How Wes Anderson uses miniatures

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Miniatures in movies are way more common than you may realize, and one of the most stylish filmmakers keeping them alive is Wes Anderson. In this video we spoke to Simon Weisse, prop maker and model marker for some of Wes Anderson’s recent projects, like The Grand Budapest Hotel, The French Dispatch, and Asteroid City.
Older movies, like 1977’s Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, had no choice but to use miniatures to make their worlds feel real. But even in the modern day of CGI, filmmakers are still using minis - just look at projects like The Mandalorian, Blade Runner 2049, Harry Potter, and The Dark Knight series. In those movies, miniatures are used for expansive sets that establish the world of a film, otherworldly vehicles like spaceships, and more.
But fully fabricating a 1/18th scale hotel is just the beginning. Then filmmakers have to film it in a way where it looks huge, or, at least, life-size - using the movie magic of cameras, lighting, and forced perspective.
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@charlieg2262 Год назад

Weird that everyone in the comments is only complimenting Wes Anderson. Simon Weisse is clearly a master at what he does!

@granturismoKL Год назад

Same here! Scrolling through the comments, hardly anyone mentioned him

@unworthy.potato Год назад

Well, the topic of the video is Wes Anderson, so it’s gonna make sense for all the comments to be on Wes anderson

@SPNMEDIA Год назад

Agree, I was fortunate enough to see the french dispatch minature set with Simon and his whole team are true artists

@blindedeathh Год назад

the video should have just been about simon

@iflick7235 Год назад

Frankly, I watched about forty minutes of this and it bombed. Characters attempting to be eccentric appeared simply dull. I happened to have been born in the 50's. Even with poetic license, people didn't behave that way. I was bored with it and shut it down.

@ohshamelessgravity Год назад

Simon Weisse is a genius and a master at what he does. Wes Anderson on the other hand is equally smart for actually wanting people to recognize that he's using miniatures for his films and at the same time they're conveying a sense of realism. I salute them both!

@linksauce_1 Год назад

I always can spot the miniatures in his films, but I’m never bothered by it like I am with most other movies. It’s that Wes Anderson Magic™

@jamesmcinnis208 Год назад

"actually"

@ICharlyl Год назад

Ive always felt like wes Anderson's movies are just pure passion, movies filmed, acted and edited with pure joy and love for cinema.

@petschitt2252 Год назад

That is the very reason I love his films. ❤🎥

@sweetbabyrodney 10 месяцев назад

Like you know that he put his absolute best in his movies!

@nigelcarren Год назад

My name is Nigel Carren and I am a professional miniature medieval armour maker. I typically working in 1/6th and 1/12th scale and each hand-forged steel knight is typically comprised of 73 separate parts. WE enjoyed this video immensely thank you! Best wishes from me and all the mice in the workshop. ⚒️🐭🐁🐭🐁

@christinaapplegate5281 7 месяцев назад

Yes it’s so wonderful to see a resurgence in the art form overall. And your hobby and passion can truly become a career if that’s your goal. I just enjoy making my Miniature houses, rooms, and all the things that go inside. And now that I’m no longer working I enjoy the company and knowledge of fellow miniaturists at my local miniature society. ❤

@sophiaisabelle01 Год назад

We Anderson is a brilliant filmmaker with a vast color palette. His films are willing to go the extra mile. The cinematographies and stories all work together seamlessly to create masterpieces onscreen.

@RapidActionAnimations Год назад

It’s unfortunate that miniatures aren’t used as often as they once were as they are an amazing art form. Practical effects just made films so much better.

@las1147 Год назад

These miniatures and practical effects is what makes the Lord of the Rings movies hold up so well 20 years later

@elizabethpatitsas565 Год назад

Also why 2001: A Space Odyssey still holds up 55 years later

@LizziesLukas Год назад

but the Hobbit series are gonna feel outdated much sooner

@gasdive Год назад

I was surprised that you could make a film about large scale miniatures and not mention Weta.

@alexpotiomkin Год назад

I was waiting for this commentary. LOTR was groundbreaking in every special and visual effect technique available, including miniatures. The camera movements are fantastic!

