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2. Coachelletta

by Sam O'Hare

1 year ago

1. The Sandpit

by Sam O'Hare

2 years ago

A day in the life of New York City, in miniature.

Winner: Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction 2010
Nominee: Webby Awards 2011 - Best Viral, Best Music
Official Selection: AFI Fest 2010
Official Selection: Tiburon Film Festival 2011

Original Music: composed by Human (humanworldwide.com), co-written by Rosi Golan and Alex Wong.

Please view in HD and full screen for best effect. For a description of the shoot, camera, lenses and workflow, please see here: bit.ly/aFmaPZ

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Sam O'Hare 2 years ago

I realise I left a thanks out - the guys at Brooklyn One for access to the penthouse balcony. Thanks!
Javier Frachi 1 year ago

Sam, what you´ve done is truly, truly amazing! Congrats!!!
gaz fox 1 year ago

Exellent
Sam O'Hare 1 year ago

Wow, I have been totally taken aback by the huge response, it is way beyond anything I expected! Thanks to everyone for all the kind words, and to those who blogged, tweeted, facebooked, and otherwise spread the word about the film.

To answer a few questions:

I was lucky to have friends, contacts and a some helpful people I'd never met but asked nicely allow me access to rooftops and balconies, they are all mentioned in the Thanks section. The rest was shot from public spaces, including the Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges.

As for flickering, for the most part that wasn't a problem, with the camera on fully manual and the automatic vignette removal turned off.

The track hasn't been released I'm afraid, but this is being considered. If this happens, I will post it here.

Thanks,
Sam
Sue Anderson 1 year ago

Your film was featured on The BBC's geek show CLICK today. The presenter was very impressed and so am I. Well done dude
Hatef Rad 1 year ago

So do I :D.. I followed the link which BBC Click presented last week... I like your type of photography... Great job dude...........
Analog Pixel 2 years ago

Loving this!
HDtimelapse.net 8 months ago

Great! Love it!

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Sebastiaan basonova 2 years ago

Brilliant stuff!
Keri Friedman 2 years ago

One of the best time-lapse miniature-style films I've seen. Gorgeous work!
Ilya Malov 1 year ago

Same here!
Paul Verhulst 7 months ago

Jep! :)
Joerg Niggli 2 years ago

Great shots and spots! I've noticed pan and focus movement (looks great). Did you film with a Video DSLR and changed the speed in the edit program later?
Dathan Manning 2 years ago

OK - This is THE best ever. You obviously have many friends in "high" places. Feel free to use my balcony any time for your next time-lapse. But really, how did you DO this?
Anjelkam 1 year ago

is in the style of Jim Clark and his "smallgantics" 1997
jimclarkdirect.com/Pages/ Smallgantics.htm
so beautiful.
Ken Ardito 2 years ago

Terrific Tilt shift! What lense and camera did you use?
Harry Sherwood 7 months ago

He used a Tamron 17-50mm f/2.8 and Sigma 50-150mm f/2.8 lenses for all of these shots... :)
Christoph Schaarschmidt 2 years ago

really nice. thumbs up.
Van Lonberger 2 years ago

Excellent! Terrific editing and a great match with the music.
zao 2 years ago

Tilt shift, it´s really great, congratulations.
heyparker 2 years ago

Awesome dude!! For some reason whenever I see tilt-shift like this I'm always waiting for a giant magnifying glass to pop into frame and fry some poor unsuspecting little human :)
Neill Augustine 5 months ago

Ditto!! Hahaha!
Ricky 2 years ago

really nice
Willem Rabe 2 years ago

this is beautiful, i love how the helicopters and construction equipment seem to be coming to life and the stop motion feel it has to it, and it feels so peaceful, even though it's the busiest city i know and you sped it up...

