Peeking Behind the Scenes of 'Wallace and Gromit'

At the Young V&A museum in London, "Inside Aardman: Wallace and Gromit and Friends" brings together the studio’s characters, models and sets — from Wallace’s attempt to disperse a rabbit infestation at Lady Campanula Tottington’s estate to rebellious chickens escaping an egg farm and pirates who accidentally kidnap Charles Darwin.

Aardman, founded 50 years ago by Peter Lord and David Sproxton, is celebrated for its stop-motion techniques and playful narratives. The exhibition is aimed at audiences aged 8 to 14, but offers material that will appeal to visitors of any age. The show is organized around process-themed spaces — atmosphere, storyboarding, worldbuilding, sets and models, sound, lighting, animation, visual effects and voice-over — with videos that reveal the team’s painstaking practice.

It opens with one-minute Morph shorts from the 1970s show Take Hart, demonstrating the Plasticine figure’s elastic transformations.

United Kingdom, London

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