"And that was in the relationships, and that the stories quite often about fish-out-of-water characters and underdogs." "I saw from the beginning that there were quite obvious things to me Star Wars and Aardman," Osinska says. That chalk and (Wensleydale) cheese style, however, carries with it more parallels than appears at first glance. "Īardman and Lucasfilm, though, appear to be the strangest of bedfellows, the big bombast of sci-fi spectacle at odds with the more measured, sentimental approach of the British animation studio. Anni’s lunch, with her face, is inspired by the polystarch bread. I was really keen for the Star Wars fans to feel like that there is something to look at pretty much everywhere. Osinska, then, had her mission statement: "We tried to approach this differently to make it feel really Star Wars, but without the obvious things you think of straight away. Then they said there is no limit, you can use our creatures." "After one or two feedbacks, that changed and said ‘How about you use Twi’leks?’ I was over the moon when I heard it because it’s this very recognizable and visually interesting species. "We started designing combinations that would be a combination of different species because, at the very beginning, we thought we would be unable to use actual Star Wars creatures and characters," the director says. I was very keen on the characters to be aliens, because that was inspired by how I felt moving to this country with my mum," Osinska recalls. "We weren’t sure if we would be able to use existing. "It was a brilliant thing to read, but it didn’t feel like we had many limitations besides just being mindful of the rules that were set up from the beginning by Star Wars."ĭespite the creative leeway afforded by Lucasfilm, they still had – according to the director – a "daunting and intimidating" task in front of them: creating wholly original Star Wars characters. Things like you don’t use bathrooms in costumes I think there was something about not having stairs the droids can go over – that kind of detail that you would not necessarily pay attention to normally," Osinska says. "So they give us guidelines about how to design characters, sets and costumes – which was great. That made us think… We tried to approach this differently to make it feel really Star Wars, but without the obvious things you think of straight away." "I don’t know who exactly it came from… but it was a really good limitation. "At some point, someone said we shouldn’t be using lightsabers," Osinska says. As Osinska explains, that’s due to the freedom Lucasfilm gives to the animation studios – with a few bizarre caveats. War Story was preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.So far, Visions has highlighted many different and unique takes on Star Wars. Ottawa International Animation Festival OIAF Award for Best Film Under 10 Minutes Ottawa International Animation Festival Craft Prize for Best Animation This is a list of awards and nominations of War Story. War Story received a rating of 6.3/10 from 172 users on imdb. Bill Perry relates stories about his youth, his tilted house, and adventures during WWII in Bristol, England during the blitz." Cast Imdb explains: "This short animated piece uses a real interview as its soundtrack. This one is with a genuine British World War II vet. They all used vox pop interviews as their source material. The five films in the series were Creature Comforts (1989), Going Equipped (1990), Ident (1990), Next (1990) and War Story (1989). ![]() The film was commissioned by Channel 4 as part of a 5-part series of Aardman animations called " Lip Synch". War Story is a 1989 animated short film created by Aardman Animations.
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