How Director Peter Jackson Shrank The Hobbit's Actors

In the past, director Peter Jackson had to shoot characters of different sizes at different times and piece the scenes together in postproduction. "There was no way to direct the whole scene at once, no opportunity to finesse performances," says motion-control supervisor Alex Funke. With the new system, Jackson watched scenes from The Hobbit unfold in real time.

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