Wallace and Gromit

Some few effects (particularly fire and smoke) within The Curse of the Were-Rabbit proved impossible to do in stop motion, and so were rendered on computer. Other games derived from hockey or its predecessors include the following:. There was even an explosion in The Auto Chef, part of the Cracking Contraptions shorts. In southern European countries (such as Spain, Portugal and Italy) and certain South American countries, especially Brazil and Argentina), the dominant form of hockey is Inline Hockey. For example, consider the soap suds in the window cleaning scene, and the projectile globs of porridge in Wallace's house. Rink hockey sticks have a curled "L" shape, and are about the same size as those in field hockey. As with Nick Park's previous films, the special effects achieved within the limitations of the stop motion technique were quite pioneering and ambitious. Modern ones have a hooked blade and are only curved right, whereas ice hockey sticks have a long blade that can lie flat on the playing surface when the stick is held upright and can be curved both ways.

This is probably very much thanks to the global success of Nick Park's Wallace and Gromit shorts and other films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas in the 1990s. Field hockey sticks are smaller than ice hockey sticks. Though painstaking and time-consuming, and, with the newer computer-generated imagery, no longer popularly used for feature film special effects as it was in 1933's King Kong or Ray Harryhausen's work, stop motion remains a much-loved style of animation. colleges, men in East Asia, and both sexes in Western Europe and Australia. just over one second of film photographed for each day of production. Field hockey is popular among women at U.S. General quotes on the speed of animation of a Wallace and Gromit film put the filming rate at typically around 30 frames per day - i.e. Today, Hockey Night in Canada, which first broadcast at the beginning of the wireless age, is roundly agreed to be the most popular show on Canadian television every Saturday night.

Because a second of film constitutes 24 separate frames, even a short half-hour film like A Close Shave takes a long time to animate well. Others argue that ice hockey started in Montréal, Québec. In common with other animation techniques, the stop motion animation in Wallace and Gromit may duplicate frames if there is little motion, and in action scenes sometimes multiple exposures per frame are used to produce a faux motion blur. Some assert that the game was started in the early 19th century, in Nova Scotia, by Scottish immigrants to Canada, who played on Skinner's Pond with sticks and skates, using cow dung as the puck. After detailed storyboarding, and set and plasticine model construction, the film was shot one frame at a time, moving the models of the characters slightly between to give the impression of movement in the final film. Ice hockey is played almost exclusively in the northern hemisphere and predominantly in colder regions such as Canada, Russia, the USA and northern Europe (particularly in Scandinavia). The Wallace and Gromit animations were shot using the old stop motion animation technique. For example, in North America, hockey refers to ice hockey, whereas in the UK the same word denotes field hockey.

. The dominant version of hockey in a particular region tends to be known simply as hockey, other forms being more fully specified. In Project Zoo, players exclusively control Gromit, but in Curse of the Were-Rabbit, gameplay shifts between the two, and even includes two-player cooperative play. The major forms of hockey are:. Gameplay for both titles is reminiscent of any third-person platformer released since the advent of Super Mario 64, with lots of jumping around in three-dimensional levels and collecting items. Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a hard, round disc, ball or hockey puck into the opponent's net or goal, past the goaltender or goalkeeper (often abbreviated goalie), using a hockey stick. In 2005, a video game of "The Curse of The Were-Rabbit" was released for home consoles, following the plot of the movie as the titular duo work as vermin-catchers, protecting customers' vegetable gardens from rabbits. The game is played with many of the same rules as regular ice hockey.

Hiding inside a giant wooden penguin, a parody of the famous Trojan horse, they infiltrate the zoo, and set about rescuing the animals and undoing Feathers' work. The players sit on sleds, and push themselves up and down the ice with picks on the butt end of their shortened hockey sticks. A quick spot of inventing back at the house, and they prepare to embark on their latest adventure. Sled Hockey is a form of ice hockey played by the disabled. As they go to visit the zoo to celebrate his birthday, they find the zoo closed. It uses a plastic puck and plastic sticks. Wallace and Gromit, meanwhile, have adopted one of the zoo's baby polar bears, named Archie. Gym Hockey is a form of hockey played in a gymnasium.

