We know the moon is very pretty and we gaze at it with great reverence every day and are also well aware of its size, like how big it appears in the sky. But do you know why the moon is portrayed so huge in some movies? That is to say, why is it often shown so much bigger in movies as compared to the size it is usually seen from the earth? The answer to this question can probably be in a few words, "Moon illusion". Moon illusion basically talks about angles that when the moon is near to the horizon, it appears larger, but when it moves higher up in the sky, it looks small.
You might be experienced it many times that when you try to take a normal picture of the moon, you will find it looks smaller than its normal size. That is, the presence of the moon will not be identified clearly from the camera that it is actually a picture of the moon. Suppose if a cameraman tries to shoot a video of the moon at a raw location during the shooting of the film, the moon the camera will capture will be almost negligible, and due to this, the actual feel of the moon will not come to the surface. That's why filmmakers use Computer-generated imagery (CGI) to put fake images of the moon, and in some movies, the moon's image is even shown to be so large if you ever experienced it while watching a movie.
This is usually done because the moon has always been considered the "Greatest Art of God's Work" since a long time ago when civilization began. From the very beginning, the moon has always been depicted as something that is quite special and interesting for humans. And whatever the movies are, they are always made to be much more interesting than real life, and hence the moon is always shown by putting up fake images to make it look bigger and more attractive. Because if you try to capture the moon with your camera, then you will not see something much attractive, as rather it would be better to see the moon with real eyes. So this is the reason why it is preferred to show a fake moon in most of the movies.
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