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Well, Christmas and New Year's are drawing near and I am going to have to knock this off for a while. I have one more set of screencaps to post after this. After those, I am going to make myself desist from preparing any more caps until the New Year. Holidays are crunch time at our house, especially for the mom-person....
Furthermore, I still have written almost nothing new in my story since last month. Obviously, I am all too content to seek more immediate gratification writing posts for LJ and messageboard threads. But that is going to STOP. *puts on serious face*
Anyway, here are my last three sets of Elijah-as-Frodo caps from the Extras. (My others are of Elijah as himself practicing sword work; these will appear in a separate entry since there are quite a few of them in the series.)
1. The profile shot.
Having looked through caps from the actual films for profile shots of Frodo to use in my Art Travesty manips, I know there aren't that many in which he has a clean face. Therefore, I leapt right on these. These two were the best focussed in the sequence.
I suppose it's silly to post both, since they are virtually the same shot, Elijah held himself so still. But there is the slightest, tiniest difference between frames that makes it impossible for me to choose just one.
(I know, I know. I'm hopeless....)
~ From the FotR TE DVD Extras featurette, Language:
2. The in-front-of-the-flowers shot.
These were taken from another little featurette. I suppose they must be doing a light check. I liked the pensive, inward expression on EW's face in these, as if he were getting in character for the shot to come. These were the best focussed frame in the series. I liked the flowers, too. Again, the two shots are nearly the same, but I just couldn't decide which I liked best. *sheepish face* Perhaps I will look at them long enough to think of amusing captions for the lighting person to be thinking as he holds that meter up to Frodo's waistcoat.
~ From the featurette, Hobbiton Comes Alive:
3. The following-Aragorn-into-the-Wild shot.
This series of caps is from a sequence shown in the film, although I am not sure the entire sequence made the final cut. It's from the part when Aragorn is leading them through the woods, and Frodo is explaining that if Aragorn were a villain, he would seem fairer and feel fouler.
I love this series for two reasons: the deep, jewel-like colours are gorgeous (ah, the Eyes, the Eyes!). I also LOVE the expression on Frodo's face. It is one book fans didn't get to see enough of in the films. Canny. Resolute. Strong. Determined.
Yeah!
~ From the SCI-FI channel's TV special, A Passage to Middle-Earth:
Click HERE for table of Frodo and Elijah Wood Screencaps.
~ Mechtild
Furthermore, I still have written almost nothing new in my story since last month. Obviously, I am all too content to seek more immediate gratification writing posts for LJ and messageboard threads. But that is going to STOP. *puts on serious face*
Anyway, here are my last three sets of Elijah-as-Frodo caps from the Extras. (My others are of Elijah as himself practicing sword work; these will appear in a separate entry since there are quite a few of them in the series.)
1. The profile shot.
Having looked through caps from the actual films for profile shots of Frodo to use in my Art Travesty manips, I know there aren't that many in which he has a clean face. Therefore, I leapt right on these. These two were the best focussed in the sequence.
I suppose it's silly to post both, since they are virtually the same shot, Elijah held himself so still. But there is the slightest, tiniest difference between frames that makes it impossible for me to choose just one.
(I know, I know. I'm hopeless....)
~ From the FotR TE DVD Extras featurette, Language:
2. The in-front-of-the-flowers shot.
These were taken from another little featurette. I suppose they must be doing a light check. I liked the pensive, inward expression on EW's face in these, as if he were getting in character for the shot to come. These were the best focussed frame in the series. I liked the flowers, too. Again, the two shots are nearly the same, but I just couldn't decide which I liked best. *sheepish face* Perhaps I will look at them long enough to think of amusing captions for the lighting person to be thinking as he holds that meter up to Frodo's waistcoat.
~ From the featurette, Hobbiton Comes Alive:
3. The following-Aragorn-into-the-Wild shot.
This series of caps is from a sequence shown in the film, although I am not sure the entire sequence made the final cut. It's from the part when Aragorn is leading them through the woods, and Frodo is explaining that if Aragorn were a villain, he would seem fairer and feel fouler.
I love this series for two reasons: the deep, jewel-like colours are gorgeous (ah, the Eyes, the Eyes!). I also LOVE the expression on Frodo's face. It is one book fans didn't get to see enough of in the films. Canny. Resolute. Strong. Determined.
Yeah!
~ From the SCI-FI channel's TV special, A Passage to Middle-Earth:
Click HERE for table of Frodo and Elijah Wood Screencaps.
