11.
Determined
to
maintain
the
old
school
aesthetic,
Favreau
told
Rolling
Stone
he
didn’t
want
to
make
the
film
“a
big
CGI
extravaganza,”
only
using
the
technology
to
add
some
snow.
“I
like
motion-control,
models,
matte
paintings,”
he
explained.
“It
feels
timeless.
And
stop-motion
is
my
favorite.
There
were
a
lot
of
challenges
to
do
that
stuff
in
stop-motion.
I
had
to
fight
very
hard
not
to
do
that
stuff
in
CGI.”
12.
While
Ferrell
does
have
several
inches
on
5-foot-8
Bob
Newhart
(a.k.a.
Papa
Elf),
Favreau
revealed
they
used
“forced
perspective”
to
make
it
appear
as
if
the
SNL
alum
was
towering
over
everyone
else
at
the
North
Pole.
Building
two
sets,
one
larger
than
the
other,
meant
“if
you
look
closely,
you
can
see
the
two
sets
meet
because
we
didn’t
use
CG
to
paint
over
that
or
blur
it,”
Favreau
explained. “I
wanted
it
to
have
the
same
flaws
that
it
would
have
had
[before
CGI],
to
make
the
movie
feel
more
timeless.
It
made
for
great
souvenirs.
I
have
a
Louisville
Slugger
that’s
four
and
a
half
feet
long
in
my
office,
that
the
elves
were
building.”
Celebrity Fails
