Non-fiction 11 Jan 2006 14:10

The Making of the Movie Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings)

coverThe Making of the Movie Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings)
Brian Sibley

Making The Lord of the Rings was an incredible achievement by Peter Jackson and his whole (enormous) crew. Written after the second movie was done but before the third one, this book has an amazing amount of details about the production and the work involved.

The books covers both technical and artistic achievements, and one of the most impressive things is the sheer size of everything. It’s basically a 10-hour-long movie filmed over almost two years, with such stunts as using the whole audience of an official cricket game as “sound extras” for the orc army. All numbers impress: up to seven units filming at once, thousands of extras, 1,600 pairs of “hobbit feets” worn by just the four main hobbits… there was nothing small in the making of the movie, and no detail was left behind. Props were detailed to the point of exhaustion: even things that were never intended to be shown on screen (such as the inside of armour plates, or swords that would never be drawn) was richly crafted with all the details that could be expected.

More than the text, the illustrations bring the creation of the movie alive. The book is richly illustrated, with pictures, storyboards and paintings of all aspects of production. Truly an amazing book, deserves to be read by any fan of the series.

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