Aardman Animation: Behind The Scenes

The folks from Hey You Guys recently had a chance to visit the actual Aardman Animation studious to get a behind the scenes look at the Pirates! : Band Of Misfits movie currently in production. I was kind of surprised that they were animating this with claymation, because I had assumed they had switched to CG with their recent projects of Flushed Away and Arthur Christmas.

Its a pleasant surprise to see this entire project being executed with classic stop motion techniques, a practice that I thought disappeared following the massive fire that destroyed most of their props, models and scenery back in 2005. Good to hear that this art form is still alive and well.