The Hobbit Production Video #14 - The Music

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In time for Christmas, Peter Jackson has posted the 14th production video for The Hobbit trilogy and last for this year. The remainder will start sometime in the new year with the focus being on filming The Hobbit: There and Back Again. In the video below, it focuses entirely on creating the beautiful soundtrack for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug as composed by Howard Shore.

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New Lego The Hobbit Video Game Trailer Done Ocean's 11 Style

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A new trailer has been posted for the upcoming Lego The Hobbit video game that is done in the style of the movie "Ocean's 11" that introduces most of the game cast. Very tongue in cheek and cute, the game is set to come out sometime in Spring 2014. What is not clear (and the trailer doesn't clear up), is if this game includes all three movies or does it split the The Hobbit trilogy in two halves with a part 2 coming out later for when The Hobbit: There and Back Again is released.

Lego The Hobbit Video Game Trailer

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After the (probable) success of Lego The Lord of the Rings video game, the one for The Hobbit is prepping for release. Below is the first trailer for the upcoming game. Most of the footage focuses on events from the first movie with a second tease of Lego Tauriel. Currently there is no release date but the title suggests that it covers the entire The Hobbit trilogy so probably around Christmas 2014 so as to avoid spoiling The Hobbit: There and Back Again.

New LOTR Video Game: Shadows of Mordor Trailer

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A new video game based on the Lord the of the Rings and The Hobbit movies is coming out on October 7th. Called Shadow of Mordor, is set in the 60 year gap between the two trilogies as players control the ranger Talion. It seems the story is original but uses the designs and ideas from the movies. The game will be released on Playstation 4, XBox One and PC.

Video: virtual images in the Hobbit: the desolation of Smaug

April 18, 2014 at 21:07 by Demosthenes -.

Here is a clip really interesting people behind the scenes at Weta Digital which dissects the virtual images of the desolation of Smaug.

Apparently, a quarter of the film is made entirely of shots all-CG, and this clip describes the typical work flow develop the camerawork, the improvement of the key frame and how the lighting choices were dictated by the mood of each scene. Thanks to ringer Sandesh for the heads-up!

Posted in film Hobbit, Production, the Hobbit, Bilbo the Hobbit: the desolation of Smaug, WETA Digital on April 18, 2014 by Demosthenes
Source: WETA Digital