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[Franciscouzo]

It's called tilt-shift effect, it's usually simulated by adding two blur bands on the top and bottom of the image. It can be done with a special kind of camera lens, but it's not usually done that way because of their price.

[nonbel → Franciscouzo]

Why would they do that in this case though?

[dredmorbius → nonbel]

Almost certainly stylistic effect. It has the result of making a life-size scene appear to be a model.

This is a promotional, rather than informational video, for the most part. Style matters.