three's a party

The only thing more annoying that people is needing a lot of them and not having them. Lucky the smart people in the film industry has created a way to get around that with the use of the almighty perspective. The is a technique a lot of Hollywood uses to make large crowds to avoid have to organize a lot of people. The first thing you do is shot everyone as close together as possible to make the shot look populated. Second, shoot with a lone lens it helps sell the idea of a tightly packed place and can focus attention on the main character if he/she is in the shot. A another nice thing you could do is place your extras on a different plane than you character. Have them walk in front of and behind the camera. If your feeling brave you could try to get closeup shots of the back of the extras head and use them over and over if you can figure to the blocking (witch I can't) and you can make a lot of really cool shots.
The article was structured and written in an entertaining way and made a lot of points that I hadn't consisted and the advise was really good. One thing i'm thinking of using the advise for is a army like in the lord of the rings only with more horns on the helmets. Needless to say the article was more than useful and it was a great choice for this weeks article.