How the Face in the Mountain Was Created in ‘The Power of the Dog’
thewrap.com“pareidolia,” the observing of familiar shapes or patterns in random objects. In Instagram parlance, it’s also known as Faces in Things.
The barking dog’s face can be seen slightly to the center-right in the mountain range. Here is a closer look:During the pre-production stage of the film, Campion collaborated with her production designer Grant Major, cinematographer Ari Wegner, and visual effects supervisor Jay Hawkins to ensure that there was power, to be sure, in the dog.
Major and Wegner are among the movie’s field-leading 12 Oscar nominees, along with director Campion and all four main actors.“I did quite a few sketches in the early days,” Major explained to TheWrap. “I was trying to figure out for Jane what this dog shape would look like.
I showed her my sketches, and she liked them but didn’t really buy into the version I had in my mind.”Major’s drawings exploited the shape of the landscape’s hills. “My ideas weren’t to do with shadows as much,” he said. “My sketches were more of the actual form of the mountain range itself.
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