My flagship web-series where I go to a town centre and film all the publicly accessible lifts in one video. This series is heavily inspired by classic lift tours from the early 2010s and I have been making this style of video for 7 years now.
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You can watch my series here on YouTube, or download them for the highest quality (Series 3 onwards only)
Series 1 (2019)
This is where it all began. Back in 2019 I noticed a lack of lift videos from certain places, and a sharp decline in "lift tour" style content. I went around various areas of Greater London to film lifts. I made all of these videos using a Galaxy S6 edge and a 2015 MacBook Air, using iMovie to put the videos together. These videos feature narrated segments in between the clips of lifts, usually accompanied by on screen text saying where the lift is.
Series 2 (2021)
Due to the coronavirus. The majority of Series 2 episodes were filmed and released in 2021, with only 1 episode releasing in 2020. Unlike series 1, many of the episodes this year were filmed beyond the M25, including places such as Horsham, Lakeside and Manchester. Some episodes feature animated segments where a person on a photographed map moves between the different lifts to show which lift is about to show.
The Series2 Lift tours logo
Series 2 was planned for 2020 but was postponed due to the coronavirus
Season 3 (2022)
The third series of my lift tours features a noticeable production quality increase from previous years, replacing the photograph maps of series 2 with purple maps similar to ben's, the intro was also changed to one where the "person on the map" exits a lift and goes to the shopping centre. The filmography has also increased, with a stable filming sequence as opposed to the poorly stabilised random filming of Series 1 and 2. There is also a new lift indication system used to identify a traction (Light blue), hydraulic (turquoise), out of order (red), modernised (light blue with turquoise outline) or a compilation of a certain shop's lifts (same as modernised but larger with a red C).
Halfway though the series a segment called "Lifterville" which features Evil owl and a brand new sidekick called "Peculiar penguin", Lifterville takes place after the original evil owl short films and has a ton hidden secrets.
The Series 3 Lift tours logo
Series 4 (2023)
Series 4 is all about consistency, On the surface, Series 4 looks almost identical to Series 3, but behind the scenes there were a lot of changes. First off, the person on the map was redrawn from the ground up to be HD ready. The second and more important difference is the migration from Openshot to DaVinci Resolve.
Series 5 (2024)
The biggest change to lift tours in several years. This series finally moves away from SD and right up to 4K 60fps. There's also a greater focus of getting longer lift clips, and filming in city centres as opposed to town centres, leading to longer episodes. Lift info screens are also introduced in some episodes, and background music is now present.
Series 6 (2026)
Coming soon!