The Clay in Stop-Motion Animation at Aardman Studios

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Just what kind of sculpting material is used in making the stop-motion animation characters at Aardman Animations? Adam Savage investigates as he visits the studio's materials lab to get his hands on this iconic modelling clay.
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@JustWasted3HoursHere 6 лет назад

So glad that there are still stop-motion movies being made ("Early Man" and "Kubo and the Two Strings", etc). I hope this art form never dies.

@redx2gaming69 7 месяцев назад

Laika and aardman are my favorite studios

@keir2k123 6 лет назад

I love that the chickens from chicken run cam out of a machine that they were terrified of going into!

@Lioanimals1977 6 лет назад

Now my brain is dripping out of my ears. Thank you!!!

@drowningin 6 лет назад

lol that didn't even cross my mind thank you

@the3rdsideofthings771 6 лет назад

Keir Young mmmmm... They cam...

@supernaturalswampaids8083 6 лет назад

You’re smart!

@A_S_M_R 6 лет назад

Why would chickens be terrified of a bubblegum extruding machine?

@darthfader733 6 лет назад

I am a retired color tech and spent years matching paint both "house paint" and industrial coatings, very rewarding. We also used a lot of food processing machines like the dough mixer for putties. As usual a great video, Thanks

@alic6958 6 лет назад

Yeh colour theory is fascinating.

@CatherineSTodd 4 года назад

@@alic6958 & Darth Fader : I didn't even know about "color theory" and I have been an artist all my life. Where to find out more?

@SmR8008 6 лет назад

All the guys at Aardman seem so enthusiastic at explaining their work. It must be a great place to work.😊

@VicMorrowsGhost 6 лет назад

A man in a shed, judging things by eye. It's the British way.

@sodengames5669 6 лет назад

It makes me laugh that when you go to Weta or American studios and they are really describing in detail what they do, and the processes that went into it, all their trial and error and really getting into their jobs and the film. But whenever you come to a British studio there just like 'Yeah i mix some colours together mate. What more do you want to know?' 'Oh err... how do you mix them together?' 'I just bung 'em in this thing. It mixes them.. There ain't much to it.'

@VortexJae 6 лет назад

Smurf.Soden, being a Brit myself, I can't tell you how much this made me laugh :-)

@SimonChristensen 6 лет назад

Yeah, no bullshit trying to make it appear more fancy than it is. The way it should be.

@dertysprite 6 лет назад

As a Brit living in America, I sometimes get strange looks from my American colleagues when I describe certain tasks at my job so frankly without any gloss. Just sort of how we are.

@RooReviews 6 лет назад

Yeah we don’t see the need to exaggerate and over glamour it, I do find it funny comparing the differences in Adams interviews

@JLCL01 6 лет назад

I'm not sure if you're talking about certain videos where they're interviewing people as part of some promotion for the films or studio but I really do appreciate the "no bullshit" attitude like in this video. It feels more like some tour, likely for a job. It makes it feel less like some mystical arcane act only a wizard could do and something anyone is capable of doing. Not saying this makes the process less special or cool, but it helps ease any anxiety or worry about it.

@Professorofmagicalcreatures 6 лет назад

A very talented flim company

@maceylps5947 5 лет назад

Flim?

@lighthouserock3014 5 лет назад

@@maceylps5947 Yes?

@dan-mb2ne 5 лет назад

@@maceylps5947 r u stupid 😂

@MrHelpingHand 4 года назад

Betta 4lifez It's really not that hard to understand what he was trying to say. Unless you have a very small brain.

@SaFFire123x 4 года назад

@@MrHelpingHand Exactly.

@LextheRobot 6 лет назад

I was totally not ready for that video to end.

@NecroDingus 5 лет назад

Exactly how I felt!

@anykey2034 6 лет назад

I've been waiting for Aardman video for ages! This is awesome. It's incredible to see the amount of effort that goes into just making the clay.

@charlesmdasilva 4 года назад

Me waiting for him to dust that bit of chalk off the grill of that machine into the hopper......

