I really enjoy these videos where they recreate practical effects

It's actually an interesting video. (To me at least) Of course the presentation is over-the-top, but they cover some of the history of forced perspective, and how Fellowship of the Ring did it in a way that hasn't been done before or since in a feature film.

Here

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWMFpxkGO_s

Same thing without the algorithm slop.