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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 5 months ago

Very cool! Love to see Bergen on Vimeo... :-)
Paul Johannessen 5 months ago

Thanks Trond - got some more Bergen vids in the works too - it´s a beautiful town.
Trond Svendsen 5 months ago

Skulle mene det, ja. :-P
Prorevolution Films 5 months 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.
Zach Driscoll 5 months ago

Very nice work! I think Keith Loutit would enjoy it.
russ bird 5 months 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!
Blake Whitman 5 months ago

the paving scene is amazing.
Sunny Thaper 5 months ago

Agreed!
Russell Wynne 5 months ago

Ditto. really thought that came off well. overall look and feel were amazing.
What did you edit in?
Bogdan Macoviciuc 5 months ago

How did you obtain this "lego" effect. It seems like they are all toys.
Jesse Gehlen 5 months ago

Wow amazing video! It totally looks like miniature stop motion in places. Beautiful video.
lukavivid 5 months ago

amasing obtaining colors and sharpnes...

great!
ryan hallett 5 months ago

very nice
Carl Olson 5 months ago

Very nice post production work.. no need to buy a lens baby after all.
stephen h 5 months ago

great work! the music was perfect for the video, too.
Jeremy Mitchell 5 months ago

Love
Michael Brodner AKA Bones 5 months ago

very cool.
Ivan Vidal 5 months ago

Good job... is like a scaled city... like playmobil city
doctordurden 5 months ago

Bravo Paul!!!!!
Tommy Sze 5 months ago

Nice shot and effects.
Eric Cain 5 months ago

Nice !
amankerstudio 5 months ago

great job...:)
nice video
harry pie 5 months ago

at first it looked unreal! i thought you made a minature city and those were toys! but i thought wrong! very cool!
Luke Pygman 5 months ago

This is intensely good. I can't tell at all that this isn't a tilt-shift lens! Good job!
Chip Burns 5 months ago

Wow.. it almost looks like those are miniature figures. Nice idea.
nicolas gut 5 months ago

i really love this video. You did a huge work !
Casa di Entertainment 5 months ago

amazing
Patrick van Beek 5 months ago

wow, one of the best i've seen on vimeo! truly amazing
Rune Langhelle 5 months ago

fett :)
zen 5 months ago

Who cares 'real' tilt shift or not - what it does is give a very clean cartoony perspective
s7ian 5 months ago

Kunne sett på i timesvis. Meget bra.
Sune Eskelinen 5 months ago

Wow, really great. Amazing!
Stephan Lenting 5 months 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!
Jo Jitty 5 months ago

Wow, that looks like a pretty cool place.

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John Escobedo 5 months ago

The soft focus is amazing. Bends the mind to have it seem so toy-like and yet it's real.
Janaka Jayawardena 5 months ago

Wonderful how you pulled off this effect. (And how well it worked across all the scenes you used.) Great work.
Joshua Lake 5 months 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 5 months ago

Thanks Joshua - I hope to have some videos out after the summer - hope you can stop by again.
Drifta RMS 5 months ago

This is beautiful, well done!
Steve Nilsen 5 months ago

Meget bra laget og komponert!
Anders Dahl 5 months ago

Love it, great effect.
Marc Ouellet 5 months ago

Nice vid!!! Thanks!
Pascal 5 months ago

for a moment I felt like a kid playing with miniature toys, so cool!!!
Outer Reef Films 5 months 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
graphicpulsar 5 months ago

very cool result man!!! ;-)
Rasmus Andersson 4 months ago

Lovely!
tamás lehoczky 4 months ago

awsome! reminds me of my childhood playing with my lego city...
best,
lennart holterman 4 months ago

great work!
Katrina Skelton 4 months ago

Good job!!!
Ummm Productions 2 months ago

This is great.
zsani savai 2 months ago

i love it <3 awesome
bitless 24 days ago

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Paul Johannessen 12 days ago

nice - did you make it?