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Happy to take part in a BAFTA GURU presentation last week. A lovely audience who obviously enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit film

Happy to take part in a BAFTA GURU presentation last week. A lovely audience who obviously enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit film

Happy to take part in a BAFTA GURU presentation last week. A lovely audience who obviously enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit film

Happy to take part in a BAFTA GURU presentation last week. A lovely audience who obviously enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit film

Happy to take part in a BAFTA GURU presentation last week. A lovely audience who obviously enjoyed the Wallace and Gromit film

“When we construct the film, creating that world is all important. The great thing about Stop Frame is you can do anything, you can take it any way you like, but you have to make up your world and you have to stick quite rigidly to what that world looks like.”

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, the latest feature from Aardman Animation, see’s the return of the gadget loving Wallace and Gromit as the eponymous duo fight familiar foes, face new threats, and learn to live in a world where technology can be wonderful, but the human touch is important too. Cinematographer Dave Alex Riddett @bscine spoke to stopmotioncinematographer.com about keeping the spirit of the original films and retaining the handcrafted artistry of stop motion while balancing traditional in camera techniques with new technology. Much like the beloved duo themselves. Our latest in-focus article takes an in depth look at the cinematography of Aardman’s latest film.

Read it at stopmotioncinematographer.com/dave-alex-riddett-back-with-a-vengeance

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ from @aardmananimations, is available now on @bbciplayer in the UK and on @netflix globally.

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‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ sees the return of Feathers McGraw as he takes revenge on Wallace and Gromit for the events of ‘The Wrong Trousers’. He is aided in his evil plans by an army of Norbots who set to work in Wallace’s basement, building the submarine they will use to carry out their escapades. This scene was a particular favourite of cinematographer Dave Alex Riddett @davealexriddett @bscine as it gave him the opportunity to work with colour and back projection.

You can see some of the details of the lighting for this sequence in this BTS clip, see it full size with added detail on our website (stopmotioncinematographer.com) and watch the final sequence in ‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ from @aardmananimations, available now on @bbciplayer in the UK and on @netflix globally.

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Stop motion is a very detailed and handcrafted process and as cinematographers we like to put the same detail into our lighting and camera work. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl was shooting for over a year, with over 40 units shooting simultaneously, and with an amazing camera and lighting crew.

This clip is a little glimpse into the work that goes on every day behind the scenes.

Wallace and Gromit camera and lighting crew:

Director of Photography: Dave Alex Riddett @bscine
Senior Lighting Camera: Charles Copping, Laura Howie.
Lighting Camera: Beth MacDonald, Sam Morris @sammorris_dop , Daniel Morgan @danielrm_dop
Camera Department Supervisor: Joe Maxwell.
Senior Camera Assistant: Naomi Bowey, Joe Egan-Martin.
Camera Assistant: Charlotte Northam, Siwan Cati Hughes, Caitlin Williams.
Junior Camera Assistant: Jade Bamsey, Roberto Dooner.
Trainee Camera Assistant: Diane Pognan.
Virtual Production Operator: Caitlin Williams.
Lead Motion Control: Linda Hamblyn.
Senior Motion Control: Willy Marshall.
Junior Motion Control: Lewis Bray.
Additional Motion Control: Adam Cook.
Supervising Gaffer: Joseph Clevely.
Gaffers: Sally Wattiaux, Alan Barr.
Senior Electrician: Toby Farrar.
Electricians: Dan Lewis, James Owens.
Junior Electrician: Arthur Crisp.
Electrical Assistant: Adam Vernon.

Thank you to all the crew, sorry if I didn’t manage to catch you with my BTS camera, and thanks to everyone in our physical production technology support team :-)

Dave Roberts and James Baber in the clip

Well I’ve managed to make it to the next day.And I ve enjoyed Xmas thanks to my wonderful friends.

Merry Xterminatemas from the Christmas Daleks

Merry Xterminatemas from the Christmas Daleks

To all my friends.I cannot thank you enough for the amazing Cards , Presents etc for my 70th BirthdayI am still recovering and will presently post some videos , photos of the birthday extravaganza which made me feel so much delight in being able to see you allThe occasion was to celebrate the wonderful people that I have been fortunate to spend my time with and to subject them to Daleks , Parrots and the talents of my friends and family.It’s a common cliche but I definitely mean it when I say I Love You All

To all my friends.I cannot thank you enough for the amazing Cards , Presents etc for my 70th BirthdayI am still recovering and will presently post some videos , photos of the birthday extravaganza which made me feel so much delight in being able to see you allThe occasion was to celebrate the wonderful people that I have been fortunate to spend my time with and to subject them to Daleks , Parrots and the talents of my friends and family.It’s a common cliche but I definitely mean it when I say I Love You All

To all my friends.I cannot thank you enough for the amazing Cards , Presents etc for my 70th BirthdayI am still recovering and will presently post some videos , photos of the birthday extravaganza which made me feel so much delight in being able to see you allThe occasion was to celebrate the wonderful people that I have been fortunate to spend my time with and to subject them to Daleks , Parrots and the talents of my friends and family.It’s a common cliche but I definitely mean it when I say I Love You All

To all my friends.I cannot thank you enough for the amazing Cards , Presents etc for my 70th BirthdayI am still recovering and will presently post some videos , photos of the birthday extravaganza which made me feel so much delight in being able to see you allThe occasion was to celebrate the wonderful people that I have been fortunate to spend my time with and to subject them to Daleks , Parrots and the talents of my friends and family.It’s a common cliche but I definitely mean it when I say I Love You All

To all my friends.I cannot thank you enough for the amazing Cards , Presents etc for my 70th BirthdayI am still recovering and will presently post some videos , photos of the birthday extravaganza which made me feel so much delight in being able to see you allThe occasion was to celebrate the wonderful people that I have been fortunate to spend my time with and to subject them to Daleks , Parrots and the talents of my friends and family.It’s a common cliche but I definitely mean it when I say I Love You All

This is where we Premiere the new Wallace and Gromit Film later today.Looking forward to the reaction. First screening with a big audience and in a beautiful cinema.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

“You have to trust that not everything has to be super slick. You can smooth all the goodness out of stop-motion films. At Aardman we actually celebrate the fingerprints, they’re all part of it. The difficulty in making these films also provides the aesthetic.” 

Dave Alex Riddett BSC on shooting cinematic classic The Wrong Trousers.

Read the full interview with Riddett and Tristan Oliver BSC via the link in bio.

Merry Xmas to Yo All