great stuff!
MILapse 2 years ago

wonderfully fun and beautiful work here!
UNLOCAL 2 years ago

Nice work !!!!! I like it
Rosemary Ragusa 2 years ago

Really cool!
Helge Johnsen 2 years ago

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing.
john 2 years ago

I downloaded the movie, its an incredible quality, great job!!
by the way, what camera did u use?
Ben Thom 1 year ago

how'd you download it? i want that music.
Anjelkam 1 year ago

is in the style of Jim Clark and his "smallgantics" 1997
jimclarkdirect.com/Pages/ Smallgantics.htm
so beautiful.
Sam MacCutchan 2 years ago

This is really well done. The music fits perfectly.
Parker Wilson 2 years ago

This is awesome! Definitely one of the best tilt-shift videos I've seen. The construction site, in particular, really did look miniature. Also the night stuff (especially the last shot) was cool as I haven't seen much night tilt-shift video. Any camera/lens info?
Anjelkam 1 year ago

is in the style of Jim Clark and his "smallgantics" 1997
jimclarkdirect.com/Pages/ Smallgantics.htm
so beautiful.
System D 2 years ago

Absolutely awesome!
Виктор Виктор 2 years ago

Hoho!
Sam O'Hare 2 years ago

Wow, thanks for all the feedback everyone! This was shot on a Nikon D3 as a series of stills, and all the movement (except where we follow the digger, I moved the camera there) and DOF was done in post. Please see bit.ly/aFmaPZ for more information.
Steven Hale 1 year ago

Did this take you months and months? Or years??
Jef Samaroon 1 year ago

do you use editing suite like FCP or premiere to edit or just photoshop.
Steve Flanagan 2 years ago

inspiring stuff. really enjoyed it.
Rusty Rogers 2 years ago

Fantastic!
Why do we love this stuff so much?
Janelle Burdell 1 year ago

I was just thinking this.... lol.
It makes me smile!
Jef Samaroon 1 year ago

it make me open my small eye to bigger eye..
Cash Tilton 2 years ago

All those locations are very familiar, but you have let me see them again as if for the first time. Thank you.
Bill Fant 2 years ago

Lot's of cool shots! Dig the music.
Michael Pavel 2 years ago

Best tilt shift video I have seen!!! Nice job!
Eric Teran 2 years ago

Very nice...inspire me to do the same.
Courtney Allison Brown 2 years ago

Gorgeous! Excellent work.
David Sweeney 1 year ago

This is simply stunning!! LOVE IT!
Jurriaan Hos 1 year ago

nice one!
Wolfgang Gaebler aka gogo6969 1 year ago

Toycity!
Johann Renner 1 year ago

That was exactly what I thought when I saw the very first seconds of this video. It is a great job! Congrats Sam and thank you for sharing this!
andrew tomlinson 1 year ago

beautiful !
James Breen 1 year ago

Very, very nice. Well crafted all around.
SB Studio 1 year ago

Loving this Sambo! Cracking! Love to all. SB
mungkey 1 year ago

awesome! Love the miniature
William Leue 1 year ago

Whoa! This is stunning! It took me a couple of minutes to fully realize that I was looking at a real scene. The miniature effect was very strong.
Taly Design 1 year ago

Speechless.
Dablbabl 1 year ago

Brilliant! Magic city! I love it!
Michael 1 year ago

The "rivers of light" section near the end gave me goosebumps. Lovely.
fred slobodin 1 year ago

WOW!
Just WOW!
Murielle Ungricht 1 year ago

Love it Sam! What a wonderful clip. Humanity in film = art!
Anthony Carrino 1 year ago

Amazing work man! really enjoyed it! Thank you.
Robert Caplin 1 year ago

great work!
Anson Burtch 1 year ago

Awesome! Nice job guys.
Jesse Salto 1 year ago

Amazing! Congratulations on a beautiful piece.
Frederic Vercammen 1 year ago

Splendid !!!!
bittergas 1 year ago

Awesome!
John Matthews 1 year ago

fantastic!
Jesse Brauning 1 year ago

The Night Time street scenes are some of the most beautiful video I've ever seen.
Chris Walter 1 year ago

