Stop motion animation

Animators Research

Model Based Animation – Nick Park

Wallace and Gromit in a scene from A Grand Day out, the first of their four animated adventures

 

Model maker: Nick Park with his creations Wallace and Gromit

Nick Park was born on December 6^th 1958 and he is an English filmmaker of stop motion animation and he is best known for his work of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep.

Below is a scene from Wallace and Gromit a grand day out which is the first of their 4 animated adventures created in 1989 as well as an image of Nick Parks himself creating all the models of the characters for the animation.

Shaun the Sheep first aired on CBBC in the UK in 2007. It has now been broadcast in 180 countries around the world. Below is an image of the character Shaun the sheep. Also there is an image of the characters on set being moved into position.