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* Similarly, in ''[[Gaslight]]'' Charles Boyer stood on a box for head and shoulders two-shots with Ms. Bergman.
* The UK bus-side poster for ''Four Christmases'' has Reese Witherspoon visibly standing on a box, as she's a foot shorter than her co-star Vince Vaughn, who is... really damn tall.
* In ''[[X-Men (
* In ''[[I Love Your Work]]'', Giovanni Ribisi's character kisses a woman while filming a scene in a elevator, then promptly hops off the Scully Box at the end of the take, revealing that the woman is about six inches taller than him.
* The Disney Channel movie ''Double Teamed'', which portrayed WNBA twin sisters Heather and Heidi Burge, had the actresses portraying them (who weren't twins, and in fact weren't even related) using several methods to tower over their teammates, from Scully Boxes to specialized sneakers.
* This has been done digitally and with camera angles as of recently, most notably with Robbie "Hagrid" Coltrane in the ''[[Harry Potter (
* Pretty much everyone of average height who shared a scene with Elijah Wood, Sean Astin or any other hobbits in the [[The Lord of the Rings (
* In ''[[Julie and Julia]]'' in order to have [[Meryl Streep]] reflect the height of Julia Child.
* In ''[[Back to The Future]]'', because Christopher Lloyd is much taller than Michael J. Fox, the director used camera tricks to avoid using one. For example, the two are rarely in the same shot together and, when they are, one is usually sitting down or much closer to the camera than the other. When Doc Brown is talking, he's often moving around so much that the viewer can't really tell how tall he is. Lloyd also improvised a hunch in his posture that helped give the character more of a [[Mad Scientist]] look.
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* In ''[[Water for Elephants]]'', Reese Witherspoon at roughly 5' 2" shared the spotlight with [[Robert Pattinson]], who is a foot taller. In an interview she mentioned this was in liberal use for the kissing scenes.
* An amusing example: Brad Garrett (Robert from [[Everybody Loves Raymond]]) was cast as comedian Jackie Gleason in a biographical movie (titled "Gleason", naturally). Because Brad Garrett is known for being ''extremely'' tall, ''everybody else in the cast'' had to wear platform shoes in all their scenes with him.
* In ''[[
* [[Marlon Brando]] is always shown from the waist up in ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' to seem like the 6'6" Kurtz described in ''[[Heart of Darkness]]''.
* [[Miley Cyrus]] is about 5'6, but her love interest in ''[[The Last Song]]'' was played by Liam Hemsworth, who is 6'3, so this technique had to be used on occasion and it can be clearly seen in outtakes from the movie's promoshoot like [http://heart-miley.com/gallery/albums/last%20song%20photoshoot/01_%2813%29.jpg this one].
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]''
** During [[John Barrowman]]'s first five episodes, [[Billie Piper]] had to stand on a box whenever she was in a scene with him since he is seven inches taller than her. This is an unusual example given that that [[John Barrowman]] and [[Christopher Eccleston]] are the exact same height, and she never did so with the latter. It probably has to do with the mystique of the Doctor.
** Used [[In
* In ''[[
* While ''[[Angel]]'' was in ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', Sarah Michelle Geller had to stand on a box just so she can be seen in the same frame as the much taller David Boreanaz.
* Staging scenes in ''[[Glee]]'' is often difficult because [[Cory Monteith]] is so much taller than anyone else in the cast (even the cast members playing teachers) and he spends a lot of time not only sitting, but also leaning forward with his forearms resting on his thighs (otherwise seated cast members behind him ''still'' wouldn't be visible). Other times they actually use his height to their advantage, for example: When sharing a scene with Rachel the camera will sometimes switch to a shot closer to her perspective which only serves to make him look even ''taller.''
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* [[Top Gear|The Hamster]] was once seen to be standing on a box so he could see over the bonnet of a Cadillac Escalade.
* Nodded towards in ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]''. Bernadette is played by the under 5' Melissa Rauch, but Howard, her boyfriend, isn't that much taller and thus it isn't that big of an issue. In one episode at her apartment she got a ring at the doorbell and in order to look through the peephole she had to use a step stool. Rauch mentioned that most of her family is pretty short and her husband is around 6', so whenever they get together it feels like he is visiting [[The Lord of the Rings|the Shire]].
* In ''[[
** In Season 4, [[Miranda Cosgrove]] has continued to get taller, while Jennette Mc Curdy has not, so in episodes from Season 4 onward she starts wearing platform shoes.
* Inversion. In the later seasons of [[M*A*S*H
* In [[Supernatural]], both Katie Cassidy (5'7") and Genevieve Cortese (5'4") played the demon Ruby. Since almost all of their screen time was spent in the company of the 6'4" [[Jared Padalecki]] and 6'1" [[Jensen Ackles]], tall, spiky heels became a standard of Ruby's wardrobe from the get go. Katie Cassidy has stated these caused her to lose her balance on more than one occasion.
* Used in-universe in ''[[Veep]]'', where the Vice President's assistant has a folding stepping stool in his bag for her to use during speeches when the lectern is too tall. This is understandable, given that the actress, Julia Louis Dreyfus, is 5'3.
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== Web Comics ==
* When ''[[
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* In ''[[Toy Story]]'', since Woody was actually much taller than Buzz, in scenes when they had to talk with each-other but their feet wouldn't be in the frame. the animators would actually have Woody's legs dangling BELOW the ground. They called it "Ditching".
* A similar trick was done in ''[[Total Drama World Tour]]''. Since Sierra is just shy of [[One Head Taller]] than her crush Cody, the animators had to cheat whenever she employed a [[Marshmallow Hell]], and kept Cody's feet a few inches above the ground.
* An in-universe example in the 1987 ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987
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