The Craft Of ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’: How The Stop Motion Team Brought A “Hollywood Feel” To The Handcrafted World
deadline.comNot only is stop motion one of the most complicated forms of animation, it’s also reliant on having some of the most talented, and patient, craftspeople in the business.
That’s something Aardman Animations, the studio behind Oscar-nominated film Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, is certainly known for.
Deadline spoke with six key craftspeople – editor Dan Hembery, cinematographer Dave Alex Riddett, production designer Matt Perry, puppet designer Anne King, supervising animator Will Becher and VFX supervisor Howard Jones – as well as producer Richard Beek and directors Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham to discuss how they bring their clay puppets to life.
One of the most involved scenes in the Netflix film takes place at the end, where Gromit pursues Feathers through an aqueduct on a “high-speed” boat chase.
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