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11. HP "Create Amazing" - Director's Cut

by Keith Loutit

2 days ago

10. Origin II

by Keith Loutit

4 months ago

9. Bathtub V

by Keith Loutit

5 months ago

8. Mardi Gras

by Keith Loutit

8 months ago

7. Bathtub IV

by Keith Loutit

9 months ago

6. Helpless

by Keith Loutit

11 months ago

5. Metal Heart

by Keith Loutit

11 months ago

4. The North Wind Blew South

by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

3. Bathtub III

by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

2. Bathtub II

by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

1. Beached

by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

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Music: “HELPLESS” (S. Harland-Wright*/D. Jackson)
© J. Albert & Son Pty Limited*/Control
Performed by Headstrong featuring Shelley Harland
Used with permission

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Thanks to Greenpeace Australia, Shelley Harland, Darrin Brindle, Abram Powell.

For more information on the building of the sand whale featured in this short film visit: greenpeace.org.au

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

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Jared Foster 11 months ago

I love your work Keith. Is a high tower another tool in your bag? Amazing angles and perspectives. How many images does a sequence like this have?
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Thanks Jared, somewhere between 4000 and 6000 stills used but plenty more wasted.
BumKi Cho 11 months ago

Never fails to work for me. Everytime!
craphammer 11 months ago

Love the time lapse photography! Keith, was this with a pan and tilt lens? And do you use a digital camera? Great work!
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Thanks hammer - yes dslr with tilted lenses.
Zoe Porter 11 months ago

Amazing video! Love the hula-hoop girl and the Icebergs pool.
OHWEB 11 months ago

These tiltshift videos are like a drug for me!
connor mcsheffrey 11 months ago

i love how your tilt shift vids keep getting better and better, your skills have improved drastically from your first vid, there's so much more life, character and plot in these new ones. what sort of equipment do you use, i would be really curious to know
Dan Valentine 11 months ago

Amazing stuff. Loved it. And a great song.
Richard Huntington 11 months ago

As usual, another great video! Thank you, Keith!
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Cheers Richard
DukeeN 11 months ago

This is awesome, good job Keith! Which tilt-shift lens did you use?
Jason Wild 11 months ago

Awesome!
chris rees 11 months ago

Thank you Keith. Keep it up!
americanvirus 11 months ago

Always cool.
Eric Mortelmans 11 months ago

Ooh! I really love this one! I especially like the subtle humor brought into it. like when the girl dancing with the hoops suddenly loses her hat... Looking forward to your next video's.
Vince Penman 11 months ago

Another great video. Simply brilliant, Keith.
Harley 10 months ago

Wow, I just love these shots!
What camera do you use?
Rod Morris 10 months ago

excellent work!
Sheona Thomson 10 months ago

Your work is mesmerising. I can't stop watching. All praise for your skill, discrimination and general extreme talent. (:-D
Keith Loutit 10 months ago

wow - thanks sheona.
john tattersall 10 months ago

How's your shutter holding up? Have you had to buy a new camera yet because of that overuse? Interesting to apply this technique to sections of famous old movies..(probably too much blur though)... I guess low light subject matter no good for this effect (nightclubs etc)? A big surgical operation or ER room would be amazing...(and plenty of light there). I also feel like this effect would be really interesting with emotional subject matter - scenes of intimacy / romance - could be a good excuse for a scripted/choreographed scenario / dance/sex . . . help to build story more of course - - have you been commissioned for any music videos? (sure you have)...ALso - I guess this must be your next move but: motion control? The gear is kind if expensive but totally worth it - sure it would get away from the 'miniature set' effect a little by opening out a wider view - BUT I think the dof & speed does enough to confuse the perception that there is room for something more, something that almost brings us further toward reality (thereby intensifying the confusion somehow - iykwim???) Anyway - keep up the great work - you clearly have many fans! Cheers JT
tifredic 10 months ago

great movie !
George Vest 10 months ago

By far the Coolest thing I've seen in a very long time. Thanks Kieth for the hard work and creativity. It takes all kinds of geniuses. You Da Man!
Kristen Miller 10 months ago

why does this look like stop motion? like everything's actually in miniature?!? is it the shallow depth of field?! Bizarre...
Alan Godwin 10 months ago

