Amazing video: The City of Samba - Rio's Carnival In Tilt-Shift Miniature

[Tx4obama]

Using tilt-shift techniques, filmmakers Keith Loutit and Jarbas Agnelli made Rio's Carnival look as if it were happening in miniature. Their short film "The Sound Of Samba" is made of real footage from the city's 2011 festival, but a trick of lens-tilting creates the illusion that each object is dramatically smaller than it actually is. From what looks like a tiny helicopter to ant-like hordes of revelers, the miniaturized details get across both how extensive and contained the city's networks are. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/rio-carnival-tilt-shift_n_1305036.html

p.s. The whole video is awesome, but it gets even more awesome starting around the 2:45 minute mark.

Enjoy

[Skinner]

1. That was really cool.

[lunasun]

3. really cool

[yesphan]

2. Fascinating and most excellent !

[tclambert]

4. Speeding it up added to the illusion, too.

Very cool. And what a great parade they have. The Tournament of Roses should take notes.

[wysimdnwyg]

5. Really cool

And did I see Ferris Bueller in a white suit at about the 4:00 mark?

[Bosso 63]

6. Rio is the Marvelous City

Very cool video.

[FailureToCommunicate]

7. É boa pra caramba!

Obrigado, Tex