To tie in with the DVD release of The Pirates! in an Adventure with Scientists this exclusive fully illustrated guide takes us behind the scenes to discover how 2012s hottest film was made. Packed with previously unseen visual material including storyboards & designs for sets & key characters this highly collectible full-colour book charts the journey from paper to screen: a five-year process for a crew of just 320 people
- requiring 3.000 storyboard images 19 456 square metres of foam board & 893 different mouths for the Pirate Captain alone. Also included are rare interviews with the directors producers & key members of the production team giving insight into the creative & technical challenges of a project of this size & ambition. The Making of The Pirates! is a must-have for the many fans of the film & for anyone interested in the methods passions & eccentricities of Aardman this most quintessentially British animation studio.