The City of Light is often captured in all its beauty with a series of images that show off its romantic side . But an American filmmaker has created a three-minute video that presents Paris in an entirely unique way . Sean Collins , a 31-year-old from Los Angeles , used special effects to make the French capital 's famous landmarks , including the Eiffel Tour and Arc de Triomphe , and pedestrians look like miniature toys . The video is the work of photographer Sean Collins , who studied at the American School of Paris . The American video maker captures a shot of the Eiffel Tower in the distance of his unique film . Sean filmed the scenes over the course of eight days while visiting his girlfriend , a Boston University student who is studying in Paris . He said : ‘ When I went to visit her we decided to make this video . On her days off she accompanied me to the sites to film . ‘ We could n't film on rainy , cloudy or days with poor air quality and we had to go to each location multiple times. ’ Sean , who was educated at The American School of Paris , but later studied at a film school in California , explained that his intention was to present the French capital in a way it has never been seen before . Sean Collins experimented with effects that make Paris famous landmarks look like small toy sets . The people captured underneath the Eiffel Tower in a timelapse shot appear to look like figurines . He said : ‘ My goal was to show Paris to the world in a new light for those who have never had the experience or never managed to make it those sites. ’ The video opens on a landscape shot of the city , with the Eiffel Tower and Army Museum appearing to be positioned almost too close together . The Champ de Mars is presented in beautiful saturated green colours with people walking around it , appearing to look like figurines . Sean spent two weeks testing different ways to change the texture of the different images . A train is captured in the film and appears to look like a toy being controlled by a child . Shots of boats travelling under bridges tie Paris ' natural beauty with its urban iconography . A couple of timelapse shots of the Eiffel Tower continue this theme before a train , which looks like it could be being controlled by a child , travels across a bridge . More landscape shots show a breakdancer looking like a puppet on a string and a group playing football . As darkness descends on the Parisian streets the landscapes become more beautiful , before daylight is reinstated and the traffic begins to swell . Sean recorded the video over eight days with the help of his girlfriend who he was visiting in Paris . The Arc de Triomphe is momentarily captured before more close-ups shots of people looking like toys . A distant shot of the Arc de Triomphe is momentarily captured before more close-ups of people negotiating busy streets . Eventually the video concludes with footage of pigeons , a boat travelling under a bridge – which ties Paris ’ beauty as a natural landscape and an urban city together – and a casual shot of the Eiffel Tower . Discussing the difficulties faced while filming , Sean explained that the final result is the product of much experimentation . Sean 's goal was to show Paris in a new light for those who have never had the chance to experience it . Sean had to prepare for each shot and was unable to film on rainy or cloudy days or days with poor air quality . ‘ It 's not as simple as just adding blur to the top and bottom to achieve the effect . I spent two weeks testing different ways to change the `` texture '' of the image , ’ he said . ‘ I experimented with some really distorted toy-like effects but eventually settled on this more subtle effect . This was a combination of noise reduction and sharpening. ’ Sean ’ s work is available on his Facebook page and the original video can be viewed here .
Sean ##man , from LA , created the 90 - minute footage over 24 hours . The 31-year - old intended to portray Paris in a truly unique manner . His film bridges the gap between cities ' natural and urban beauty .