Filming for the Shrink Effect
by Rocky Murray



Camera Setup

1. Unless you have a large budget and huge greenscreen, most of your shots need to be level with the shrunken person. You can't film from the ceiling down, unless you can recreate that angle on your greenscreen.


Things to be careful for.

1. Follow all the rules for a good key.

2. Always put the shrunken person directly where the large actor is looking, so they make eye contact. This really sells the effect.

3. Unless you have weeks to edit this, you might as well make things easy on yourself. Its possible to grab the shrunken person around the waist and carry him, although this could take forever to edit. You might as well have the little guy jump on the open palm of your hand, where you don't have to use any masks.