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11. HP "Create Amazing" - Director's Cut

by Keith Loutit

1 day ago

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by Keith Loutit

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by Keith Loutit

5 months ago

8. Mardi Gras

by Keith Loutit

8 months ago

7. Bathtub IV

by Keith Loutit

9 months ago

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by Keith Loutit

11 months ago

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by Keith Loutit

11 months ago

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by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

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by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

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by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

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by Keith Loutit

1 year ago

©2008 COPYRIGHT - All Rights reserved

To view my other short films, please visit: vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

Thanks to:

Clive Featherby, K.C. Fireworks, organizers of Monster Trucks: Tour of Destruction.

Music: Robot High School (In Digital Form Remix)
by My Robot Friend
robothighschool.com
(thanks again to Eddie Bezalel).

Artist Info @ keithloutit.com
Project info @ vimeo.com/channels/keithloutitssydney

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Peter Berkman 11 months ago

Incredible! They look like power wheels in stop motion with that focus - totally takes any intimidation factor of it haha.
Caroline Martin 11 months ago

Exactly! It was so well done. I especially loved the shot around 2:40, watching the audience react to shiny things.
Lee Slone 11 months ago

I agree wholeheartedly!
Silfedac Smith 11 months ago

I agree metalheartedly.
AndyM801 10 months ago

I could watch these all day. So cool!
Kristen M 10 months ago

KEITH!!! More please! My buddy Hugh (hughforte.com/blog/) introduced me to you because he is tilt-shift obsessed...

And he created an addiction.

Sweet!

Thanks Hugh.
pkdmann 11 months ago

Yay it's back!! I freaked out a little when this video was gone because it's soooo amazing.
Frederic Vercammen 11 months ago

Fun stuf man
Great footage
ße ωell ;-) 11 months ago

thanks for putting this back up Keith and a great choice for the soundtrack :)
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Rob - Thanks for adding again!
b. barnhart 11 months ago

awesome.
Mark Hafley 11 months ago

This is great. This technique has so many possibilities.
Juztn 11 months ago

A fantastic use of the technique! It's like being a little kid again. I wanna go tilt shifting now!
archie 11 months ago

awesome vid . Great chise of soundtrack .
well done .
Steele O'Neal 11 months ago

everything looks so tiny!
nachoad 11 months ago

Fantastic video!
Jym Davis 11 months ago

has to be the best use of a lensbaby I've seen. (that is a lensbaby, right?)

My mind just doesn't want to accept these aren't matchbox cars.
Faye 11 months ago

My favorite shots are the one with the waving arms silhouettes like at 1:18. Great venue to show off your style!
Ross Williams 11 months ago

I agree! I love the flailing arms!
Adrian Roy 10 months ago

Yeah, my favorite part of the video.
Jarred Bishop 10 months ago

me too!
Ryan Toyota 10 months ago

I agree. Especially over that music... that perfectly selected music. I love it!
Achim Seeger 11 months ago

its fantastic, they look so small ;)
Mark Harlan 11 months ago

it looks like you used toy cars! and superimposed in the people
Clive Walker 11 months ago

I want one of those lenses!! Awesome idea.
Reyer Kolle 11 months ago

Its computer generated.

I does look like stop animation hotwheels at 2:25
Clive Walker 11 months ago

wait you mean it wasn't done with a tilt/shift lens?
Clive Walker 11 months ago

what program was it done in, as its a very realistic blurring? after effects?
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Hi - This is made with TS lenses & timelapse photography. Cheers.
Juan Valdez 11 months ago

It's a relatively simple technique using a bellows-style camera lens custom made into a digital large format video camera, then splayed at, I'd say, 5 frames per second and sped up. I did some stills in college using this technique, it's fun stuff. Great job and concept, you beat me to the punch!
Jared Foster 11 months ago

I went to see how awesome your videos were but then you didn't have any. How else did you experiment in college?
Carlos Moll 10 months ago

That's a loaded question!
Chad Beaty 11 months ago

Once again fun with tilt shifting... way cool Keith!!! SUPER ASS WAY COOL!!!!
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Cheers Chad!
Damian Hall 11 months ago

Keith, that was an incredible video mate.

I was with Chris at the venue (the guy who runs downundermonsters.com) - that was some super duper lens you had there!

Awesome shots, makes it so much look like stop motion models. Hey at least I made it in the video too!! (Yellow vested guy directing traffic on the floor).

Well done.
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Damian,
Great to see you made the cut mate ;) You guys put on an awesome show. Thank you.
Keith.
Jared Foster 11 months ago

I too want to see your camera rig. Your work is truly brilliant.
Beau Chevassus ✞ 11 months ago

I totally thought they were toys.

...until I saw the people.

...wait. WHAT THE HECK!?
Lucasberg (Joey) 11 months ago

Awesome as always.
Richard Huntington 11 months ago

Cool! I love this series!
illdog 11 months ago

THE BEST location and event EVER to play around with a T/S lens!!
Looks AWESOME mate!!
Jared Foster 11 months ago

Epic! keep them coming Keith. You have the best tilt shift style that I have seen on the internet.
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

thank you jared!
Dan Valentine 11 months ago

That's was amazing. I didn't know what I was watching there for a few moments; real or animated. Excellent.
TLZ 11 months ago

awesomeness
Bhautik Joshi 11 months ago

Brilliantly done :)
Stardust Cowboy 11 months ago

Brilliant!

