"Coraline" Combines 3-D & Stop-Motion – Teaser Trailer and Videos

My 11-year-old daughter and I were excited to see a trailer for “Coraline” in front of “High School Musical 3″ yesterday. She read the book last year, and said it’s kind of a creepy storyline, so we’re both curious to see what they do with the movie.

During a presentation by Focus Features yesterday, 20 minutes of the film was shown. It’s a combo of 3-D technology and old-fashioned stop-motion animation, which Tim Burton is so fond of using. Henry Selick, who directs “Coraline,” also worked on Burton’s “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

The story is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s best seller, which follows a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life.

More after the jump, including teaser trailer and videos…

The clips shown Friday include the sequence where Coraline (voiced by Dakota Fanning) encounters the “Other Mother” (Teri Hatcher), who tries to keep her from going home, as well as a variety of characters who perform circus-style acts. In another scene, the girls run from the home, but as Coraline distances herself, the colors and setting seems to wash away. “I love how 3-D captures the essence of stop motion,” said Selick.

The film opens wide on Feb. 6, 2009. In the meantime, check out these videos:

Teaser Trailer:

Sneak Peek/Behind the Scenes:

Crafting the World/Behind the Scenes:

The Story of Coraline/Behind the Scenes:

Meet the Inhabitants/Behind the Scenes:

Coraline in the Higher Dimensions/Behind the Scenes:

“Other Mother”:

Image: Coraline, Focus Features, 2009