Set between contemporary Portland and an enchanted wilderness inhabited by extraordinary creatures and rivaling communities, Wildwood showcases the remarkable artistry of miniature costume construction for hundreds of characters, giving LAIKA’s 16-year project its distinctive identity. 

Longtime LAIKA costume designer Deborah Cook joins the Rolling Tape to explore the challenges of costume design in stop motion and how it compares to live action work. Cook discusses the engineering required to make miniature clothes move and read convincingly, and explains how costumes convey character arcs, distinguish the wilderness factions, and scale across dozens of puppets and thousands of digital crowd characters.

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  • Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
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