forced perspective
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It’s a type of forced perspective, invented by cameras and normalized through the omnipresence of television.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 22, 2026
What was it like shooting the forced perspective scenes and acting with miniatures as props?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
How did you make the forced perspective shots work?
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2023
Lesley Roy and her song Maps had a unique staging where she appeared to be running through books and trapped in an origami forest with forced perspective making her part of the scene.
From The Guardian ● May 22, 2021
Although Kevin Depinet delivers a striking hallway set, whose forced perspective lends a sense of scale, that design merely functions as a backdrop for Hana S. Kim’s bombastic projections.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 13, 2020
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