Shooting only four seconds of footage per day, the team worked painstakingly to produce the movie. Rather than create a model for the lead character which could be manipulated (a la Wallace and Gromit), the team instead created 50 versions of her. Each Dot model started life as a sketch on paper which was then turned into a 3D render before being printed on a 3D printer. The models were then attached to a metal rod before being painted – the artist involved in painting basically couldn’t speak or breath as he applied his brushstrokes to the 9mm high models of Dot.

My clear favorite was a short called ‘The Wonder Hospital’. It was just right. Cute and demented with awesome animated characters and a good mini-story. The trailer gives you a good idea of director/animator Shimbe’s take on hospital bureaucracy.