“Pythagasaurus” – Aardman’s Latest Short
This week Aardman have released their latest short film offering, “Pythagasaurus”.
Directed by Oscar/BAFTA nominee Peter Peake, the film combines beautifully layered motion graphics with CG character animation along with the distinctly British dialogue and humour the studio is so well known for. The story tells of two cavemen (aptly voiced by Bill Bailey and Martin Trenaman) who set off in search of Pythagasaurus (Simon Greenall), “the fabled Tyranasaurus practicing the skills of trigonometry and long-division” for help when a nearby volcano threatens to erupt.
While the studio has become one of the UK’s biggest producers of animated content for advertising, television series and feature films, its roots in short filmmaking are arguably what Aardman are most admired for, with classic works by Nick Park, Peter Lord, Barry Purves and Richard Goleszowski setting their reputation in stone. Since the dissolution of short film schemes and series such as Channel 4’s “Lip Synch”, Aadman have continued to self-fund their own internally produced shorts, recent examples being “Blind Date” (Dir. Nigel Davies, 2010), “Fly” (Dir. Alan Short, 2010) and “The Pearce Sisters” (Dir. Luis Cook, 2007).