Happy Halloween from Asterisk Creative

In the spirit of Halloween I thought that I would blog about a subject dear to my heart, Tim Burton. You have probably heard of him or seen one of his many movies like Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride or the new Alice and Wonderland, just to name a few.

Tim Burton has reached a degree of greatness that every aspiring animator around the world would love to achieve. He has created a world where his creations can come to life.

With Halloween right around the corner any Tim Burton fan will tell you that The Nightmare Before Christmas is on their mind. This animated film was produced in 1993 and tells the story of a skeleton figure named Jack who is from Halloween Town. He unlocks a portal to Christmas Town in which he knows nothing about. The plot thickens when Jack becomes intrigued with Christmas Town and devises a plan to take over Christmas.

This movie is not just your average cinema flick. Tim Burton started his idea for the story with a poem he wrote in the 80's while working at Disney. After Disney thought the idea was too scary for kids, Tim turned to Touchstone Pictures to produce the film. He needed a lot of financial backing. To create this visual spectacle, Tim and his crew of magicians had to be innovative. After sketching what every character and scene would look like, they create everything by hand. The film was comprised of over 200 puppets. The main character Jack alone had over 400 heads for different expressions!

Tim recently had his work featured in MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art in NYC) which drew an enormous crowd that became the museums most visited exhibit to date. The collection consists of over 700 original pieces by Tim along with studio and collaborative work. The exhibit is now in Australia and will be going to the LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) in late May 2011 until October 31, 2011. If you haven't seen Tim Burton's website you should treat yourself for Halloween this year. Click Here

We at Asterisk Creative can appreciate the craftsmanship that goes into a project of this volume. To create a seamless story whether in video, web design, logo design or in a marketing plan it takes plenty of organization, sketching and thought. We carefully plan every move, like Tim, in order to make superior marketing and design decisions that tell a creative, compelling story.

Happy Halloween from all of us at Asterisk Creative!