Editing Creature Comforts (section)

==The original film==
The original ''Creature Comforts'' (short film) was five minutes and a few seconds long and was conceived and directed by [[Nick Park]] and produced by [[Aardman Animations]], featuring the voices of British non-actors in the same vein as the "man on the street" [[Vox populi|Vox Pop interview]]s. It was produced as part of a series called ''[[Lip Synch (series)|Lip Synch]]'' for [[Channel 4]]. The film won Nick Park the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]] in 1991.

The film shows various animals in a zoo being interviewed about their living conditions. These include a  family of [[Polar bear|polar bears]], Tracey, a depressed female [[gorilla]], a Brazilian [[Mountain lion|puma]], a maternal [[brown four-eyed opossum]], and a [[hippopotamus]] calf who complain about the cold weather, the poor quality of their enclosures and the lack of space and freedom.

By contrast, a [[tarsier]], Alex, a former circus chicken, a tortoise, and an [[armadillo]] praise their enclosures for the comfort and security they bring, and a family of polar bears, particularly one named Andrew, talk about both the advantages and disadvantages of zoos for the welfare of animals. Rather than the subject being one-sided or biased towards one viewpoint, there is a strong balance of opinions in the film, with some interviewees who are happy with their living situation, some who are not, and some who have a neutral opinion.

The voices of each character were performed by residents of both a housing estate and an old people's home. [[Stop motion animation]] was then used to animate each character, and the answers given in the interviews were put in the context of zoo animals. The polar bears were voiced by a family who owned a local shop, while the puma was voiced by Nick Park's Brazilian friend. The only credited actress was Julie Sedgewick who voiced the interviewer.