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forced perspective

British

noun

the use of objects or images that are larger or smaller than they should be, to suggest that they are nearer or further away than they really are

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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

This way, we could move more quickly without forced perspective.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2024

How did you make the forced perspective shots work?

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2023

Lemercier even appears as the budding musical prodigy at ages 5 and 12 — achieved through some CGI and a camera trick called forced perspective.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

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

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