The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Director: Peter Jackson Year: 2001 Followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King All 3 were filmed at once, over 274 days Cast: Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) Gandalf (Ian McKellen)

Cast, continued Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) Gollum (Andy Serkis) Bilbo (Ian Holm) Arwen (Liv Tyler) Elrond (Hugo Weaving) Galadriel (Cate Blanchett) Legolas (Orlando Bloom) Saruman (Christopher Lee)

Source material Trilogy (3 books) by J.R.R. Tolkien The movies follow the structure of the books The Hobbit takes place in the same setting (Middle Earth) and has some of the same characters (Bilbo, Gollum, Gandalf)

New Zealand It is estimated that filming of the trilogy pumped about $200,000,000 into the New Zealand economy Wellington, the capital of New Zealand, changed its name to Middle Earth for the film's opening Air New Zealand safety video

Conflicts in the Fellowship Aragorn vs. Boromir Boromir is the son of the Steward of Gondor Aragorn is the descendant of the King of Gondor (Isildur) Gimli vs. Legolas Dwarves and elves dislike and mistrust one another The Ring – Frodo cannot trust anyone

Creating the Look of the Film Peter Jackson recruited the two most renowned Tolkien artists, Alan Lee and John Howe Hobbiton was made a year before production began so it would look lived-in Real vegetable patches Sheep kept the grass short

Creating the Illusion Two sets of Bag End, Bilbo Baggins's home, were built. One full size for the Hobbits the other 33% smaller for Ian McKellen Customers in The Prancing Pony (the inn at Bree) were on stilts Forced perspective When Frodo and Gandalf sit together on a cart, Elijah Wood is actually 3 feet behind Ian McKellen

The Hero’s Journey A monomyth – a universal story framework that appears in many great myths Three stages: Departure Initiation Return

The Hero’s Journey - Departure The Call to Adventure: Gandalf tells Frodo he must carry the Ring to Rivendell Refusal of the Call: Frodo and Sam plan to return to the Shire once the Ring is in Rivendell Supernatural Aid: Frodo receives mithril armor, and the Fellowship including a wizard to guide him, and an elf, a dwarf, and two men to protect him

The Hero’s Journey - Initiation The Road of Trials: The Fellowship must fight their way through the mines of Moria The Meeting with the Goddess: The Fellowship meet Galadriel, who is wise and caring and gives them gifts Apotheosis: the hero The Ultimate Boon: achieving the goal of the quest, which may benefit all mankind

The Hero’s Journey - Return Refusal: The hero may not want to return to ordinary life The Magic Flight: Escaping with the boon may be perilous Rescue from Without: The hero may need guides and assistants to help him home Crossing the Return Threshold: The hero must be able to re-integrate into ordinary life

The Two Towers Part two of a trilogy Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are pursuuing the orcs who are taking Pippin and Merry to Saruman Frodo and Sam have entered Mordor

Animating Gollum Motion capture Key frame animation Actor Andy Serkis wore a suit that allowed “cameras” to capture his motion The same technique used to create the alien creatures in Avatar Key frame animation Allows Gollum to do impossible things Captures fine movements, like fingers Facial expressions all were animated