From big cities to the charming countryside For the past five years, Berlin-based filmmaker Joerg Daiber has been transforming locales all over the globe into amusing miniature worlds. From big international cities like Chicago and Hong Kong to more remote areas like La Rioja in Spain and the Ardennes in Belgium, no place seems unshrinkable for Daiber?s "Little Big World" series, now found on Youtube, television programming in 50 countries, airline entertainment, and more.
Daiber?s dynamic short films rely on tilt-shift photography, which can selectively focus on a part of a scene while softening the rest of the image, leaving viewers with the illusion of peeking into toy lands modeled after our own. And with impeccable music selection, the time-lapses also tend to have comedic appeal. In this email interview, Daiber talks to Curbed about his process, the impact of drones, and more. Stick around for a few "Little Big World" videos featured along the way, starting with this trailer.
Curbed: The first Little Big World video was posted in 2011. That?s a long time! How did you get the idea to start doing these tilt-shift videos" And how did you pick Thailand to start"

Joerg Daiber: Back in 2011, I saw some tilt-shift stuff for the first time and was intrigued by the technique and wanted to experiment with it myself. So I took my camera gear along to a trip to Thailand to get some shots and see how it would work out. This first fil...