A home filmmaker has created incredible stop-motion miniature chase scenes using Hot-Wheels toy cars.
Director and producer Paul Greer spent six months creating his first stop-motion film in 2013.
Stop-motion films are made by taking an image of a scene, before slightly changing the position of the models and snapping another image, which creates the sense of movement. In his first film, Paul built a custom camera rig and used an iPhone to record the scenes.
“I was walking through a Waitrose, and I saw some toy cars, so I thought, I should do something with this.”
He enlisted the help of four friends and spent up to six hours a day working on the project.
The process proved grueling and only produced about between five and 10 seconds of footage for a day’s work. After six months and more than 1,000 hours of work, Nitro Warriors was born.
The film proved to be very successful. Paul was contacted by the French video-sharing technology platform DailyMotion to create a sequel.
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Soon after, Hot Wheels also reached out to him and asked him to create an advert for their toys.
Paul has now created over 10 films and founded a stop motion studio called Vanguard Pictures.
“I take breaks from my regular career to work on this and work solely on this,” said Greer. “It’s so all-encompassing that you need to dedicate yourself to it completely.”
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“The most overwhelming thing was when Hot-Wheels came and said, ‘we have a lot of money, and we want you to promote our entire line of toys.'”
Greer said he doesn’t really know why he’s fallen into the interest of doing it, it just sort of came about.
“For me, the biggest reward is that there are people out there enjoying what I make.”
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I just wonder where he hired all those tiny stunt drivers!!! Do they have their own union local?