LotR Vids...

[sisabet]

mlyn wanted me to mention that they are still in need of vids for the TolCon show. I don't vid in that fandom, and I can't off of the top of my head think of anyone on my fList that has any completed LotR vids - but I know some of you *will* so keep this in mind, okay? And if you happen to know of any LotR vidders, kindly point them in mlyn's direction, or better yet to the con site at:
http://www.tolcon.org/

I'd link to one of the nifty banners, but I don't know how to do that. I'm pretty much a the top of my mastery of techical skills when I employ cut tags.


I never considered vidding anything in LotR, but then I saw RotK and it was just so breathtakingly beautiful. And HUGE - the scope was bigger than vast, and I found myself getting choked up just because a scene was pretty - like the scene where the [word escapes me - beacons?] at the tops of the mountains are lit one after the other? Just beautiful. But, I don't really listen to music that would go with that backdrop and I listen to everything so vidding LotR and vidding it *well* are 2 separate things and while one is possible, the other is not likely, so I forgo. I firmly believe there will be classic LotR vids - vids that capture the film fantastically and/or give a deeper meaning/understanding of the characters - but I don't think we will really see them until after RotK is released on DVD. JMO, YMMV.

Comments

[luna-k.livejournal.com]

Sisabet, you *need* to vid LoTR. You MUST. YOU MUST!!!

Ahem, you know. If you want to.

[quinn222.livejournal.com]

That scene was the lighting of the beacons. It was the most amazingly beautiful scene. I can never decide if that or the scene of Farmimir and his men riding to their deaths while Pippin sings is the best. I think the beacons wins though.

ROTK spoilery kinda post

[highd.livejournal.com]

about ROTK I have to tell you I spent the last 45 minutes of that movie crying my eyes out and when everyone was getting on the boat at the end I swear it broke me. I though ROTK was great but a huge part was missing from the movie that Just plain bugged me the whole end of the book was missing when they had to reclaim the shire and I think that the hill top fire lighting scene should have been axed to make room for the reclaiming of the shire. Mostly because reclaiming the shire was a huge deal in the growth of the hobbits I also think they should have made it more clear that Sam finishes the rotk because he was the fourth ring bearer. Also I think they did down played how much Aragorn really changes after he becomes king. In the book they make it seem so magical and like its more of a physical manifestation I mean all they really showed was him jumping off a boat with a lot of ghosts. I was really hoping to see that come to life. I loved the movie though goodness I got out of it and had these broken blood vessels around my eyes from crying.

Re: ROTK spoilery kinda post

[sisabet.livejournal.com]

See - I never could ever get throught the books - they bore me to tears - I think I lack a gene or something. My nephew, The Boy, adores the books and has *tried* to get me to read them. We even tried listening to the books on tape during long car trips and that didn't work as I was falling asleep while driving.

So the movies exist in their own world for me - without any other outside influences and I have to say that the lighting of the beacons scene is one of the most beautiful sequences I have ever seen captured on film. It is just incredible and it sold me to this completely separate *world* that I just never understood before. That was my "Ahhhh, that's it!" moment. That is the moment that I actually *got* it.

[elz.livejournal.com]

like the scene where the [word escapes me - beacons?] at the tops of the mountains are lit one after the other? Just beautiful.

Yeah, that's an amazing scene, and so much more powerful than I would have thought it could be, given that it's just fire and mountains.

But, I don't really listen to music that would go with that backdrop and I listen to everything so vidding LotR and vidding it *well* are 2 separate things and while one is possible, the other is not likely, so I forgo.

Hmm - now I'm trying to think of what sort of music would go with it. Something simple and traditional, maybe? *ponders*

[heresluck]

Not that I feel pressured or anything. *g*

[juliaabra.livejournal.com]

that scene you mentioned in RotK also took my breath away. in fact, when i went to see it the second time, i punched my friend's arm, who'd gone to see it with me, "see this is the best part!" i think he had a bruise there later. don'tknow my own strength apparently...hee

[cynjen]

The beacon-lighting scene made me cry! (None of the rest of it did.) And I'm not even a landscape-junkie, usually. But damn, that was the most beautiful thing I've seen in my whole life.

[mlyn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the pimpage! Let me know if I can ever return the favor.