Laspector
Master Member
I'm not a film maker so someone please tell me something; what is it that makes a model look large on film? I've seen a lot of sci fi movies in my day and I've always wondered why some look fake while others look real. Some shows might have actually very good model work with lots of detail, great paint jobs, etc, yet they still look fake while some shows might have models that are not really that detailed and still look large. Sometimes smaller models look big and sometimes large models still look fake.
Just one example = Logan's Run, that model city was the size of a huge room, yet still looked fake. Parts of the Death Star surface were only tabletop size, yet looked large on screen. Same with space ships, airplanes, and so on and so on. You get the point.
So, it can't (I would guess) just be size, paint job, and details. Is it something in the camera? Seems like it can't just attributed to under (over?) cranking the camera...is it? Seems if it was that easy all models would look right.
I'm sure the simple answer is something like "all of the above" but what exactly does it take to get it right? What is that special trick that can make small models look life size while sometimes bigger models still look "fake" ??
Just one example = Logan's Run, that model city was the size of a huge room, yet still looked fake. Parts of the Death Star surface were only tabletop size, yet looked large on screen. Same with space ships, airplanes, and so on and so on. You get the point.
So, it can't (I would guess) just be size, paint job, and details. Is it something in the camera? Seems like it can't just attributed to under (over?) cranking the camera...is it? Seems if it was that easy all models would look right.
I'm sure the simple answer is something like "all of the above" but what exactly does it take to get it right? What is that special trick that can make small models look life size while sometimes bigger models still look "fake" ??
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