Part C Arts Hero

I have chosen Nick Park, I have chosen this person because he has influenced me to do animation.

The very first animation that got me interested was * Wallace and Gromit* The very first film I have seen of it, is called * Wallace and Gromit: A grand day out* I had watched this film a number of times and it had gave me an idea to make my own animations. Throughout the years I have watched Nick Parks film and short films, This has gave me new ideas on how to do animation and what standard I should be able to go to. Nick park was born in Brook field park in Preston in Lancashire.

He is the middle child, of five siblings. He was born to Mary Cecilia Ashton (born 1930)and Roger Wulstan Park (born 1925 died 2004) In 1985, he joined the staff of Aardman Animations in Bristol, where he worked as an animator on commercial products. In 1990 Nick Park worked alongside advertising agency GGK to develop a series of highly acclaimed television advertisements for the "Heat Electric" campaign.

 The Creature Comforts advertisements are now regarded as among the best advertisements ever shown on British television. Wallace and Gromit shorts, The Wrong Trousers (1993) and A Close Shave (1995), followed, both winning Oscars. In September 2007, it was announced that Nick Park had been commissioned to design a bronze statue of Wallace and Gromit, which will be placed in his home town of Preston. In October 2007 it was announced that the BBC had commissioned another Wallace &
Gromit short film to be entitled Trouble at Mill.


Nick park is the creator of Wallace and Gromit and is the leader of Aardman animations, he is well known for the animated film "Chicken Run" and "Morph" Here is the main website for AARDMAN, http://www.aardman.com/ As you can see the main page is full of little Animated people that you can click on to go to different pages on the website.

Nick park also created Creature Comforts, which is animals being interviewed, this show would sometimes be on television and it lasts around 3 minutes.

Here is some software that AARDMAN have made for people to use at home, this is called "ANIMATE IT!" Its a simple animating software to use and it is easy for young children to use if they like to do stop motion. http://www.aardstore.com/*/Toys/Animate-It-Morph-Edition-Contains-I-Can-Animate-Software/1B4U01AX000?back=*%2FToys%2F#.UcBSDxyYVmg


This is a story board of gromit, the first part of animating.

This story board is gromit from "The matter of loaf and death" Starter story board.

Here are all the films that Nick Park took part in over the years.

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Writer	Animator	Notes
1989	Creature Comforts	Yes		Yes	Yes	Short film
1989	Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out	Yes		Yes	Yes
1993	Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers	Yes		Yes	Yes
1995	Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave	Yes		Yes	Yes
2000	Chicken Run	Yes	Yes	Yes		Co-directed with Peter Lord
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Yes	Yes	Yes		Co-directed with Steve Box
2008	Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death	Yes	Yes	Yes		Short film

Here are the film nominations that Nick Park took part in.

Year	Nominated For	Award	Category	Result[4]
1990	Creature Comforts	BAFTA	Best Animated Film	Nominated
	Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out	BAFTA	Best Animated Film	Won
1991	Creature Comforts	Oscar	Best Animated Short Film	Won
	Wallace & Gromit: A Grand Day Out	Oscar	Best Animated Short Film	Nominated
1994	Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers	BAFTA	Best Animated Film	Won
	Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers	Oscar	Best Animated Short Film	Won
1996	Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave	BAFTA	Best Animated Film	Won
	Wallace & Gromit: A Close Shave	Oscar	Best Animated Short Film	Won
2001	Chicken Run	BAFTA	Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Nominated
2004	Creature Comforts	BAFTA	Comedy Programme or Series Award	Nominated
2005	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	Oscar	Best Animated Feature	Won
2006	Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit	BAFTA	Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film	Won
2008	Creature Comforts	Emmy Award	Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)	Nominated
2009	Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death	BAFTA	Best Short Animation	Won
2010	Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death	Oscar	Best Animated Short Film	Nominated

 
After morph had be released for a while AARDMAN put out a "Make your own morph" So people can make their own animations with morph or create a different style of character of morph.

Here are some images:

Nick park himself.

                           
Nick Park with the life size Wallace and Gromit figures.

Here are the two characters "Wallace and Gromit"

This is the main Aardman logo

This is the hand made set for the most recent animated film by aardman, called "PIRATES in an adventure with scientists"

This picture is the children's TV show called "Shaun the sheep"

Here is the set of "Shaun the sheep"

Here is the character of one of the first animated tv shows, called "Morph" This character was completely made out of a ball of plastercine and then used the props in the background as different things lying around, and that they were useful in the making of morph.

Here are some clips of the  animations.

Wallace and gromit Clips:

In the wrong trousers

A grand day out

Loaf of death trailer

Pirates in the adventure with scientist clips:

Trailer

Shaun the sheep clip:

The cheetah

Morph Clip:

Ice Cream