The Rotoscopers gang is back with some exciting news! They also cover new territories this episode by diving into stop-motion animation and animated shorts. The main discussion focuses on the four classic Wallace & Gromit shorts.

Highlights:

• Big News! Now apart of the Hypable Podcast Network
  
• Winner for ‘The Art of Brave’ contest announced!
• Animation Spotlight: stop-motion animation
• What is stop motion? Is all stop motion claymation?
• Is stop motion more technical than hand-drawn or CGI animation?
• Jurassic Park was going to be stop motion?! WHAT?!
• Mason expounds the wonders of stop motion in Star Wars and other films over the years
• Main Discussion: The Wallace & Gromit shorts
• Director’s Spotlight: Nick Park
• The Simpsons’ episode “Angry Dad the Movie”; “I’m more clay than man.”
• Animated shorts spoofs: Mixar’s Condiments & Nick Park’s Willis & Crumble
• A Grand Day Out (1989):Can you SAY claymation?!
• Wallace and Gromit saved the Wensleydale cheese factory!
• The Wrong Trousers (1993):the jump in quality is shocking!
• How do they do they animate water and floating objects?
• Mason loves creepy penguins & Mason’s conspiracy theories
• Trivia: Let’s play the name game!
• A Close Shave (1995): say hello to Shaun the Sheep
• Wallace is the king of hand touching
• Tiny Toons Adventures and WB TV tangent
• Wallace’s pick up lines
• A Matter of Loaf and Death (2008)
• Is the W&G mystery/crime theme over done?
• Last thoughts, favorite shorts and ratings
• Listener question & mail bag
• And of course…bloopers!

Runtime: 1:29:48, 41.2 MB

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