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BittenBuggy
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 Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 12:44 pm Post subject: Making of the Movies |
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Does anybody know where to find an in-depth discussion about the making of the LotR? I kind of need all aspects - from the Bigatures to the hair-braiding. 
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Hathor
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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Erm... DVD extras in the EE? I've got a lot of stuff from there...
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Amlee
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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| I was at BestBuy and they had the NGE behind the scene on DVD. check out BestBuy.com and I think you can order them there. It had 1 for all 3 movies. |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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I have a book, 'The Lord of the Rings; The Making of the Movie Trilogy' by Brian Sibley. Should be available on Amazon. That has some pretty good insights into the production.
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Miluiwen
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Good book, that. I borrowed it off of a friend and read it from cover to cover- gives a huge insight into the making of the films. From what I can remember- there is whole chapter on costume design, ect etc. Correct me someone? |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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That’s right. They have chapters on certain aspects of the film and then ‘features’ over a couple of pages on other things, like the model of Rivendell or Gríma Wormtongue’s makeup. It was my best find from Woolworths – they were selling it off for £1.99
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Miluiwen
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:29 pm Post subject: |
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Did you get it for that price when you bought TTT theatrical? I wish I bought mine from there...
Now, the only place where I can find it is Ottakars... for something over a tenner... along with a nice selection of other books  Well, there's always my birthday coming up!
BB, if you want the more design aspect of the film, try the 'Art of' books. I have 'The Art of Return of the King' so far, and it contains all the aspects of design, for example the different ideas for the Mouth of Sauron, Arwen's Coronation Dress, ect. |
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2004 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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I think I got it just after the release of TTT, because it had a sticker on it mentioning something about that. I just got it in a regular sale though. My absolute best so far was the visual guide to TTT, which I got for 20p from WH Smith.
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Miluiwen
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| Posted: Mon Jul 19, 2004 8:46 am Post subject: |
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| I had to pay £2.99 for my visual guide.. .They were trying to offload some of them before RotK came out on DVD... but for a pretty thin book, that's still a good price! |
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Panneth
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:19 pm Post subject: |
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Don't bother looking at the Weapons and Warfare book. Some of it is relevant, but most of it is fanfic we'd not be all that proud of.
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SpaceWeavil
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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Funny, I was just thinking about that book. Hasn’t been much help on the Last Alliance stuff I’m doing. They have just made most of it up, haven’t they?
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Miluiwen
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2004 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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I got that book for a christmas present... I was disappointed. The majority of the content in that book is a load of garbage- made up. Nice pictures, crap content.
Some of the actual facts on weapons are wrong, as well. Bows having a draw weight of 200lbs? I think not.
And I don't know why.. .but it annoys me when it says things like 'An anatomical study of the winged demon, drawn from the accounts found in the Red Book', when we all know that one of the designers at WETA did it, really.
*Steps down off of soapbox*  |
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