I think in 5minutes and 30s you just become my hero. This was awe inspiring. I wanna be just like you when I grow up! :D
Bjoern Amherd 1 year ago

very nice!
peter sennhauser 1 year ago

Sam, congrats on that movie, which is stunning because of the technique, but not any less because of the outstanding quality of almost each and every shot: perspective, composition, lighting - these are great photographs, not even needing the video and fake T/S, though it certainly makes it even more impressive.
Mirko Faienza 1 year ago

absolutely beautiful! I love these miniature stuff.
i like a lot your focus points in the shots.great job
Andrew Humbley 1 year ago

Very well conceived and beautifully shot, making optimum use of your location(s). An inspirational work. Time for me to dust off the cameras and experiment. Thanks also for the insight as to cameras, lenses and post production at bit.ly/aFmaPZ
Joaquim Bel 1 year ago

Fantastic!

I've done some tests also with tilt shifting but you really pushed it faaar away!

Keep it up!
Simon Owen 1 year ago

Amazing video - really beautiful images! Do you know if it's possible to create that 'toy-look' using a Nikon D90, and if so what lens would be needed? Cheers and congrats on some great capturing.
Jason Rhodes 1 year ago

1. This is probably one of the best things I've ever seen in my life.

2. Can I please buy an .mp3 of this song somewhere?
Craig Mansfield 1 year ago

Download Goldwave and use "record what you hear" option.
Sent the artist some money via Paypal if you want to support them.
Peace and love.
William McNeal 1 year ago

WOW! Time lapse combined with tilt shift is incredible. Great sound track choice too.
Found via twitter link by @shutterstock.
Sarah Sherman 1 year ago

This is incredible! Outstanding! If only I were that talented!
ciara leeming 1 year ago

breathtaking work
Stephen SetteDucati 1 year ago

Excellent Tilt Shift Work, Well Done!!
Love the Nacerima and Testa Demolition Heavy Equipment. I do all the photography and video for Testa. See my channel The Wrecking Machine!!!!
D.J.G 1 year ago

This is really incredible!
Diogo Carmo 1 year ago

Awesome stuff, good work dude!
DEAR MAMA 1 year ago

amazingg!!! nice job!!
Janelle Burdell 1 year ago

Wow! Gotta find out about this "Tilt-SHift" referral y'all keep talking about! BAM! BAM! Ha! Really dig the music too. Thanks for sharing.
Robert Baxter 1 year ago

Sitting on roofs in the middle of a hot summer taking 4fps with a still camera(without a tripod) does not sound like my idea of fun. It was worth it though, it turned out beautiful. I especially enjoyed the night shots.

You did the tilt shift effect post production!? You're crazy! I'm loving this video!
theibrahims 1 year ago

That is an excellent tilt shift movie. you are talented. Like the soundtrack and wanted to know who is it by? Thank you so much for sharing.
luiztap 1 year ago

The best use of timelapse that I have ever seen!

Just brilliant!!!
Becky Mitchell 1 year ago

A friend just posted it on facebook. Mike showed me it a month or so ago n I loved it. Very clever and alot of work...Excellent stuff Sam!!!
Phil Harnett 1 year ago

Reminded me of that great movie Koyaanisqatsi. Great work. Loving it.
Dan Valentine 1 year ago

Terrible. Worst thing I've ever seen.

Not.
Simon Egleton 1 year ago

This filled me with joy, I love your work. Thank you Sam. As a NYC resident for 27 years, I also liked your unusual location choices.
Corax Incarna 1 year ago

Wondrous... just spectacular.
Mike Petrucci 1 year ago

Amazing. Really.
inkblotch 1 year ago

awesome!!!!!!!!!
Sergei Lassyi 1 year ago

Very Impressive!!!!
Quang Duong media 1 year ago

Very Impressive
What you use camcoder?
Dane Deasy 1 year ago

Amazing. Una furtiva lacrima.