The Sandpit: a tilt-shift movie

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2010/03/13 @ 6:46 am
Category Photography & Video

You’ve heard of tilt-shift photography, right — pix shot with a special lens that makes everything look like little models. Well, check out Sam O’Hara’s The Sandpit, an awesome tilt-shift movie of a day in the life of New York City! [via Kottke]

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5 Responses to The Sandpit: a tilt-shift movie

malachus on March 13th, 2010 at 5:39 pm said:

There is a similar technique used in a recent allstate commercial.
http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2010/allstate-multiples-tiltshift-miniature-scenes/

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Jason on March 14th, 2010 at 4:37 pm said:

Here’s a similar music video based in Sydney (for local band MA): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuCrW5uAkLU

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Becky Stern on March 14th, 2010 at 9:50 pm said:

I love New York!

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Wilson! on March 15th, 2010 at 8:45 am said:

I liked the video, but then I read the director’s description of how it was done. Turns out the tilt-shift effect was done “in post,” not with a tilt-shift lens. Once I found out it’s “fake” tilt-shift, I didn’t think it was that cool any more. I mean, the maker put a tremendous amount of work into it, I guess I’m just old-school…

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benn0 on March 20th, 2010 at 12:28 am said:

Hey guys,

This fella uses real lenses â€“ some fantastic stuff worth checking out: http://vimeo.com/keithloutit

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