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Lord Of The Rings Memes

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It's all about COMPOSITION (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] OwOarchist@pawb.social 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

That shot of Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli running across a field probably also cost a fortune.

  • Actors' pay rates, which for these well-known actors would be fairly high. (Multiply this by several times if you want to do multiple takes.)

  • Costumes, makeup, hairdressing, backup costumes in case something breaks.

  • It's an airborne shot, so you'll need a helicopter or high-end drone and a pilot for it.

  • Camera purchase/rental.

  • Paying for the composer of the musical score.

  • Previous location scouting trip all over NZ.

  • Possibly had to pay someone money in order to get permission to film here.

  • Director and other associated film crew's pay rates.

  • Transportation and support crew; catering; medical on standby; etc.

  • And for each of the above, add transportation to NZ, or factor in paying premium prices to find a local option.

Overall, probably still a cheaper shot than the CGI shot. (Especially since some of these expenses would be shared with every other shot in the movie.) But still, I'm sure this was not a cheap shot to produce, actually. And it still cost 'a fortune' to make that shot.

[โ€“] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

helicopter or high-end drone

Given that the LOTR films were made in the early 2000s, I believe only one of these options would have been available.