When was wallace and gromit created

The idea for Gromit evolved from some very early sketches Nick Park drew in his student sketchbooks. Nick Park's early sketches of Gromit show him as being larger and rounder, too. Gromit is left-handed or pawed! Gromit's name was inpsired by Nick Park's older brother who was an electrician and could often be heard talking about grommets - rings or washers used in the trade, Nick thought this would make a great name for his canine creation.

It takes around 30 animators to create Gromit's performance on film. These skilled animators have to painstakingly animate every aspect of his movements.

The hardest parts of Gromit to animate are his paws. Gromit is made entirely from modelling clay, apart from his eyes and nose, which are simple beads, and the armature that runs through his body, like a skeleton. Just like most of the other characters created by Aardman Animations, Gromit is made from Newplast, a modelling clay made in Newton Abbott, Devon.

One country, I think it was Finland, dubbed him. They actually gave him a voice — like he was lacking one! Wallace only loves cheese because I wasn't au fait with scriptwriting as a student. I just started off with a guy building a rocket in his basement. Then I thought he needs someone to talk to and a reason to go to the moon — and the only thing I could come up with was him believing it's made of cheese.

The first script would've made a four-hour film. At one point, there was a moon McDonald's that served banana milkshakes. It was going to be like that Star Wars scene with all the aliens in the bar. When Aardman took me on, their first advice was how to cut something down so that it's makeable in four years.

A Grand Day Out took me seven in total. I had a number of ideas kicking around for The Wrong Trousers, which followed in One was this pair of techno trousers that allowed Wallace to walk up walls; another was the penguin lodger, Feathers McGraw.

Peter Lord, Aardman's founder, said to me: "What if he was a villain? The train chase is something I'd never seen done before in stopframe animation. None of us knew how to do it — or even if it could work. In Tom and Jerry chases, you used to get the background whizzing by and repeating itself, so we tried the same.

We built a 20ft long living room wall, 2ft high, and fixed the camera to the train, and filmed on a long shutter speed so the background looked blurry. It was quite a feat. The Wrong Trousers had two or three animators, and we'd be off setting up another set while one was being shot.

Later, on our bigger feature films, we'd shoot over 18 months, with 25 to 30 animators and a crew of up to shooting on 25 sets at once. As director, I like to act each scene through first, so I can check the looks, speed or impact I'm after. We made The Curse of the Were-Rabbit with Dreamworks, and it was often a struggle to keep things as we wanted.

They'd say: "Why do they have to have an Austin A35? Can't they have a pickup truck or something cool? Sandra Bell, the Wensleydale Creamery's marketing chief, said: 'The Wallace and Gromit effect has certainly raised the awareness of British cheese as a whole and has been particularly helpful with Wensleydale.

With an outfit so flashy, Gromit certainly needed those Raybans! After the great success of Wallace and Gromit's previous adventures, it was announced on October 3rd that the famous duo would return to the small screen in a brand new baking-themed adventure for Christmas ! The world of Wallace and Gromit was recreated in the exhibition, complete with mad machines, giant cabbages, villainous rabbits, extensive research library on cheese, improbable collections — one illustrating the evolution of the welly boot — and kitchen cupboards stuffed with the packets and jars fondly remembered from Nick Park's own childhood in Preston, Lancashire.

The exhibition was so successful that it moved to Newcastle and Glasgow after its time in London, attracting over , visitors throughout the tour. In March Wallace and Gromit teamed up with Npower to promote energy efficiency in the home! As a topic well-known to Wallace since the conversion of his home into a wind powered 'Top Bun' bakery, he and Gromit seemed to be the perfect team to get the message across in a series of TV ads, posters and an online game!

Luckily for Gromit, everything turns out OK in the end! To commemorate the occasion, our favourite animated duo hijacked the Google homepage doodle for the day, laying out their workbench to spell out the name of the famous search engine. Cracking stuff! Keen-eyed collectors armed with a magnifying glass would have seen that the envelope being posted by Gromit on the 1st Class stamp features the actual 1st Class stamp!

In Wallace and Gromit made a return to TV presenting a brand new show all about inventions and inspiring the next generation of creative thinkers! In World of Invention, Wallace decided to turn his hand to TV presenting and take an eccentric look at some cracking real-life contraptions — accompanied by his faithful side-kick turned camera-dog Gromit.

In , Wallace and Gromit got a stylish makeover by Chocolate in Hong Kong when they dressed shop windows as part of their campaign to promote a new range of merchandise.

Looking very smart, boys! Fans can try out the Chat-o-Matic for themselves by downloading it from the App Store. Wallace and Gromit took part in a very special proms performance in the UK on the 29th July , where Gromit debuted a special violin solo called My Concerto in Ee, Lad, while Wallace tried to keep things together backstage! For the first time ever, fans also got the chance to watch A Matter of Loaf and Death with a live orchestral accompaniment from the Aurora Orchestra.

The celebrations continued throughout summer with a bunt-a-thon, model making workshops and adventure trails. In Christmas , Wallace and Gromit starred in an ad for Google Hangouts to help families stay in touch over the holiday period! The ad showed them logging on to celebrate Christmas with their woolly friend Shaun the Sheep, Ginger from Chicken Run as well as Trixie and Captain Cuddlepuss from Creature Comforts — the first time that a mixture of Aardman characters have ever appeared in the same film!

Blackpool pleasure beach. Fans ride the Thrill-O-Matic in a giant slipper-shaped carriage that transports them through the colourful world of Wallace and Gromit, including lots of the classic scenes from each film. After the trail ended, all 80 Gromit sculptures took up residence together for a grand exhibition in Bristol, where over 25, visitors queued for up to 6 hours to see the hounds.

The sculptures were transformed by an array of artists, illustrators, fashion designers and musicians, including Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham and fellow Aardman designers Gavin Strange and Richard Webber; along with world-renowned milliner Philip Treacy, whose hats are worn by members of the Royal family and famous Hong Kong celebrities.

In summer of , WallaceandGromit. They also have their very own dedicated YouTube channel , showcasing clips from their classic adventures, promotional partners and a look behind the scenes on the production of their films! In June we said goodbye to the actor Peter Sallis, the voice of Wallace. Over 60 giant sculptures were displayed across the city, including Wallace and Feathers McGraw sculptures too.