Coraline | Can't Sleep? Learn How This Stop-Motion Movie Was Made

I Can’t Sleep

Benjamin Boster

Science, Mental Health, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Still awake? Might as well learn how this movie actually got made. In this episode, Benjamin Boster reads about Coraline(2009) and focuses on the production side of things. Henry Selick directed the project at Laika, using painstaking stop motion animation and early 3D photography techniques. There are hundreds of detailed sets and thousands of tiny, carefully built puppets, which sounds exhausting because it absolutely was. It’s calm, steady, and no whispering, just a straightforward look at the craft and effort behind one of the most technically impressive animated films of its time. Happy sleeping! Read with permission from Coraline (film), Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coraline_(film)), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. — Ad-free episodes: icantsleep.supportingcast.fmHave a topic in mind? Request a topic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:03.5	Welcome to the I Can't Sleep Podcast, where I help you drift off one fact at a time.
1:12.1	I'm your host, Benjamin Boster.
1:15.3	And today's episode is about the film Coraline.
1:20.2	When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?
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1:29.3	Think about your body when you exercise.
1:32.1	Are those knees creaking?
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