Wallace and Gromit – the eccentric, cheese-loving inventor and his faithful, long-suffering dog – started life in 1985 in Nick Park’s A Grand Day Out, a film he had started while attending Britain’s National Film and Television school. Gromit actually began as a cat in another story and initially Wallace didn’t have a name, but since then the pair have been catapulted to international fame and captured the hearts of millions, along with a cast of characters that includes the adorable Shaun the Sheep, the dastardly penguin Fingers and the long-suffering lady friend Wendolene.
From an idea doodled in a sketchbook to three fully realised feature films, the secrets of the model-making shop, the set-design shop and the animation studios are all revealed here for the very first time. Including previously unseen original concept artwork from Nick Park and insights into stop-motion animation, this book looks at the establishment of the characters as global property through innovative marketing, major advertising campaigns and must-have merchandise. The World of Wallace & Gromit will explore the way in which two animated characters from Bristol were taken to the heart of the British public and became a much-loved global phenomenon.
- ISBN10 0752215582
- ISBN13 9780752215587
- Publish Date 3 September 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 July 2008
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Boxtree Ltd
- Edition Unabridged edition
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English