How a tiny short film grew to a big tiny feature film – with its heart intact.

The three original short films, directed and animated by Dean Fleischer-Camp:

Dean Fleischer-Camp, together with co-writer and voice of Marcel, Jenny Slate, and animation director Kirsten Lepore, discuss working to make things feel organic and whimsical within the meticulous planning of the stop-motion animation process of the feature adaptation (via Oscars):

This side-by-side clip…

… is taken from a more detailed look at the use of compositing to blend live action footage with stop motion elements, to give Marcel… its unique look and feel (via The New York Times).

“We’ve made this movie three times,” not counting the original shorts, as this behind-the-scenes featurette shows – from the audio edit, to the “living cartoon” animatic, to the live action footage which incorporates the animated Marcel (via Cinevizual):