31 December 2022 8.30pm
Difficult shot forced out.
“The Lord of the Rings” has become an epoch-making film that marked the beginning of a new era in the history of world cinema. But the production of such a technically complex film was always in danger, and therefore director Peter Jackson resorted to many tricks during the shooting process.
Then, to show the hobbits alongside the gnomes in the shot, the cameramen used forced perspective. The essence of the method lies in the fact that one character is placed against the background of others so that he seems smaller. Without this trick, John Tolkien’s adaptation of the novel would have looked much less authentic and impressive.
With Sauron’s ring, the creators also had to be cunning. At the beginning of the first part, you can see that the artifact does not bounce, falling to the ground, but seems to stick together, which indicated its exclusivity. For this, magnets were placed in the floor, which attracted the object.
Several rings of different sizes were also created. For close-ups, they used a large version – such an ornament had to be taken with two hands. It’s fun to imagine the crew members dragging a wheel-sized loop from place to place.
Were it not for the ingenuity and resourcefulness of Peter Jackson, the world would not have seen such a vast and astonishing film adaptation of the story of the hobbits and the sinister ring.
