Aardman Animations

NOTE: Aardman Animations is a real company. This is just a dream logo of it.

Background
Aardman Animations, Ltd. (also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman) is a British animation studio based in Bristol, which was founded in 1972. The studio's name is taken from Aardman, one of the characters they created for Vision On (a show for deaf children), which was the very first thing Aardman worked on. Aardman is well-known for its animated shorts made using stop-motion animation and claymation, particularly those featuring plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit. It has also experimented with computer animation during the late 1990s, including the short film Owzat. Almost all of Aardman's stop-motion films were well-received critically and commercially, with their first feature film, Chicken Run, being their top-grossing film as well as the highest-grossing stop-motion film. In 1999, Aardman made a co-financial and distribution deal with DreamWorks Animation and produced Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Flushed Away. However, the contract was not extended beyond the latter film, mainly due to creative differences between the two studios. Aardman struck a deal with Sony Pictures Entertainment afterwards (which was renewed in 2010) and produced Arthur Christmas (the studio's first full CGI animated film) and ''The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (known in the US and internationally as The Pirates! Band of Misfits'') with Sony. The deal ended in 2012 with the disappointing performance of the latter film. In 2015, Aardman bought a majority share in New York-based animation studio Nathan Love. Aardman had a brief distribution deal with Lionsgate to release films in the US, starting with Shaun the Sheep Movie in 2015, but ended with the disappointing performance of Early Man in early 2018. In 2019, Aardman partnered with Netflix, which has been distributing their films globally, starting with Farmageddon: A Shaun the Sheep Movie in late 2019. They also collaborated with Drive+ to make the series Jolly Good, Reborn, and the movie Clayland.

(2022-)


Logo: On a fluffy background there is a yellow block there. A hand moves another yellow block with the letter "n". Meanwhile we can hear someone saying "Aaaaaaand, there we go." The camera zooms out to reveal the Aardman logo but in white instead of its usual red color and with each letter seperated which are placed onto yellow blocks. We hear the same voice again, this time saying "There we go. Aardman.". A hand person appears revealing that he was the one who was saying the dialogue. He is also American judging by when he says "I did it!". He then looks left. The camera pans to the left to see another hand person. He is British judging by when he says "I beg your pardon!?" He then says "Come over here!" in an angrily manner and chases the American hand person meanwhile the American hand person runs away and screams leaving only the yellow block Aardman logo.

Technique: Live-action

Music/Sounds: The dialogue of the American and British hand people. There is also a little block noise at the beginning.

Availability: Seen on Clayland.