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While we've seen folks try to make live-action videos of Grand Theft Auto, these guys' take on the video game in Los Angeles is ridiculously good.
Sam Gorski and Niko Pueringer of Corridor Digital Channel, a VFX production house that makes YouTube videos, released this video of a real-life Grant Theft Auto V, the game that featured a Los Angeles-inspired city dubbed "Los Santos." Everything from the characters' movements to comments and locations are spot on. They film through Vespucci Beach (AKA Venice Beach) to Galileo Observatory (AKA Griffith Observatory) and the Los Angeles River, among other familiar spots.
The behind-the-scenes footage of the filming of this short film is pretty interesting, too, as the filmmakers reveal that they didn't even use a drone to shoot the sweeping and fluid footage of the city:
[h/t: Reddit]