Ars Electronica Festival · 2010
The Sandpit
by Sam O'Hare
🏆 Award of Distinction · Prix Ars Electronica 2010
“The Sandpit” by Sam O'Hare received an Award of Distinction in the Computer Animation category of the Prix Ars Electronica 2010.
“The Sandpit” is about a day in the life of New York City, in miniature. It is shot as a high-speed time lapse, and with a “tilt-shift” depth of field effect added in post. I have always loved time-lapse footage, and films like “Koyaanisqatsi” especially, which allow you to look at human spaces in different ways and…
About Sam O'Hare
Sam O’Hare (US) is a director, visual-effects artist and photographer living in New York City. An architecture graduate from the UK, he worked for several years in computer animation and films for major architectural projects.
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