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# [More Miniature Movie Making](https://www.redsharknews.com/production/item/129-more-miniature-movie-making)

 Written by [David Shapton](https://www.redsharknews.com/author/david-shapton) | Oct 6, 2012 2:00:00 PM

**I'm the first to admit that we're a little bit addicted to Tilt-Shift - and looks like RedShark readers are too: Keith Loutit's Singapore film that we featured a couple of days ago is the most popular piece we've published.**

So I'm using that statistic as an excuse to feature another Tilt-Shift film, The Sandpit, by Sam O'Hare, a New York - based photographer and film-maker and winner of the Prix Ars Electronica Award of Distinction 2010.

### Miniturised world

In case you're wondering, Tilt-Shift tricks you into thinking you're looking at a miniaturised world of model cars, buildings and people. It makes things seem smaller by using an unexpectedly narrow depth of field while you shoot from above at a certain, critical angle. It's exactly what you would see if you were to film an actual model, with a normal lens.

Using time-lapse to speed up motion and make it look a little bit jerky adds to the persuasiveness of the effect, perhaps because models move jerkily as well.

### Perception

There's something going on very deep here in our perception, because no matter how many times you tell yourself the subject is real, your brain insists you're looking at a miniature world.

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