In 2024, revisiting this video again... Firs time i saw it was when it was freshly uploaded... I wonder how many hours of footage were stitched together for this...
Its been four years sam! come back with another beautiful creation! Four years and i watch it on every occasion and guess what i am never bored or tired of it!
Never get tired of seeing this video. I remember it being featured on BBC Click back in 2010 and it still remains one of the best videos on RUclips. Totally deserves more views.
It's the obnoxiously shallow depth of field, distorted wide-angle shots, and time-lapsed effects that really make this video really terrific. Great work! - Jon
You know I still come back to this video as my favorite example of tilt shift done perfectly, I just wanted to let whoever made this know that Or just express it, either way :) well done
Don't forget to: 5 - increase the colour saturation to make everything look more artificial 6 - apply a photo filter/increase the saturation of yellows in the scene 7 - (advanced): when blurring, make sure the area in focus corresponds to the ground plane of axes using tilted layer masking
I don't think the problem would be the graphics, I think it would be hard because of all the little ai you'd need in every little person and every little car. You're right that it would be awesome though 😄
I think I've found my new favourite style of photography, "Tilt-Shift" I first heard of it during a brief on architectural photography, where it's used to fix perspective with big buildings. You can use it for simulating a miniature scene though, which is what I'm gonna do for my new brief covering experimental photography! 📷
I just saw this on tv and i ran to the computer....I think this is awesome I love it. I can't believe how many shots it took to make. 35,000 ? thats crazy. Can't wait to see more !!!!! Great work!!!!!!
+Simple1DEA It's because it creates a really narrow depth of field. For foreground and back ground are both out of focus which is something you usually can't get except when taking images of really small objects. And then finding a high POV to take the images from helps sell the effect even more.
I L-O-V-E this film! I know how much work goes into making this film, and it is a staggering achievement! Please keep making more! Dan Tyler, Los Angeles
A very inspiring video - I am amazed that you did this post production and not with a physical tilt shift lens allowing the foreground buildings to be in focus. Amazing how smooth the shots without a tripod are when straightened too. Cheers
I find this video (so as the cochella 2010 one ) EXTREMELY AMAZING. I'm SO subscribing to this channel! I'm in love with the effect! and I can't believe it was made with a NIKON ♥♥ (huge nikon fan)
Fantastic video! I'd love to know how it's done. I've only ever done it using photos and the "tilt shift" effect added on afterwards. Looks even better in motion! Especially speeded up. Makes it look even smaller! Brilliant work!!!
Именно Ваш ролик вдохновил меня создать свою новую работу! И хоть мой уровень очень слаб, как и моя техника, не попытаться я не мог... Sorry for what im not write english... thank you for The Sandpit!!!
Brilliant. A perfect example of relatively simple technical components that are executed with enough inspiration and creativity that at first, it's hard to believe what you're seeing. That's getting pretty tough to do these days. There's usually an assumption that amazing results require Peter-Jackson-Lord-Of-The-Rings style investment and time, but this is an excellent reminder that vision and attention to detail can trump cash and equipment.
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12 years later and this is still beautiful.
As it is 13 years later
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It's bizarre how satisfying that effect is.
10 years pass, and yet still super iconic - love song the most!?!?!
12 years later, and this is still at the core of my being
This is still so many years later one of my favorite videos and song ever.
I come back here every two or three years.
In 2024, revisiting this video again... Firs time i saw it was when it was freshly uploaded...
I wonder how many hours of footage were stitched together for this...
This is one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. I can't explain why but I just is very special to me. Thank you
Its been four years sam! come back with another beautiful creation! Four years and i watch it on every occasion and guess what i am never bored or tired of it!
Never get tired of seeing this video. I remember it being featured on BBC Click back in 2010 and it still remains one of the best videos on RUclips. Totally deserves more views.
Christmas Kudos to The Sandpit for way passing a million views - I first shared it two years ago, but it never gets old..
By far the most impressive thing I have seen this year...
stuff like this really makes you realize how tiny we are in the grand scale of things
The tilt-shift effect is unreal. Fantastic!
