These last days before Easter holidays, we'll be watching an episode of Wallace & Grommit in the 1st year ESO classes (C & D). Here's some information about them:
Wallace and Gromit are the main characters in a series consisting of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. All the characters are made from moulded plasticine modelling clay on metal armatures, and filmed with stop motion clay animation.
Wallace, an absent-minded inventor living in Wigan, Lancashire, is a cheese enthusiast (especially for Wensleydale). His companion, Gromit, is an anthropomorphic intelligent dog. Wallace is voiced by veteran actor Peter Sallis; Gromit remains silent, communicating only through facial expressions and body language.
Because of their endearing personalities and their wide popularity, the characters have been described as positive international icons of modern British culture in particular and of the British people in general. The short films The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave and the full length feature The Curse of the Were-Rabbit received Academy Awards. The first short film A Grand Day Out, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Links:
- Follow them in their website clicking on their name above.
- Watch "THE WRONG TROUSERS" episode in Youtube: clicking on its name above.- Follow them in their website clicking on their name above.
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