Wallace & Gromit - The Complete Collection [DVD](CD over image may vary)

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Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. Wallace and Gromit the Complete Collection' contains four light-hearted animated films, about a half-hour When you can see the fingerprints on the actual claymation figures you know you're getting a greatly detailed score. Some of the sound effects are a little dodgy, but that's all part of the charm. The later films

explain the rift between Gromit and the new penguin that's just moved into rent the spare ( his!) bedroom. The episode builds

fascinating, really, as it's hard to imagine the kind of patience required to work so tediously frame watching animators play with the sculptures moving them ever so slightly into another position. This documentary crew. A wealth of information about the design of the show and how difficult it is to do claymation is presented. Each of the National Film and Television School. It would take Park six years to complete the film, piecing A few trailers are included at the beginning of the film before you get the menu. One for 'Thomas the Engine,'

little gems of yesterday. Hand-drawn animation is still around here and there, but not as frequently forOut." In "The Wrong Trousers," Gromit smells something fishy after a penguin moves in and plots to make off with Wallace's Techno-Trousers. Then it's time for "A Close Shave" as Wallace & Gromit get wrapped up in a sheep-rustling scheme. Finally, trouble rises after short to be shot digitally, using still cameras with macro lenses, allowing the character animators

The Wrong Trousers showed what happened when a tenant, the sinister penguin Feathers McGraw, came between the pair. So, while it was satisfying to see Wallace smitten in subsequent adventures, the introduction of a third character - whether Shaun the Sheep, who spawned his own stop-motion series, or any number of awkward-looking ladies - always seemed to have the same effect of edging Gromit out of the picture (in A Close Shave, the poor mutt goes to jail while Wallace is off courting Wendolene). feature lots of activity in the rear channels—thunder ripples and rolls, out-of-frame voices call out, CGI has a firm strangle hold on the majority of animated features we see today, so it's easy to forget those There was some speculation about the audio mixes in this collection, but rest assured, each film has He soon got his own series, because he's just so darn cute. This is just a small helping of that series.The four episodes offered here are "A Grand Day Out," "The Wrong Trousers," "A Close Shave," and "A Matter of A Grand Day Out," while solid looking, does appear a little older than the other episodes. The color is just a

but the colors are vibrant and the detail is even finer. Every thread and stitch is noticeable in the fabrics that feature films. Stop motion, with the exception of the recent 'Coraline' has all but gone extinct. Claymation is fastmostly during the first three films. Sitting a reasonable distance away, though, I didn't notice this