An Aberdeen teenager who painstakingly recreated the latest Spider-Man trailer using Lego has racked up more than half a million views on YouTube in just two months.
Filmmaker Darren Taylor worked flat out in his bedroom-based studio for 48 hours to create his stop-motion version of the Spider-Man: Homecoming trailer.
The 18-year-old, who is a creative media student at NESCol, has been making Lego related videos for years and is delighted his latest effort is proving so popular.
Mr Taylor has managed to gain more than 500,000 views on his most recent upload – five times higher than his previous most viewed video.
“When I saw how many views it had so early on I was just amazed, it was honestly like a dream,” he said.
“From the 15,000 it just took off, to where it is now more than 525,000 views, which is unbelievable.
“I’ve been making films like this for more than 10 years, so to get the recognition for my work is something I’ve been dreaming of for a long time.”
Mr Taylor was inspired to create his own Lego version of the Spider-Man trailer after he watched the official advert.
And his work has not gone unnoticed in the Youtube scene as popular content creator Tyrone Magnus – who has almost
has one million subscribers – reacted to his video, which sent almost 40,000 viewers his way.
But Mr Taylor, who is already working on other projects, is not done with his viral hit and has even higher hopes for it.
He said: “I’m already pleased with how the video has done, but reaching one million views on it would really be the ultimate dream for me.”