This article needs additional citations for
verification. (January 2014) |
Lip Synch is a series of five 1989-1990
short films made by
Aardman Animations which used
vox pops as inspiration for their subject matter. They were commissioned by
Channel 4.
Nick Park's contribution to the series was the film
Creature Comforts, which later won the
Academy Award for
Best Animated Short of
1990.
[1]
[2] Channel 4 screened the films as part of their
Four-Mations
UK season in November 1990.
[3]
Peter Lord said:
"We wanted other people who work here to direct, rather than just David and I, which was the historical situation. We wanted Nick Park and Richard Goleszowski to make one each. Barry Purves was doing a lot of freelance work for us at that time, and we wanted him to make one, because he is a very good animator. Effectively, they were given their head. There was a plan at one stage to make the series much more coherent, working to the same theme but somehow that got lost along the way, and everyone did pretty well what they wanted. It was our project so we took a great interest in it, but we didn’t actually seek to influence them very much. I am very pleased with it because of that, and see it as a great virtue, now." [3]
Directed by Peter Lord
Directed by Peter Lord
Directed by Barry Purves
Directed by Richard Starzak
Directed by Nick Park Winner for Academy Award for Best Animation Short Film