From the tiniest to the biggest. Nokia, which last year presented an awesome stop-motion set ‘Dot,’ the world’s smallest character animation, recently has released a new story dubbed ‘Gulp,’ the world’s largest stop-motion animation video. Both of the spots were filmed with N8 phones with 12-megapixel cameras to prove that these mobile devices are just perfect for creating artwork, not just communicating with people on one’s contact list.

For ‘Gulp,’ the brand commissioned Aardman Animations (that also was engaged in the creation of ‘Wallace and Gromit’ and collaborated with Nokia on the development of the smallest video) and Sumo Science. The new spot unveils a story of a fisherman, who was dragged to the bottom of the sea by a huge fish, but eventually managed to get back to life. The set was filmed on Pendene Beach in South Wales using 3 N8 smartphones, which were elevated 36 meters (the area they captured was a huge 42.71 meters x 24 meters spot). The giant drawings were created by sand art director Jamie Wardley, sand team Andy Moss, Tom Bolland at Sand Sculpture Ice and art student volunteers, who contributed to the development of the largest stop-motion animation as confirmed by the Guinness Book of World Records. “Using the beach as a canvas, fish, seagulls and the sea were created with a rake, while the film’s prop designers built a life-size fishing boat that was used by a ‘fisherman’ who was played by one of the film’s artists,” explains www.community.guinnessworldrecords.com.

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.» For this project, Nokia, which was featured on the list of companies to retire in 2012, teamed up with Wieden+Kennedy, London.