Similar to the 3D sign carpets (or mats) at many sporting events viewed on TV. Check out https://infield3d.com/ for example, tho there are quite a few companies doing it now.
They even have ones that show two different ads, depending on which camera is viewing the carpet.
Forced perspective is not all that’s going on in that video, but it’s pretty wonderful.
Probably the most famous and successful entertainment examples of these sorts of optical illusion on film or video are Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit series.
Here is a video explanation if some of the visual techniques.
The actors cast as hobbies are about 5’6".
The tallest actor among the 9 members of the “Fellowship” is John Rhys-Davis (as Gimli the dwarf) at a little over 6’, who was taller than the actors playing wizards, wives, and men.
Many of the visual scenes were composited, but a number of them were shot straight with multiple actors in the frame. Optical illusion added the height differences.
Over time, the cast and crew got so good at working with forced perspective that they knew what to do and barely needed much additional time to block out the shots. Supposedly some of the shots were even done hand-held.
The scene near the end of “Fellowship” (where Boromir and Frodo confront each other, with quite a bit of actor movement), was done with the two actors and camera crew working so intuitively that the whole scene captured properly in frame, and yet gave the needed illusion of the exaggerated human-hobbit height difference between the actors that is not present IRL.
Quite a bit of good explanation and “breaking the illusion” here.
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Yep. Escher realized.
Similar to the 3D sign carpets (or mats) at many sporting events viewed on TV. Check out https://infield3d.com/ for example, tho there are quite a few companies doing it now.
They even have ones that show two different ads, depending on which camera is viewing the carpet.
Also, these floor posters, common at many grocery stores and supermarkets: http://www.shapeshiftermedia.com/floorposters/
Forced perspective is not all that’s going on in that video, but it’s pretty wonderful.
Probably the most famous and successful entertainment examples of these sorts of optical illusion on film or video are Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and Hobbit series.
Here is a video explanation if some of the visual techniques.
The actors cast as hobbies are about 5’6".
The tallest actor among the 9 members of the “Fellowship” is John Rhys-Davis (as Gimli the dwarf) at a little over 6’, who was taller than the actors playing wizards, wives, and men.
Many of the visual scenes were composited, but a number of them were shot straight with multiple actors in the frame. Optical illusion added the height differences.
Over time, the cast and crew got so good at working with forced perspective that they knew what to do and barely needed much additional time to block out the shots. Supposedly some of the shots were even done hand-held.
The scene near the end of “Fellowship” (where Boromir and Frodo confront each other, with quite a bit of actor movement), was done with the two actors and camera crew working so intuitively that the whole scene captured properly in frame, and yet gave the needed illusion of the exaggerated human-hobbit height difference between the actors that is not present IRL.
Quite a bit of good explanation and “breaking the illusion” here.
About 15 minutes, but to me it doesn’t drag.