The document discusses several stop-motion animated films and television shows created by Aardman Animations and other studios including Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Fantastic Mr. Fox, ParaNorman, The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Coraline. Wallace and Gromit consists of four short films and one feature film about an inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit. Shaun the Sheep is a spin-off TV show about the sheep character Shaun leading his flock in adventures on a small farm. Fantastic Mr. Fox and Coraline are both stop-motion films adapted from children's books, while ParaNorman, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Coraline use stop-motion animation

1. Animations
wallace and gromit
Created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations, the series consists of four short films and a
feature-length film. The series centres on Wallace, an absent-minded inventor and cheese
enthusiast, along with his companion Gromit, a silent yet intelligent anthropomorphic dog.
Shaun the Sheep
Shaun the Sheep is a British stop-motion animated spin-off of the Wallace and Gromit
franchise, starring the sheep character of the same name from A Close Shave. The show
follows Shaun, now the leader of his flock, on madcap adventures around a small farm. It
first aired in the UK on CBBC in March 2007 and has been broadcast in 180 countries around
the world. It currently consists of 130 seven-minute episodes and is in its fifth series.

2. Fantastic Mr. Fox
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a 2009 American stop-motion animated comedy film based on the Roald
Dahl children's novel of the same name. The film is about a fox who steals food each night
from three mean and wealthy farmers. They are fed up with Mr. Fox's theft and try to kill
him, so they dig their way into the foxes' home, but the animals are able to outwit the
farmers and live underground.
ParaNorman
ParaNorman is a 2012 American 3D stop-motion animated horror comedy film[3] produced
by Laika, distributed by Focus Features and was released on August 17, 2012.[4] It stars the
voices of Kodi Smit-McPhee, Tucker Albrizzi, Anna Kendrick, Casey Affleck, Christopher
Mintz-Plasse, Leslie Mann, Jeff Garlin, Elaine Stritch, Bernard Hill, Jodelle Ferland, Tempestt
Bledsoe, Alex Borstein and John Goodman. It is the first stop-motion film to use a 3D color
printer to create character faces and only the second to be shot in 3D.

3. The Nightmare before Christmas
The Nightmare before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before
Christmas, is a 1993 American stop motion musical fantasy film directed by Henry Selick and
produced/co-written by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a being from
"Halloween Town" who opens a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the
holiday, with some dastardly and comical consequences. Danny Elfman wrote the film score
and provided the singing voice of Jack, as well as other minor characters. The remaining
principal voice cast includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page,
Paul Reubens and Glenn Shadix.
Coraline
Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion 3D dark fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002
novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features.
Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in United States theaters on
February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at the Portland International Film Festival. The film
was made with Gaiman's approval and cooperation.