@TreeStump-and-CheeseKetchupIT Год назад

There's the opposite effect in LOTR too! Some shots used an oversized ring to bring out the details.

@ojtheaviator1795 Год назад

Miniatures feel real not because they fully authentic to our world but because they are fully authentic to their own. They are a 'real miniature'. And there's a charm to that which can't be understated.

@mareecuree Год назад

i love love miniatures. it excites me to see the whole process on how these artists put all those tiny little details to make every piece look and feel realistic.

@wxlurker Год назад

I absolutely love the craftsmanship that goes into making miniatures and props.

@theawesomer Год назад

So happy to see that miniatures and practical effects are being preserved by masters like Simon!

@5MadMovieMakers Год назад

Great video about the pros and cons of a unique filming method!

@zaneverovati Год назад

The thing that had me fall in love with Wes Anderson's filmmaking is the fact that I feel like I'm constantly pulled in through the screen onto the set, most of the time by the miniatures but also by the feeling that the film sets, and then I get into this sort of swaying back and forth, back onto the seat in the movies as a spectator watching a film, and then back inside of the set, and so back and forth, it makes me enjoy his films on a whole another level. And the miniatures themselves make a part of that feeling, being made in such a glorious way that they don't interrupt that feeling, yet still making themselves apparent - I know they're miniatures, but they're made so good that it doesn't matter, the momentous "okay, it's a miniature, but it's a part of the story so it's just another way for Anderson to convey his storytelling" is there for a second and it just makes the miniature blend in and feel as a natural part of the story. It's apparent that it's a miniature, but it's not tacky, B-movie style, but rather gloriously made sculpture, put there to help with telling the story.

@Aloddff Год назад

Physical effects are really captivating

@mikesouthworth Год назад

This video was really well done. Great job of showing the process in layman's terms while still making it exciting and interesting.

@chas4life Год назад

Asteroid City is a photographic masterpiece. The details in the sets are genius.

@TheFatblob25 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely beautiful filmmaking for a relentlessly boring & confusing plot.

@Thebreakdownshow1 Год назад

Wes Anderson films are the romance of Film making, just beautiful.

@XavierRogers-y3t Год назад

Wes Anderson films are the romance of Film making, just beautiful.. So much respect for these artist .

@RafaelBernatto Год назад

Disclaimer: Just because tightening the 'aperture' 5:38 "decreases how much light you let into the camera" does not mean that by "reducing the light" you'll end up with a wider depth of field ("every part of the model" in focus). There are a bunch ways for you to decrease light: ND filters, faster shutter speed, light absorbers/black flags and so on... It's not about decreasing light. It's about the >aperture< and the way it filters and shapes the light passing through the lens. Also, the bigger the sensor or film format, more shallow the depth of field. Aperture doesn't (just) mean less light. 🇧🇷

@drlong08 Год назад

I can't show this to my photog/ film major son because his comment will go on for at least an entire 15K words on this one...yes, he's on the scale.

@bigsam653 Год назад

Using miniatures for Blade Runner made all the difference. The buildings with real fog looked super good

@andybearchan Год назад

Can you do a video on matte paintings? So many movies from the 80s and 90s had amazing detailed paintings. Do they still exist? Do people collect them?

@milonso650 Год назад

i was lucky and got to see the grand budapest model in weisses workshop before it was even used. such stunning work done by these guys... feels surreal somehow.

@Harleylover14 Год назад

I have the greatest respect for any director who can and will still use practical effects. It's truly an art.

@xaviconde Год назад

The Millennium Falcon bit in the video is actually CGId, not the model. That scene was added in the Special Edition of Episode IV.

@pocketrocket6494 Год назад

As someone who is into the hobby of large scale rc cars everything here is literally flipping awesome

@davidcashin1894 Год назад

Always love to hear about model building for movies and set building in general. There are a lot of us tabletop wargamers who work in scale models all the time and it is fascinating to see what other model builders do. Especially people who have limitless budgets ;-) compared to a game that is.