Nice movie! Just wondering how you put those shots together as a movie. I have done some real simple ones for the family but would like to get a lot more control. Are you using Final Cut to put them all together?
Thanks,
Al
Sam Figueroa 10 months ago

I loved it.
Tero R. 10 months ago

I'm not impressed, it doesn't even look real.
Jesus 10 months ago

beautifull!!
ZhiC 10 months ago

very creative! I liked the 'stop-motion' style you gave to it.
I've done this kind of 'miniature' effect to my pictures in photoshop, but never thought to apply it to videos
Jyant 10 months ago

really amazing job .... really speaks to something. well shot and I think the shift-focus really added to the drama of the events of the whole video.
Foraggio 10 months ago

keith - you're a visual genius. absolutely wonderful work.
robi vincze 10 months ago

Fantastic atmosphere, great work.
Jesus 10 months ago

uauf!!! very Nice!!!
daprato 10 months ago

Really strong Keith ! Impressive.
Original I can say. Which sort of lens your using here ?
ilan peer 10 months ago

this is so nice. it's where i want to be right now.

i took the initiative and post it in my blog [hebrew]
cafe.themarker.com/view.php?t=819375

loved the monster truck vid also :)
Keith Loutit 10 months ago

Great - thanks ilan!
Thomas Turner 10 months ago

Bear with me on this.I like this video and from the comments I gather it it still photos pieced together like in stop motion.Why does parts of the same image look like it's in minature.
Spencer Rees Lattimer 10 months ago

most likely because of the vividness of the images and the angle the shots were taken. most timelapse via video isn't as clear and taken from such high angles especially landscapes.
Stu Rap 10 months ago

fantastic Keith, I love the stretch leg girl and hula hoop girl. Great effect. As always I spread the love through my blog, gets good feedback too.

yelpar.blogspot.com/
yelpar.blogspot.com/search/label/Keith%20Loutit

and Thomas and Spencer the reason for this is because it is tilt shift photography read more here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography
Keith Loutit 10 months ago

Stu - Thanks for the comment and the link.
Raymond Jackson 10 months ago

Wow Keith!

These are amazing! Don't tell us exactly how you made these or exactly what you made them with. It'll rob us of the journey to awesome - - clearly your train arrived there sometime ago.

Keep up the great work!
Drew T 10 months ago

Keith, I've just watched all 6 of your videos and let me tell you, they're so awesome!

I'm sure you've heard a million praises, but you deserve them, great work.

Can't wait for more--I hope there will be more!
Keith Loutit 10 months ago

Hi Drew - Thanks - Yes 2 more short films before I consolidate these and unreleased footage.
Drew T 10 months ago

Awesome.
Visual Homage 10 months ago

that's really excellent; I like the HO-scale effect of the shallow depth of field.
Curious Three 10 months ago

Hey Keith, really great work - these are so fun to watch. I am wondering if the lenses you use are a trade secret? You are very gracious yet vague about lens-specific questions :-) I figured I'd just flat-out ask you, what are some of the lenses you use or shall they never be revealed..?! Thanks for the great videos either way.
Evan Norris 10 months ago

Hey Keith,

Great work. I keep telling my Photography friend that he should be purchasing one of these lenses... Well done!! I would love to see my Christmas lights with one of those lenses!!! Too Cool man Too Cool!!

