{"id":51203,"date":"2015-05-20T09:35:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-20T15:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/biggest-sets-ever.html"},"modified":"2015-05-20T15:38:13","modified_gmt":"2015-05-20T21:38:13","slug":"biggest-sets-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/biggest-sets-ever.html","title":{"rendered":"Biggest. Sets. EVER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And that&#39;s likely true for quite some time, as so much setwork now is being handled via CGI. That opens up some amazing new possibilities, but also loses something at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/biggest-movie-sets\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/s_qMz3N0sxnAVhH7NBpws4KnDaRQq87AKnxHyDiXwCOfiRo7IXfcqgxSrlxpDHQJCMncZgRcqZg-TQbXMsli1dhTAfLKjnyOxZXyRtJHE_tf90RCnBd3e8MbTZl7DrUDYpowz0_qd8fkl0TtGAZbeOTMuMiO=w506-h303' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/www.slashfilm.com\/biggest-movie-sets\/'>What Are the Biggest Movie Sets in Cinema&#8217;s History?<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nMany films today are completed with the help of visual effects. But that wasn&#8217;t always the case. Take a look at biggest movie sets in cinema&#8217;s history.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/C6fbghzWa89'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And that&#39;s likely true for quite some time, as so much setwork now is being handled via CGI. That opens up some amazing new possibilities, but also loses something at the same time. Originally shared by +Les Jenkins: What Are the Biggest Movie Sets in Cinema&#8217;s History? Many films today are completed with the help &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/05\/20\/biggest-sets-ever.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Biggest. Sets. 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