For "Lord of the Rings" forced perspective was used in mist of the film to make the Hobbits appear smaller than the humans. They also achieved panning shots while still maintaining forced perspective by using moving sets and paying incredible amouts of detail to camera angles.
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Movie Magic
This "Movie Magic" episode goes over the forced perspective used in the modern "Attack of the Fifty Foot Woman". As stated earlier these forced perspective shots relied greatly on lighting, a long depth of in the camera lens and the blending of.
Specifically it goes over a how to do a camera move while still creating the illusion of forced perspective
(At about 11 minutes in there is also a piece on "Darby O'Gill" - and it is mentioned as one of the finest examples of forced perspective)
Specifically it goes over a how to do a camera move while still creating the illusion of forced perspective
(At about 11 minutes in there is also a piece on "Darby O'Gill" - and it is mentioned as one of the finest examples of forced perspective)
Modern Matte Paintings
If you pardon the music, this is a great video has numerous shots of modern matte paintings.
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