Cheers,

Stardust Cowboy
Christoph Wick 11 months ago

dude, keith, your tilt shift material, and not only the pure footage, the cuts, the music, is really adorable! great work!
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Thanks mate.
Mamatt 11 months ago

Great !
and small at the same time ...
;-)
Dreamtime Film 11 months ago

completely barking mad!
Andy Sapp 11 months ago

My brain doesn't even know what is going on.
SICK.
ChipBo 11 months ago

man that is so beautiful!!! we just saw this monster last weekend!

vimeo.com/2357972
americanvirus 11 months ago

Another great one.
Eric Mortelmans 11 months ago

I really love the saturated colors as a difference to your earlier Sydney Harbour movies.

I think this movie has a some kind of message about monster truck events. It makes them seem a bit childish or naive, in my opinion.

Anyway, do you use a digital slr or just a really nice video camera (like those of canon's)? I know, shooting this kind of video's with a dslr just kills your shutter really fast.
CeeDee 11 months ago

one word 2 u...Respect
jm3 11 months ago

so sick. love it.
Ritchie 11 months ago

Awexome.
Franssu 11 months ago

This is really awesome. Great idea, and masterfully executed. Full respect.

The subject does really fit with your technique. I loved the bathtub series, but I enjoy this one even more :)
Keith Loutit 11 months ago

Thnks Franssu!
LoLSauCe 11 months ago

I'm experimenting with images right now, but this footage has some fantastic angles and a great concept :)

I'll keep an eye on you! :D
amirula 11 months ago

amazing! great work! love what you did with the colurs and fades
Jon Rawlinson 11 months ago

Really awesome! Can you tell us what type of camera/equipment you use to do these videos?
ステビア 11 months ago

tilt/shift = smile
bensan 11 months ago

Awesome stuff Keith!
just like what I once did with my toy cars
hahahahah

Keep up the excellent work!
Dmodian 11 months ago

The effect is impresionant.
111 11 months ago

great! Very appealing!
Patrick Satterfield 11 months ago

Super duper! There are SO many good things about that video. Well done and thanks for sharing it!
chris.rich.design 11 months ago

Reminds me of my Tonkas...
john willis 11 months ago

awesome film..well done..kudos
Pete Prodoehl 11 months ago

time lapse + tilt shift = AWESOME!
Paul Downey 11 months ago

shift-tilt FTW!
Dave Dwire 11 months ago

Keith, I have to say your work is absolutely amazing! The way you capture and present these subjects is so fascinating and mezmerizing. I never even knew about tilt-shift photography until I saw your work here….So, thanks for inspiring me. I have a Canon 20D and have been thinking of getting a TS lens. I’m not sure which lense to get, the 90mm, 45mm or the 24mm. Do you have a preference? Which lense do you use for your video’s? There is a lot of construction going on where I live and would love to shoot some of the construction sites. Anyway, thanks for showing your work!

Dave Dwire
davedwire.com/
Ralph Mastromonaco 11 months ago

Ha! Cool.
esbandido 11 months ago

I've really loved the videos you've done so far, but this one really blows me away. So cool and visually mesmerizing...I showed it to a friend of mine who said, "This is the kind of thing you want to play over and over on a loop if you ever have a party."
Joe Zucco 11 months ago

Wait, was that real? Or was it like with matchbox cars? Otherwise, really cool!
Radthanael 11 months ago

Nice.
Joel Stewart 11 months ago

the tilt shift is one thing, but the editing on all of these is well timed, and the suggested narratives are crucial too. nice work!
Dickon Langdon 11 months ago

Magic
JMC 11 months ago

freakin amazing video, nice tilt shift, great choice of music too!
AntiVJ 11 months ago

beautiful
Rúkula 11 months ago

Guau! Beautiful work!!
Adrian Roy 10 months ago

Awesome video, I'll have to remember how well time lapse works with tilt-shift.
Tim Chiavaroli 10 months ago

This was great! I loved it. Like Tonka toys come to life. Strange to watch the actual machinations of a demolition derby. Seems timid. I also really liked the crowd shots, very cool. Keep on, keepin' on!
Dutchie 10 months ago

Awesome, especially in HD.
Guilherme Outsuka 10 months ago

great job!
Li Fan 10 months ago

hahaha, excellent, very well done, great music to go with it too.
Angus Macsac 10 months ago

Baaaa Haaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
LMAO!
Kyle Welsby 10 months ago

Truly amazing, I would love to see a making of video, of positioning your cameras, etc. :D
mister5 10 months ago

no one mentioned the air quality? its like a modern day gas chamber, that you pay to enter. did they serve your drinks in lead cups. i cant even believe that's legal. the fire marshal or whoever is in charge of air quality should be held accountable.
brandon hess 10 months ago

Wow, that's an incredible work of art there. Had no idea it was real until halfway as I cheated and read some comments ;)

Really good job all around on this.
Michael Hong 10 months ago

sweet!
epynephrin 10 months ago

This is probably, but not by much, the coolest of your videos (I think, anyway). I was so intrigued by this that I started to look up how you made them; I got only a few lines into the Wikipedia article on Tilt-Shift Miniature Faking, and realized that I'd rather leave the mystique there and not ask the magician to reveal his tricks.
Kevin Day 10 months ago

That was brilliant!
jim worsley 10 months ago

Hi Keith, love your work! What timing intervals do you use on your trigger for this look (not the tilt shift look)? Is this 2-3 shots a second, with each shot taking 2 frames? Love it!!
Jonathan Vuillemin 10 months ago

Wow! Just brilliant!
Instituto MangaRosa 10 months ago

Wow! That is beautiful! Its hard to believe they arent miniatures.
Joshua Earles-Bennett 10 months ago

I wonder if this looks different to different generations. If you didn't grow up in the age of stop motion animation, does it look like toys still?
Henning Marstrand 10 months ago

It's real! ;-)
David Vinson 10 months ago

crazy cool! i wanna tilt! i wanna shift!
totally inspired to try this out.....