The Sandpit

[Xyzified]

0:32 chopperplatform in GTA IV !

[DjSkyGeng]

at first i thought this is lego...

[MrMitRyan]

@superman113215

It actually has little to nothing to do with 'tilt-shifting' at all. Instead, parts of the image are blurred, so that it gives the illusion of being really close to the camera. Check out Miniature Faking on Wikipedia for a better description of how it works (and comparison shots)

[Flower4323]

1:30 You probably thought this was an excavator. Nope! (Chuck) Testa.

[2020rhal]

/watch?v=g1kVwFYZwHE jesus christ guys, its real simple to do. thank me later

[iskolarngbayan94]

it is called tilt shift photography :)))

[Krasorias]

Is every second car in NY a taxi??

[DTH10]

feels like a god watching my little creation

[strings29tata]

do you need a special lens to do this or just a savvy way around PS?

[ninjatheory]

@strings29tata photoshop can simulate it pretty good, but actual lens would make it perfect

[jurn77]

Bulldozer? Nope, just Chuck TESTA.

[unknownbruneian]

wow, look at all the toys! pretty good stop motion, its almost like its real. ALMOST..........wait, what? its real. no fucking way!

[christiaan81music]

le tilt shiftin

[abercrombiemax]

my eyes are retarded ! thanks 9gag! u fucked up my life !

[Alejop1995]

Awesome

[StickyRicee1]

my mind is officially fucked

[MichaelUrbina]

my mind cannot handle the fuckery that is tilt shifting

[parreirao2]

this is how aliens see us from space. Just some toys to play around.

[whattheholf91]

WHY DOES MY BRAIN THINK IT'S MINIATURE? ANYONE?!?!

[whattheholf91]

WHY DOES MY BRAIN THINK IT'S MINIATURE? ANYONE?!?!

[MariinaLover]

brace your... oh nevermind everyone already said it, 9gag army is coming.

[fumfulapenguin]

1:41 mirror's edge

[Ayevee39]

This is so cool I don't want to know how they do it.

[142GRH]

what if u tilt -shift miniatures?

[2VeeV]

fucking tilt-shift lenses

how do they work?

[BaumannBiehl]

what is so special about those tilt shift lenses? how do they make real things look fake??

[felipe95951]

funny how some of these things looks fake but are real :P

[emildeluxe2]

Brace yourselves... 9GAG army coming!

[CobraJr8]

0:30 GTA IV helicopter platform

[missuskitteh]

Tilt shift photography blows my mind o_o

[AnotherSadPeople]

Is this real life ?..

[makeWatcher]

Is it necessary to blur the top and bottom to get this efffect?

[TheNinjinx]

@makeWatcher Not necessarily the top and bottom, but you need to create a very shallow depth of field, by blurring out most of the image.

[chanchiem]

Mindfuck!!!!!!!!!!

[sellz22]

How the aliens see us

[fllppp]

mindblow

[KafshakTashtak]

OMG, I want a tilt shift lens. wait, I must get a camera first.

[bitcheslovemyswag]

MINDFUCK

[superman1113215]

can someone explain to me how this works? i mean i know its real but they look like miniatures, and if you answer me with "they used a tilt-shift lens" YOU DONT FUCKING SAY

[XxSliMoO]

@superman1113215 if you were to take normal image and want it to look like its been tilt shifted its a simple gradient blur (in photoshop) to the top and bottom of the picture. the more blur applied to a specific area of the picture gives it the effect of distance and angle.

[superman1113215]

@XxSliMoO thanks greg

[TheNinjinx]

@superman1113215 Well a tilt-shift objective gives a very shallow depth of field, like a macro photo, giving the illusion of small objects.

[Krasorias]

@superman1113215 you see the blur? yeah, thats why. the blur around the object they are filming is simulating the depth of field in close-up photography. so in other words, it looks like as the camera is really close to a miniature scene

[tikkukko]

@superman1113215

Well, do some research!

[UselessCDs]

@superman1113215 when you look at those things in real scale with ur eyes u can see differences in depth (the blur) and perception (like if you look at a building from the bottom up it will look like a triangle and that sort of things), in toys and miniatures everything is in the same distance from ur eyes so u barely see any perspective changes, everything is in the 'correct' relative size, so you know its a miniature or a toy. tilt-shift lens 'plays' with this to create toy like images.

[mrtnstdncn]

@superman1113215 UTFSE! first link works

[88Mefisto]

@superman1113215 i think they play with macro. it is like focusing on a small object while blurring the environment around. you can see what i mean by trying to photograph a small object while focusing. i think that this technique has to do with something like that, but i am no expert.

[Wolvster007]

God, you still god fast forward on, feed your Africans, they're starving!

[puppie406]

9 gag brought me here

[BashFeri1]

the song gives me the sims feeling

[broadwiz]

Feels like Sim City/The Sims =D

[luvmsiahatethegov]

The tilt-shift lens actually helps us think of ourselves in a less selfish way, and help us realise how small and insignificant we are in the big picture.