@mastermavrick Год назад

Great video, miniatures like stop motion are rare but amazing artistic works and this goes over why you get that feeling from it.

@artlovepeace42 Год назад

Thank you so much for showing this! These artists are the epitome of talent! Would be an incredible video to go to a model shop and show all the departments and artists working through a large scale model, start to finish.

@ALIBIMusicLibrary 4 месяца назад

Something about this style emits so much happiness. Even if its intended to be creepy its always endearing

@heckensteiner4713 Год назад

Miniatures are my absolute favorite form of film trickery!

@Noumm Год назад

Asteroid city was excellent and all the projects this amazing Simon Weisse worked on Anderson's movies !!! Love his way to talk about his work you can feel the passion !

@JJadx Год назад

just delightful to look at these, i wish scale models where more commonly used as an art form the way paintings on a wall are.

@tomwatts703 Год назад

Having grown up on Thunderbirds and other Gerry Anderson shows, I've always had an appreciation for miniatures and practical effects like this

@rickfazzini22 Год назад

I’ve always been in love with the art that is miniature model making. Thanks for sharing this great little film, what’s a treat!

@dada-pm5cd Год назад

2:28 he's soooo real for using the metric system bc same

@Sabotage_Labs 5 месяцев назад

His work with Wes Anderson is just amazing. It has to be I suppose with Anderson's incredible attention to detail. He tells such great stories on so many levels.

@alastairbattson5123 Год назад

I am glad that people like Simon Weisse are still around and doing the work allowing the likes of Wes Anderson to make the movies in the style and techniques he would wish, especially as a movie every 2 years from Wes probably doesn't offer Simon enough work to live off.

@rohitmishra670 Год назад

its amazing to hear from Simon Weisse . I can feel the enthusiasm he has and emotion of fun he has doing the work.

@JAVTROOPER Год назад

Finally I understand how they create those spectacular scene in box office movies in the era of early computer

@theraphman Год назад

This magic is the reason why I enjoy watching movies 🎥…

@joiedevivre9861 Год назад

makes me respect directors like wes anderson & christopher nolan all the more for how much they know about & show their love for filmmaking :') loved this insightful vid!

@cedricklyon Год назад

Don't forget to visit the miniature and cinema museum in the old town of Lyon, France !

@passtheparcel2007 Год назад

Quite amazing! All together now, "It's a small world after all"...

@Blasharga Год назад

feels wrong not to mention Lord of the Rings in this context. Minas Tirith especially.

@DippedInInk Год назад

The world of miniatures and dioramas are amazing. As an artist to be able to capture realistic things in a small scale is truly a talent.

@jerryrichards8172 Месяц назад

As a model builder since the late 60s I love seeing models in movies

@StrawberryFeildsforNever Год назад

I pray that they sell these. There’s nothing that I wouldn’t do to get my hands on the grand Budapest hotel

@kazpaapzak8637 Год назад

The novelty of computers and perfection is wearing off and we are now moving towards a place where the character and artistic style of a film is once more the most applauded aspect. It’s the same with camera lenses, cinematographers want hand built anamorphic lenses over the ‘perfect’ new lenses because they have more character and add to style of the film

@pushbikeman Год назад

This video was simply fascinating I loved Asteroid City funny amusing and visually abstract looking like a model railway table.

@EdBabb Год назад

VFX Artist here -- that shot of the millenium faclon you used was CG, not a model, from the reissue Lucas did in the 90's.

@dathorndike4908 Год назад

I remember the original Star Wars trilogy and how they used mostly miniatures for alot of the ships. It was a great example of making more out of less in film.

@Durmomo0 Год назад

It was a beautiful spaceship, glad they went with the green...

@sjbechet1111 Год назад

The size of the APERTURE defines the depth of field - not how much light you let in. The amount of light can be less or more with aperture but this can also be controlled with cutters/screens, ND filters and shutter speed.

@bitspacemusic Год назад

4:54 Long lenses only crop more. Perspective (compression) is the same for all lenses when shot from the same position.

