> Unfortunately, it's one of those forced-perspective effects.

Does this mean it looks like total crap from other angles?

http://makezine.com/2015/01/30/this-giant-floating-face-creepily-watches-while-you-gamble/

Unfortunately, it's one of those forced-perspective effects. Would have been cooler if it was like, 40-50 transparent LED screens sandwiched together.

I was thinking the same thing, the steering wheel looks like its higher than his head. I thought maybe it was just some kind of forced perspective but when his arms were at the top of the wheel they looked pretty high up.

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>> ^PancakeMaster:

I had no idea this is how they pulled it off. I'm so happy that they did this rather than CGI or green-screening!!!


I hope they will do it again for The Hobbit trilogy movies!

>> ^residue:

you can easily see the trapdoor the kid goes down through at the start (pause at 0:14). not bad for kids though


Uhm.. I don't know if you're just joking or what, but it's *incredibly obvious* as to how the trick was done.

At 0:28 there's a quick shift and change in the intensity of light hitting the camera, making it obvious there's a camera cut there.

Then with a bit of CGI to morph the frames together to make for a smoother transition they put a mirror in place reflecting the background that's quickly removed once again through editing and CGI to make the kid re-appear... which speaking of; is actually a forced perspective as the kid's obviously a middle aged man with a bad haircut.

..use your eyes, dude.

Cool vid! I shared this with my buddy and he made a good point:

In LoTR they used forced perspective to make the hobbit actors smaller; (have the actors stand further away) if they're filming in 3d they'll need to find a new way to accomplish that.

>> ^charliem:

How did they not die or get seriously hurt doing this?
The train car was made of balsa wood, add a dash of forced perspective and shazzam! Instant classic.

Forced perspective rules. Also, you can tell that guy doesn't own a cat.