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Welsh beach becomes
world’s largest set for a
stop-motion film
world’s largest set for a
stop-motion film
Look very carefully and you’ll realise that everything is not
as it seems. What at first looks like a child’s sand sculpture
is actually a gigantic film set for a stop-motion animation
feature.
as it seems. What at first looks like a child’s sand sculpture
is actually a gigantic film set for a stop-motion animation
feature.
The beach is real – but so is the fisherman and the boat, filmed over a
1,000sq m (11,000sq ft) stretch of shore at Pendine Sands in South Wales
– making it the world’s biggest set of its kind.
The short film was made by animators and student volunteers over just
one week, using three Nokia N8 smartphones attached to a cherry picker
36m (118ft) in the air.
‘Gulp’, from Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman
Animations, is released today and tells the story of a lone fisherman who
becomes fishfood himself before ... well, that would spoil the ending.
Co-director Will Studd said: ‘The film was a huge test of planning and
coordination with mother nature. We were incredibly lucky with conditions
and tide times – sometimes we got our final frame for the day just as the
waves crashed in around our set.’
Prop designers built a life-size fishing boat, used by a ‘fisherman’ –
pixelation artist William Todd. The fish, seagulls and sea were created with
rakes.
Last year the team set the record for the world’s tiniest stop-motion
character – a 9mm star called Dot.
1,000sq m (11,000sq ft) stretch of shore at Pendine Sands in South Wales
– making it the world’s biggest set of its kind.
The short film was made by animators and student volunteers over just
one week, using three Nokia N8 smartphones attached to a cherry picker
36m (118ft) in the air.
‘Gulp’, from Oscar-winning Wallace and Gromit creators Aardman
Animations, is released today and tells the story of a lone fisherman who
becomes fishfood himself before ... well, that would spoil the ending.
Co-director Will Studd said: ‘The film was a huge test of planning and
coordination with mother nature. We were incredibly lucky with conditions
and tide times – sometimes we got our final frame for the day just as the
waves crashed in around our set.’
Prop designers built a life-size fishing boat, used by a ‘fisherman’ –
pixelation artist William Todd. The fish, seagulls and sea were created with
rakes.
Last year the team set the record for the world’s tiniest stop-motion
character – a 9mm star called Dot.