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[–] [email protected] 15 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Just for the first one, right? I remember Ian Mckellen had a breakdown on set because he was sitting in front of the table at Bag End with nothing around him but green screen and was struggling without any other actors.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 7 months ago

IIRC that was on the set of one of the Hobbit movies.

The Lord of the Rings was shot mostly using practical effects.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

The first three movies were mostly all filmed at the same time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's true, but it was a single scene, not the majority of the movie. Almost every scene with hobbits involved forced perspective.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

IIRC in The Hobbit films they couldn't use forced perspective because they were shooting native 3D.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Thank god that trend is over.