Amazing video turns one of the world's greatest cities into a miniature world

Amazing video turns one of the world's greatest cities into a miniature world - It is one of the world's greatest cities as it has never been seen before.

Real life, every day scenes from the colourful and vibrant city of Rio de Janeiro are made to look like they are part of a miniature wonderland.

The Rio Carnival - one of the biggest shows on earth - looks like an incredibly intricate model show.

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Stunning: Real life, every day scenes from Rio de Janeiro are made to look like they are part of a miniature wonderland in a new film by Keith Loutit

Original: As part of his Small World's project, Keith Loutit documents the world's great cities, landscapes and monuments in miniature

The video, as reported by Flavorwire, was made by Keith Loutit as part of his Small World's project in which he documents the world's great cities, landscapes and monuments in miniature.

The Sydney photographer and film-maker is known as the pioneer of the tilt-shift / time-lapse technique.

He was one of the first to recognise how time and focus combine to support the illusion of miniaturisation in films.

Through scaling down and speeding up his films, real life scenes look like miniature worlds.

Scaled-down: The Rio Carnival - one of the biggest shows on earth - looks like an incredibly intricate model show in the film

Partnership: For this amazing tilt-shift recreation of the 2011 Carnival party in Rio, Mr Loutit teamed up with Brazil-based director and musician Jarbas Agnelli

For this amazing tilt-shift recreation of the 2011 Carnival party in Rio - called The City of Samba - Mr Loutit teamed up with Brazil-based director and musician Jarbas Agnelli.

And the effects are stunning.

The talented Australian says his aim is to create a sense of wonder in our surroundings.

His own website says he wants to do this by 'challenging people's perceptions of scale, and helping the viewer to distance themselves from places they know well'.