Internet users are stunned after discovering how long the filming of Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, released in 2005, took.
The stop-motion film from DreamWorks, released nearly 20 years ago, follows the inventor Wallace (Peter Sallis) and his loyal dog Gromit as they attempt to save the town’s Annual Giant Vegetable Competition from a mysterious creature that is destroying gardens.
However, their pest control business, Anti-Pesto, gets them into trouble when Wallace’s latest invention accidentally creates the monstrous Were-Rabbit.
Produced by Nick Park and Steve Box, the film won an impressive 39 awards, including the Oscar for Best Animated Feature. However, according to Box, the film took five years to make because it is a stop-motion film with 24 frames per second of film time.
This means that each scene is filmed one frame at a time, with the characters being made of clay. “Making a 30-minute Wallace & Gromit film takes time and requires a lot of patience and care.”
“Making an 85-minute feature film is like building the Great Wall of China with matchsticks. It’s truly a monumental feat. It was five years of solid work because every little thing, every small detail matters a lot,” he explained.
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