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This book celebrates 40 years of the Aardman studio and showcases the evolution of the original ideas behind the creations - from initial playful outlines where the characters were developed sketch by sketch, through to beautiful concept art, creating the mood and building the settings for those memorable moments. Taking the reader on a tour through the Aardman archives, detailing the creation of fantastic worlds, mechanical marvels and the wonderful creations that come together to make some of the world's best-loved animations. With forwards from Peter Lord and David Sproxton, and featuring extracts from the sketchbooks of creators and directors including Nick Park, Peter Lord and Richard Starzak, this book is a celebration of all the artists and sculptors whose creativity has made Aardman one of the most loved and respected animation studios in the world.

Aardman Animations (Firm) --- Animation (Cinematography) --- Clay animation films --- Animated films

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The Bristol-based animation company Aardman is best known for its most famous creations Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep. But despite the quintessentially British aesthetic and tone of its movies, this very British studio continues to enjoy international box office success with movies such as Shaun the Sheep Movie, Flushed Away and Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit. Aardman has always been closely linked with one of its key animators, Nick Park, and its stop motion, Plasticine-modelled family films, but it has more recently begun to experiment with modern digital filmmaking effects that either emulate 'Claymation' methods or form a hybrid animation style. This unique volume brings together leading film and animation scholars with children's media/animation professionals to explore the production practices behind Aardman's creativity, its history from its early shorts to contemporary hits, how its films fit within traditions of British animation, social realism and fantasy cinema, the key personalities who have formed its ethos, its representations of 'British-ness' on screen and the implications of traditional animation methods in a digital era.

Animated films --- Animated television programs --- History and criticism. --- Aardman Animations (Firm)