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Book SynopsisAnnabelle Honess Roe is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at the University of Surrey, UK. She is the author of
Animated Documentary (2013) which won the 2015 Society for Animation Studies McLaren-Lambart Award for Best Book. She is co-editor of
Vocal Projections: Voices in Documentary (Bloomsbury, 2018) and
The Animation Studies Reader (Bloomsbury, 2018).
Trade ReviewIn this book, the authors engage with all things Aardman through scholarly, diverse, accessible and ultimately intriguing approaches. It is essential reading for scholars, students and practitioners of stop motion animation and beyond. -- Dan Torre, Senior Lecturer, RMIT University, Australia
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Understanding Aardman Annabelle Honess Roe
Identity and Brand 1. ‘All you do is call me, I’ll be anything you need’ Aardman Animations, Music Videos and Commercials Malcolm Cook 2. Music, Sound and Northernness in the Wallace and Gromit Films Joseph Darlington 3. Lord and Master: Eccentricity, Nostalgia and Authority in the Work of Peter Lord Paul Wells 4. From Europe to Hollywood and Back Again: Aardman and its Studio Partners Christopher Meir
Cultural Contexts 5. Aardman’s Early Shorts and the British Social Realist Tradition Fatemeh Hosseini-Shakib 6. A Darker Heartland: Otherness, Dysfunction and the Uncanny in Aardman’s Short films Jane Batkin 7. Washed Up: Animating Literary Corpses in
The Pearce Sisters Nicholas Andrew Miller 8.
Wallace and Gromit and the British Fantasy Tradition Alexander Sergeant
Process and Production 9. Animation Storyboarding as Part of the Pre-Production Process: An Aardman Case Study Paul Ward 10. Life’s a Treat: Shaun, Timmy, Aardman and Children’s Television Linda Simensky 11.
Shaun the Sheep – Buster Keaton Reborn? Richard Haynes
Surface and Performance 12. Aardman’s Neo-Baroque: The Dual Nature of Special Effects in Aardman’s Feature Film Production Thomas Walsh 13. Performing Authenticity through Clay in the Wallace and Gromit Films Laura Ivins 14. Between Plasticine and Pixel: Aardman’s Digital Handprint Christopher Holliday 15. Aardman! In an Entanglement with CGI! Aylish Wood
