With a special camera technique, a YouTuber transforms the Western game Red Dead Redemption 2 into a magical miniature world. Viewers shower the creator with praise.
What did the YouTuber do? On his YouTube channel, creator Flurdeh showcases various videos that highlight the beauty of video games. In his “Tiny” format, he captures gameplay from games in such a way that it later appears in the video as if it were a miniature world.
His work on Red Dead Redemption 2 received a lot of attention from fans. We show it to you here in the article and the technique behind it.
You have never seen Red Dead Redemption 2 like this
This is shown in the video: The video begins with a view of a mill, as the “House Building Song” from the soundtrack of Red Dead Redemption 2 starts playing. Even in the first few seconds, the video radiates the Western atmosphere that cowboys love in RDR 2.
It follows a view of paths being traveled by carriages and ridden by horses. Additionally, cities from a bird’s eye view, workers carrying boards, and trains passing through the area can be seen. Due to the special recording technique, it looks as if someone filmed a stop-motion video in a miniature world.
We are embedding Flurdeh’s video here:
What technique does the creator use? In an interview with PCGamesN, Kevin “Flurdeh” Hensen explains that he discovered the “Tilt Shift” technique as early as 2015. In this technique, a part of the image is focused, while the rest is rendered blurred. There are special tilt lenses for cameras that tilt the optical axis. This way, one can alter recordings as shown in the video.
Hensen explains: ‘A real tilt lens was too expensive for me. But around the same time, I started getting interested in virtual photography in games and tried to simulate that with screenshots. Initially, they didn’t look good, but over the years I kept experimenting with different techniques. Eventually, I started making videos again, and when I wanted to try it out again, I thought to myself: ‘Why not in video form?”
His tiny videos with tilt-shift were made by the YouTuber for RDR 2, The Witcher 3, Days Gone, Cyberpunk 2077, Battlefield 1, Skyrim, and many other titles.
What viewers say: On reddit, the clip drew a lot of attention, and players write:
- ‘Very entertaining, my friend, well done!’
- ‘This is funny, looks a bit like stop-motion.’
- ‘Beautiful.’
- ‘Oh my God, I love it.’
There is also a lot of praise for the video on YouTube. In the comments of the linked clip, it says:
- ‘Great how you found the right angles and focal lengths to create this tiny look. And the strength of the blur is the icing on the cake.’
- ‘Thank you for sharing this with us. My grandfather built miniature models of old towns with trains. It immediately reminded me of that.’
- ‘I love it! First time seeing someone do this. I’m going to check out your videos now.’
How do you like the tiny video of RDR 2? Do you find it nice to see the Western game from this perspective? Maybe you notice things that you haven’t discovered before. Exciting in this context: 11 hidden details in Red Dead Redemption 2 that you probably missed.
