Pib and Pog
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Pib and Pog was a 6-minute animated
short film
made by Peter Peake for Aardman Animations
which originally aired on Channel 4
in 1994. In 2006, five additional shorter episodes were made in association with the BBC
and are now available to watch online at AtomFilms.
The animation is set up like a typical pre-school programme, introduced by a soft-spoken narrator who translates what the characters say to the audience. However, as the show goes on, it gradually turns into a black comedy
where the characters attempt to harm each other constantly - like shooting each other in the stomach with guns, kicking each other in the buttocks, sticking each other's heads in concentrated sulphuric acid, sawing each other in half and blowing each other up with cannons. After the show has finished, the "actors" (the same characters with a more worn-out expression) break character and reveal themselves to be much older and grumpier than the characters they portray.
The characters were later used in an advertising campaign for Dairylea
products on UK television, and made a cameo in the eighth episode of Rex the Runt
. http://www.atomfilms.com/film/pib_pog.jsp?channelKeyword=channel_cartoon_violence
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
short film
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
made by Peter Peake for Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations
Aardman Animations, Ltd., also known as Aardman Studios, or simply as Aardman, is a British animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. The studio is known for films made using stop-motion clay animation techniques, particularly those featuring Plasticine characters Wallace and Gromit...
which originally aired on Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...
in 1994. In 2006, five additional shorter episodes were made in association with the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and are now available to watch online at AtomFilms.
The animation is set up like a typical pre-school programme, introduced by a soft-spoken narrator who translates what the characters say to the audience. However, as the show goes on, it gradually turns into a black comedy
Black comedy
A black comedy, or dark comedy, is a comic work that employs black humor or gallows humor. The definition of black humor is problematic; it has been argued that it corresponds to the earlier concept of gallows humor; and that, as humor has been defined since Freud as a comedic act that anesthetizes...
where the characters attempt to harm each other constantly - like shooting each other in the stomach with guns, kicking each other in the buttocks, sticking each other's heads in concentrated sulphuric acid, sawing each other in half and blowing each other up with cannons. After the show has finished, the "actors" (the same characters with a more worn-out expression) break character and reveal themselves to be much older and grumpier than the characters they portray.
The characters were later used in an advertising campaign for Dairylea
Dairylea (cheese)
Kraft Foods Dairylea Triangles, Dairylea Lunchables, and Dairylea Dunkers are a popular processed cheese product, available in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland....
products on UK television, and made a cameo in the eighth episode of Rex the Runt
Rex the Runt
Rex the Runt is an animated claymation television show produced by Aardman Animations for BBC Bristol in association with EVA Entertainment and Egmont Imagination. Its main characters are four plasticine dogs: Rex, Wendy, Bad Bob and Vince....
. http://www.atomfilms.com/film/pib_pog.jsp?channelKeyword=channel_cartoon_violence
Cast
- Joanna Wake as the Narrator
- Andrew Wilson as Pib and Pog (noise)
- Peter Peake as the Director
- Nigel BettsNigel BettsNigel Betts is an English actor who has an irregular recurring role in ITV soap opera Emmerdale as Sales Manager Eddie Hope.Betts has also appeared in several other British television programmes such as Doctors, EastEnders, Holby City, Coronation Street, The Bill and the much acclaimed ITV series,...
as Pib (talking) - Roy Macready as Pog (talking)
Credits
- Music: Mike Prudence
- Sound Editor: Andrew Wilson
- Animation: Ian Whitlock, Maxine Guest, Simon Quinn, Tricia Budd, John MacLeavy
- Model Makers: Tim Farrington, Jack Goodyear
- Camera: John Bradley, Glenn HallGlenn HallGlenn Henry "Mr. Goalie" Hall is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. During his National Hockey League career with the Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and St. Louis Blues, Hall seldom missed a game and was a consistent performer, winning the Vezina Trophy three times, and the...
- Graphics: Ceri Davies
- Production Assistant: Jo AllenJo Allen (animation producer)Jo Allen is an animation film producer. She won a BAFTA Award for Best Short Animation for The Pearce Sisters .-External links:...
- Film Editor: Helen Garrard
- Director of Photography: Dave Alex RiddettDave Alex RiddettDave Alex Riddett is a prominent English cinematographer mostly known for his work at Aardman Animations.-Early life and education:...
- Executive Producers: Peter LordPeter LordPeter Lord CBE is a British film producer, director and co-founder of the Academy award-winning Aardman Animations studio, an animation firm best known for its clay animated films and shorts, particularly those featuring plasticine duo Wallace & Gromit.-Biography:In cooperation with David...
, David SproxtonDavid SproxtonDavid Sproxton CBE is one of the co-founders of the Aardman Animations studio.David graduated from Collingwood College, University of Durham before starting as an animator, producing segments for the Vision On TV program, Sproxton and Lord created the character of Morph for Take Hart .He is... - Produced by: Carla ShelleyCarla ShelleyCarla Shelley is a producer for Aardman Animations.She produced A Close Shave, Humdrum, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.She was also a line producer for Chicken Run.She was also a executive producer for Arthur Christmas.-References:...
- Written and Directed by: Peter Peake