Gulp (film)

Gulp
Directed byWill Studd
Sumo Science
Ed Patterson
Music byWill Grove-White
Production
companies
Release date
  • 2011 (2011)
Running time
2 minutes
CountryUK
LanguageEnglish

Gulp is a 2011 British animated short film by Aardman Animations working with Wieden + Kennedy and filmed on Nokia N8 smart phone, then Nokia's top-of-the-range. It is considered a spiritual successor to another Aardman short, Dot. Gulp was filmed "on the world’s largest stop-motion set". The film run-time is under two minutes, and is followed by a behind-the-scenes featurette.[1] The co-directors were Will Studd and Sumo Science.[2]

Production

The film was shot on a Nokia N8, which was suspended over a beach. Sand sculptures were used in the production with other props. Nokia Conversation explains "Breaking the Guinness world record, the largest scene in the film stretches over 11,000 square feet".[3][4][5]

Jay Clarke was the storyboard Artist for "Gulp".[citation needed]

Plot

ShortOfTheWeek describes the plot as "a Jonah-style adventure of a fisherman getting caught in a belly of a giant fish".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Gulp by Aardman Animation | Stop-Motion Short Film".
  2. ^ "Aardman Sets Another Guinness World Record with Gulp Short".
  3. ^ Gulp, the world's biggest stop-frame animation. Shot on a Nokia N8 archived from the original on 10 January 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2021
  4. ^ Wallace and Gromit makers set record on Pendine Sands BBC News, 6 August 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2021
  5. ^ Aardman create world's biggest stop-motion animation on Welsh beach Wales Online), 21 March 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2021


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