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‘Wallace & Gromit,’ ‘Memoir of a Snail’ Helmers Spill the Secrets Behind Their Stop-Motion Oscar Contenders
'Wallace & Gromit’ ‘Memoir of a Snail’ filmmakers spill the sercrets behind their stop-motion Oscar contenders.
One is the part of a long tradition by a beloved British filmmaking team (Aardman) and the other is an indie film by a lauded auteur (Adam Elliot) from Australia. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl” helmer Nick Park also won three Academy Awards for his stop motion shorts: “Creature Comforts” (1990), “The Wrong Trousers” (1993) and “A Close Shave” (1995). For Elliot, who produced his film with help from the Australian government’s arts funding, the key for “Memoir of a Snail” was finding techniques that would allow him to tell the story he developed over the course of many years, while also carefully watching his budget.
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