Conversation Pieces

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Conversation Pieces is a reworking of the Animated Conversations concept. It consists of a series of five shorts which aired on Channel Four between 1982 and 1983.{{Cite web |url = http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/aardman-animations-ltd-history/ |title = History of Aardman Animations LTD. |website = FundingUniverse}} Each short was five minutes long.{{Cite web |url = http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/culture/allabout.html |title = Aardman Animations |website = All About Aardman}}

As summarized in "All About Aardman": "plasticine personalities enact scenarios suggested by documentary-style recorded dialogue".{{Cite web |url = http://www.telepathy.co.uk/aardman/culture/allabout.html |title = All About Aardman |website = Telepathy}}

Aardman commissioned Nulight Studios to remaster the shorts from their original 16mm film reels to digital 4K.{{Cite web |url = https://nulightstudios.com/portfolio-items/conversation-pieces/ |title = Conversation Pieces |website = Nulight Studios}} In July 2018, the remastered shorts were premiered along with three earlier Aardman films at the Cinema Rediscovered film festival in Bristol.{{Cite web |url = https://nulightstudios.com/2018/07/29/premiere-of-aardman-shorts/ |title=Premiere of Aardman Shorts |website = Nulight Studios}}