It's the obnoxiously shallow depth of field, distorted wide-angle shots, and time-lapsed effects that really make this video really terrific.
Great work!
- Jon
Just visited NY some weeks ago and watching this vid again after so many years
This is stunning!!!!
From the footage, to the edit and the music! BRAVO!
You know I still come back to this video as my favorite example of tilt shift done perfectly, I just wanted to let whoever made this know that Or just express it, either way :) well done
Don't forget to:
5 - increase the colour saturation to make everything look more artificial
6 - apply a photo filter/increase the saturation of yellows in the scene
7 - (advanced): when blurring, make sure the area in focus corresponds to the ground plane of axes using tilted layer masking
This is still the best timelapse ive seen over a decade
if we can have this kind of graphic for cities skyline or sim city it would be awesome.
+Chuck Wu I agree. Like little toys.
I don't think the problem would be the graphics, I think it would be hard because of all the little ai you'd need in every little person and every little car. You're right that it would be awesome though 😄
Play cities skylines maxed, in 4k it looks very close
All these years later this is still the best tilt-shift video in the interwebz. great work guys this is timeless!!!!
Merci Bruce d'e-penser ;)
13 years later and this is still awesome and beautiful
I think I've found my new favourite style of photography, "Tilt-Shift"
I first heard of it during a brief on architectural photography, where it's used to fix perspective with big buildings. You can use it for simulating a miniature scene though, which is what I'm gonna do for my new brief covering experimental photography! 📷
Allways loved this type of photos, I had no idea anyone made films this way. This is excellent.
This vid is nostalgic
Agreed. It takes me back to the early 2010s almost instantly.
I can't wait until the. Day where video games look like this
Isaac Kirk There it is: Cities Skylines
SIP871 what a coincidence. i was just playing it. If i could play it with better graphics it would probably look exactly like this
+Isaac Kirk Cities: Skylines.
+Isaac Kirk Little did you know, we are all living in a simulation run by another civilization
They look like this
I just saw this on tv and i ran to the computer....I think this is awesome I love it. I can't believe how many shots it took to make. 35,000 ? thats crazy. Can't wait to see more !!!!! Great work!!!!!!
someone explain to me how the tilt shift lens makes everything look miniature
+Simple1DEA It's because it creates a really narrow depth of field. For foreground and back ground are both out of focus which is something you usually can't get except when taking images of really small objects. And then finding a high POV to take the images from helps sell the effect even more.
F.E.A. Videos it still blows my mind
you also have to play with the saturation to certain levels per shot to give it the desired look that you would find in miniature setups
I see why. Also the thickness of the air (depth fog) has to be taken into consideration.
Colors grading is a real piece of art on this video
i want to see behind the scene for this video..
There's an interview linked in the description about making this video.
aerofilm.blogspot.com/2010/02/sandpit-short-film-by-aero-director-sam.html
Wow. I'm speachless. Absolutely the best use of minatures in a stop motion I've witnessed.
Like si vienes por un poco de todo ;v
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Stunning and beautiful. A genuine work of art.
I feel like I am watching a very well animated episode of Thomas the Tank engine
Plot twist: you're _living_ on an episode of Thomas the Tank engine.
Love this video. I've watched dozens of times.
Qui est là à cause d'e-penser ^^?
when you speed things up like this, the tiny imperfections disappear and everything looks so amazing.
we are bacteria
Spectacular! it's like watching mini-human living in a sand box.
And he song's so cool.
Who came here from Vsauce's DONG? [PAUSE]
My god, this is the most effective tilt shift imagery I have ever seen....AWESOME.....
I L-O-V-E this film! I know how much work goes into making this film, and it is a staggering achievement! Please keep making more! Dan Tyler, Los Angeles
Wow. That took a lot of time. I just wanna say thanks to you for such an amazing piece of art. Definitely a new Favorite.Wow.
best miniature stopmotion i have ever seen. looks so real
I love this video its a glimpse into my childhood and a very emotional piece. Thank you for producing and sharing.
