JRR Tolkien was inspired by language
“Fall from grace”
Elves were hungry for knowledge
Inspired by Adam and Eve’s rebellion from God
“Nobility of warfare no longer exists when you’re able to deal with death at a distance” - Jude Fisher
“Casting immortality for the love of a mortal man” - Jude Fisher
“There’s more to lose than your life”
“unfilmable book”
DRAMATIC - Script
Philippa Boyens - writer of script
“carrying the spirit of the book” - Aragorn
The hero is not always right (only in the movie)
Actors skills “what we want the themes of these scenes to be”
“His heroism is his attempt to put his own life and the life of his troops... that help Frodo and Sam”
Frodo failed if he doesnt murder Gollum, Frodo knows he’s not the hero
Parallel - Frodo / Gollum
Deagol / Smeagol
“Dont let go Mr Frodo” - Sam
“How do you go back when in your heart know begin to understand there is no going back” - Frodo
Peter Jackson was involved in the making of the script
DRAMATIC - Setting
verisimilitude
corrupt and loathsome - the sculptures outside Minas Morgul
prolonged presence of evil, the rotten becomes more rotten, Smeagol becomes Gollum
Evil of Shelob kills innocent animals, as well as orcs and uruk hai
Appearance vs reality - Minas Tirith built out of styrafoam
“Prow” of Minas Tirith
Color of Minas Tirith - white, just like the tree of Gondor. Hope, age,
Parallel structure between quest of making the move and the movie itself
The rust that drips down Minas Morgul
LITERARY
denouement - events that occur after the climax, the resolution
CINEMATIC
John Howe - conceptual artist
Lighting at Minas Morgul fosters idea of rot
lighting evoked macabre
costumes - details represent many things
“Bits of rot” on the orc. Prolonged evil = more bits of rot
corruption - cracked lips, no eyes - mouth of Sauron
King of the Dead - angry threatening - skull
relaxed - rotten skin
Jackson was inspired by his fear of spiders to create shelob
Tolkien was inspired by being in war to create LOTR
costumes
tiny intricate details
costumes symbolize characters
Horses
“He’s by far my best friend I've made in New Zealand” connection to WW1
callout for people to ride horses - parallel to people going to battle
ACTUAL MOVIE
music - Sauron
-Ring
-Hope
-Rohan
-Elves
Gollum’s character is very convincing (acting, makeup, voice, actor choice)
As movies go on, Frodo’s makeup become more realistic
Color - white - hope, power
-black - evil
-red - Sauron, evil
Pippin small glimpse of Palantir corrupts him
“Night changes many thoughts”
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