Hasta La Ideas

…And shot on a cell phone, no less. Not just any cell phone, but Nokia’s N8 with the Zeiss lens and 12 megapixel chip. Entitled “Gulp,” the short used an actual beach as a canvas and was a collaboration between the UK’s Aardman Animations and Sand Sculpture Ice in conjunction with Nokia. The largest shot—presumably the titular gulp—zooms back to encompass 11,000 square feet of beach.

Gulp. The world’s largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.

And of course, the attendant Making-of:

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