10 CGI Movie Moments NOBODY Noticed
6. All The Landscapes - The Power of the Dog
To the layperson, it appears that Jane Campion's fantastic Oscar-winning Western The Power of the Dog was simply shot in the lush, rolling mountain ranges of Montana.
But not at all - the movie was actually filmed entirely in the rural town of Otago, New Zealand, roughly 8,000 miles away, give or take.
And so, a stunning VFX breakdown shows just how extensively the natural location was digitally altered to more persuasively resemble Montana, with the background landscape being basically rebuilt from scratch, and numerous buildings in the central town being wholly CGI creations.
Furthermore, the memorable sight of a shadow of a barking dog in the nearby mountains wasn't a stroke of location scouting luck - the mountain was digitally re-carved in post-production to create the exact visual that Campion wanted.
Given that this prestige drama is hardly the first movie one would associate with extensive CGI, it's all the more impressive just how perfectly it blends into the practical location photography. Bravo.