Pib and Pog

Pib and Pog is an animated short film made by Aardman Animations and directed by Peter Peake. It appears on the Aardman Classics DVD. Additional short episodes are now available online at AtomFilms.

Synopsis

The animation is set up up like a typical pre-school program, introduced by a soft-spoken narrator who translates what the characters say to the audience. However, as the program goes on, it gradually turns into a black comedy, where the characters attempt to harm each other constantly, like sticking one another in "concentrated sulphuric acid", blowing each other up with cannons and kicking each other in the crotch. As the show ends, 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 for an advertising campaign for Dairylea products on UK television. [http://www.atomfilms.com/film/pib_pog.jsp?channelKeyword=channel_cartoon_violence]

Cast

*Joanna Wake as Narrator / Pib & Pog (noise)
*Peter Peake as Director
*Nigel Betts as Pib (talking)
*Roy McCready 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 Hall
*Graphics: Ceri Davies
*Production Assistant: Jo Allen
*Film Editor: Helen Garrard
*Director of Photography: Dave Alex Riddett
*Executive Producers: Peter Lord, David Sproxton
*Produced by: Carla Shelley
*Written and Directed by: Peter Peake

External links

* [http://www.atomfilms.com/films/pib_pog.jsp Pib and Pog series exclusively on AtomFilms]