>From: Chris Barker <imagopus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>I know it's a little while since Richard posted this, but that film
>(The Two Towers, the second of the Lord of the Rings trilogy)
>restored my faith in cinema.
Seconded! If anything, it's outdone the first movie -- I can't wait until next
Christmas!
I got the 4-CD set of The Fellowship for Christmas, which I watched before
going to Two Towers.
The additional CDs -- basically an extended "the making of" movie -- are
incredible! The prep work was amazing. They basically re-created the whole
movie three times -- on storyboards, with rough computer animation, and with
actors.
As far as props, costumes, etc. -- they MADE everything from scratch -- real
armour, real weapons, many miniature scenes (as opposed to paintings) etc. They
scoured the world for people capable of making lost arts.
The swords were fascinating. They made several different copies out of
different materials -- real steel, light aluminum, foam plastic -- but the
actors pretty much preferred the "real" weapons.
There are some great scenes that show the actors working on blue screen, then
with the miniatures stripped in, then with computer-generated stuff added.
Over 3000 people worked on these films!
Requisite on-topic content: I doubt an OM was used in these movies. :-(
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