VFX Breakdown - Weta Digital - Lord of the Rings (Hobbit House)

[TehBird]

wait a minute. so that wasn't real?!

[morgothFLOW]

This is awesome!

[morgothFLOW]

NO WAY!

[Kaprah91]

fuckin A

[sierkkanis]

this

is

impossible

[joshthrbc]

wow this is awesome! i had no idea how they accomplished this shot til now!

[enkopingsbo]

it makes sence, would be timeconsuming to contruct Bilbos home in pure wood. rather CDI

[deggis4]

I had no idea the whole building was CGI :O

[Towley12]

It's not, the footage with Bilbo was shot in a set which looked like his house, then, using an automated camera rig which follwed the exact same camera movement Gandalf was shot on a blue screen. These two shots were then comped together to get the size difference :)

[marneebox]

@Towley12 what software do you think they used for the automated rigged camera and the shot compositing?

[evildonkey]

@deggis4 It's not, It's a real set and Gandolf is real also.

[Emorack02]

@deggis4 The whole building was not CGI, they really built the Set two times, one set is huge for Bilbo to look small, and the other set is small for Gandalf to walk through. This time they put Gandalf in a Bluescreen... and add some effects to Gandalfs staff and hat, so that they can create the illusion that Bilbo actually take it.