Finally! I've found a way to remake the Lord of the Rings trilogy more like the book version! I won't be able to put in Tom Bombadil, but i can take out alot of the fluff Peter Jackson put in!
Let me start by saying I own all three extended editions. But with me knowing little about how to capture video, I downloaded copies of the movies (which I already own) in AVI form.
But, Windows Movie Maker wouldn't recognize the codecs, and wouldn't let me down load them.
So, I searched the internet and downloaded many, many codecs. I think the key one was DivX. I'm not sure, I don't want to uninstall anything to find out.
Anyway, I'm currently working my way up the movie timeline. I'm not yet to Rivendell. I've dramatically shortened the party scene, and took out the prologue (i'm moving it to a better place, trust me). And I've already stolen a scene from TTT and used it so far. This is going to be so cool!
So all you LOTR fans and potential movie editors out there, it is possible! My goal is to trim down the whole trilogy to under 8 hours. I think it can be done and be much closer to the book version than Peter Jackson. We'll see!
HAHAHAHA!
Lurker
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We won't mention that the book version won't work nearly as well due to limitations in the media format. Books move entirely too slowly to make good movie watching. As a future editor, I realize that drawing and what can be accomplished with it is very different than painting. Storytelling is the same way you can produce stories in either format, but each media has certain qualities that make it difficult if not impossible to do a strait translation. I would cite such examples as The Stand, Dune, and Hamlet (Kenneth Branau (sp?) version. These movies failed in many ways most of it due to the poor translation from book to film. As far as the 'fluff' as you would call it is concerned, it propelled the story better than the original could have in film form. Some things just don't work well in film, but work quite well in books. I never said it wasn't possible, but I said it wouldn't be nearly as successful in telling the story. But we've hashed this terrirtory before.
As far as the technical aspects you should have called me I could have helped you with that, its what I do (why do people not ask for my help when I can provide it :)
I'm looking forward to seeing it!!!
Dad
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