-Evan
Sean Thomas 10 months ago

Wasn't this a bit longer then 1:03 last time I saw this? Were there some copyright issues or something? :(
Keith Loutit 10 months ago

Sean - there was a bug when reconverting the video and its fixed now. Thanks for letting me know! Keith.
David Köhlmeier 10 months ago

can anyone tell me which lens was used? tilt shift i s'pose, but which one? thanks...
Kane Pickerill 9 months ago

That was amazing! Nice work Keith.
Alan Parkinson 9 months ago

Incredible amount of effort, but beautiful.
Will be used by creative UK geographers in the classroom I hope...
Mark Barner 9 months ago

awsome!!!!
Matei-Alexandru Mocanu 9 months ago

hehehe, these are fgunny. cant even start thinking how long it took you to make it
WeSee 9 months ago

astonishing!
Adam Boulton 9 months ago

absolutely fantastic, great work, hope it helps with the campaign
Pawel B 9 months ago

great work!
Helder Olino 9 months ago

I'm in love with your tiltshift videos.
Floris 9 months ago

Realy nice vidéo. With what camera this scenes have been shoot?

Regards
Annie 9 months ago

Just Love your work
BillKos 9 months ago

Really great use of the tilt shift technique
Renato Dibelčar 9 months ago

As to my figure in the scale 1/87 revived. Wonderful work.
Vitor Pinho 9 months ago

Reminds me of my Playmobil era. Nice sequence. In the end, patience pays off!
Leon Redlinski 9 months ago

Great video and a very skilled director. It just made made day.

Thanks a lot Keith
Jay Johnson 9 months ago

Great Video. It must have taken a long time to accomplish this.
TranceMist 9 months ago

Beautiful work. love the effects.
Sasha Fornari 8 months ago

wow the motion of the water is so cool. great work!!!
Fips R. 7 months ago

Stunning work !
how many frames per second or minute do you shot with your camera ?
Lisa Creech Bledsoe 7 months ago

Fascinating. I was intrigued by the boxers and the hula-hooper. The whole thing makes me feel like humans are so teeny in the scope of things. We look like little ant-people. Hooping, boxing ant people. : ) Fabulous work.
Suzy 7 months ago

I absolutely love this....
pixelJUNK 7 months ago

This is awesome!!!!!
David Suggitt 7 months ago

Great stuff... but I'm skeptical about the t/s lens claim. I think it's being done in post. I tested one of my straight shots and got the same effect. Crank up the contrast to make the items look painted... Will post it sometime soon.
David Suggitt 7 months ago

Here's my first test to emulate the tilt-shift in post

vimeo.com/4100567
Jesús Olmo 7 months ago

Harrowdown Hill, (Radiohead video)
xlrecordings.com/theeraser/videos/9.html
Helene BB 7 months ago

C'est réellement fantastique Bravissimo Great and so amazing ;-)
Tristan GER 7 months ago

Lovely piece of work. Thanks
g33kch1ck 6 months ago

These are gorgeous.
Lekke 6 months ago

i really wish you'd enable downloading of the original file... I'd slap this as a sort of a screensaver for my tv whenever i am not watching anything in particular
Lekke 6 months ago

(forgot to mention how AWESOME it really is)
David Jon Devoucoux 6 months ago

Very well done!!

Thank you for your efforts.....
nuala ginty 5 months ago

Wow, this is very brilliant. I lived just off Bondi and worked at a bar on the Mardi Gras route so this was quite amazing to see, but also made me sad! I love that city Sydney..
x
Patrick Ewen 5 months ago

These videos never cease to amaze me. I really want to learn how to do this. Is there any way you could maybe e-mail this to me?
ada none 5 months ago

I like it! Great work :D)))
Javier Leon 5 months ago

Such a fine example of creativity Keith. This is just awesome. Serious technical skills but your art is bringing everything together. Really like what you're doing mate. What software are you using to stitch the stills together?
Geoff A Charters 4 months ago

I love how you've created your own look in everything you do. So cool.
Alejandro Angel 4 months ago

Like so much this kind of videos, this tecnique tilt shift...

this's a great video.
Jeney Ákos 4 months ago

What camcorder did you use? And where is this beach?
JP Montalvo 4 months ago

as many of others who have said, i absolutely love your videos, and i adore this one in particular... i could watch these all day!
Ed Araquel 4 months ago

Awesome work! I dare myself to achieve this level of brilliance!
Cam β. 4 months ago

this is like watching the sims
sick time lapse/tilt-shift
Sara Parker 4 months ago

awesome.... really brilliant...loved every bit of it