1. Aardman
Animation Studios
Bryn Hughes

2. Brief History
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as
Aardman Studios, which was founded in 1972 by
Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is a British
animation studio based in Bristol, United
Kingdom. The studio is known for films made
using stop-motion clay animation
techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine
characters Wallace and Gromit. However, it
successfully entered the computer animation
market with Flushed Away (2006).

3. Key Films / Creations - Wallace &
Gromit's Cracking Contraptions
• Wallace & Gromit's Cracking Contraptions was released
on 15th October 2002, directed by Loyd Price and
Christopher Sadler, produced by Harry Linden and
Peter Lord, written by Merlin Crossingham, Seamus
Malone, Nick Park, Loyd Price, Christopher Sadler and
Mike Salter and starring Peter Sallis as Wallace.
Wallace, an absent-minded inventor living in
Wigan, Lancashire, is a cheese enthusiast who is
especially fond of Wensleydale. His
companion, Gromit, is an anthropomorphic intelligent
dog. Wallace is voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis;
Gromit remains silent, communicating only through
facial expressions and body language.

4. Key Films / Creations - Shaun the
Sheep
• Shaun the sheep was released on 5th March 2007, It was
directed by Richard Goleszowski and Christopher
Sadler, produced by David Sproxton, Peter Lord, Nick
Park, Julie Lockhart and Gareth Owen, developed by
Richard Goleszowski, Alison Snowden and David Fine and
starring John Sparkes, Justin Fletcher, Kate Harbour, Richard
Webber and Jo Allen. A premise of the series is that Shaun
the sheep exhibits human intelligence, creativity, and
behavior in a farm setting, which usually provides a
situational comedy conflict which Shaun must resolve
before the end of each episode. Recurring themes include
the characters evading the sheepdog Bitzer and avoiding
discovery by the Farmer.

5. Key Films / Creations – Angry kid
• Angry kid was released on 1st January 1999, It was directed and
created by Darren Walsh, written by Darren Walsh and Mike Cooper
and also starred Darren Walsh. Angry Kid is sitting in the back of
Dad's car with a tissue. He then asks Dad, "Are we there yet?".
"NO!", shouts the frustrated Dad. Angry Kid loudly blows his
nose, saying that he's got "snot blocks". Annoyed, Dad tells Angry
Kid to not push his luck, or he'll take him to the children's home.
Angry Kid tells Dad that he doesn't love him. He says that it's not
fair. "Shut up!", Dad angrily tells his son. Feeling bad, Angry Kid then
whips Dad with the tissue. Dad eventually gives up and tells Angry
Kid that he's taking him to the children's home. Scared, Angry Kid
begs Dad not to. When Dad doesn't reassure him, Angry Kid ties the
tissue around his mouth and writes on a piece of paper, "Help!
Kidnap," and then shows it to a passing police car. When the police
car starts honking its horn at Dad. Angry Kid then cackles
evilly, thinking that his plan is going to work.

6. Key Films / Creations - The Pirates! In
an Adventure with Scientists
• The Pirates was released on 28th March 2012, directed
by Peter Lord and Jeff Newitt (co-director), produced
by Julie Lockhart, Peter Lord, Carla Shelley and David
Sproxton, written by Gideon Defoe and starring Hugh
Grant, Salma Hayek, Jeremy Piven, Imelda Staunton
and David Tennant. Not since "Moby-Dick,.".No, not
since "Treasure Island,.". Actually, not since Jonah and
the Whale has there been a sea saga to rival "The
Pirates In an Adventure with Scientists," featuring the
greatest sea-faring hero of all time, the immortal Pirate
Captain, who, although he lives for months at a time at
sea, somehow manages to keep his beard silky and in
good condition.

7. Key Characters
• Peter Lord (born 1953 in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a British film producer,
director and co-founder of the Academy award-winning Aardman Animations
studio, an animation firm best known for its clay animated films and shorts,
particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace &Gromit.
• David Sproxtonis one of the co-founders (together with Peter Lord) of the
Aardman Animations studio.David graduated from Collingwood College, University
of Durham before starting as an animator, producing segments for the Vision On
TV program, Sproxton and Lord created the character of Morph for Take Hart
(which featured Tony Hart, the artist from Vision On).He is credited as the
cinematographer for the BAFTA Award nominated War Story, and the Oscar
nominated Adam, as well as the Oscar winning Creature Comforts directed by Nick
Park.Other production credits include Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse
of the Were-Rabbit and Arthur Christmas.In May 2006, Sproxton (along with Peter
Lord) visited the "Aardman Exhibit" at the Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan,
where he met HayaoMiyazaki.Miyazaki has long been a fan of the Aardman
Animation works.[1] Sproxton was created a Commander of the British Empire
(CBE) on 17 June 2006.

8. Links / sources
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_%26_Gromit%27
s_Cracking_Contraptions
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_and_Gromit
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaun_the_Sheep
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angry_Kid
• http://angrykid.wikia.com/wiki/Kidnap
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pirates!_In_an_Adve
nture_with_Scientists_(film)#Home_media
• http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/225314.The_P
irates_In_an_Adventure_with_Scientists