The world's smallest stop motion animation drawing the adventure of a girl "Dot" of just a few millimeters tall

The world's smallest stop motion animation "Dot" shot using the mobile phone "Nokia N8" equipped with a 12 mega pixel camera and Carl Zeiss lens is originally developed for remote medical care An animation creator who was consulted by Nokia, asking if I can do something interesting using the microscope "Cellscope" attached to the phoneSumo ScienceWhat was done.

Because of too much work, I did not pose a doll like normal stop motion, but the making image that produced each puppet doll with a 3D printer has become quite interesting.

Playback is from the following.Nokia Europe - Nseries

First of all, this story. The playback time is 1 minute 37 seconds.

YouTube - Dot. The world's smallest stop - motion animation character shot on a Nokia N8


A girl sleeping fast and sleepy "Dot".


But suddenly the world begins to collapse.


Run away ~!


Compared with the head of a coin or gore needle, I can understand the smallness of Dot well.



Rotating Dot in a crystal cave is a development that pillars that are likely to be found in "Indiana Jones" etc. fall down.


Take the bee's back and cross the sea.


Although I jump over the building streets made of staple sticks and pencils and go up high in the sky ......


A big pinch hit by lightning.



I managed to stop free falling with a flower parachute. The adventure of Dot continues after this.


The making image is from the following. The playing time is somewhat longer, 5 minutes 36 seconds, but it has become quite impressive.

YouTube - Dot. The making of.


Works were handed down by Mr. Ed Patterson and Mr. Will Studd "Sumo Science".


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"Cellscope" which is a combination of a cell phone and a microscope is invented by Professor Daniel Fletcher of the University of California, Berkeley.


"Even if you are a unattended village in a remote area of ​​Uganda, for example, if a nurse can take a sample of the blood of a patient and send it to anywhere in the world, you can instantaneously receive an expert diagnosis. It is a wonderful technology that leads to saving lives and saving lives, "advertising agencyWieden + KennedyMark McCall and Richard Dorey who planned this project.


This is what is used for medical use.



For Cellscope used for medical use, we focused on the position of the glass on the surface directly to the specimen, so we used a specially modified version for this shoot.


The left is the scope used this time, right is Cellscope used for medical use.


Mechanical engineer Lew Gardiner who produced the scope.


Mobile phone "Nokia N8" used for shooting.


The main character "Dot" with a height of just 9 mm is as small as not to bend the joints of the doll and pose as usual stop motion, so 50 "Dots" of various postures were produced.


"Dot 17" (left) and "Dot 20" (right). It's small enough to make little difference.


It was made using a 3D printer to print thousands of layers of resin. Designed by 3D modeler based on 2D design drawings.



Three-dimensional output by overlaying several thousand layers of resin layers like "Dot" sliced ​​thinly in a 3D printer and "printing". Because extruded resin dries instantaneously, there seems to be no worry that the model will collapse even in a hanging state.



Disconnect spat from printer.



And here is "printed".


I removed it from the runner.


Attach it to a thin wire, paint with a microscopic brush using a magnifying glass. It is a work that drifts a tension that requires concentration so much that you can hold your breath for a few seconds.


Here is the one with the color.



When you look at the animation carefully, you can see that hair stretches, chest rises and falls due to sleeping, and Dot of fairly detailed variation is prepared. It seems that Dot's arm and head were sometimes taken away during shooting.


I will scroll the background little by little and shoot it while replacing the Dot of the posture where it runs, stops and kneels. Animation shot in one day is only about 4 seconds. It is a distracting work.


The set is designed to move under a fixed camera.



A set made with familiar materials is also made considerably.


A scalloped sea and pencil building.


Cotton clouds floating in the denim sky.


Work to erase the wire attached to Dot's head at the time of shooting.



"I am just over 1000 frames now, but Dot is still here," said Ed Patterson. After looking at this making, once you see the main part, you will understand the greatness.


Director Combi "Sumo Works" has been working on various CMs and unique short film so far and many of his works can be seen from the official website below.

Sumo Science - Direction / Animation