Mindblowing! Just genius! Thanks for making this, it's inspiring!
Why have 14 people disliked this? Better question is "How?"
This video was absolutely breathtaking and original. Brilliant. I'll be waiting for more.
That's incredible!
Literally and figuratively.
Just watched this on LiveLeak. Glad to find a higher quality version here. Fantastic work!!
Outstanding video. Great music makes it a winner
Really love this
still one of my favorite films on youtube :)
WHY DOESN'T THIS HAVE AT LEAST A MILLION VIEWS?!?!?!
Now it has more than a million
WOW!!!! that's all i can say. I've never seen any other video like it. It's amazing how good you are at this.
very beautiful editing, with the music and everything!
watched this on vimeo first, and now again on youtube. great work!
This is just so beautiful! It makes me miss the city so much. WELL DONE! :)
one of the best tilt shift video i've ever seen. great!
Génial, on retombe en enfance !
This is beautiful! Love it! Great job!
Never seen anything more satysfying...really great job..:-)
This is just amazing! Fantastic job!!
magnificent work! this should win an award! respect!
i thought it was really a model setting till I saw the people moving. so neat. great job!
I cannot put into words how this made me feel.
astounding, love the night time shots
Intriguing, it actually almost looks like it's a small scale model because of the way it's shot - incredible...
A very inspiring video - I am amazed that you did this post production and not with a physical tilt shift lens allowing the foreground buildings to be in focus. Amazing how smooth the shots without a tripod are when straightened too. Cheers
This is freaking amazing Sam!
Man, great video. I am absolutely lovin that song.
Amazing!! Kudos to the person who filmed it!
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
YOU!!!! WIN THE BAD ASS PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR MY MAN!
Thank You
That last shot of the whole city is INCREDIBLE
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 :)
Here via reddit, this was great. a 2min cut of just the dock and construction site would be money.
Some great examples here - excellent!
I miss that year it was such simpler times. I was 20
I find this video (so as the cochella 2010 one ) EXTREMELY AMAZING. I'm SO subscribing to this channel! I'm in love with the effect! and I can't believe it was made with a NIKON ♥♥ (huge nikon fan)
OMG!! Only 1,2 Mio view? THIS IS SUPER COOL AND I KEEP LOOKING AND LOOKING AND LOOKING AT THIS VIDEO!!
omfg cant imagine how hard it was to record! epic! favorite!
This is just extraordinary. Awe-inspiring stuff.
Fantastic video! I'd love to know how it's done. I've only ever done it using photos and the "tilt shift" effect added on afterwards. Looks even better in motion! Especially speeded up. Makes it look even smaller! Brilliant work!!!
Seriously thought this was a claymation-type model animation at first. Very cool use of the frame timings.
This looks awesome... like a neat little toy world!
Именно Ваш ролик вдохновил меня создать свою новую работу! И хоть мой уровень очень слаб, как и моя техника, не попытаться я не мог...
Sorry for what im not write english... thank you for The Sandpit!!!
Great work! Beautiful picture.
finest tilt shift time lapse I've come across. Superb :)
Lovely tilt shift on video :P They were all good captures to make it look so realistic!
Brilliant. A perfect example of relatively simple technical components that are executed with enough inspiration and creativity that at first, it's hard to believe what you're seeing. That's getting pretty tough to do these days.
There's usually an assumption that amazing results require Peter-Jackson-Lord-Of-The-Rings style investment and time, but this is an excellent reminder that vision and attention to detail can trump cash and equipment.
wonderfully fun and beautiful work here!
So so Cool. I love this. great music to go with it as well.
I just LOVED the night shots~
That was really good . Tons of work
Outstanding. The music really adds to the atmosphere. You must do a feature length film! It should only take you five or six years...
I love everything about this!!! The song is so perfeect!!!
Really really nice
The entire video looked like it was made with toys. I love it.
One word. AMAZING!
Absolutely Awesome!!!!!
Greetings from Colombia!!!
Saw this on BBC Click, it is such brilliant use of Tilt Shift photography I've seen, brilliant :)