@honorarybeluga6715 3 года назад

lmfao thank you for this comment

@wadeslovick2815 6 лет назад

Wallace and Gromit was such a beautiful masterpiece. Never thought about this stuff as a kid.

@icepl4net 6 лет назад

Could watch Adam Savage videos All day long

@RadicalLatias 6 лет назад

This is amazing! You don't know how happy I am to see this. I remember back in middle school doing a presentation on claymation work in film (which at the time there weren't many films chicken run had just come out) and I loved going over a lot of Aardman's work and such. Is so cool to see a more behind the scenes, in-depth look at the full process. So I thank you guys a lot for going out and doing this! Totally made my day!

@TheFurriestOne 6 лет назад

I love how delighted Adam gets in these sorts of things! XD Thanks for the fascinating look behind the curtain, Tested!

@RyanMakesStuffOccasionally 6 лет назад

I absolutely love it when Adam geeks out over the things he finds interesting

@mineicus 6 лет назад

tfw you are a kid, and you played with the play-doh spaghetti mold too much, and it escalates into a career.

@hahahha2883 4 года назад

Yes

@NateandNoahTryLife 6 лет назад

Absolutely Amazing! They made films I loved when I was a kid and the impression endures. Everything I learned about making my own stop motion as a kid came from a behind-the-scenes DVD of Wallace and Gromit, and it inspired one of my first ever videos back in middle school.

@subtlegroove9867 6 лет назад

Asking all the right questions... This is why I love watching Adam Savage & Tested

@jearl961 6 лет назад

Absolutely brilliant! Adam, you was asking all the right questions. Thanks guys

@SlapStuffTogether 6 лет назад

Color theory is crazy, this job would be quite stressful imho.

@SmokyFrosty 6 лет назад

This is so perfect!! Aardman is just the best!! I hope we are going to see the rest of the Aardman Studio

@datnuk305 6 лет назад

This is perfect, I've been so curious about these filming processes since I was young and was watching Wallace and Grommet.

@ApexHerbivore 6 лет назад

There is SOOO much to stop frame animation I really hope you shot more footage during your stay!

@Cory279 6 лет назад

I've always been amazed by claymation and I'm glad I finally got to see more of how the models are made. Not to mention my son favorite movie right now is Shaun the Sheep.

@MakeItSoph 6 лет назад

This is perfect!! 😍😍 awesome video

@apishathor5808 6 лет назад

Make it stop

@kawaiiunicorns435 6 лет назад

Make it Soph i

@mr.robinson1982 4 года назад

That was pretty cool, you should do more of these kind of videos...

@lukealsmith 6 лет назад

I really appreciate this form of film making. Its so tedious but so worth it

@roadfart5537 4 года назад

Paint stores have very simple technology that matches color, yet this guy obviously likes the attention he gets doing it by eye. Notice that he hardly smiles or elaborates on anything, yet when he tells Adam how long he's been doing it and that it 'has to be done by eye', he smiles, elaborates, and starts dancing around a bit. The idea of being a color mixer excites him, and at the cost of accuracy, he'd rather do it by eye, when computers will ALWAYS be more efficient (less wasted product until the desired color is achieved, less trial and error, less variation, etc.)

@parhammanian 5 лет назад

thanks Adam!your videos are very helpful for animation students like me!

@charliem8269 6 лет назад

I hope they filmed more videos at Ardman. Loved Wallace and Gromit, was a shame when the voice actor died :(

@FigmentsMade 6 лет назад

According to Adam's Tweet there are a total of nine videos from this Aardman trip!

@emschrader418 4 года назад

Pirates is one of their films...

@StuffWithKirby 6 лет назад

Great video. I really enjoy seeing the behind the scenes stuff.

@TornTech1 6 лет назад

Adam is in the UK??????? :O I thought I felt a disturbance in the force! His so close!

@batbeeps 6 лет назад

He was. This was filmed in June last year, which is why they mention it being a hot day.

@VortexJae 6 лет назад

I felt that disturbance too That's cool he was in the Uk

@cabe_bedlam 6 лет назад

Ahhh that one day of summer....

