Travis Knight explains that Laika had to push stop-motion boundaries for 'WILDWOOD' because the film demanded sweeping camera moves that feel elegant, alive, handheld, and cinematic. Achieving those specific visual qualities in stop-motion is really challenging since every movement must be programmed frame by frame. The process involves moving physical objects slightly between thousands of photographs on a set with lights and a camera. A camera used in this miniature world is roughly the size of a Prius. Creating big sweeping epic shots with an emotional story required treating the production like a live-action film. These big sweeping camera movements, having something that feels elegant, alive, handheld, and cinematic in stop-motion, is really challenging. But that's what this movie required.