[Wolvster007]

@luvmsiahatethegov I'm not even going to do you the favor.

[Kippchenschnorrer]

9gaggers, here we go! thx GGG for the link

[apenjong99]

1:10 High Five Bro!!!!

[taariqkazieallie]

Thumbs up if 9gag sent you here

[krazykalash]

@taariqkazieallie Why would I thumb up YOUR comment just because 9gag sent me here?

[ghastlyprojection]

brace yourself... 9gag army on its way...

[ManInteractive]

Imagine having a toy city like that. Yes, I'm 17. Yes, 9GAG brought me here.

[darkfairy42]

@ManInteractive me too fellow 9gagger

[bayiro9]

@ManInteractive Meanwhile God upon earth.

[EnterTheHunter100]

total mindfuck.

[Tobiasses]

Makes me want to play Sim City

[adli3677]

cuteness lvl : tilt-shift

[taetantantan]

omg! TEACH ME MASTER!! :D

[XxSliMoO]

brace yourself, 9gag army iza coming

[TomasSlabej]

Amazing! ;)

[Gudwin2334]

Makes me want to blow the dust off my old Sim City 3000 and play again!

[jeffreymwolz]

beautiful

[SStefanChan]

your song is amazing

[drmikeyg]

Like watching ants. What ya think. We are all one in the same.

[drmikeyg]

Good Stuff, Very Mellow.

[freakygeaktwo]

wow several times I thought I was watching toy's in motion till I seen the people moving around very nice work.

[SilverPlanetArtick]

I'm love it!

[bigdickdrewforu69]

Wow.. one of the worst YouTube videos I've ever seen

[AdamGermany05]

Wow... One of The best Videos in Youtube i've ever seen

[Vrak100]

looks real and fake at the same time :O mindfuck!

[shythead11030]

holy shit

[Mau5FX]

This is vimeo material :]

[XmissingmanX]

I dont know how to explain it, but the video somehow made me happy

[WizardTurkey]

wow it all looks so real but fake at the same time like little toys (i know its real btw) very cool video.

[DrLDiogo]

LOOK AT ALL THEM TOYZ! D: I wanna play with all of them!

[IllegalAk179]

Thts awesome

[vassilisthebest]

Who built SO many miniatures? Awesome! They look so real, the movements and everything.

[thumb023]

@vassilisthebest Not sure if you are ironic or stupid.

[Alton13Nemesis]

this is exactly like a model exept it is real. i love it :)

[odracir317]

no... really.

[odracir317]

WHere can I find some more of this music??!!? YEAH!!!

[jonah4848]

Hi - can you take off Human and add Stolen Dog by Burial - cheers

[leonardrou]

I love this!Great work!

[brausekanal]

somehow touching.

deeply...

wow.

thx.

[LimitedPixel]

how do they dose this its amazing

[elmetrino]

Brilliant!!!

greetings from chile

[n3bb0r]

best miniature stopmotion i have ever seen. looks so real

[XadaTen]

@n3bb0r it is real, he's just filming the city with a tilt-shift lens

[n3bb0r]

@XadaTen i wasn't serious, thought thats obvious.. :) 

[olimpolais]

@n3bb0r You are getting confused. These objects are real, and in real scale, but it looks like a miniature because the author plays so much with the focus!

[n3bb0r]

@olimpolais i don't think i'm confused.. but i think you don't get the "joke"

[jonah4848]

Absolutely love this video - could i request a change of tune

[DJGREYNOISE]

it is so cool thhouse 47 can go and killthim salves. Anybody can tallme what is the track in thise video? plise post the link if you know.

[BarneyDwyer]

is this a series of stills or video? a reply would help and be great!

[ArcanePath360]

46 people were looking for a cat playing the piano

[miimiichiie]

46 idiots dislike this video!

[TuKaha1]

@miimiichiie Make that 47 :)

[fabe61]

46 people must fuck them selves, 5964 people must congratulate them selves

[delameu]

incredible!!

[musicexam]

Wait, how do you get this kind of effect?

[fabiogirotochannel]

@musicexam This is tiltshift effect ;)

Google it

[Niko22966]

i wonder why there is a dislike button under this video

[gho240]

How did you get so high up to shoot Union Square Barnes & Nobles?

Did you have to get special access to the tall building behind Filenes Basement?

[tinydyl]

This made me think...

[Sturminator10]

I've gained a new sympathy for ants.

[putain72]

1:30 , it's this NYC in miniature ? NOP ! chuck testa xD

[TA1LGATER]

I thought they are toys!!!

[oO0lol0Oo]

Ich war noch niemals in New York....

[lululaplap]

when you speed things up like this, the tiny imperfections disappear and everything looks so amazing.

[Nmoyd]

wow!

[TheIvysaur]

we are uselles

[elloconicolasche]

Wonderfull !  :)

[caneprod]

this made me poop rainbows! :O

[Xxslayer410xX]

wow how did you make this

[ajben7]

/watch?v=DsNcfYr399o

looks like a fake of jim knopf.

