can’t find it anywhere. perhaps you have a way to post it somewhere?🙂
I feel like “The Nightmare Before Christmas” was way ahead of Walt Disney Studio’s time. This is stop-motion animation at a whole new level.
If you haven't seen ParaNorman, you should def check that out. It was completely photographed/filmed with a personal handheld Laika camera, with added cg effects.
This film was truly ground breaking in the stop animation department. It's because of the amount of hard work and detail that these meticulous animators put in that it's such a beloved classic and has survived for 20+ years and is considered a Halloween/Christmas favorite. I love this movie, watch it every Christmas. I only watch the first half up to Jack's lament at Halloween then finish the movie at Christmas. LOL.
This is my reason for having such great respect for Tim Burton and his crew, because they are so amazing and talented. This is my favorite movie ever☺️
same boys and girls of every age...................
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING STRANGE!
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@@orbitoncemoomoostayblinkar4170 okay
It's not his crew. Henry Selick directed this movie.
I've watched this movie a every halloween and christmas since 1993 around its release and it never gets boring, my favourite movie by far, its good to know this painful effort is still appreciated more than 20 years later.
The set art is amazing too, even watching it now after so many years when were spoilt with modern effects, this art work stands out so well. This is work that needs to be done more now.
Spoilt?
@@larniieplayz6285 Only in the sense that we never have hand crafted sets much anymore. Miniature or otherwise. They exist, but not in full and such detail as they once did. Usually just enough for CGI and green screens to work around.
Stop motion animation is one of the few unique styles that CGI hasn't been able to replicate. As much as I love so much what is done now, my point was that even with all we're capable of now, this style from so far back is still such an unique way of making a film and stands apart as an amazing style that is as beautiful as any special effects to witness. If no more so.
@@larniieplayz6285 @Larniie doesn't know that years ago we didn't have special effects in the cinemas
@@Cloudsouth Yes RIGHT, my favorite movie from all time. I still watch but less than usual because it forces me into a nostalgic state that doesn't exist any anymore. I love all Tim Burton movies including BatmanaU
@@givdb5513 Have you kept up with Henry Seliks movies? Coraline? Kubo and the two strings etc?
I honestly don’t know if they could make this type of film again & be this successful. Just so much talent!
This movie is my Christmas tradition and it always felt real to me. I had no idea how it was made, just considered it real. Now I'm so grateful & appreciate the creativity and patience that went into creating a classic.
An immense level of patience lol. They need to re-release this in theaters. Having seen this in 93, it blew my mind as a kid, and I feel like the new generations need to experience it on the big screen.
@@chscott9525 i totally will go see it even though I own it on bluray and watch it on a 75 inch 4k t.v i bet it's 100x better there
@@chscott9525i‘ll be watching it in a theatre at midnight today. i got to see it on the big screen many times already. the perk of having arthouse cinemas with good programs. i hope they‘ll show vincent as an opener, they often combine those two.
I love Tim Burton's crazy drawing style.
It's great it should be ugly but it winds up looking beautiful in a twisted way.
Tim Burton is a madman, but his madness is amazing.
it's called abstraction
14:03 She was my teacher for a pre-college course I took over the summer. She was constantly telling us stories about her time working on the movie and other stop motion projects. It took me forever to find any sort of interview she was in about the movie, finally found one here.
Random Guy that’s so cool
I LOVE Tim Burton's art style, it's creepy and gorgeus at the same time!
Tim and Henry embrace imperfections, and that makes it better.
As a kid watching this movie I always got an eerie feeling it was real.. and to know now this was stop animation.. just .. words can’t even describe. It makes it that much more special and the time spent on this will live on for ever especially in my household🎃🥰
This is one of my favorite movies. I watch it every Halloween and Christmas.
It’s absolutely AMAZING to see all of the hard work it takes to make these kinds of movies. This is my favorite animated movie of all time. The talent these people have is astounding.
I LOVE Stop Motion and all of these people are geniuses.
I know some people are sick and tired of seeing Nightmare Before Christmas all over the place, between Halloween and Christmas, but this movie looks so incredible. The team did an amazing job, and it is so cool on how they made this movie 💀🎥✨
This movie amazes me in every aspect. Total masterpiece thanks to all the good people who contributed to this movie especially Mr. Burton.
