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Stop motion animation is a technique to make an object move on its own when in reality, the object is moved in small increments between individually photographed frames. When played in a sequence, it results in an illusion that depicts video animation.

World’s Smallest Stop Motion Animation Created Using Nokia N8 – Dot

Director: Sumo Science
Client: Nokia
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy

Professor Fletcher’s invention of the CellScope, which is a Nokia device with a microscope attachment, was the inspiration for a teeny-tiny film created by Sumo Science at Aardman. It stars a 9mm girl called Dot as she struggles through a microscopic world. All the minuscule detail was shot using CellScope technology and a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics.

World’s Largest Stop Motion Animation Created Using Nokia N8 – Gulp

Director: Sumo Science
Client: Nokia
Agency: Wieden & Kennedy

‘Gulp’ is a short film created by Sumo Science at Aardman, depicting a fisherman going about his daily catch. Shot on location at Pendine Beach in South Wales, every frame of this stop-motion animation was shot using a Nokia N8, with its 12 megapixel camera and Carl Zeiss optics. The film has broken a world record for the ‘largest stop-motion animation set’, with the largest scene stretching over 11,000 square feet.

Making of Gulp

Here’s a film taking you behind the scenes on ‘Gulp’, Aardman’s world record breaking short film. It reveals what went in to making such a complex film outside and away from the controlled environment of a studio, and how it was shot using a Nokia N8.