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by Keith Loutit

2 years ago

10. Hulkamania

by Keith Loutit

2 years ago

9. Bathtub V

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

8. Mardi Gras

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

7. Bathtub IV

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

6. Helpless

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

5. Metal Heart

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

4. The North Wind Blew South

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

3. Bathtub III

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

2. Bathtub II

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

1. Beached

by Keith Loutit

3 years ago

Hi, I will continue to post here, but my new work has a home at keithloutit.com with updates at:

facebook.com/Keith.Loutit
twitter.com/Keith_Loutit
My stock library: youtube.com/user/tiltshiftstock?feature=mhee

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To view my other short films, please visit: vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

Thanks to:

Clive Featherby, K.C. Fireworks, organizers of Monster Trucks: Tour of Destruction.

Music: Robot High School (In Digital Form Remix)
by My Robot Friend
robothighschool.com
(thanks again to Eddie Bezalel).

Artist Info @ keithloutit.com
Project info @ vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

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Peter Berkman 3 years ago

Incredible! They look like power wheels in stop motion with that focus - totally takes any intimidation factor of it haha.
Caroline Martin 3 years ago

Exactly! It was so well done. I especially loved the shot around 2:40, watching the audience react to shiny things.
Lee Slone 3 years ago

I agree wholeheartedly!
Silfedac Smith 3 years ago

I agree metalheartedly.
AndyM801 3 years ago

I could watch these all day. So cool!
Kristen M 3 years ago

KEITH!!! More please! My buddy Hugh (hughforte.com/blog/) introduced me to you because he is tilt-shift obsessed...

And he created an addiction.

Sweet!

Thanks Hugh.
pkdmann 3 years ago

Yay it's back!! I freaked out a little when this video was gone because it's soooo amazing.
Frederic Vercammen 3 years ago

Fun stuf man
Great footage
billy barnhart 3 years ago

awesome.
Mark Hafley 3 years ago

This is great. This technique has so many possibilities.
Juztn 3 years ago

A fantastic use of the technique! It's like being a little kid again. I wanna go tilt shifting now!
archie 3 years ago

awesome vid . Great chise of soundtrack .
well done .
Steele O'Neal 3 years ago

everything looks so tiny!
nachoad 3 years ago

Fantastic video!
Jym Davis 3 years ago

has to be the best use of a lensbaby I've seen. (that is a lensbaby, right?)

My mind just doesn't want to accept these aren't matchbox cars.
Faye 3 years ago

My favorite shots are the one with the waving arms silhouettes like at 1:18. Great venue to show off your style!
Ross Williams 3 years ago

I agree! I love the flailing arms!
Adrian Roy 3 years ago

Yeah, my favorite part of the video.
Jarred Bishop 3 years ago

me too!
Ryan Toyota 3 years ago

I agree. Especially over that music... that perfectly selected music. I love it!
Achim Seeger 3 years ago

its fantastic, they look so small ;)
Mark Harlan 3 years ago

it looks like you used toy cars! and superimposed in the people
Walker 3 years ago

I want one of those lenses!! Awesome idea.
Reyer Kolle 3 years ago

Its computer generated.

I does look like stop animation hotwheels at 2:25
Walker 3 years ago

wait you mean it wasn't done with a tilt/shift lens?
Walker 3 years ago

what program was it done in, as its a very realistic blurring? after effects?
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Hi - This is made with TS lenses & timelapse photography. Cheers.
Juan Valdez 3 years ago

It's a relatively simple technique using a bellows-style camera lens custom made into a digital large format video camera, then splayed at, I'd say, 5 frames per second and sped up. I did some stills in college using this technique, it's fun stuff. Great job and concept, you beat me to the punch!
Jared Foster 3 years ago

I went to see how awesome your videos were but then you didn't have any. How else did you experiment in college?
Carlos Moll 3 years ago

That's a loaded question!
Chad Beaty 3 years ago

Once again fun with tilt shifting... way cool Keith!!! SUPER ASS WAY COOL!!!!
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Cheers Chad!
Damian Hall 3 years ago

Keith, that was an incredible video mate.

I was with Chris at the venue (the guy who runs downundermonsters.com) - that was some super duper lens you had there!

Awesome shots, makes it so much look like stop motion models. Hey at least I made it in the video too!! (Yellow vested guy directing traffic on the floor).

Well done.
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Damian,
Great to see you made the cut mate ;) You guys put on an awesome show. Thank you.
Keith.
Jared Foster 3 years ago

I too want to see your camera rig. Your work is truly brilliant.
Beau Chevassus ✞ 3 years ago

I totally thought they were toys.

...until I saw the people.

...wait. WHAT THE HECK!?
Lucasberg (Joey) 3 years ago

Awesome as always.
Richard Huntington 3 years ago

Cool! I love this series!
illdog 3 years ago

THE BEST location and event EVER to play around with a T/S lens!!
Looks AWESOME mate!!
Jared Foster 3 years ago

Epic! keep them coming Keith. You have the best tilt shift style that I have seen on the internet.
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

thank you jared!
Dan Valentine 3 years ago

That's was amazing. I didn't know what I was watching there for a few moments; real or animated. Excellent.
TLZ 3 years ago

awesomeness
Bhautik Joshi 3 years ago

Brilliantly done :)
Stardust Cowboy 3 years ago

Brilliant!

Cheers,

Stardust Cowboy
⚡⚡⚡ 3 years ago

dude, keith, your tilt shift material, and not only the pure footage, the cuts, the music, is really adorable! great work!
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Thanks mate.
Mamatt 3 years ago

Great !
and small at the same time ...
;-)
Dreamtime Film 3 years ago

completely barking mad!
Andy Sapp 3 years ago

My brain doesn't even know what is going on.
SICK.
ChipBo 3 years ago

man that is so beautiful!!! we just saw this monster last weekend!

vimeo.com/2357972
americanvirus 3 years ago

Another great one.
Eric Mortelmans 3 years ago

I really love the saturated colors as a difference to your earlier Sydney Harbour movies.

