BACK TO THE FUTURE “Forced Perspective“ | Shanks FX | PBS Digital Studios

In our 2nd BACK TO THE FUTURE installment, we tackle the technique of “Forced Perspective“. Forced Perspective is a visual effect that can make an object appear farther away, closer, larger or smaller than it actually is. We followed a simple formula to get our 1/24th & 1/15th scale Delorean to match our backdrop. Distance from Camera (ft) x Scale of Model = Distance between FG model & BG We were shooting on a Canon 5d Mark II with a 17mm wide angle lens. This formula may change with different type of