Message Forum: Re: LOTR discussion, with fewer gripes

Re: LOTR discussion, with fewer gripes

Posted By: wintermute, on host 62.60.19.47
Date: Sunday, December 23, 2001, at 10:47:29
In Reply To: Re: LOTR discussion, with fewer gripes posted by Grishny on Saturday, December 22, 2001, at 08:48:40:

> > I still can't work out how they managed to fit a 6'5" man into that dwarf costume.
> >
> > winter"With lots of squeezing, probably"mute
>
> I heard that they shot the scenes once for the human and elven characters, and again for the hobbit and dwarven characters, and then digitally spliced the footage together into one only making the hobbits & dwarves their proper size in relation to the other characters.

I remember reading an interview with John Rhys-Davis (is that right?), where he said that a great deal of his scenes were filmed with basketball players dressed up as elves. Struck me as a weird image.

winter"Wood elves can't jump"mute

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Message:	> > > I still can't work out how they managed to fit a 6'5" man into that dwarf costume. > > > > > > winter"With lots of squeezing, probably"mute > > > > I heard that they shot the scenes once for the human and elven characters, and again for the hobbit and dwarven characters, and then digitally spliced the footage together into one only making the hobbits & dwarves their proper size in relation to the other characters. > > I remember reading an interview with John Rhys-Davis (is that right?), where he said that a great deal of his scenes were filmed with basketball players dressed up as elves. Struck me as a weird image. > > winter"Wood elves can't jump"mute
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