I think this movie has a some kind of message about monster truck events. It makes them seem a bit childish or naive, in my opinion.

Anyway, do you use a digital slr or just a really nice video camera (like those of canon's)? I know, shooting this kind of video's with a dslr just kills your shutter really fast.
Dinko Darlinn® 3 years ago

one word 2 u...Respect
jm3 3 years ago

so sick. love it.
Ritchie 3 years ago

Awexome.
Franssu 3 years ago

This is really awesome. Great idea, and masterfully executed. Full respect.

The subject does really fit with your technique. I loved the bathtub series, but I enjoy this one even more :)
Keith Loutit 3 years ago

Thnks Franssu!
LoLSauCe 3 years ago

I'm experimenting with images right now, but this footage has some fantastic angles and a great concept :)

I'll keep an eye on you! :D
amirula 3 years ago

amazing! great work! love what you did with the colurs and fades
Jon Rawlinson 3 years ago

Really awesome! Can you tell us what type of camera/equipment you use to do these videos?
2046 3 years ago

tilt/shift = smile
Ruben Santos 3 years ago

Awesome stuff Keith!
just like what I once did with my toy cars
hahahahah

Keep up the excellent work!
Dmodian 3 years ago

The effect is impresionant.
111 3 years ago

great! Very appealing!
Patrick Satterfield 3 years ago

Super duper! There are SO many good things about that video. Well done and thanks for sharing it!
chris.rich.design 3 years ago

Reminds me of my Tonkas...
john willis 3 years ago

awesome film..well done..kudos
Pete Prodoehl 3 years ago

time lapse + tilt shift = AWESOME!
Paul Downey 3 years ago

shift-tilt FTW!
Dave Dwire 3 years ago

Keith, I have to say your work is absolutely amazing! The way you capture and present these subjects is so fascinating and mezmerizing. I never even knew about tilt-shift photography until I saw your work here….So, thanks for inspiring me. I have a Canon 20D and have been thinking of getting a TS lens. I’m not sure which lense to get, the 90mm, 45mm or the 24mm. Do you have a preference? Which lense do you use for your video’s? There is a lot of construction going on where I live and would love to shoot some of the construction sites. Anyway, thanks for showing your work!

Dave Dwire
davedwire.com/
Ralph Mastromonaco 3 years ago

Ha! Cool.
esbandido 3 years ago

I've really loved the videos you've done so far, but this one really blows me away. So cool and visually mesmerizing...I showed it to a friend of mine who said, "This is the kind of thing you want to play over and over on a loop if you ever have a party."
Joseph Zucco 3 years ago

Wait, was that real? Or was it like with matchbox cars? Otherwise, really cool!
Radthanael 3 years ago

Nice.
Joel Stewart 3 years ago

the tilt shift is one thing, but the editing on all of these is well timed, and the suggested narratives are crucial too. nice work!
Dickon Langdon 3 years ago

Magic
JMC 3 years ago

freakin amazing video, nice tilt shift, great choice of music too!
AntiVJ / Joanie 3 years ago

beautiful
Rúkula 3 years ago

Guau! Beautiful work!!
Adrian Roy 3 years ago

Awesome video, I'll have to remember how well time lapse works with tilt-shift.
Tim Chiavaroli 3 years ago

This was great! I loved it. Like Tonka toys come to life. Strange to watch the actual machinations of a demolition derby. Seems timid. I also really liked the crowd shots, very cool. Keep on, keepin' on!
Dutchie 3 years ago

Awesome, especially in HD.
Guilherme Outsuka 3 years ago

great job!
Li Fan 3 years ago

hahaha, excellent, very well done, great music to go with it too.
Angus Macsac 3 years ago

Baaaa Haaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
LMAO!
Kyle Welsby 3 years ago

Truly amazing, I would love to see a making of video, of positioning your cameras, etc. :D
mister5 3 years ago

no one mentioned the air quality? its like a modern day gas chamber, that you pay to enter. did they serve your drinks in lead cups. i cant even believe that's legal. the fire marshal or whoever is in charge of air quality should be held accountable.
brandon hess 3 years ago

Wow, that's an incredible work of art there. Had no idea it was real until halfway as I cheated and read some comments ;)

Really good job all around on this.
Michael Hong 3 years ago

sweet!
epynephrin 3 years ago

This is probably, but not by much, the coolest of your videos (I think, anyway). I was so intrigued by this that I started to look up how you made them; I got only a few lines into the Wikipedia article on Tilt-Shift Miniature Faking, and realized that I'd rather leave the mystique there and not ask the magician to reveal his tricks.
Kevin Day 3 years ago

That was brilliant!
Jim Motion 3 years ago

Hi Keith, love your work! What timing intervals do you use on your trigger for this look (not the tilt shift look)? Is this 2-3 shots a second, with each shot taking 2 frames? Love it!!
Jonathan Vuillemin 3 years ago

Wow! Just brilliant!
Instituto MangaRosa 3 years ago

Wow! That is beautiful! Its hard to believe they arent miniatures.
Joshua Earles-Bennett 3 years ago

I wonder if this looks different to different generations. If you didn't grow up in the age of stop motion animation, does it look like toys still?
Henning Marstrand 3 years ago

It's real! ;-)
David Vinson 3 years ago

crazy cool! i wanna tilt! i wanna shift!
totally inspired to try this out.....
diego garcia 3 years ago

¡Excelente!
Ozan Akinci 3 years ago

Brilliant!