Fwd: NEWS - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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--- In HPFGU-Movie at yahoogroups.com, "Taryn Kimel" <amani at c...> wrote:
> Me:
> From what I've heard, there are lots of really simple filming 
tricks to make actors look taller or shorter. I should expect that if 
it's felt needed to make Oldman seem taller, it'd be very simple to 
do so. (I'm among those who love the idea of Oldman and Sirius, and 
think that he /is/ goodlooking if you find the right pictures. He's 
just purposely made to look unattractive in many of the movie's he's 
been in.)
> 

Four words: "Lord of the Rings."  There's some excellent examples of 
foreshortening and other height tricks there, especially in at the 
beginning of LotR with Gandalf and the hobbits.  Similar techniques 
have been used for Robbie Coltrane as Hagrid (he's a big man, yes, 
but not THAT big).  Failing all else, there's built-up shoes--that's 
what Ewan MacGregor used in "Moulin Rouge" (you can actually see them 
as he climbs on top of the elephant in one shot).

~Christi, who didn't have Gary Oldman as her first (or even second) 
choice, but who's willing to give him the benifit of the doubt