Black and White Inspiration.....

Frankenweenie World Premiere at Fantastic Fest 2012

The movie that the whole world has been waiting for opened at
The fantastic film festival in Austin Texas yesterday.

The much loved Frankenweenie world premiere went to the dogs you could say?!
With a special showing of the film with guests and there pets dressed in formal attire!!
What a wonderful idea, The gorgeous Tim Burton was there to celebrate along
with other members of the cast and crew.

Tim even discussed how many people over the years had told him there own dogs
are big fans of his films.

I believe and can relate to this as one of my puppies Nimbin loves
The Nightmare before Christmas,
He just loves Zero Jacks pet ghost dog.....

It's an inspiration to see Tim's Frankenweenie come to life and be reborn after all these years,
If you haven't seen Tim's originally short film Frankenweenie he made in 1984
while working at Disney it's a must.

How wonderful to see Winona Ryder at the world premiere,
She looked just gorgeous in this perfect burtonise black and white dress,
she looked amazing and I can't wait to see her as the voice of Elsa Van Helsing.

I'm so excited to see Frankenweenie, as Tim Burton discuss its a whole new project
A new medium, new story, revisiting original drawings, new ideas,
old memories of people, teachers he remembers from school
and even the architecture of Burbank have brought this movie to life.

Frankenweenie opens in the US the 5th of October 2012
and here in Australia the 25th of October 2012.
Just in time for Halloween.

I think we know what the most popular Halloween costumes will be this year,
Especially for dogs!!

Frankenweenie The Art of Exhibition

I was so excited when I heard that there is going to be a traveling art exhibition
around the world of Tim Burton's new film Frankenweenie.
I would love to see this even if it's 10% as good as Tim Burtons MOMA world Exhibit
The Art of Tim Burton it will be Amazing!!
I was lucky enough to have seen the Art of Tim Burton and attended one of
his master classes. (one of the best days I've ever had)
I'm a huge Tim Burton fan and a massive animal lover,
So I'm beyond excited to see the films remake and hope to have the opportunity to
see this traveling exhibition.

Tim Burton everybody's Best friend.....

I'm beyond excited for Burton and Disney's new film
Frankenweenie.....

Tim Burton's has shown us an amazing love, understanding and respect for our
four legged best friends.
In previous blogs I've discuss the relationship
Walt Disney and The Walt Disney Studios have with dogs.

Tim Burton himself has had a long history working for the Walt Disney Company,
Attending Cal Arts with other Disney and Pixar legends such as
John Lasseter, Brad Bird and Rick Heinrichs.
While working for The Walt Disney Company in the 1980s,
Tim Burton created the concept of Frankenweenie which Disney approved to
be worked as a short film.
Tim himself always thought that the short film could of been stretch to a full length feature,
now here in 2012 Tim Burton's wish has been granted with the release of
Frankenweenie.
Which has been reworked and inspired from the orginal short film.

Frankenweenie tells the story of
Victor Frankenstein and his dog Sparky.
It's really a story of love and friendship between a boy and his dog.
The film has been shot in black, white and stop motion.
Tim burton has said that stop motion and black and white mediums,
bring emotional qualities to the film.
Tim Burton has expressed and describe the importance of owning a dog,
owning several as a child.....

" I think for most kids that's kind of your first relationship,
and it's usually the best, it's the purest in a way.
With dogs, it's pure love and pure emotion"
- Tim Burton
( from the book Burton on Burton)

Tim Burton expresses this belief, love and emotion through many of his classic
films that feature a dog or dog like character.

In the stop motion short Vincent,
His pet dog Ambercrombie, puts up with Vincent's wild imagination
and even agrees to Vincent experimenting on him,
who wants to turn him into a zombie dog....

There is a recurring theme in some of Tim Burton's film
mostly the stop motion, family movies.
That the dog characters are deceased this can be extremely upsetting,
but Tim brings them to life in such a beautiful way that he gives them new life.

In The Nightmare before Christmas.....
Jack Skellington's ghost dog Zero
( who is one of the most popular dogs in film of all time)
Brings so much love, loyalty and responsibility to the confused but lovable Jack,
just by being his loyal companion

The Corpse Bride.....
Has a similar tone, but when Victor is pulled into another land,
Scraps the skeleton dog brings Victor a sense of comfort and support
in his time of need by being reunited with his old best friend.
All of these emotions and feelings expressed between these characters and there pet dogs,
really does go back to the core of what Tim Burton has expressed about the importance
of the human and dog relationship.

There are so many other amazing dogs,
Tim Burton has brought us from the TV episode Family Dog,
The chihuahua from Mars Attacks, Bayard the Bloodhound from Alice in Wonderland,
The outrageous grooming scene from Edward Scissorhands
and who can forget Peewee Herman's Dog Speck.

Another amazing element that Tim Burton brought to us regarding dogs is
in the beautiful film Edward Scissorhands.
A scene in the film the towns people go crazy and turn on the scared Edward.
In his time of confusing and isolation a dog appears and shows
Edward he still believes in him.
I really think Tim Burton added this to the film to express that dogs really do
Love us unconditional.

With Walt Disney it all started with a mouse,
With Tim Burton it started with horror movies, monsters and Frankenstein
But just maybe deep down somewhere it also started with a dog......

Frankenweenie first look.....

I'm so excited for the remake of Tim Burton's Frankenweenie.
Have any of you seen the 1984 short version of the film,
It's amazing, gorgeous with such a sweet story of love and the bond we share
with our pets, it is being released by Disney October 2012.
The Australia's release is due to be November 2012.
The entire film has been shot in black and white and is stop motion,
Tim Burton never disappoints and I believe it will be magical