If you're unfamiliar with this technique, it's essentially an optical illusion that makes things appear closer, farther, bigger, or smaller than they actually are - like all of the pictures tourists take of their buddies pushing over the Leaning Tower of Pisa. This tutorial by Ben Lucas of Tuts+ will show you one method the TLOTR filmmakers used to make the towering wizard Gandalf look so much bigger than his little hobbit friend Frodo - a practical effect that uses forced perspective to sell the illusion.ÄȘccording to Lucas, TLOTR used four different methods to create the "Hobbit-sized illusion": compositing using green screens, big rigs, stunt doubles, and finally, forced perspective. If you're gearing up to work on a film that calls for characters of varying sizes (or just really into The Lord of the Rings and hobbits), there is an inexpensive alternative to CGI. Special and visual effects are great, but unless you're a skilled SFX artist or post magician, they tend to be pretty spendy.
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