The height difference between Nori and her mysterious new buddy was achieved using multiple techniques.
Anyone who’s seen the Peter Jackson Lord of the Rings movies will recall that for all their creatures and battle scenes, one of their niftiest special effects—showing the height difference between wee Frodo and towering Gandalf—was always one of the most visually striking. That’s also the case with Prime Video’s new Middle-earth Tolkien prequel, The Rings of Power.
Speaking with IndieWire, the series’ showrunners explained how they shot the scenes showing characters of different sizes, especially the encounters between courageous yet tiny Harfoot Nori (Markella Kavenaugh) and the much taller, as-yet-unnamed man (Daniel Weyman) who seemingly falls to Earth.
