Board Thread:Movie discussion/@comment-1259419-20151215230131/@comment-1791057-20151227090859

That is precisely what it means. And yes, they are full, life sized animals. They are what we see on screen, and anything we see on screen is absolute, unrefutable fact. It cannot be overriden by anything, not even suplementary materials. It doesn't matter if a coat in off screen materials looks brown. If it's blue on screen, it's a blue coat. Anything that the camera captures is what has the final say.