London’s iconic Battersea Energy Station is embellished with a form of huge Christmas card starring the beloved characters Wallace & Gromit.
The quick animation of the person, his canine, and their Christmas timber was filmed on an iPhone 16 Professional Max after which projected onto the 101-meter (330 foot) chimneys that rise above the River Thames.
Wallace & Gromit tower over Battersea Energy Station this Christmas
Battersea Energy Station is big and sits proper on the financial institution of the Thames in London. Regardless of the title, it’s now a mixed-use group with an upscale mall containing an Apple Retailer. Plus, it’s the Mac-maker’s U.Okay. headquarters, so it’s no shock that Apple is considerably concerned in adorning the constructing for the vacations.
The theme this yr is Wallace & Gromit, the marginally dotty inventor and his intelligent canine, who’re the celebrities of such classics as A Grand Day Out and The Fallacious Trousers from the geniuses at Aardman Animations. And it certainly helps that they’ve a film coming this Christmas: Vengeance Most Fowl.
Their huge animation on the entrance of the Battersea Energy Station reveals the 2 characters adorning a pair of Christmas timber in their very own inimitable kinds, regardless of the intervention of the depraved Feathers McGraw. It’s projected from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on daily basis from now till New Yr’s Eve.
“Wallace & Gromit are a much-loved and iconic duo, and we’re delighted that they are going to be lighting up Battersea Energy Station for Londoners this yr,” mentioned Greg Joswiak, Apple’s senior VP of Worldwide Advertising. “It’s nice to see the talent and ingenuity of Aardman, and the way they’ve used essentially the most superior iPhone we’ve ever made to provide one thing so joyful.”
Thanks to the good Aardman for creating this wonderful Wallace & Gromit animation on London’s Battersea Energy Station! The stop-motion animation was #ShotOniPhone and can certainly get individuals into the vacation spirit. pic.twitter.com/VC6hTN2WEi
— Tim Prepare dinner (@tim_cook) December 1, 2024
Shot on iPhone
Photograph: Apple
Aardman created the quick movie with conventional stop-motion animation.
iPhone 16 Professional Max was mounted on motorised heads on set to seize two angles of the Christmas timber, capturing a complete of 6,000 frames. Eight iPhone 16 Professional Max units used their 5x Telephoto digicam to shoot super-high-resolution photographs in ProRAW, which had been then assembled body by body to provide a 6K video.
“This mission has been a dream to direct — a cinematic fusion of tech and artwork,” mentioned Gavin Unusual, Aardman’s director and graphic design lead. “Taking pictures stop-motion animation on iPhone 16 Professional Max with the legendary Wallace & Gromit, to then be projected onto the enduring Battersea Energy Station, makes this distinctive in so some ways. I hope that this Christmas, everybody feels impressed to start out capturing their very own stop-motion masterpieces with iPhone, and I’m excited and happy with what we’ve all created.”
If this sounds considerably acquainted, a video named “Larger Christmas Timber” created by artist David Hockney on an iPad embellished Battersea Energy Station this time final yr.
