Film School Dropouts on Instagram: "The best stop-motion film? Coraline was first realised in Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel, and was pitched by Gaiman to Henry Selick, as he was a fan of Selick's previous stop-motion works 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' and 'James and the Giant Peach'. Selick wanted to make something entirely different from his usual style, and drew inspiration from Japanese illustrator Tadahiro Uesugi, who became the concept artist for the film. The colour palette was the biggest