I wouldn't have the patience to make a claymation movie
My favorite movie of all time. It feels like reading a familiar storybook or having a comforting dream
Just finished watching it again as Halloween tradition. I’m still amazed by how beautifully made this movie is no matter how many times I watch it. It’s definitely one of my favourite movies, it’s such a classic. All the work that was put into it clearly paid off. ❤️
Same here. The Nightmare Before Christmas is also my favorite movie too.
i watch this movie every single year on halloween and christmas eve and i could never ever get bored of it. By far the best movie ever. I love it! The songs in this movie are amazing they make me so happy somehow. Well done to everyone involved!!😊
Even at 37, I can't help but sing along with them lol. Still catchy after all of these years.
@@chscott9525 yes they are so catchy i love them
@@chscott9525I'm 37 too. Its nice to find someone my age that likes Music from Movies as much as I do. I LOVED playing songs from movies in BAND. Danny elfman and John Williams r my FAVORITE Composers of Movies.
It's my 3 year olds favorite movie so we watch it every week sometimes 2 times per week. Still not sick of it! Love it every time!
that's 86.400 still frame pictures taken for one hour of film. God damn.
Almost 2 years to make
*HOLY MOLY JESUS GLORY*
(I know it's wrong XD)
3 years of making my fav halloween movie... omg I wouldn't managed 3 years making a spot motion clay movie
REBECCA MAY I would. Making a movie that good is worth spending a lifetime on.
True! Xavian Lusious
REBECCA MAY Just remember that these guys are the MOST patient people you will ever see in the movie industry. (at least thats what Ive seen and heard)
greg dykstra is my uncle, I have 3 jack skellington original skin postive models, as well he gave me a sally screen used armature and a zero model, as well i have an oggie boogie sculp that is a little chipped but non the less the original. he had a ton of great stuff he gifted me and family in 1998, then these things started selling for big money. I have 5 tombstones, sallys basket and my favorite the casket sliegh
i wanted lock stock and barrel but he kept them, maybe he will leave them to me if he beats me to the grave,
Omg lucky
no way!! lucky you!!!
+Paul Tennis wow lucky ive been looking for a Lock on screen puppet but i cant find one.. only saw a shock up for auction a few years ago on a website. im a big fan of this movie.
That's so awesome, my son is in love with nightmare before Christmas.
I was curious to watch this feature because my teacher worked on the film. lol she was telling me stories when she worked on the project. I found her, didn't know she would be interviewed.
I'd talk her ear off about this movie. So many questions that weren't answered in the documentary.
I remember watching this in art class 7th grade. 😁😊❤️One my favorites movies ever and Tim is my favorite directors.
I remember watching it in my orchestra class in 6th or 7th grade.
Jam Lym nice!!!
Too bad he didn't direct this movie lol
@lenindominguez1986 yeah I know that's why I said Tim didn't direct the movie
I've entered a mini obsession phase over this movie, and I couldn't be more grateful to the brilliant minds that helped it all come together
The fact that all of these people are spending so much time, creating the sets, creating the puppets and creating all of the environments for the puppets to interact and whatever the amount of time that it takes to do all that stuff is absolutely mine boggling.
i swear tim burten is the most amazing movie person ever i love seeing how this while prosesse gets done if i had that kind of talent i would be doing this stop motion for the rest of meh life
My Romance23 The director of this movie is not Tim Burton, it was Henry Selick. However, Tim Burton came up with the idea. Henry Selick is a brilliant director who made many several brilliant Stop Motion movies. I would recommend Coraline, it's my favorite movie.
oh i got a bit confused when i thought he was lol but i love corline and nightmare before chrismas
My Romance23 Tim Burton worked on it and gave the original sketches Nightmare Before Christmas was based on, however he went to direct Batman instead. Henry Selick did most of it. Cheers!
yep
I still love and have this movie on VHS since I was 7 years old, brings me back memories looking back. I also still know the words to the song "what's this" Tim Burton, always know how to make Disney movies and characters look adorable than scary thumbs up if you grew up watching the nightmare before christmas in those days when it first came.
18:08
“Jack is a long-limbed, elegant, spider-like man”
He said it not me
The genius that is the Tim Burton / Danny Elfman collaboration. Brilliant every time
Elfman Has Collaborated with Chris Wedge, Rob Minkoff, Rob Letterman, Yarrow Cheney, Scott Mosier, and Stephen J. Anderson.
Even more brilliant since Elfman had some influence on the characters and story.
