Post by Keith T. Hemari on Oct 8, 2005 0:36:20 GMT -5
And I have to say, it was pretty damn cool.
They had all sorts of props and several demonstrations.
Costumes from most of the major leads. Saw Gandalfs costume, as well as Saruman, Sauron, Strider, Giladriel, Arwen and so on. Armors from all the different races of Middle Earth.
Lots and lots of 'clutter props' which were the many books and papers and odds and ends they used to give life to a set. If they weren't behind glass, i would have like to read them and shuffle through the old sheets. Truly a sight so see.
One display I found quite fun, which was the demonstration of the forced perspective they used for the Hobbits. They actually let you try it out and get your picture taken.
That's my grandmother and me. She's actually shorter than I. She only reaches up to my shoulder and I thought it would be great if she could be bigger for once XD.
What it was is that there were two different halves of the bench we were on, one big and one small, with two different cameras on them. They were composited together to create the image you see, with a green-screened backdrop. Even with just that simple set up, the result (as you can see) was impressive. The seam in nigh invisible without any digital tampering at all.
sadly however, because of the exclusiveness of it, we were not permitted to take pictures, in fact they had us even turn off our cell phones so we couldn't even take THOSE kinds of pictures. however, take my word for it, it's a sight to see.
Along with the props and costumes from the movie, they had many TV displays that would tell behind the scenes info on how the props were made or how the actors felt about their characters. Each one had two or three different parts which you could have play. Nothing new, if you've seen the stuff on the extended DVDs, but still fun to see. Seeing the actual costumes and the props made it worth the while (if you're into that sort of thing).
There weren't many people, but we did see some dressed up in costume. We were told that we had just missed the crowds (for which we were grateful XD).
Of course, when all was said and done, we stopped by the gift shop and I bought myself a 1/5 scale miniature of the Anduril sword:
So all in all, it was an amazing experience for a fan of LotR.
I now leave you with the only direct evidence of what is in there I can give, the Map:
They had all sorts of props and several demonstrations.
Costumes from most of the major leads. Saw Gandalfs costume, as well as Saruman, Sauron, Strider, Giladriel, Arwen and so on. Armors from all the different races of Middle Earth.
Lots and lots of 'clutter props' which were the many books and papers and odds and ends they used to give life to a set. If they weren't behind glass, i would have like to read them and shuffle through the old sheets. Truly a sight so see.
One display I found quite fun, which was the demonstration of the forced perspective they used for the Hobbits. They actually let you try it out and get your picture taken.
That's my grandmother and me. She's actually shorter than I. She only reaches up to my shoulder and I thought it would be great if she could be bigger for once XD.
What it was is that there were two different halves of the bench we were on, one big and one small, with two different cameras on them. They were composited together to create the image you see, with a green-screened backdrop. Even with just that simple set up, the result (as you can see) was impressive. The seam in nigh invisible without any digital tampering at all.
sadly however, because of the exclusiveness of it, we were not permitted to take pictures, in fact they had us even turn off our cell phones so we couldn't even take THOSE kinds of pictures. however, take my word for it, it's a sight to see.
Along with the props and costumes from the movie, they had many TV displays that would tell behind the scenes info on how the props were made or how the actors felt about their characters. Each one had two or three different parts which you could have play. Nothing new, if you've seen the stuff on the extended DVDs, but still fun to see. Seeing the actual costumes and the props made it worth the while (if you're into that sort of thing).
There weren't many people, but we did see some dressed up in costume. We were told that we had just missed the crowds (for which we were grateful XD).
Of course, when all was said and done, we stopped by the gift shop and I bought myself a 1/5 scale miniature of the Anduril sword:
So all in all, it was an amazing experience for a fan of LotR.
I now leave you with the only direct evidence of what is in there I can give, the Map:
