Ysmael Cruz

English Coursework

                                The Wrong Trousers

“The Wrong Trousers” is a Clay Animation Production (where all characters are made out of clay). Created by Nick Park (a famous Animator) in 1993, “The Wrong Trousers” stars Wallace and Gromit in their second animated adventure (they were first introduced to British Viewers in 1990 in another Nick Park production “A Grand Day Out”.) In this particular adventure we see how bad things can get when technology gets into the wrong hands…

“The Wrong Trousers” was created by a clever technique called Clay Animation (Claymation). This technique requires the use of Plasticine to create models for the entire animation cast, this being things such as the Characters, Objects in the Room, etc. Every time a position is set up it is photographed and then classified as a cell. After the first cell is created, the animators will then make the slightest changes to the characters, etc and then take another photograph in order to produce another cell. Thousands of these cells are made and then edited together to produce the animation, these are then voiced over and undergo a final edit in which the Animation is complete. Nick Park is one of the most influential people in the promotion of Clay Animation as he has produced the Wallace and Gromit series as well as others such as “Chicken Run” and “Creature Comforts”. He has used new advances in technology to bring Clay Animation to new heights, an example of this can be found in the high speed train chase in “The Wrong Trousers”.

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“The Wrong Trousers” is an all round comedy that is aimed at audiences of all ages. It is able to do this as it combines various different types of comedy into one enjoyable adventure. “The Wrong Trousers” shows us that slapstick humour (which is more suited for Children) can be intertwined with subtle humour (more suited for Adults), for example at the beginning of the film when Wallace is being hit in the face with Jam (slapstick) whilst Gromit (a dog) is reading a Newspaper which Headlines “Dog Reads Newspaper”. Also I think that comedy can be found due ...

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