The pieces of work that they are renowned for were both produced for Nokia. The short film "Dot" holds the world record for the smallest stop motion film ever produced. And "Gulp" holds the record for the largest. "Gulp's" scene dimensions were over 11,000 square feet. And "Dot's" main character (the girl) is 9 millimetres tall.
These short films were shot with the Nokia N8's camera and were a good advertisement for Nokia, showing off the 12 megapixels and how high quality the camera lense was.
After looking at all the other videos by Sumo Science, there were two in particular that stood out to me. The short stop motion film "Plates" is one of their videos that the pair are less recognised for, but it is one of my favourites. I love the way that such a simple animation can have you fixated at the glimpse. The way the plates rotate 360 degrees without moving out of place once is joy to look at, another thing I found fascinating was the way the table cloth placed itself on the table without moving any of the items on the table. The stop motion animation is flawless and it is easy to see that "Sumo Science" are more serious and professionalthan their name suggests.
The other piece of work that I admired was the "KP Happy Days" advert that they produced in july 2011. When watching this stop animation, I kept wondering: "How is that possible?" and "Surely that's 3D animation". But after doing some research I stumbled upon their Vimeo account where they stated that everything shot was "live action". My favourite bit is when the rocket takes off and falling crisps have been used to resemble the fire and smoke that the rocket leaves behind.
Nokia 'Dot' from Sumo Science on Vimeo.
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