Editing Corpse Bride (section)

==Production==
===Development===
The film is based on a 17th-century [[Jewish folklore|Jewish folktale]], which [[Joe Ranft]] introduced to Burton while they were finishing ''[[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://forward.com/opinion/506699/jewish-corpse-bride-buried-in-wedding-gown-tim-burton/ |title='Buried in a wedding gown: The real-life 'Corpse Bride' haunting my childhood |last=Levin Millan |first=Harriet |date=July 20, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Forward]] |access-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016120110/https://forward.com/opinion/506699/jewish-corpse-bride-buried-in-wedding-gown-tim-burton/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The film began production in November 2003, while Burton was wrapping up ''[[Big Fish]]''. His next live-action feature, ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]],'' was produced simultaneously with ''Corpse Bride''.<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1">{{cite web |title=Marrying Stop Motion and CGI for "The Corpse Bride" |url=https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news-features/marrying-stop-motion-and-cgi-corpse-bride-395962 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708044840/https://www.creativeplanetnetwork.com/news-features/marrying-stop-motion-and-cgi-corpse-bride-395962 |archive-date=July 8, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2014 |publisher=Creative Planet Network}}</ref> Co-director [[Mike Johnson (animator)|Mike Johnson]] spoke about how they took a more organic approach to directing the film, saying: "In a co-directing situation, one director usually handles one sequence while the other handles another. Our approach was more organic. Tim knew where he wanted the film to go as far as the emotional tone and story points to hit. My job was to work with the crew on a daily basis and get the footage as close as possible to how I thought he wanted it."<ref name="creativeplanetnetwork1" />[[File:Tim Burton by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Tim Burton]] co-directed the film.]]
===Visual effects===
[[File:Johnny Depp 2, 2011.jpg|thumb|left|upright|[[Johnny Depp]] filmed ''[[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film)|Charlie and the Chocolate Factory]]'' and recorded dialogue for ''Corpse Bride'' simultaneously.]]
In a 2005, interview with [[About.com]], Burton spoke about the differences between directing ''Corpse Bride'' and ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', saying: "The difference on that was that one I had designed completely. It was a very completed package in my mind. I felt like it was there. I felt more comfortable with it. With this, it was a bit more organic. It was based on an old folk tale. We kept kind of changing it but, you know, I had a great co-director with Mike Johnson. I feel like we complemented each other quite well. It was just a different movie, a different process."<ref name="about1">{{cite web |url=http://movies.about.com/od/thecorpsebride/a/corpsetb092005.htm |title=Tim Burton Interview on Corpse Bride, Johnny Depp |publisher=Movies.about.com |date=March 4, 2014 |access-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310050409/http://movies.about.com/od/thecorpsebride/a/corpsetb092005.htm}}</ref> He also spoke about casting [[Johnny Depp]] as Victor, saying: "It was weird because we were doing both at the same time. He was Willy Wonka by day and Victor by night so it might have been a little schizophrenic for him. But he’s great. It's the first animated movie he's done and he's always into a challenge. We just treat it like fun and a creative process. Again, that’s the joy of working with him. He's kind of up for anything. He just always adds something to it. The amazing thing is all the actors never worked [together]. They were never in a room together, so they were all doing their voices, except for Albert [Finney] and Joanna [Lumley] did a few scenes together, everybody else was separate. They were all kind of working in a vacuum, which was interesting. That’s the thing that I felt ended up so beautifully, that their performances really meshed together. So he was very canny, as they all were, about trying to find the right tone and making it work while not being in the same room with each other."<ref name="about1" />