Editing Corpse Bride (section)

===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.]]