How was King Kong photographed? Is there really such a giant gorilla?

King Kong was synthesized through computer technology. It was synthesized by collecting the movements of Andy Serkis, the actor who plays King Kong. It was not played by an orangutan.

Film producers attach sensors to various parts of an actor's body, and special effects workers use motion capture technology to capture the actor's movements and facial expressions.

Then input it into the computer to make a King Kong model and shoot it with a camera. The movements of the model will be exactly the same as those of the actors.

The behind-the-scenes production of "King Kong"

Originally, the crew believed that New Zealand was an ideal location for the filming of Skull Island. But after walking into the New Zealand rainforest, they found that it was no different from the scenes in other films. There was simply no dangerous terrain required in the story, so the crew decided to create it artificially.

Weta's special effects technicians finally completed 53 miniature sets and models, the most detailed of which is composed of 104,000 artificial leaves, 4,500 vines, 25,000 miniature plants and 220 miniature trees. Miniature rainforest, and the largest miniature landscape is 38 meters long, 5.2 meters wide and 5.5 meters high.

When designing the ancient creatures on Skull Island, the creative staff deliberately deviated from reality and injected more fantasy and fictional elements. This effect is reflected in the scenes of the Brontosaurus fleeing and King Kong fighting three tyrannosaurs. This is best reflected in the fact that each dinosaur model used for digital scanning takes 1500 hours to complete[