You're probably thinking of green screen or layering images. CGI takes a long time to render.
Beyond the technical aspects, how exactly would they hide this empty stadium? From the thousands of people who attended? From the Republicans who attended? from the reporters who attended? From anyone with a cell phone?
It's impossible.
Mike Lindell and other MAGA activists had DNC credentials
The Gateway Pundit exposed empty seats on Monday. That led to twitter rumors of a special guest at the convention and resulted in the rumor that either Beyonce, Taylor Swift, or even Bush 43 would make an appearance.
I just looked at the Gateway Pundit story. The article embeds a tweet. Even in the Gateway Pundit article you see a correction was posted on that tweet. With a link to a cell phone video from the cheap seats showing a full house
Reader added context
This picture was taken before the majority of people were let in
CGI is not possible.
You're probably thinking of green screen or layering images. CGI takes a long time to render.
Beyond the technical aspects, how exactly would they hide this empty stadium? From the thousands of people who attended? From the Republicans who attended? from the reporters who attended? From anyone with a cell phone?
It's impossible.
Mike Lindell and other MAGA activists had DNC credentials
Something had to happen. Most likely there were seat fillers like in previous conventions.
Why?
The Gateway Pundit exposed empty seats on Monday. That led to twitter rumors of a special guest at the convention and resulted in the rumor that either Beyonce, Taylor Swift, or even Bush 43 would make an appearance.
I just looked at the Gateway Pundit story. The article embeds a tweet. Even in the Gateway Pundit article you see a correction was posted on that tweet. With a link to a cell phone video from the cheap seats showing a full house
Reader added context This picture was taken before the majority of people were let in
It's not surprising whatsoever a political party can fill an arena. Even losing campaigns can do this.
Anyway if you want to see the real crowd. CSpan has the whole thing
https://www.youtube.com/live/4rGf2pCtYfk?si=zYIDA_Pmm9Y3PgrV
They started broadcasting well before it began. You can see it fill up.