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GAHHHHHH I DONT WANT TO DO MY FUCKING WORK I HATE COLLEGE GAHHHHHH

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Something to distract myself I guess

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My Pronouns :D

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Appreciation for the film production of Lord of the Rings

What these movies do is attract both lotr book nerds and film/production/technical theater majors. Not only is the story portrayed very well for being based off a book, but the way these producers and designers bring it to life on big screen is incredible. I reccoemend that you watch the behind the scenes of these films. It really puts into perspective how much hard work, time and dedication was put into this film series. Yes, you can tell that they had a massive budget, but this movie is very ahead of its time. I specifically want to talk about the costume design as I am majoring in technical theater with a concentration of costume design.

The detail was absolutely incredible, especially considering the amount of costumes they had to create for the whole film, including all of the extras. Listening to the costume designer, Ngila Davidson, explain her ideas and visions being brought to life is the most wonderful and inspiring thing. The seaming/costume production crew ungodly hours, to add all of those embroidered details and tiny tiny beads really makes you appreciate the blood sweat and tears that made this production. Seeing the vibrant colors on what you can tell are very heavy fabrics is mind blowing to me because you know that shit was pricy. The unique use of layering and embellishments really brought a mystical and lively vibe that I think about so much and want to add in every mystical piece I make in the future. I’m just obsessed with the design of this movie series man, the props, the set, the costumes, the design; just everything.

The set is really pretty, especially the fact that the hobbit houses and land of Hobbiton in general was mostly shot in real life, not using cgi (I always have deep appreciation of movies that go beyond CGI and use natural set). I could literally look at that set all fucking day!! It’s especially really cool how they created it, just from a simple concept (you can watch all of the behind the scenes and production notes on YouTube :)) Why cant this place be real! Why cant I live in a little hobbit hole and go on dangerous adventures with cool wizards?!! Why am I stuck in the harsh reality of America!!!!!!!!!

Anyways, below are some of my favorite costumes, props and concept art created by the designers :))

*Note: I’m looking at the pictures now and idk why the quality is so terrible, you can google it if you want a more clear idea of how sick some of these costumes are >:)