"Inside the Mind of Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid': Interviews and Animated Sequences"
The 12-minute stop-motion sequence in Ari Aster's "Beau Is Afraid" was originally planned to be stagecraft, but was later changed to half animation and half artificial sets. The animation was coordinated by Jorge Cañada Escorihuela, who helped plan the practical shoot with sets and green screen, created the workflow, and assembled several hundred assets from Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña. The stop-motion was the primary technique used, including paintings on large canvases, models sculpted and destroyed, and paper flowers and trees that grew through time-lapse photography.