Without GL, LOTR Might Not Have Happened.....

[Darth Vegas]

I'm watching my Special Extended FOTR dvd, on the second appendice Peter Jackson explains how George Lucas and Rick Mccallum helped in the pre-visualization on LOTR.

He really does have his hands in just about every big movie.

[Javen]

I somehow missed that, which one is it on?

[non compos mentis]

Besides the fact he helped in the pre-visualization process, nobody would have given Jackson the money if Star Wars hadn't shown that epic trilogies can be HUGELY sucessful.

[Whisper]

Yeah, they can be successful as well style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif

[Raganork8]

Then again GL got alot from TLOTR

[Aurra Sing]

My dad was just saying that a few nights ago. I <3 LOTR. ::sigh:: woo

[Darth Vegas]

Javen, that's on the second *appendice.

[Tovor]

This is interesting, TK. What did they help him with, the end battles, or what?

I know that Skywalker Sounds had to have a part in the making of the Rings trilogy, although I scoured the end credits of ROTK and found no mention of Skywalker Sound or ILM. I heard the famous Lucasfilm scream (stormtrooper falling into the chasm when Luke or Leia shoots him, Brotherhood fighter getting blown up in Last Crusade, Naboo guard getting shot in Theed hanger, Naboo man falling off Coruscant landing platform in AOTC, ect.) not only in TT but at least twice in ROTK. I think this was dubbed the Wilhelm Scream, though I'm not sure why.

[Darth Vegas]

Originally posted by Tovor@Mar 16 2004, 12:38 PM
This is interesting, TK. What did they help him with, the end battles, or what?
They helped them develope video animatics for several sequences.

[Tovor]

Oh, I see. I can see how the end battles of TT and ROTK at least would need pre-video-visualization.

[Darth Vegas]

Not just the end battles, but several sequences, like the Balrog sequences, the scene where Saruman is on top of Orthanc trying to bring down the mountian in FOTR.

I'm sure LOTR would've been made without the pre-vis animatics, but I don't think it would look quite as good.

[Darth Darthy]

Yeah, I heard on the grapevine that ILM showed the WETA boys how to go about making the previz stuff a while ago. Jason Schleifer came and did a lecture here at the uni for an animation festival and mentioned it I think. Couldn't afford to go to the lecture though.

[Mann]

I will say that ILM probably has told lots of people how to do effects and everything. Everyone shares their techniques, so it wasn't a secret that the guys worked side by side on some stuff.

What's good is that GL didn't help with the writing...*whew!*

[Darth Vegas]

Anyway, yeah talk about grave digging, this topic is nearly 2 years old.

[Justin]

Originally posted by TK-007@Dec 8 2002, 04:30 AM
Javen, that's on the second *appendice.
You mean appendix?

[Javen]

Originally posted by Justin+Mar 16 2004, 09:31 PM--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Justin @ Mar 16 2004, 09:31 PM)</div><div class='quotemain'> <!--QuoteBegin-TK-007@Dec 8 2002, 04:30 AM
Javen, that's on the second *appendice.
You mean appendix? [/b][/quote]
Isn't this a little late for a correction? It was two years ago...

[Tovor]

Phhhhhtttttpppptttt! Nit pickers.

[Obidobi]

I got my appendix removed by a surgeon in Spain 14 years ago..... style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/scratchchin.gif

[Tovor]

I still gots me appendix, though naught can be read from it.

[Angel Starmaster]

My appendix comes with a special making-of featurette. Sucks when someone jams it in the DVD player though. Ouch. style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif

[Tovor]

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