December 11, 2024
Wallace & Gromit Stop-Motion Christmas Animation, Shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max, Lights Up Battersea Power Station

Wallace & Gromit Stop-Motion Christmas Animation, Shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max, Lights Up Battersea Power Station

Posted November 29, 2024 at 10:02pm by iClarified
Apple has announced that a Wallace & Gromit stop-motion Christmas animation will be projected onto London's Battersea Power Station this holiday season. The power station is home to Apple's U.K. headquarters.

From 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. today, and every day until New Year's Eve, a pair of Christmas trees will light up the two wash towers on the landmark's river-facing façade. Visitors will see the two characters decorate the giant trees in their own inimitable styles, despite the intervention of the mischievous Feathers McGraw. Aardman follows in the footsteps of David Hockney, who last year created Bigger Christmas Trees, drawn on iPad Pro.

Wallace & Gromit Stop-Motion Christmas Animation, Shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max, Lights Up Battersea Power Station


Aardman, the multi-award-winning animation studio and creator of Wallace & Gromit, used iPhone 16 Pro Max to create a short animation that transforms the iconic 101-metre-high chimneys that soar above the River Thames. iPhone 16 Pro Max was mounted on motorised heads on set to capture two angles of the Christmas trees, shooting a total of 6,000 frames. Eight iPhone 16 Pro Max devices used the 5x Telephoto camera to shoot super-high-resolution images in ProRAW, which were then assembled frame by frame to produce a stunning 6K video.

"Wallace & Gromit are a much-loved and iconic duo, and we're delighted that they will be lighting up Battersea Power Station for Londoners this year," said Greg Joswiak, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing. "It's great to see the skill and ingenuity of Aardman, and how they've used the most advanced iPhone we've ever made to produce something so joyful."

"This project has been a dream to direct — a cinematic fusion of tech and art," said Gavin Strange, Aardman's director and graphic design lead. "Shooting stop-motion animation on iPhone 16 Pro Max with the legendary Wallace & Gromit, to then be projected onto the iconic Battersea Power Station, makes this unique in so many ways. I hope that this Christmas, everyone feels inspired to start shooting their own stop-motion masterpieces with iPhone, and I'm excited and proud of what we've all created."


Wallace & Gromit Stop-Motion Christmas Animation, Shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max, Lights Up Battersea Power Station


Wallace & Gromit Stop-Motion Christmas Animation, Shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max, Lights Up Battersea Power Station

Wallace & Gromit Stop-Motion Christmas Animation, Shot on iPhone 16 Pro Max, Lights Up Battersea Power Station
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