How to Add to a Mountain
In 1984, CGI wasn’t quite capable of delivering very believable props and set pieces. But, it wasn’t like they could just build an actual castle on a mountain for Conan the Destroyer, so what did they do instead? They made a little prop and positioned it perfectly.
This is one of the things we love about filmmaking — it requires real creativity and clever workarounds to achieve the results you want. Seeing the behind-the-scenes magic reveals that it’s all even more impressive than you’d think.
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