Still obsessed with diamonds, he escapes from the penguin enclosure of West Wallaby Zoo, where he was 'imprisoned' at the end of The Wrong Trousers, and takes over the entire zoo, kidnapping young animals and forcing their parents to work for him, helping him towards his ultimate goal - turning the zoo into a diamond mine. Hurling is an Irish game. This separate story sees the duo take on Feathers McGraw once more. Shinty is a Scottish Highlands game. In September 2003, a video game was released, entitled Wallace and Gromit in Project Zoo. The rules are basically the same as ice hockey, but one variation has an extra player on the ice called a "rover".
. A stick and puck are used as in hockey (the puck is a softer version called a "sponge puck"), and the same soft-soled shoes used in broomball are worn.

In a list of the 100 Greatest British Television Programmes drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted for by industry professionals, The Wrong Trousers was placed 18th. Spongee is a cross between ice hockey and broomball and is most popular in Manitoba, Canada. Park has consistently turned down requests for an ongoing television series because of the time and effort required for even a single episode. Instead of using skates, special shoes are used that have very soft rubbery soles to maximize grip while running around. Shopper 13 is of note for its references to sci-fi films, and space in general, in most of Wallace's lines:. Broomball is played on an ice hockey rink, but with a ball instead of a puck and a "broom" (actually a stick with a small plastic implement on the end) in place of the ice hockey stick. Each episode features one of Wallace's new inventions and Gromit's sceptical reaction to it. Ringette is an ice hockey variant that was designed for female players; it uses a straight stick and a rubber ring in place of a puck.

They were also broadcast on BBC One across the Christmas period in 2002. Because the game is played in the middle of the road, it is often interrupted by traffic, at which point someone will yell "car" and players stand to the side of the road to allow the vehicle to pass. A series of 10 short (2½ minute) Wallace and Gromit animations entitled Cracking Contraptions has appeared on the Internet and subsequently on a limited-edition VHS and Region 2 DVD. Games are usually informal with no referee and no set teams. These have been released as extras on DVD alongside the three short films. Street hockey is a version of ice hockey played (most typically) on residential streets with or without inline skates, on bare pavement. In addition, following the success of A Close Shave, the duo were used as BBC2's official Christmas campaign in 1995, appearing with the famous '2' in the main ident and several shorter versions for in between trailers. Underwater hockey is played on the bottom of a swimming pool.

The full-length feature film is:. Air hockey and table hockey are played on tables indoors. The original half-hour shorts were:. Shinny is an informal version of ice hockey. Wallace and Gromit have appeared in three half-hour films, an ident campaign, a series of short webcast animations, and also appear in a full-length feature film. Roller hockey is also known as rink hockey and Inline hockey.
. Roller hockey is a variant of ice hockey that is played on concrete, asphalt or (ideally) a roller rink using inline roller skates, and is often played by ice hockey players for training purposes when ice is not available.

The faults were either due to a faulty CCTV system or a faulty water heater. Floorball is played in sport halls. Recent reports have discovered the cause of the fire was an electrical fault in a ground floor office. It is in many ways field hockey played on ice. (BBC News: Fire hits Wallace and Gromit sets). Bandy is played with a ball on a football-sized ice arena, typically outdoors. The films themselves are unharmed having been stored at a separate location. Indoor field hockey is an indoor variation of field hockey.

Other figures, however, such as Wallace and Gromit travelling in their sidecar, were lost. This is popular throughout North America, though it has not yet made the jump to Europe. Some other models survived as they were part of a travelling exhibition at the time. They shoot into miniature goals as well. Creator Nick Park released a statement that the original Wallace and Gromit figures were in his suitcase on a world tour with him at the time. Players get down on their knees, using a miniature plastic stick, usually about 1 1/4 feet long. On October 10, 2005, a fire at a storage building in Bristol owned by Aardman Animations destroyed most of the props and sets used in the animated films. Mini Sticks is a form of hockey which is played in basements of houses.

