‘Codswallop’ by The Brothers McLeod has been nominated for a BAFTA in the category of Short Animation, pitching them against Aadrman’s Christmas TV big-hitter ‘Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of of Loaf and Death’.
The short had it’s first screening at a 7 Inch Cinema event back in September. Ian gave some context to the film:
Codswallop is based on a series of postcards Greg McLeod sent to his son, and it’s similar in atmosphere to their Spamland shorts. Some nice mucking about with splitscreen and stereo sound too, so we’ll have to make sure we don’t get our left and right mixed up.
Also, Ian Ravenscroft interviewed Greg McLeod for 4Talent and they discussed Codswallop.
If you want to see the short for yourself, go along to The Victoria on 14 March for the next Animation Forum WM event, Shorts on Walls (always recommended), taking place as part of the Flatpack Festival.
Here’s the film’s trailer:
It’s a heck of an achievement, so all the best to the Brothers on the night (8 Feb).
(Via Louis from Dice Productions)
whoop! well done McLeods. As it happens, we’re screening all the nominated Bafta shorts at Flatpack in March, sometime around the 14/15 March at the Electric. More details soon.