The film took over nine years to make with just a thirty minute fragment, not including work on the script, sketches, storyboards, making dolls and scenery, taking more than a year to make. Each day, the animator can record about five seconds of video. Animators revealed despite the difficulties in expressing the puppets in terms of expressions like singing or grimacing, they are more amenable to the animators and therefore are more pleasant to work with. Animators for the film continue to note that working with puppet films are invigorating and have certain surprises that might go unnoticed while only watching the film. Director Sokolov explains, a special atmosphere is evident only in stop-motion that uses "real space and genuine textures."