The creators of
Chicken Run and the Wallace & Gromit series share the inside story of their Oscar award-winning animation company.
Aardman Animations was founded in 1972 by Peter Lord and David Sproxton. Joined by animator Nick Park in 1985, Aardman pioneered a quirky, lovable style of stop-motion animation and brought to life a string of unforgettable movies and television shows, includingĀ the highest-grossing stop-animated film of all time,
Chicken Run.
WithĀ
A Grand Success!,Ā Lord, Sproxton, and Park tell the 45-year history of Aardman. From their first short films, made on a lark on their kitchen table, to advertisements and music videos,Ā
A Grand Success!Ā recounts the adventures and challenges of developing their own unique style, growing their business, working with famous actors, and conquering Hollywood, all while animating at 24 painstaking moves per second.
- 350 pages
- English
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AnimationTable of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword by Matt Groening
- Introduction by Nick Park
- Prologue: Letās put on a showĀ .Ā .Ā .
- 1. Teenage Kicks
- 2. Meta-Morph-Osis
- 3. A New Decade
- 4. Nick Park
- 5. Moving on Up
- 6. Oscar Fever
- 7. Growing Pains
- 8. A Pitch in Time
- 9. Lost in New York
- 10. Chicken Run
- 11. A Fable Too Far
- 12. Rabbits and Rats
- 13. Such Sweet Sorrow
- 14. Up in Smoke
- 15. A Statement Building
- 16. Shaun the Sheep the Superstar
- 17. Bristol
- 18. Celebrities on Set
- 19. Where Do We Go from Here?
- Acknowledgements
- Index of Searchable Terms
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