Some might find this video interesting. It does a very good job of explaining the details of how color and size are used in Disney Park design for forced perspective.
What I find interesting is that the forced perspective on Beast's Castle almost works. Close but no cigar. The illusion works much better when seen on video. The naked eye however can better distinguish depth and scale. (Wonder if the effect is more believable when looking at it with one eye!?) Obviously, had the building been painted better with Imagineering giving us at least one more visual clue for scale/ size comparison we might have been more susceptible to believing the castle is 200' tall. But how? What could they add to make it work? An additional bridge? More trees? A waterfall?Some might find this video interesting. It does a very good job of explaining the details of how color and size are used in Disney Park design for forced perspective.
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Regarding the Beauty & The Beast castle at WDW, is there any way they could improve the forced perspective?
The castle could have been believable except for one thing. You go to dinner in the castle which is right there in front of you and the castle is supposed to be why up on a hill, far away from the Be Our Guest dining area. That must be some godawful long hallway to get to the bathroom.What I find interesting is that the forced perspective on Beast's Castle almost works. Close but no cigar. The illusion works much better when seen on video. The naked eye however can better distinguish depth and scale. (Wonder if the effect is more believable when looking at it with one eye!?) Obviously, had the building been painted better with Imagineering giving us at least one more visual clue for scale/ size comparison we might have been more susceptible to believing the castle is 200' tall. But how? What could they add to make it work? An additional bridge? More trees? A waterfall?
The castle could have been believable except for one thing. You go to dinner in the castle which is right there in front of you and the castle is supposed to be why up on a hill, far away from the Be Our Guest dining area. That must be some godawful long hallway to get to the bathroom.
The castles design worked far better with trees in the original hub - as designed you couldn’t connect the building to the ground from Main Street. This removal of a horizon accentuated the castle since you couldn't accurately gauge its distance away, or compare its size to people stood in front of it. Removal of the trees removed this added feature.
Bases on that last picture, at least, it appears that the tree blocked Castle did the opposite. It makes the Castle look smaller and not as tall. It basically places reality right smack in front of a forced perspective and lets everyone know exactly how big it isn't.It sure did.
The original design was absolute perfection. Those hub trees are sure missed - from each and every angle.
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