[Chumbawambawamba]

what camera didi you use?

great video by the way!

[CrossMarz]

What is the actual name of the song?

[DanielMak1234]

@CrossMarz the song is also called 'the sandpit'

just search sandpit Rosi Golan Alex wong and you should find it

[NINJASAPPRENTICE101]

did u animate the people

[RPGTKingpin]

@NINJASAPPRENTICE101 it's actual footage :P

But I agree, it looks almost toy-ish.

[afrankdapimp12]

@NINJASAPPRENTICE101 they're real people its tilt shift videography

[vindamasa]

Be fast and win iPhone 5: goo.gl\k55ge

[maskonmalo]

real simcity?

[AllocateB]

The human being is truly a fascinating creature.

[imWELCOMEGOHOMEbitch]

This must be what we look like to Godzilla

[cubesandpi]

guys he seems to be postin his work on vimeo rather than youtube. check it out

[astuc8]

New York City is a shit hole. I am so tired of fucking New York . Take your shit and fuck off!

[Tallulah10014]

@astuc8

You're gonna be tired for a long time. We're not going anywhere. Can't help it if most people find us fascinating and they find you a...yawn...bore.

[astuc8]

@Tallulah10014 A Save The Universe Club , A S T U C owns New York. We are going to put the whole place on a garbage barge and sink it at sea.

[Mahaney82]

Why does the world seem more beautiful from this point of view?

[DjSeptimus]

This inspired to make the same project for my city of Tallinn!

[stylizhmathias]

So basically tilt shift can focus in LINES and not in lenght, am I right?

[extreme601]

It's the GTA4 Heliport! :P

[Epicvideos333]

lol. when i first wached this it looked like toys, than i saw the people im like "Wtf.." and i noticed that it was real XD

But forral this is amazing!

[dajepsen]

thanks....by the way amazing. job..

[ThatAfroDude]

where can i get this song? its amazing, gos really well with the film!

[sirslushy]

I get irritated when I have to process anything over 100 stills.

[Skakhti]

I WANT THOSE HELICOPERS NAO!!!

[dajepsen]

did you used tilt shift focus?

[Stickymation]

@dajepsen yeh he did. if u find this in vimeo there's a link to his blogger, tells u there.

says he used time lapse tilt photgraphy :) cool stuff!

[Stickymation]

Respond to this video... tilt shift * photography

[Stickymation]

@dajepsen ok,, scrap wat i just said -.- i just read the interview and he says that he tested using the tilt shift focus, yet chose to just add the depth of field effect in the post production instead. Which gives the same effect, yet has more flexibility. :P hope this helps

[dajepsen]

how did you do this???

[FumbIemore]

Did anyone else think this was a toy set?

[szokecskukac]

@FumbIemore Absolutely... :D I was basically convinced that it is... Man, amazing! Great job!

[urik334]

класс )))



[thedustyproductions]

I <3 This.

[enjoi625]

39 people arent minature

[SlickSpencer8live]

Wow! This video just gives you a different perspective of how fascinating our world is and how it works. Great video and thank you for sharing this :)

[Holunder96]

Thanks for this wonderful movie. It inspired me to give it a trial too.

A tribute to "The Sandpit" and "Little Big Berlin" made in Bremen, Germany.

Search for "Bremen sehr klein". ;)

[slipsystemdown]

I love it!

[alheeley]

finest tilt shift time lapse I've come across. Superb :)

[exwhyz33]

still the defacto tilt-shift video for me. thank you.

[RuggedBrotha]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU!!!! WIN THE BAD ASS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR MY MAN!

Thank You

[EpicBunnable]

I like this song..... but where can I get it?

[minime68]

If aliens do exist, that's what I imagine must be their impression of us. Little tiny creatures who seem to be doing random things.

[DigiDrone23]

@minime68 Exactly the same like a human would see a big ant colony. However, the closer the prospective aliens look, the less random it must appear to them :)

I think this can be inferred to the nature itself. Looks random at first, but the closer you look, the more rules you find. Even Einstein said "God does not play dice."

[kbaggett09]

I wonder if a lensbaby could do anything like this.

[Grendelrex]

For some reason I have the urge to find a magnifying glass.....

[TVOYCOMOD]

русские везде

[KOTOPES38]

ничё подобного не видел, увидел - охуел, а где русские?

[daisydooo57]

how did this guy do this? did he do the film work for eurovision? please someone reply

[EpicBunnable]

@daisydooo57 it's an effect called tilt-shifting. It's on certain cameras that make things looks miniature. c:

[example266230]

@daisydooo57

it's called the tilt shift effect, can be done with Adobe After Effects, you just blur out the edges, increase the contrast, increase the speed and work about 2 weeks and you have 5 minutes of video .

[benhabs]

does it end at 'Ground Zero', the World Trade Center site?