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Client: Colorama
Agency: McCann Malmö
Direction: Upper First
Director of Photography: Keith Loutit
Production: Upper First
Sound design: Kungen & Hertigen
Year: 2009

The idea is based on a technique called tilt-shift, combined with time-lapse (developed by Keith Loutit). It makes reality appear as a miniature model moving with a stop-motion flow. The thought is to create a visually interesting expression that give the audience something out of the ordinary, while at the same time providing a good overview of events. We would shoot from a high angle using specially developed lenses with a short depth of field. The fact that the world appears to be miniature makes the viewer think ”is it for real or not”. It is hard to tear your eyes from the images, something that works well for our purpose.

A gigantic hand will appear in the middle of events helping the workers to get the house ready for summer. It will light the barbeque with a magnifying glass for example. The idea is to create a visually absurd situation using displacement of scale between the people in frame and the giant hand. It is meant to underline the contrast of small and big, where the hand symbolizes the consumers ability to effect the environment and in the extension his or her own environment. Through time-lapse we’ll reinforce the ”before and after” scenario as you’ll be able to see small changes appear quickly. The film will start in a winter worn backyard and in 30 seconds evolve to a wonderful summer barbeque.

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  • Old Harbor Video plus 2 years ago
    Absolutely loved it! You gotta tell us how you did it.
  • Upper First plus 2 years ago
    Thanks! You can read more about it here upperfirst.com/work/colorama-makeover
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  • Sasha Fornari plus 2 years ago
    so great! thanks for sharing!
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  • Joe Moya plus 2 years ago
    The magnifying glass is good idea... but, I had NO idea it had lit a barbeque until I read the description... the barbeque pit is too small to tell what it is... In fact, I thought the magnifying glass was trying to light the home on fire. Overall you have a GREAT idea... but, imo the magnifyng glass and bbq pit falls way short from achieving what you intended.
  • Greg F. 2 years ago
    Debbie Downer! haha jk
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  • Renato Dibelčar 2 years ago
    I love tilt-shift work.
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  • Simon Thomson plus 2 years ago
    not sure what they used but technique is great. For any final cut pro users check out this tilt shift master template called Shrinkray.

    crumplepop.com/?page_id=19
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  • Paul 2 years ago
    Cool. Creative. Crazy!
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  • Sam 2 years ago
    Tilt-shift work is such a great thing.. i love it :) Thanks for sharing this!
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  • Hajime Chan 2 years ago
    Nice combine!
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  • Kevin Tunc 2 years ago
    Nice work ! Loved it :-)
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  • Gerdy Vandermeersch plus 2 years ago
    Fantastic clip!
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  • mctoom 2 years ago
    Tilt shift + time-lapse may not be a new combo but adding the huge hand just made it absolutely original.
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  • Greg F. 2 years ago
    So cooool!!
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  • Stephen Benavides plus 2 years ago
    Wow, what a great concept. The hand really took me by surprise and made it so much better.
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  • Mike Kelly 2 years ago
    Fantastic! I have no idea how you did that, but it is perfect!
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  • Amazing :D congratulations !!!
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  • Johan Polhem plus 2 years ago
    I have seen a lot of tilt shift the last two years but his one has a new twist to it with the hands coming in. Its cute.
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  • mauricio mariño 2 years ago
    còmo se aplica ese blur?
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  • Keyframe Media 2 years ago
    I was so hoping you were going to create with the magnifying glass. What an opportunity. Create mayhem ie burn a few houses and a couple of heads.
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  • Ward Melville 2 years ago
    Loved it, magnifying glass was a bit creepy till I realized you weren't going to burn them like ants.
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  • I totally got the thing with the magnifying glass straight away.
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  • Very cool. Tilt shift + time-lapse!!! Kudos!!!

    Question: are these real tilt shift shots or were these 'fake' tilt-shift in Photoshop?
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  • Ian Jones 2 years ago
    It's nice to see a bit of a twist to the old tilt-shift trick. Everyones doing it now, but it's great to see someone making real creative use of it.
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  • doctordurden 2 years ago
    Bravo, bravo, bravo!!

    5*****STARS
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  • Ged Maheux 2 years ago
    Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
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  • Inksie Brand 2 years ago
    Wrote up a short overview about your studio's work! bit.ly/8YD9Yf
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  • fransis_ssi 2 years ago
    love it so much...
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  • 1984 Productions 1 year ago
    Great....
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  • DEAR MAMA plus 1 year ago
    amazing!! nice job =)
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  • Boxer Design plus 1 year ago
    lovely, very well done!
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  • Ernest Worthing plus 2 months ago
    A very amusing and captivating combination of techniques.
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  • Sergio Arcaya 3 weeks ago
    Outstanding work, LOVE IT!!!
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