Wow. This is why I love watching the behind the scenes of- a movie. You learn to appreciate a movie even more
I feel lots of admiration for all the crew involved in this film specifically but after watching this is like ...wow! As a drawer I will tell you that the amount of work and dedication of this animators, sculptors and the story boarder is mind blowing. Incomparable movie
growing up loving this movie, I'm so glad I found this. it really makes you appreciate how hard people work on your favorite films 💙
I am so glad they made this movie! All the hard work really paid off! It's my favorite Disney movie, my favorite movie to watch for Halloween and Christmas, and one of my favorite movies of all time 💖 I love the art, the characters, the music, and the comedy 😁
I freaking love The Nightmare Before Christmas. It's also my all time favorite movie too.
Questo film è meraviglioso...lo adoro....
Is this a Halloween movie or a Christmas movie? When do I watch it? November?
That's the great thing about this movie, it can be both a Halloween and Christmas movie, or at least for me it is lol
pffft it's a yearlong movie
I recommend you watch it every day :)
Every day is Halloween, my friend
Mordecai Fan Aye!
I now have so much more respect for this movie!
Who knew that some guy in a band called Oingo Boingo could master movie scores like he does.
@@Savagemister not to mention, he's Jack's singing voice in the movie.
I remember watching this movie on VHS just so I could watch this post credits mini documentary and the few Tim Burton short films at the end, pure nostalgia! Thanks for posting ❤
Tim is such a genius in every way
This is amazing, and I'm an animation student, but who else agrees with me that Tim Burton movies are nightmare fuel???
*raises hoof* I agree
+Zerrasoron Nightmares? Never.. His movies are fascinating.. Cartoon-like..
I find them beautiful and very inspiring
but..... I'm very dark and twisted so
Still he is a idol to me
im weird
That's what makes Tim Burton movies great, I literally love all of his movies
They’re beautiful and interesting
This is my favorite movie ever. So artistic, creative, creepy, and lovable. I mean , nobody could ever pull all that off making it into one film. Complete Masterpiece! Thank you cause you all made my childhood that much better.
Quick fun fact: the person that narrated this little mini documentary is “Corey Burton” who voiced the person on the “Mickey and friends tram” at Disneyland. He also voiced the ghost host in Disneyland’s Haunted mansion Holiday
Amazing work to be good at, I don't have 1% of the patience those guys have
I’m so happy for them that their hard work paid off. This movie is still beloved to this day. It’s so well deserved!!
幼い頃から見ています！
毎年クリスマスの季節になると恋しくなるダークミステリアスでとても可愛いこの作品が大好きです🎄🎅
高校生になった今、撮影方法が気になり見てみました！！
少しづつ動かして試行錯誤の上出来ていて素晴らしいです✨キャラクターの動きや表情や沢山出てくるキャラクターのキャラクターデザインがとても好みです💓もちろん背景やストーリー、音楽も！
本当に全てが素晴らしい作品です🥳❤
ナイトメア・ビフォア・クリスマスを作ってくれてありがとうございます🥰🥰🎁💀
Thank to these people who cheered my days and keep cheering them still at 36. Your work means so much and brings me always lovely memories.
I really want a Jack Skellington puppet
david clancy then look for the muppet props on eBay.
FOR $OOOOVVVVEEEEERRRRRR 9999999999990000000000000000000000000
@@jacefiore6203 did you just say Muppet?
ken kaneki Hahahah
I just watched this movie for the first time, and it’s like the best thing I’ve ever seen 🤣 the process of making stop-motion intrigues me so much and the music is sooo on point. “Sally’s Song” has to be my favorite. Probably going to watch this movie every year, right in the middle of the time between Halloween and Christmas.
That's the perfect time to watch it lol. Better late than never, and I'm happy you enjoyed it!
@@chscott9525I wish there will be the nightmare before christmas 2 movie.
@@chscott9525I watched it at Halloween a few years ago. I wasn't interested in it when it came out, but now I LOVE IT. I can't wait to MEET Sally and Jack at Disney Halloween party in 2024
I love this movie so much I have watched it every Halloween and Christmas since I was 9! It never gets old, I have seriously thought about the nightmare before christmas being the theme of my bedroom
Same here. I remember seeing it in the movies & then getting it on vhs when I was 13…
They should keep these sets and action figures in a museum or even use them for a sequel!!!! You have everything you need along with making new story boards, then you need lights camera action!!!
Tim Burton is amazing with his films from Sweeny Todd nightmare before Christmas even corpse bride Tim Burton has such an awesome imagination and brings them to life!! Can't wait for watever film he has planned next keep on giving us amazing films Tim Burton🥰🥰
4:50- Ah, Joe Ranft, we'll always remember you.
