LOTR Forced Perspective Moving Camera

[hydrall9]

It's because of these effects that I can never think of Elijah Wood as a normal sized human being.

[NeverEnough15]

Genius!

[URYNOME]

amazing!!!

[alucard1931]

I'm guessing Christopher Nolan will be using something similar in "The Dark Knight Rises" with making Bane seem larger, since the on-set production photos show Batman is clearly taller than Tom Hardy in costume.

[Unevaluated]

@alucard1931

nope. The first 15 minutes have been leaked already, Bane is just small in the movie

[alucard1931]

@Unevaluated I saw it too. He may be smaller, but he still has the intimidating personality of someone who could mentally destroy the Batman while stomping the living s**t out of him.

[Unevaluated]

@alucard1931

I'm not so sure, i haven't been a fan of Nolan since Memento, and i still think Begins was the best of his batman films, they've gone downhill since, bar a fantastic Ledger performance

[futurecaster]

That's wild!

[B1SCOOP]

that's true special effect, not blinking and flashing obvious 3d animation

[M3NTA7]

Amazing!

[aether222]

That's Genius!

[mai1992]

I wonder if this will still work for the hobit, it being in 3D and all. But maybe the CGI is better today than it was back then. Some of the LOTR CGI shots didnt look that good.

[Mustacio]

If you still don't understand it then you must be mentally challenged

[underglow60]

I still don't get it

[chaosinorderrr]

This just blew my fucking mind!!!!!!!!!

[EVLWNS]

I would NEVER have guessed.

[Rocketboy1313]

See. Not everything has to be CGI. Some things can be just camera trickery. You know, what they called Movie Magic back in the 30's.

[HoodlumFamily]

after watching this the illusian doesnt work anymore.....still amazing but now when i watch it this video wont leave my head

[Mustkunstn1k]

@HoodlumFamily Even if you know how this is done it still works. It still fools your mind. Even if you learn how optical illusions work, they still fool your brain.

[HoodlumFamily]

@Mustkunstn1k i understand that part....i still see it....it is called "Forced" but because i know its there it doesnt quite look as real as it did when i first saw it...

[dropwatch7forspanish]

After watching this video, think of all the work these artists put into just one scene. They had to block out the scene, figure out the movement, figure out how they'd shoot the scene, build the dollies, do test runs, communicate with the actors, do multiple takes, and composite the entire scene together.

Now realize that they did all that work, with the sole purpose that you would never notice it.

A definition of true craftsmanship, if I ever saw one.

[grahamvandyke]

This is probably one of the more complicated things I've seen used in a film. It blows my mind I never noticed it before!

[mikvance]

0 dislikes, fuck yeah!

[remoney]

Now that I know how they did it, it doesn't work in the movie anymore. It looks fake. lol

[Raidenster]

Cracked!

[PH1ASCO]

this also works with your penis.

[Extnoob]

That scene is really weird and awkward to watch when you know they aren't facing each other.

[grahamvandyke]

@Extnoob I was thinking the exact same thing! Ignorance is bliss in this case heh

[NStenO]

0:53 is that guy real?

[RockshowFreak]

TIL

[ThechosenDemon]

Well, I'm still confused as to how they made scenes where they would be in extremely close contact (I remember frodo hugging gandalf once.) Still, from what I saw, it was extremely smart and ultra cool.

[Penguator432]

@ThechosenDemon In shots like those, they mostly used child actors wearing similar wigs.

[GTSnipes89]

thanks Cracked!

[VeryHappyUniverse]

This is magic, pure magic. Whoever came up with this is a genius. They show you how it's done but it still blows you away when you see it,. Amazing...

[lets1go1pvp]

Stunning

[jeetdg2012]

Pure genius !!!

[2109917162]

I LOVE ANALOG SPECIAL EFFECTS. By analog I mean not digital. Few films that have digital effects actually look as good as analog ones. Thats why I tip my hat to AVATAR.

[Harizl]

@2109917162

The Fall, zero special effects, my number one example.

[2109917162]

@Harizl What is the fall? A movie ?

[Harizl]

@2109917162

the most amazing movie.

/watch?v=iO0LYcCoeJY

It has ZERO, special effects. It was filmed over several years and I would have killed to have been on the journey of it's filming.

[dialupmoron]

@Harizl Do you even know what a special effect is?

[Harizl]

@dialupmoron

I meant non-analog effects in the Fall.

I can't say conversing about special effects happens to me too often, was a lack of proper definition, not intent.

[dialupmoron]

@Harizl So you really didn't know what you were talking about, as you could not correctly define the very thing you were talking about?

[Harizl]

@dialupmoron

"I meant non-analog effects in The Fall"

"It has ZERO special effects" --> "It has ZERO non-analog effects"

How is that not correctly correcting the mis-communication?

[JDM9616]

This is the magic of forced perspective .

[mikeysrose]

Fascinating. Since I saw the first movie I've wanted to know how they accomplished all of the descrepencies in size that we see between the characters.

[sloochy]

Good luck using that technique in The Hobbit when it's being filmed with 3D cameras :)

[ScorchinBeats]

does anybody know which camera was actually used?

[loser078]

Whoa! At 2:23, you can see where the two tables split if you look at the shadow of Frodo's arm.

[baronvg]

Holy shit, that's amazing!!!

[tynansylvester]

Pretty cool that they did it in camera. Must have been tough to get the sightlines right though...

[CreativeMojoGraphics]

I remember seeing this in the movie and wondering how on earth they did that... I think the non-extended dvd's said it was a "secret" but I guess that's been spilled

[linz7650]

These guys are like the best team on the planet!!!

Gosh, That's makes me even love LOTR x100 times more.

[sparrow2202]

actually, they don't use high technology here. they just have good ideas

[4EyedBlonde]

that's amazing. it's always cool to see the new technology that they come up with.

[JowieL90]

thats really smart!

[captaincrud]

I'm inspired.

[mr667]

simple technique with awesome results

[openEYEstudios]

That is absolutely Incredible!!

[heart4horses101]

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