He Ain't Heavy. He's a Hobbit. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 08-08-2002, 05:12 PM

After watching the film again, and the wonderful "behind-the-scenes" documentaries, I've really come to admire the advances that Weta and P.J. have made in the area of special effects, (except for the Legolas/Cave Troll battle, which looked kind of wooden to me - but I digress).<P>One thing that I have not figured out, though, and I don't think was addressed anywhere, was how P.J. accomplished the scenes where the hobbits are picked up by the Men or Orcs. Specifically in Moria where Bormomir carries a struggling Frodo away from the bridge, and the scene where the Orcs picked up Merry and Pippin and carried them off. <P>The scale of the character's sizes look perfect, and it doesn't look like they are CGI creations. Please, can anyone clue me in to a web page or book that explains how these scenes were created?

08-08-2002, 05:12 PM	#1
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	He Ain't Heavy. He's a Hobbit. After watching the film again, and the wonderful "behind-the-scenes" documentaries, I've really come to admire the advances that Weta and P.J. have made in the area of special effects, (except for the Legolas/Cave Troll battle, which looked kind of wooden to me - but I digress).<P>One thing that I have not figured out, though, and I don't think was addressed anywhere, was how P.J. accomplished the scenes where the hobbits are picked up by the Men or Orcs. Specifically in Moria where Bormomir carries a struggling Frodo away from the bridge, and the scene where the Orcs picked up Merry and Pippin and carried them off. <P>The scale of the character's sizes look perfect, and it doesn't look like they are CGI creations. Please, can anyone clue me in to a web page or book that explains how these scenes were created?