Blade Runner 2049Used Amazingly Detailed Miniature Sets to Bring Its Cities to Life

Despite 35 years of technical advancements separating Blade Runner and its subsequence , the optical effects necromancer who helped create the timeworn and worn futuristic translation of Los Angeles for Blade Runner 2049 stillrelied on elaborate miniature sets and buildingsinstead of just replicating it all in CG .

In this shortbehind - the - scenes see at the fashioning of Blade Runner 2049 , Weta Workshop gives us a look inside its model shop class . They produce unbelievably detailed miniatures that , when film with the proper photographic camera move , lens , frame speed , and ignition , can actually depend more convincing than cutting - edge CG . 3D modelling software is still used to design the scale - model cities , but building , painting , and weathering is all handle by gifted artists who can make a five - foot column look like a skyscraper on film .

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