Models and Miniatures
Another method of counterfeiting a scene is to use a model – a technique as old as movie-making itself.
Employed in this fashion the model is called a miniature. When designed to be only part of a scene it is referred to as a hanging miniature.
In its most elementary form a miniature could be a model landscape, a building or even a single window in the wall of a house.
The advantage of employing a miniature is that it can be more economic than building scenery or finding a suitable location. Furthermore an exterior model erected and recorded indoors will be unaffected by weather.
Static shots
An ancillary set in the studio of, say, the end wall of a ballroom would be transformed if it were to be augmented with two side ...
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