Project Detail

The Gruffalo

Synopsis

A half hour animated film based on the classic picture book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler, The Gruffalo tells the magical tale of a mouse who takes a walk though the woods in search of a nut. Encountering three predators who all wish to eat him - a fox, an owl and a snake - the plucky mouse has to use his wits to survive. He announces that he is meeting a monster with terrible features, a Gruffalo, and the three predators are each panicked into running away.

Mouse is now increasingly confident. There is nothing that can touch him in these woods. Until he rounds a corner and comes face to face with the terrible product of his imagination: the Gruffalo itself. Once again Mouse has to dig deep to escape the danger. Finally he finds a nut, and can eat it in peace.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 27 mins
Director: Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Producer: Michael Rose, Martin Pope
Editor: Robin Sales
Screenwriter: Julia Donaldson, Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Sound: Adrian Rhodes
Composer: René Aubry
Principal cast: Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Brydon, Robbie Coltrane, James Corden, John Hurt, Tom Wilkinson
Animation: Studio Soi