Lord of the Rings > How did you manage to make such a big difference in the height of the characters in the movie?

How to make hobbits look two feet shorter than actors who play other roles? Frodo does look shorter than he really is. "The most common technique is to shoot Hobbits from a greater distance than shooting other characters. We shot Frodo from a distance of about fourteen feet, and then shot Gandalf from a distance of about eight feet. " "When we combine the two shots together, they stand together," Fank said.

Another method is to use a small-scale stuntman to create the effect of a distant dwarf. For example, if you look at Sam from a distance, he is actually a three-foot actor wearing a mask. "The makeup artist made a model according to my face, and then made a foam latex mask based on this for my stuntman to wear." Astin said.