I was literally watching Juno (again) yesterday and found myself wondering how they created the animation sequence during the opening credits. I had guessed that they just lowered the frame count of an actual video and used some effect to give the frames a hand drawn look, but it looked too nice to be some software effect.
Well, today I found my answer without even looking, via Chris Glass’s ever so handy “recent surfing” section. He linked to a Flickr photo set that documents the process. I was so happy to learn that they actually made it by hand with drawings and paper cutouts. I’m sure the difference between doing something by hand, and faking it on a computer is subtle these days, but that subtle difference adds a world of personality.
