And yes you guessed it the Nokia N8 is the very same camera they were using to make the film.
Boy was I excited....
Day 1: 8:30am morning has broken LOL OMG!
A harsh wind swept across the dunes of the beach and stroked viciously upon my face. It was clear that today I was the spectator, mother nature the conductor and the cold relentless sea was her fierce orchestra. I sipped gently at my warm beige drink, we in england call a-cup-of-tea and took a moment to wonder at the flatness of the solid sandy ground. The day had started as a solid block of Nokia N8 was grasped within my hand, but the crane was still only at half mast.
Day 1: 8:45am a breakfast and brief
As I sat on the bench nestled within the deserted crazy golf course, a deep sense of tranquility and fresh air brushed past my soulful eyes. I sat staring out across the distant rolling sea as the polystyrene plate, that housed my delicious breakfast, leaked a tiny bit of bean juice onto my trousers. Then I was told what was going to happen today and I was content, maybe even happy. I took a high resolution picture of the ocean, so deep and misunderstood.
Day 1: 09:00am the scale of a fish
'What is scale?' she casually asked me, 'why scale is just relative, by definition it can only be defined by comparison.' I shouted, I was pleased with how quick and concise my answer was. She muttered back slowly 'good answer, what are they doing over there?'. of course I was talking to the sea... 'I'll explain' I shouted, 'all in good time'
Day 1: 10:00am the big idea
One beach
One crane
One Nokia N8 phone
Over 60 crew, sand artists and animation volunteers
A World record?
That was the big idea.
Day 1: full mast
A thick chain of cables hung like ticker tape up the long neck of the crane, at the top a Nokia phone was fixed peering down upon the sand canvas. A crowd had assembled, orders were being given with the aid of a Tannoy system and over sized props were being sorted. I looked up at a seagull hovering around the crest of the crane. 'What do you think?' I said (in my mind) to floating seagull, he made no reply but I could tell he was impressed.... so was I.
Day 1: towing the line
Lights! Nokia Camera-Phone! Action! someone shouted enthusiastically, I was waiting in the flanks to the side of the huge rectangle of carefully mapped out sand. I was lucky enough to have been given a small part of the animation process, which involved me towing a heavy block over a line drawn in the sand, so a new line could drawn ready for the next picture.
Day 32: D (done) Day
After two months of intense sitting down and pottering around my home back on dry land, I was sent a link to the finished film. The polished pearl prised from the jaws of that dirty sandy oyster I call south Wales.
