In this clip they talk about how they want all the models to look life like and have to fell to them.
The Aardman success is massive but there are plenty of other animators out there that have
grown and influenced the industry too. Another highly influential artist are
The Quay brothers are identical twins who were born near the Philadelphia in a town that had large
European immigration in 1947. They both moved to London in the late 1960s to study at the Royal
college of Art, that is where they made their first short film. 10 years later in the 1970s after
spending some time in Holland they moved back to London where they were joined with Keith
Griffiths who was a producer for their subsequent films. In the 1980s they had created TV
commercials for Honeywell, Walkers Crisps and Dulux wood production. They also created music
videos mostly famously, part of peter Gabriel's 'Sledgehammer. They did this to support their
personal projects. Most of their work is biased around there trademark puppet animation and
drawing on books. In 1995 they saw the premiere for their first feature 'Institute Benjamenta' the
almost entirely live-action.
The Quay Brothers work is all quite dark and mysterious. They use lots of dark colours like dark blues
and blacks. I like their work because it is different; it isn't something that is "mainstream" or "child
friendly". They have made these stop-motions the way they wanted to do them to show the world
there work not what someone has told them to do. Even though these types of movies aren't to
everyone's taste, everyone has still seen them and knows who the quay brothers are because their
work is so different and creative. I enjoyed watching their movies because it entices you to keep
watching because it isn't predictable and there is always something new that is going to happen.