@OxburgerStudios Год назад

Long live miniatures, stop-motion, and other traditional visual effects techniques! This was a great watch, thanks for putting it together VOX.

@freds3265 Год назад

The clip you used of the Millennium Falcon taking off at 3:18 isn’t actually a miniature. That scene was added in the special editions of a new hope so the Falcon is actually a digital model in that shot. Nice video, just a funny mistake.

@michaelhollinger7034 Год назад

Weirdly brought up Game Night and I worked on that film. I drove through that neighborhood that you referenced as use of models. I’m pretty sure we used Tilt Shift to create that look and not models. Don’t remember ever seeing models in our Art Department.

@GERntleMAN Год назад

I'm not entirely surprised he is German since building miniature stuff is almost embedded in our older generation. Basically every grandpa built everything in small scale and the bestest grandpas of them made it the smallest and most realistic. Many attics are still filled with a lot of miniature worlds.

@survivingworldsteam Год назад

Not restricted to Germany though. It was, and still is popular in the UK, North America, Japan, and elsewhere. Check out large scale miniatures like Miniatur Wunderland, Northlandz, Grand Maket Rossiya, Our Home and Miniature Land, and Madurodam. Thankfully the art of model building and model railroading is alive and well; 3-D printing has breathed new life and new possibilities into the hobby.

@passtheparcel2007 Год назад

I remember being suitably impressed, when that space ship (Star Wars) passed overhead, it was huge! I had never seen anything so big an it took so long to pass...

@blackparadoxx9656 Год назад

Didn't know Wes Anderson was so old.

@martinstent5339 Год назад

It's a shame they didn't mention the ultimate model in terms of looking real: The 2001 spaceship. At F22 every frame over 1 minute!!

@harrazmasri2805 5 месяцев назад

man this doubles the work, it's amazing just how much effort they spend for such movies

@BobJackJillZorroKoshekZuko Год назад

I love miniatures, I hope they make more movies using them. My favorite is stop motion, the pink house in Coraline is so good,

@thewillsfamilyaccount6486 Год назад

I glad I found this rediscovered this channel! Did not realize how good it is and how vast the subjects are.. Nicely done!

@YanceyLu Год назад

Really love to see more stories of amazing people with amazing craftsmanship.

@thecasualfly Год назад

I love practical effects and all the artisans who are involved with it.. miniatures are so rad too.. great stuff

@AAWagner 10 месяцев назад

I’ve always been fascinated by miniatures and how they are used in all ways including cinematography.

@toddjones1480 Год назад

It's actually possible to make extremely convincing miniature bricks and concrete, but maybe not at 1/18. At 1/12 any defect will give away the game so you'll need to scrap about half of what you make. Bigger scales are more forgiving.

@andrews. Год назад

Is Lord of the Rings considered old now? They used HUGE miniature sets to bring the story to life. The Rivendell Model is amazing if you have seen it.

@KhanStopMe Год назад

Love the video! A small correction: 5:39 - You say “you need to decrease how much light is let into the camera” which is not exactly true. You need to reduce the size of the aperture of the lens in order to bring more of the image into focus, the side effect of that is less light is let into the camera but just dimming all the lights in the room for example isn’t going to deepen the depth of field even though you have decreased how much light is let into the camera

@DCDSG Год назад

I love that a lot of the old stuff is not dying yet and maybe still has a bright future ahead. Like vinyls. Thrifting. Etc. Might not be super commercial / popular but will keep an important place.

@nazru8 Год назад

still remembering nolan did the plans crash in TENET, where he completely avoided miniatures.

@tyrson4331 Год назад

My favourites are Lord of the Rings ones

@Kausan1 Год назад

Was about to say the same thing

@withconfettiinmyhair Год назад

Been really enjoying every Edward Vega essay I've seen so far!

@-Alberto-Bolanos- Год назад

again this is a introduction of a master class filming....... merci beaucoup

@bazza5699 Год назад

wow i'd love to have the skills to be able to build models like that

@DOI_ARTS Год назад

There is this old show in Discovery Channel Movie Magic, I love it so much they explain the movie techniques and made me understand how movies were shot.

