''Owzat'' is a 1997 CGI short film created by

Aardman Animations Aardman Animations Limited (also known as Aardman Studios, simply Aardman or Aardman Animation and stylised as AARDMAN as of 2022) is a British animation studio based in Bristol, England. It is known for films made using stop-motion and clay ani ...

Plot

IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...

explains: "It's Ghosts vs.

Skeletons A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of an animal. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside ...

one night in a churchyard cricket match. At the outset, it appears that the Ghosts' bowler will best all of the Skeleton's batsmen. That is until one dandy steps up to bat and practically lays waste to the entire churchyard."

Production

The film's delivery format was Betacam SP. The CGI animating and modelling was done using Softimage 3D. The film was shown at the 1998 International Film Festival Rotterdam under the theme "exploding cinema", and the 1998 Holland International Film Festival under the theme "Nieuwe media".

Critical reception

, Owzat received a rating of 5.5/10 from 70 users.

References

1997 films 1997 short films 1990s animated short films 1990s ghost films Animated films without speech Cricket films 1997 computer-animated films Aardman Animations short films Fiction about skeletons 1990s English-language films 1990s British films {{short-animation-film-stub