He also listens to Bach and solves puzzles with ease. Most widely played in in North America and Europe. "Gromit was originally the name for a cat in another story!" Gromit enjoys eating 'KornFlakes' and reading many books including:. Ice hockey, played on ice with a small, 168-gram (6-oz) rubber disc called a puck. Nick Park, his creator says: "We are a nation of dog-lovers and so many people have said: 'My dog looks at me just like Gromit does!'" and.. Inline hockey, played in an indoor rink with a ball or or a plastic puck. Gromit doesn't express himself in words but his facial expressions -- particularly his eyebrow -- speak volumes. Field hockey, played with a ball on gravel, grass, sand- or water-based astroturf.

He is also very handy with electronic equipment (a grommet is a piece of electrical wiring insulation, a term Nick Park picked up from his brother, an electrician), and is sensitive, intelligent and resourceful. He likes knitting, reading the newspaper, his alarm clock, bone, brush and framed photo of himself with Wallace. His birthday is 12th February, and he graduated from "Dogwarts University" (a pun on Hogwarts of the Harry Potter books). Gromit is a dog who lives with Wallace.

For example, Wallace's method of getting up in the morning incorporates a bed that tips over to wake up its owner, an invention that was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 by Theophilus Carter, and is similar to a device sold in Japan that is used to ensure a certain wakeup time. Some of Wallace's contraptions actually are based on a real-life invention. Most of Wallace's inventions look not unlike the designs of Rube Goldberg and Heath Robinson, and Nick Park has said of Wallace that all his inventions are designed around the principle of using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. A very homely sort who doesn't mind the odd adventure.".

Nick Park, his creator says: "He's a very self-contained figure. He has a kindly nature, and is perhaps a little over-optimistic. He is an inveterate inventor, creating elaborate Heath Robinson-esque contraptions that often do not work as intended. He reads the Morning Post, the Afternoon Post, and the Evening Post, and occasionally "Ay-Up" magazine.

He enjoys a nice cup of tea or a drop of Bordeaux red for those special occasions. The thought of Lancashire hotpot keeps him going in a crisis. He loves cheese - preferably Wensleydale cheese. He can usually be found wearing a white shirt, brown wool trousers, green knitted vest and red tie.

Wallace lives at 62 West Wallaby Street, Wigan, Lancs [1]. . Wallace is voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis; Gromit remains silent. Wallace is an absent-minded inventor, cheese enthusiast (especially for Wensleydale cheese), and companion to the dog Gromit who appears to be rather more intelligent than his master.

This process is sometimes known as "claymation". All the characters were made from moulded Plasticine modelling clay on wire frames, and filmed with stop motion animation. Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series of three British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The program is "When Penguins Turn", suggesting thats how Feathers Macgraw turned evil.

During the telly scope episode, the telly (television) is on the wrong program. "The Edam is stranded! Quick Gromit, We'll have to launch the probe!". "I knew he'd make it!". "It's just one small step!".

"It's almost due for re-entry! I can see him!". "Gromit, we have a problem!". The Soccamatic'. The Snoozatron.

The Turbo Diner. The 525 Crackervac. The Bully Proof Vest. The Snowmanotron.

The Tellyscope. A Christmas Cardomatic. The Autochef. Shopper 13.

Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). A Close Shave (1995, won BAFTA Best Animation, won Oscar Best Short Film, Animated). The Wrong Trousers (1993, won BAFTA Best Animated Film, won Oscar Best Short Film, Animated). A Grand Day Out (1989, won BAFTA Best Animated Film, nominated for Oscar Best Short Film, Animated).

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NASA has now named one of its new prototype Mars explorer robots after Gromit. Many critics believe that Gromit's silence makes him the perfect straight man with a pantomime expressiveness that drew favourable comparisons to Buster Keaton. Sheep. Electronics For Dogs.

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