@protorhinocerator142 8 месяцев назад

In Asteroid City, I could absolutely tell that the mountains in the background were mini. At first they looked good, but then those sideways crawl shots allowed me to parallax the distance better. They weren't miles away like the movie implied. They were very close. If they had instead done a spin shot or a pan up, it would have hidden the real distance much better.

@VietVuHunzter Год назад

Wes Anderson is when you can do what you really love and the audience happen to love it. too.

@morganroberts 8 месяцев назад

Remember, the focal length itself doesn’t compress, the relative distance does that. Focal length just allows us to fill the frame with what we need AT that distance.

@zakariajaiathe 4 месяца назад

Was great to film with Wes Anderson and see how he works closely.

@matthewbenoit3098 Год назад

Big fan of models!

@yay-cat Год назад

I once heard that for the lord of the rings miniatures of like rivendell they used salt flowing to mimic the waterfalls because water wouldn’t have looked right

@sabersight908 Год назад

with a video all about bigatures im surprised it has not been mentioned ones that they are not miniatures but bigatures xD great video about the mini world in the film industry i already knew quite a lot but i keep learning some new things.

@wallball5 Год назад

I'm surprised 3D printing wasn't made a big deal in this video

@Immafuggin182 7 месяцев назад

The miniature crew for Lord of the Rings is in a league of their own. They sho for over 1000 days and were still shooting for the extended cut even after they had won their Oscar for Return of the King. Those shots and miniatures still hold up today because of the seamless blends Weta Digital and Weta Workshop produced.

@skycaptain3344 Год назад

I am still impressed to this day with the miniatures used in True Lies.

@DOI_ARTS Год назад

The Florida keys bridge explosion and the Terminator Judgement Day Nuke scene

@DrawnInk1 Год назад

Fascinating upload thanks.

@aaronleverton4221 Год назад

Eon Productions basically created a real time evolution of the art of miniatures. Dr No's bauxite mine looks like the oil rog in Dr Who two decades later and we all know how low the Doctor's budget was. But, the Piz Gloria six years later is superb. Derek Meddings' Moonraker shuttle launch facilities possibly top ILM's concurrent work and the Afghan bridge in The Living Daylights and the Goldeneye antenna array in Goldeneye hide their actual scale almost perfectly. There's something about the tactility of miniatures that the human brain can still distinguish from purely digital creations. I think it's why things like Helms's Deep feel so real in The Lord of the Rings. Because they are "real".

@AlbertaRose94 10 месяцев назад

The use of miniatures in Asteroid City added to the old time vibe.

@Thehackerguy2000 Год назад

A lot of the assets in CoD are miniatures that were scanned in, and I’m talking big assets like a building.

@ThePCDealer Год назад

Thanks for such amazing video. The real hero here is Weisse.

@elyornoyovanna5482 11 месяцев назад

Creí que hablarían del estilo pausado y caricaturesco tan característico que tienen sus películas Stop motion Al presentar el ambiente no satura la pantalla de tantos elementos, ésa simpleza es increíble

@NewfieOn2Wheels Год назад

For miniatures to work with water, you need to slowdown the footage, but even then it only works for when you need less detail.

@leftblank Год назад

"The longer your lens is the more compressed your image looks"...thats wrong, I'm so glad you spent time trying to explain perspective badly

@MacGuyver85 Год назад

Great video, thank you!

@jj-if6it Год назад

It's so weird to hear miniatures pronounced that way so many times. In Australia we say it like "mina-tures"

@adriennefortune210 Год назад

We do as well. He is saying it strangely.

@johnterpack3940 Год назад

So that's where you got the extra "I" you put in aluminum. Neat.

@outlawflyer7868 Год назад

People thought the same way when it came to the jet engine. no more propellered airplanes. Boy where they wrong on a large scale!!! I am a modeler and I love when movies use miniature affects and there right. we can tell when it's cg or miniature. But using miniature effects is an art form.

@gieselats 2 месяца назад

It so amazing what you can do. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge ans experiences. I adore your work. I could listen to you for hours and hours.