Why is the Moon always bigger on television..?

Question

I can see the craters on the telly but when i look up at the real moon I cant..


very odd.

Answer 1

most of the time the moon in TV and movies is added in after they shoot the scene. Its called a post production effect.

they usually take a detailed picture of the moon separately (real, painting or CG), add it to the scene, and increase its size to make it look larger for visual impact, to set a mood, or to make lighting a normally dark scene seem believable.

evil dead part II has a great instant where you can see a LARGE moon, placed in sky above the cabin in the woods at night.

but the two blacks (the black in the real sky and the black around the moon) don't match perfectly and you can see the edges of the box containing the post production moon.
I think during that time (before CGI) it was called a celluloid overlay, traditionally its added with an alpha mask.

Answer 2

You can see the craters if the sky is clear enough! And it doesn't need to be on telly to appear bigger. When the moon is lower in the sky, just over the horizon, it looks enormous, but the "disc" you see is the same size as when it is high in the sky.

Answer 3

Camera Zoom

Answer 4

The telly doesn't always tell the truth.

Answer 5

Looks even bigger on the radio

Answer 6

coz you got a big telly

Answer 7

around the equator its big in certain places and at certain times... depends on the earth position and where the moon is and its orbit and all that!

Answer 8

because t.v adds 10 pounds.

Answer 9

depends how big your telly is!

Answer 10

telephoto lenses bring it close