Some facts about "The Lord of Rings" trilogy
The Lord of The Rings (LOTR), the movie trilogy based on the books written by J.R.R.Tolkien, has been, since 2000, one of the most successful cinema franchises. Breaking many times the box office records, receiving 8 Oscars on 11 nominations for the third part of the trilogy The Return of the King, making New Zealand one of first destinations for tourists during the summer of 2004, The Lord of the Rings has been truly a phenomenon in the cinema industry.
Just like the trilogy Matrix, the LOTR’s three episodes were also made at once and were released one by one each year from 2000 to 2003. I ignore what was exactly the beginning of the filming process, but when Peter Jackson was chosen to be the director he had to start by the script, which means the very beginning of the whole project. The screenwriter of the trilogy was an English lady of extreme talent in literature and of outstanding understanding for Tolkien. As Peter Jackson is from New Zealand, he decided that the film’s location would be in his home land. To participate in such a huge project was a surprising and incredibly significant opportunity for the WETA workshop, a design workshop in New Zealand, to move to a higher level in the cinema industry. Besides, in order to bringing the literal and fantasy world of Tolkien to the big screen, Peter Jackson needed talented conceptual designers. The two designers invited to the crew were Alan Lee and John Howe, who had been illustrating the LOTR books for years. As many fans could notice next, the music composer of the LOTR was also an artist of unique talent Howard Shore.
All the necessary elements gathered, what they still had to find and could not do anything without was naturally the cast. There is not need for us to list here all the names in the cast and only need to remember that they were both very famous like Christopher Lee and Ian Mckellen, and very young actors like Elijha Wood, Sean Austin... The rest of the cast were talented and well known artists among whom we can mention Hugo Weaving, Liz Taylor, Cate Blanchett… But personally, the most important thing for me is that the director and the casting team could find the actors who fit the characters the most. Orlando Bloom is now one of the “most wanted” men for the fans but back then he was just only a student who had not sit in his final exams yet. Viggo Mortensen became one the most admired and recognised figures after the films but at that time, he was not largely well known. By searching for talents to portrait the characters, the LOTR helped some young and still unknown artist to be noticed by the public and added many new faces to the cinema industry.
Just like the trilogy Matrix, the LOTR’s three episodes were also made at once and were released one by one each year from 2000 to 2003. I ignore what was exactly the beginning of the filming process, but when Peter Jackson was chosen to be the director he had to start by the script, which means the very beginning of the whole project. The screenwriter of the trilogy was an English lady of extreme talent in literature and of outstanding understanding for Tolkien. As Peter Jackson is from New Zealand, he decided that the film’s location would be in his home land. To participate in such a huge project was a surprising and incredibly significant opportunity for the WETA workshop, a design workshop in New Zealand, to move to a higher level in the cinema industry. Besides, in order to bringing the literal and fantasy world of Tolkien to the big screen, Peter Jackson needed talented conceptual designers. The two designers invited to the crew were Alan Lee and John Howe, who had been illustrating the LOTR books for years. As many fans could notice next, the music composer of the LOTR was also an artist of unique talent Howard Shore.
All the necessary elements gathered, what they still had to find and could not do anything without was naturally the cast. There is not need for us to list here all the names in the cast and only need to remember that they were both very famous like Christopher Lee and Ian Mckellen, and very young actors like Elijha Wood, Sean Austin... The rest of the cast were talented and well known artists among whom we can mention Hugo Weaving, Liz Taylor, Cate Blanchett… But personally, the most important thing for me is that the director and the casting team could find the actors who fit the characters the most. Orlando Bloom is now one of the “most wanted” men for the fans but back then he was just only a student who had not sit in his final exams yet. Viggo Mortensen became one the most admired and recognised figures after the films but at that time, he was not largely well known. By searching for talents to portrait the characters, the LOTR helped some young and still unknown artist to be noticed by the public and added many new faces to the cinema industry.