@Leigh984 6 лет назад

I wonder if there could be a tested uk ?

@nunchuckerz 6 лет назад

me too home town as well

@outofrhythm9670 5 лет назад

Ended real quick, the last part was so satisfying to watch

@Boogieforme 6 лет назад

Ah tested, forever reminding you of aspects in arts you would never have thought of otherwise, thank you!

@vidm96 6 лет назад

The blurred out logo on the box on top of the shelf becomes clearly visible during the transition to the next scene with adam.

@itsviney 6 лет назад

Awesome video. ❤ Aardman. Can't believe the Tested crew was 5 minutes from my house and I didn't know. Wish I could have come down and said hello.

@solecurious1448 5 лет назад

Thanks you for taking us behind the scene. So interesting... imagine grown men taking plasticine So seriously. Love Aardman studio. Some of the most Creative and witty folks around.

@sangitaekka Год назад

This was so amazing to watch!

@taoistflyer 6 лет назад

You're a great interviewer. Thanks for letting me vicariously work at aardman

@winterhaydn5640 6 лет назад

It's great to see Adam is so enthusiastic for animation. I thought he was just a tech / builder guy. I had no idea he even had experience in art.

@PressXProps 6 лет назад

Every time Adam tosses the clay tendrils into the machine, it looks like he's throwing a face-hugger in.

@jeffvader811 5 лет назад

A Grand Day Out was my favourite Aardman film, so iconic.

@peanutismint 6 лет назад

Aardman are the closest thing we have to Pixar and I'm SO incredibly proud of everything they've done/do. Thanks for taking the time to visit them Adam! Now, I only live an hour away from Bristol.....do you think if I showed up they'd show me around too??!!

@whipworks4468 6 лет назад

Love this as always! Sometimes the paracord batches I get are slightly different colors, but nothing compared to this! Haha

@jerryjohnsonii4181 6 лет назад

Cool stuff Adam, thanks for teaching me something.

@FigmentsMade 6 лет назад

Adam Savage + Aardman studios = Awesome content

@markdraperr 6 лет назад

Love the videos about Aardman. More please! tried to get a job there when I finished my animation course... no luck :(

@alexandraframe6493 4 года назад

The Wallace and Gromit, Shaun everything they I love. Incredible to see how they create the colours. I want to know more!

@locant23 6 лет назад

This was a treat! Love this

@CallMeJarv Год назад

I fell in love with stop motion qhen i was like 3 years old from watching rudolph the red nosed reindeer. To this day i love stop motion and claymation movies. I hope this type of filming never stops.

@MetaMarcy21 6 лет назад

I was not ready for that video to end.

@DJHeroMasta 6 лет назад

There's a whole lot more going on behind the scenes than I thought!

@DorgeDungle 6 лет назад

Anyone remember Creature Comforts?

@littlemikey46 6 лет назад

I freaking loved that show! NerdCubed did a video a couple of years ago which spoofed it which was also great: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cc77zmcSVXc.html

@olddoggeleventy2718 5 лет назад

One of the best shows...I always got a chuckle out of the intro music!

@outeast999 4 года назад

I remember when the Creature Comforts ads were on TV (1990 - before the series, after the 1989 short). A Grand Day Out predates even the Creature Comforts short though - Nick Park's first production, I think. That year, my kid brother went to Aardman and interviewed Nick for Blue Peter! He was 10, I guess. But who remembers Morph? That was Peter Lord, co-founder of Aardman.

@lorbaborb 5 лет назад

I never knew aardman was stop motion until pirates came out (because I'm clever like that) and since then I've been absolutely amazed by what they do and the effort that goes into it

@barryp4700 6 лет назад

I love Adam’s enthusiasm.

@Alex_machin_animator 4 года назад

Amazing! I used to use a brand of plasticine called Belgrave, it was great for animating, really firm and resistant to heat, held its shape and didn’t smoosh, then a few years ago they cheaped out and changed the recipe and it was so terrible nobody wanted it, now you can’t get the old stuff (or the new stuff) anywhere. I’d love it if they sold newplast in Australia, the shipping costs for small batches make it prohibitively expensive :(

@milliontoys8009 6 лет назад

Wow awsome !!! sooooo profesional Tested!

@gwenc1466 6 лет назад

This is so awesome! I would love to do this.

@bobblehead7002 6 лет назад

absolutely incredible

@ZaneTaylorMusic 6 лет назад

So interesting! Love this video.

@WilmMyburgh 5 лет назад

Fascinating!

@ronescudero1946 6 лет назад

That was fascinating!

@RichardPilgrim 6 лет назад

Great video. Really informative and learned a lot

@jmakes3745 6 лет назад

who knew so much work went into making clay!

@SomewhereAbove 5 лет назад

I love the energy of the interviewer

@tonialarco1580 3 года назад

The guy mixing the clay has I job I've never expected to exist

@TymersRealm 6 лет назад

That was cool to watch!

@staylucky4727 2 года назад

He asks such thoughtful questions

@TomsBackyardWorkshop 6 лет назад

I made my own modeling clay as an art student. My recipe consisted of wax, light oil, bearing grease, and ball clay. It didn't smell great but it was stiff enough for me to carve and then take multiple molds off of the finished carving.

@SAkURAYOWA 6 лет назад

I could watch that clay forever.

@loganwood7595 6 лет назад

Man it would be a dream come true for me if I could work at aardman. I just love making things from clay.

@jackbromley4340 6 лет назад

You can tell Adam was having a brilliant time when he was making the coloured clay

@wolfpack4694 5 лет назад

I had visions of Lucille Ball in a pie factory when Adam started on the extruder! Too fun!

@HomegirlKikimora 6 лет назад

Oh man, I once mixed about 200lbs of porcelain clay. Had to steam clean the mixer to get out any remnants of any iron because when it leeches through during the firing, it creates speckles on the white surface. The Pug Mill was always my favorite part.

@UNRATEDGfx 6 лет назад

AWESOME!!

@spektrum33 6 лет назад

Adams in his element here ,,having fun 👍

6 лет назад

I want to see more!!

@NUCLEARDASH 2 месяца назад

This is amazing content guys

@glslezak 6 лет назад

Great video!

@ajy1974 6 лет назад

Yes!!!!! I live in Bristol!!! OMG Adam is HERE!!!!!!!

@kasrakhatir 6 лет назад

Very underrated production company

@theblackbaron4119 6 лет назад

The colour of spam. Beautiful, It reminds me of that one Monthy Python sketch in the restaurant, everything with spam.

@DrCory48 2 года назад

Awesome video

@A2ZWILL 6 лет назад

THIS FREAKING AWESOME I WISH I CAN MAKE A CLAY FIGURE OF MY SELF

@Saveara. 5 лет назад

What's stopping you?

@embluk1084 6 лет назад

Omg, can we all agree that it would be in the best interest of the channel if Adam did more building, either more one day builds or just start mini building projects split over separate videos?

@driezzy 6 лет назад

I love Chicken Run, such a great movie. Loved the characters!

@rtech1233 6 лет назад

We use these mixers to formulate BMC plastic also only 500 to 2000 pounds per batch Big enough to fall into. our big mixer was originally from Hershey Chocolate.

@kamiyanacreative 2 года назад

i love this

@bcostell69 6 лет назад

Just met Nick Parks last night in Dublin, great to meet the creator of Wallis and Gromit

@neoone5942 7 месяцев назад

The guy with Adam is very very humble and seems to come just right out of the seventies

@alitlweird Год назад

Not sure what they’re making but it looks delicious!! 🤤

@holyravioli5795 5 лет назад

Easily one of the most talented studios ever.

@theinerd9630 4 года назад

That big machine reminds me a lot of the Another brik in the wall musicvideo

@isettech 5 лет назад

I was surprised to find the color is matched by eye. I thought they would have used the same tech photo editors used to calibrate monitors. From an engineering standpoint, I would have re-purposed a flat bed scanner to quantify RGB values for targeting the recipe results much the same way a paint shop scans your paint sample and matches your existing color.