Henry slick is also super cool he made coraline the same way all hand made. It’s so cool.
One clue as to the kind of producer Tim Burton was on this movie is the temperaments of the people who worked underneath him. At 2:49, Henry Selick seems pleased to be directing the movie. But at 3:33, you can kind of tell that Danny Elfman is pissed off about the fact that the movie started production without a script. Elfman has since admitted that he and Burton had a major falling-out on this movie. Elfman was frustrated that this movie (as well as "Batman Returns") consumed two years of his life, and I think he was also annoyed that Burton could never make up his mind on things. That's why Burton replaced Elfman with Howard Shore on "Ed Wood", although he and Elfman later reconciled on "Mars Attacks!". They have since mutually agreed never to speak again about the bad experience they had working together on Nightmare Before Christmas.
I heard that Elfman was upset that he didn’t get more credit for his influence on the movie. I mean he practically wrote it.
burton is a genius. pure genius. i take alot of inspiration for my filmmaking from him for sure
It’s 2018 aka the 25th anniversary of this movie. For Halloween I was jack Skellington because I’m so obsessed with this movie! I swear this is one of the best movies ever because they put so much Time in effort into this movie that it is actually insane. This will always and forever be my favourite movie
This film is an amazing classic no matter if it is either a Halloween or Christmas film ❤️
Halloween.
I used to have a crush on jack skellington when I was 2 hahaha I also thought of Sally as my kid the fact that I was only 2 and I had a crush on jack was so humiliating to talk about
little did they know this would be one of the best disney movies ever
I wouldn't say it's one of the best Disney movies ever, definitely one of the best stop motion movies though.
"The Nightmare Before Christmas brings to the screen dazzling stop-motion imagery."
*Shows scene of Oogie being revealed as a disgusting mass of wriggling bugs*
Yes, simply dazzling.
I don't get how Oogie Boogies inner look with the worms and stuff was animatead/created? how did the do it?
They probably glued them together and put wires in the limbs? I have no idea.
Oogies bugs were little pieces of wire and metal painted different colors. they talk about it in the director's commentary.
i asked the same thing
Did you know oogie boogie was skinned alive in the desert and left for dead so when maggots came to eat the rest of the meat he sewed himself up with this material that no bugs can eat though
@@keeganmaynard3045 Thank you. I was wondering this.
Joe Ranft, RIP good sir.
Charming is an understatement. This movie is a masterpiece
Such extraordinary talent. I absolutely love this movie. it will always be one of my favorites of all time. thank you for gracing us with this masterpiece!!!!!
The stop motion is one of the best inventions of man.
This movie and Corpse bride are my favorite animated movies EVER
So is 9.
I love Tim Burton ♡♡♡♡
He's one of my favorite movie directors
I love Tim Burton's art style and paintings It's creepy and fantastic at the same time!
It's like a combination of Fantasy, Drama, Comedy and sometimes including Musical just like The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride
And 9.
30 years old and as timeless as ever
It's from the mind of Tim Burton but director Henry Selick is the one to thank for this gem of a holiday flick despite it being only 76 minutes long
Jack Skellington embodies a preoccupation common in Burton's work over the years; the terrifying notion of being misunderstood
That's something a lot of us can relate to indeed, at times we can be carried away with something new going way overboard with enthusiasm
Halloween is special but we're reminded too why Christmas is just as beloved
This works immensely thanks to its original storytelling, stellar animation, excellent set and character designs, clever camera angles, memorable songs, a slick villain, and a very good message of not messing with another holiday learning to cope with what we have
Danny Elfman's score is unforgettable as well
Truth be told the movie made even the executives who worked on it very nervous
The dialogue is very basic and it's not that deep as far as character complexity
Yet this still worked regardless inspiring all kinds of merchandise from holiday decor to clothing for Hot Topic to video games to board games to housewares to theme park attractions etc.
It made over $50 million and winning critics and audiences alike being a perennial favorite for Halloween lovers as well as a hot item for costumes, cosplayers, and conventions
'Nightmare Before Christmas' remains astonishingly imaginative, brisk, beautifully told in its storytelling, and operates as a simplistic fairytale being very accessible to everyone serving as a cautionary fable
8:42 In my mind, this was the size of the sets. I'm actually impressed by how gigantic they really were compared to what I was expecting.
