Come and meet some of the actual puppets created for the film, with live introduction before settling down for the screening followed by Q&A.
Sunday 12 December 2.30pm
CORPSE BRIDE (PG) 2015
Tim Burton
Film Screening plus talk, demonstration and Q&A by the film’s incredible puppet makers Mackinnon & Saunders
Full £7.50 | Concession £5.00 | Family Ticket £7.50
About the film
Corpse Bride is a 2005 British-American stop-motion-animated musical fantasy film directed by Mike Johnson and Tim Burton with a screenplay by John August, Caroline Thompson and Pamela Pettler based on characters created by Burton and Carlos Grangel.
The plot is set in a fictional Victorian era village in Europe. Johnny Depp leads the cast as the voice of Victor, while Helena Bonham Carter voices Emily, the titular bride. Corpse Bride is the third stop-motion feature film produced by Burton and the first directed by him (the previous two films, The Nightmare Before Christmas and James and the Giant Peach, were directed by Henry Selick). This is also the first stop-motion feature from Burton that was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was dedicated to executive producer Joe Ranft, who died during production.
We are delighted to welcome Peter Saunders who, along with Ian Mackinnon, headed up the creation of the puppets for Tim Burton’s blockbuster The Corpse Bride.
About Mackinnon & Saunders
Ian Mackinnon and Peter Saunders are Creative Directors / Executive Producers and co-founders of Mackinnon & Saunders Ltd. Ian and Peter’s talented team have worked on a huge range of TV series, short films, commercials and feature films. Their work includes puppets for popular TV shows such as Postman Pat, Bob the Builder, Scream Street, Pingu, Koala Brothers, Rastamouse, Strange Hill High, Raa Raa the Noisy Lion, Twirlywoos and the new Clangers. Feature film work includes Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox and Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie.
Mackinnon & Saunders also produce TV commercials (Taco Bell for Deutsch LA, 2017) and develop entertainment programmes for children’s TV, including the award-winning BBC TV series Frankenstein’s Cat and Raa Raa the Noisy Lion.
In 2013, Mackinnon & Saunders Digital Studios was launched as a joint venture with Komixx Entertainment. The studio’s first production was a 2D digital animation series called Wanda and the Alien (Channel 5).