The following stop-motion video was created by Three Shot – a production studio in Tel Aviv that seems to be able to cast magic spells that shrink entire cities – in this case – Kiev. For a second I didn’t know if those were real people or props. Are my eyes playing tricks on me? Nope! It’s just the magic of tilt-shift lenses and stop-motion.
Before you watch it, here are some fun facts: for 5 days and 2 nights Three Shot took around 25,000 pictures. Out of those, they chose 4,500 to be able to create this miniature wonder and the hardest part; post production, which took months and months of editing.
Shit, these guys are cool! I suggest we all go and give them some love…
OH! One last thing, now that we are talking about videos and movies, my friend Punky from Punky and The City has a pretty cool blog project: Punky’s AFI Film Club where you basically get to watch some of the best movies of all times and share your thoughts with other bloggers and film lovers, pretty fun yah? I already got my eyes on Alien, Vertigo, Blade Runner and Invasion of the body snatchers! Head over to her blog to read more about it and participate!
nmbpro says
Really well done miniatures, I’m even fooled in some of the shots and think, this is just video of a city. The animation is just beautiful and the lighting really makes it believable.
The Artful Desperado says
Yes, can you imagine taking all of those 25,000 pics and go through them? Pretty amazing!
mystereum says
This is great! It really is amazing how much the film makes Kiev look like a scale model. Thanks much for posting! ~Jordan
The Artful Desperado says
Doesn’t it? And the colours are beautiful. Thanks Jordan!
mystereum says
You’re welcome! The colors ARE beautiful. Kiev plays its part to add to the cartooned “model” feel really well. Interestingly, the film also oscillates, almost based on the colors/weather, between what feels like film work and model work. All in all, very intriguing.
mystereum says
Oh, and like Steven Wright expressed, “It’s a small world, but I wouldn’t want to paint it.” Micro filming it would be cool, though.
BrahmAttitude says
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Beautiful