17:30 "I think 2d animatorns and motion animators are just frustrated or shy actors who can't get in front of the chameras so they act it out with the puppet", and well, now everything's basically CGI and it's hard to find a big movie with the good old stop motion... We're killing the shy actors
3:23 - Danny Elfman = composer, lyricist, associate producer and the Voices of Barrel, the Clown with the Tear-Away Face and the Singing Voice of Jack Skellington
It’s a shame he never got to direct his original movie ideas.
Wow. What a team of incredible and talented people. My mind is blown.
This and Paranorman are to me the most intricate stop motion movies ever made. to date.
Uno puede dar criticas negativas a muchas peliculas, pero hablar mal de esta es algo imposible. Mis respetos. Gran pelicula.
Sin embargo hay gente que lo hace, como en Filmaffinity
Annnd this, ladies and gentlemen and everyone else, is why Tim is my favorite director
My favorite movie of all time! I will obsess over it forever!
Much better than the overly animated CGI we get nowadays
If you haven't seen ParaNorman, check it out. They did well with not overly utilizing CGI elements.
THANK YOU for putting this on youtube! I have always wanted to see a "making of" for this movie! :)
The Haunted Mansion is MUCH older than this movie. It opened in Disneyland in 1969.
Also, Tim Burton owns 50% of the rights to the film - and he supposedly won't let Disney make a ride of it (so far.)
It's so cool to see how it was made this is my favorite holiday movie I have so much respect for these animators
Watching this and the behind the scenes for Corpse Bride as a kid is what made me want to work in film. Right now I'm in college doing theater makeup (designing makeup for a show for the first time right now!) and I plan on moving to Burbank to finish my Film/TV/SFX makeup schooling. Movies are magical. I can't imagine doing anything else. I wish I could go back and tell my 7 year old self "you wanna do this kind of thing, and you will". It's weird to come back now and see the faces of the people who helped me to find my career path. I just hope I can also create something that will inspire another generation of artists too.
That is so amazing! Tim Burton was literally my whole childhood, especially The Nightmare Before Christmas and Corpse Bride. These movies raised me more than my parents did (No offense Mom and Dad lol). People might say I'm weird and was taught wrong because I'm goth and only like dark things, but I have absolutely no regrets 🖤 It's my dream to be a stop motion animater, but I doubt that's ever gonna happen. I'm studying to be a tattooer, and am pretty close to reaching that, maybe in a year or two. Theater makeup actually sounds so awesome though! I've never really thought of that before
Update: Got accepted to my makeup school in LA and am going in June!!! So excited to work in the film industry. Thank you Tum Burton for igniting my creative spark as a kid.
@@nathanhaimsonCongrats. Working in film is a DREAM OF MINE. Even just as an EXTRA. I've seen Many films FILMED in New Orleans. Especially 21 Jump street and the 2nd PLANET OF THE APES. I also saw NCIS NOLA
I never watched this movie as a kid because I found it a bit boring but my 2 year old is obsessed with it. I have a new found respect for this movie to know how much hard work and talent went into it. 😮
This is really cool. I had no idea that this much effort went into making claymations.
Nightmare before christmas is a stop-motion, puppet animation, not claymation. The characters are built using various materials, mainly latex to allow ease of movement. A claymation would be where the characters are made from clay, or in some cases for example Wallace and gromit, where the characters are made from plastercine.
I see, thanks for the info. I had no idea. XD I thought there was just one claymation thingy but apparently not lol
Still watching this during quarantine ❤️
Disney initially released the film through Touchstone Pictures because the studio believed the film would be "too dark and scary for kids". The Nightmare Before Christmas was originally going to be released under Walt Disney Pictures as part of the Walt Disney Feature Animation lineup, but Disney decided to release the film under their adult themed label Touchstone Pictures, because the studio thought the film would be "too dark and scary for kids," Selick remembered. "Their biggest fear, and why it was kind of a stepchild project, [was] they were afraid of their core audience hating the film and not coming. To convey Burton's involvement and attract a wider audience, Disney marketed the film as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas. Burton explained that, "…it turned more into more of a brand-name thing, it turned into something else, which I'm not quite sure about." Disney fired Burton, under the pretext of him spending the company's resources on a film that would be too dark and scary for children to see. Tim Burton was fired by Disney after Frankenweenie was completed, as the studio claimed that he had been wasting company resources and felt the film was not suitable for the targeted young audiences.
This movie took so much dedication from all of them, it deserves the popularity 30 years later