Aardman

RESEARCH ON AARDMAN.

• -         Peter Lord and David Sproxton began their animating partnership at school and then they registered the name of Aardman Animation in 1972.

• -         They were always interested in developing an adult audience so created Conversation pieces which was televised in 1982 by channel 4

• -         Peter and David met Nick park at the nation film and television school and then Nick joined Aardman full time in 1986

• -         1989 They created Lip synch, which one the 1990 academy award for best-animated short film.

• -         1993 Aardman won an Oscar for ‘The wrong Trousers’, which was 30 minutes long, won over 30 awards and became the one of the most successful animated films ever.

• -         Chicken run was the first full-length theatrical feature film which was funded by DreamWorks, and released in June 2000. It was grossed over $220M at the worldwide box office

• -         2002 released cracking contraptions series of Wallace and Gromit films. Which was then later shown on BBC1

• -         Then created the first feature film of Wallace and Gromit ‘The curse of the were-rabbit’ in 2005

• -         Top of the charts in us and UK and earned awards just as Academy Award for the Best animated feature film and BAFTA for Best British film

• -         Flushed away the studio’s first Computer Generated film released in Nov 2006

• -         Shaun the Sheep was created in 2007.

• Aardmans characters all have a distinct look and most share certain features that are similar as well.