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The music I wrote in 2008 in part thinking of Koyaanisqatsi. The footage I collected this year - all from the rooftop of my workplace. Marrying the two together came by chance during the editing process - and it worked.

Shot on a Panasonic HVX200, in 1080 mode using the interval recording function. Rate of recording was 1 shot in every 4 or 8 fps. The soft focus look I added afterwards - it ain´t genuine tilt shift - but I did shoot with that in mind and have applied a filter made for that look.

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  • Trond Svendsen plus 2 years ago
    Very cool! Love to see Bergen on Vimeo... :-)
  • Paul Johannessen plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Trond - got some more Bergen vids in the works too - it´s a beautiful town.
  • Trond Svendsen plus 2 years ago
    Skulle mene det, ja. :-P
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  • Prorevolution Films 2 years ago
    WOW! So good, the blurred edges really make it look like a model miniature or diorama in stop motion something that's been constructed and manipulated.
    the colors and everything too. did you just shoot it normally and then put filters over it? what filters did you use? excellent work! i subscribe to you sir.
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  • Zach Driscoll 2 years ago
    Very nice work! I think Keith Loutit would enjoy it.
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  • russ bird 2 years ago
    the tilt shift effect, whether done with your gear or in post-production, works so well with stop motion that it's scary... it gives that feeling that it's completely CGI, yet you can see it's real footage. well done!
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  • Blake Whitman staff 2 years ago
    the paving scene is amazing.
  • Sunny Thaper 2 years ago
    Agreed!
  • Russell Wynne plus 2 years ago
    Ditto. really thought that came off well. overall look and feel were amazing.
    What did you edit in?
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  • Bogdan Macoviciuc 2 years ago
    How did you obtain this "lego" effect. It seems like they are all toys.
  • Ron Proctor plus 2 years ago
    Agreed. I wasn't sure if I was looking at miniatures or real life at first. I really like the look.
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  • Jesse Gehlen 2 years ago
    Wow amazing video! It totally looks like miniature stop motion in places. Beautiful video.
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  • lukavivid 2 years ago
    amasing obtaining colors and sharpnes...


    great!
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  • Ryan Hallett plus 2 years ago
    very nice
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  • Carl Olson plus 2 years ago
    Very nice post production work.. no need to buy a lens baby after all.
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  • stephen h 2 years ago
    great work! the music was perfect for the video, too.
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  • Jeremy Mitchell 2 years ago
    Love
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  • Michael Brodner AKA Bones pro 2 years ago
    very cool.
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  • Ivan Vidal 2 years ago
    Good job... is like a scaled city... like playmobil city
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  • doctordurden 2 years ago
    Bravo Paul!!!!!
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  • Tommy Sze 2 years ago
    Nice shot and effects.
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  • Eric Cain 2 years ago
    Nice !
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  • amankerstudio plus 2 years ago
    great job...:)
    nice video
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  • harry pie 2 years ago
    at first it looked unreal! i thought you made a minature city and those were toys! but i thought wrong! very cool!
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  • Luke Pygman 2 years ago
    This is intensely good. I can't tell at all that this isn't a tilt-shift lens! Good job!
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  • Chip Burns 2 years ago
    Wow.. it almost looks like those are miniature figures. Nice idea.
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  • nicolas gut 2 years ago
    i really love this video. You did a huge work !
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  • Casa di Entertainment 2 years ago
    amazing
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  • Patrick van Beek 2 years ago
    wow, one of the best i've seen on vimeo! truly amazing
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  • Rune Langhelle 2 years ago
    fett :)
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  • zen 2 years ago
    Who cares 'real' tilt shift or not - what it does is give a very clean cartoony perspective
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  • s7ian 2 years ago
    Kunne sett på i timesvis. Meget bra.
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  • Sune Eskelinen plus 2 years ago
    Wow, really great. Amazing!
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  • Stephan Lenting 2 years ago
    It's trendy, and i'm always trying to be very defensive against trendy stuff, but this video is fantastic :)
    The way you've chosen the right shots and applied the music is great!
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  • John Escobedo 2 years ago
    The soft focus is amazing. Bends the mind to have it seem so toy-like and yet it's real.
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  • Janaka Jayawardena plus 2 years ago
    Wonderful how you pulled off this effect. (And how well it worked across all the scenes you used.) Great work.
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  • Joshua Lake 2 years ago
    Great stuff! I've been experimenting with this as well, shooting with an SLR and batch processing in Photoshop. Take a look at my Vimeo page by searching for Joshua Lake or 'Pomfret'.

    I agree with you on the music thing -- it's amazing how much of an added impact it makes. Anyway, nice work, and keep shooting and posting!
  • Paul Johannessen plus 2 years ago
    Thanks Joshua - I hope to have some videos out after the summer - hope you can stop by again.
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  • John Waller 2 years ago
    This is beautiful, well done!
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  • Steve Nilsen 2 years ago
    Meget bra laget og komponert!
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  • Anders Dahl 2 years ago
    Love it, great effect.
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  • Marc Ouellet 2 years ago
    Nice vid!!! Thanks!
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  • Pascal 2 years ago
    for a moment I felt like a kid playing with miniature toys, so cool!!!
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  • mike mckelvey plus 2 years ago
    I'm slightly confused about the interval recording and what exactly you were talking about. I have an HVX200 and I cannot shoot 4 or 8 frames per second while shooting 1080 so i'm a little confused about what your doing. Thanks
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  • Graphicpulsar 2 years ago
    very cool result man!!! ;-)
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  • Rasmus Andersson 2 years ago
    Lovely!
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  • tamás lehoczky 2 years ago
    awsome! reminds me of my childhood playing with my lego city...
    best,
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  • lennart holterman 2 years ago
    great work!
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  • Katrina Skelton 2 years ago
    Good job!!!
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  • Anthony Shea 2 years ago
    This is great.
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  • zsani savai 2 years ago
    i love it <3 awesome
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  • bitless 2 years ago
    youtube.com/watch?v=7voGt3ZQnJI
  • Paul Johannessen plus 2 years ago
    nice - did you make it?
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  • Benjamin Bailey 2 years ago
    very nice!
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  • Fabiano Waewell 1 year ago
    very interesting!

    love the color temperature!

    congratz!
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  • Dikayl Rimmasch 1 year ago
    really cool. Love the music too.
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  • Robert Shaw plus 1 year ago
    Love the look of this:)
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  • Ole plus 1 year ago
    Love it Paul, and now seen at bt.no/forbruker/teknologi/article939679.ece
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