~ Mechtild
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Ohhhh! Yes please! :D
I love the whole series you have generously posted in your LJ
Thank you Mechtild
Estë
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That determined little face on Frodo.. God I love him.
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Yeah, me, too. If our internet server weren't being so ornery tonight, I'd say more. It is taking forever to show anything, and, when it does, it has a propensity to disappear or to say, "this page cannot be displayed".
Maybe it will have corrected itself later. *rolls eyes*
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AUUGH! Where is all of the footage they obviously shot? You know somebodys got it. I want it sooooooooooo bad! I would pay big bucks for it. (Well, big bucks for me.)
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Hopefully, somebody will realize what a gold mine they are sitting on and make it available.. or at least publish a book of stills. (We wants it, my precious.. oh yes...) I have all of the visual companions and art of books but not enough E.W. Frodo pics (Never enough.)
Thanks for feeding my habit.
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I have the book on weapons and The Art of Return of the King. I don't have the Companions, though I check them out of the library occasionally. Such pretty pictures! I have been gathering all the volumes of the HoME, though; Letters, Unfinished Tales, some standard pieces of secondary literature, etc.
I'd love a book on just the costumes. Mmm mmm mmm.
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I assumed that they did it cause the outside of Bag End was little. That Photo-shoot that you have in your icon has bag end in the back and there is one of him with his pipe in his mouth on the front steps but they are all hard to judge scale by.
We see Gandalf go up the front steps to the door and it is tiny. We see Bilbo come out but we are looking at just the front door not the whole front yard. Despite all that I just said I don't spend a lot of time wondering about how they did the illusion I mostly just lose myself in it and believe in it.. so I really don't know how many fronts of bag end there were and how extensive they were.. I once, though spent a couple of enjoyable days drawing a map of bag end just for fun.. So I poured over the one in one of the art books and compared it and altered it to what we saw on the screen and it all ended up making sense. (I added bathrooms, cause.. REALLY!;-)
Anyway tourist pictures of bag end in NZ were very useful for this.. and from this I saw how very small bag end really was.. and what you can see from the front steps. There are more windows than you ever get to see in the film.(I even figured out where Frodo's bedroom WINDOW is!!!! Not sure I could get through it.. but it would be fun to try. LOL!)
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In the first instance, I can understand your difficulty in choosing one picture over another - can't do it - use them both!
I, too love the determined look on his face as he's coming toward the camera - and those glowing eyes!
*thud!*
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I, too love the determined look on his face as he's coming toward the camera - and those glowing eyes!
Yes, I could just spank Andrew Lesnie or whomever filmed the sequence for not keeping him in focus as he drew near the camera lens. The frames only get fuzzier after that. Ah, he's just ravishing in that sequence.
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Lighting Guy: (to the Haremite waiting off-screen) Like this?
Haremite: ...a bit lower.
Lighting Guy: ...here?
Haremite: Just a tad more...
Lighting Guy: Um..
Frodo: *shifts*
Haremite: Allow me! *aquires object from Guy, holds it to Frodo JUST so*
Lighting Guy: W-ell, I...guess I'll just go check on...something...
Haremite: Aaaaand - ACTION!
:D
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Estë
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Melanie: "And so I do a sort of exotic dance in it. Was I good, too."
Actor: "Really?"
Melanie: "Yeah. It was a number 10 on the peter meter."
Perhaps the lighting guy is not a lighting guy at all. Perhaps he works for the Haremites. And Frodo does not look as though he got a number 10 on the peter meter.
Peter meter Guy: "Not much happening. Sorry, Fro'."
Frodo: "Hmm?"
PMG: "I say, there's not much happening. You're only at 3. Can't you crank it up a little? This is a Harem film, after all."
Frodo: "Oh, right. Mmm. I know. You lasses, over there. If you might just lift your skirts, turn around, and bend over."
Lasses: "Like this?"
Frodo: "That's good. Now, wave your fannies back and forth. Ah... That's even better."
PMG: "Oh -- oh -- it's working, Fro'. You're up to a 7."
Frodo: "Only a 7? Lasses, hands and knees."
PMG: "Wow, you're going to bust the meter, little fella! Did I say, 'little'? Hey - wait - where you going? What about the shot?"
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You’re doing quite well yourself in the scream department.
Dare I mention it? Oh! go on Est you know you want to. Oh! alright then if you insist *rolls eyes *
British definition of fanny: noun. the female genitals. Its use may cause confusion in the U.s. where it means the buttocks. :D
You can delete this if it’s too naughty :)
Estë
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In this spoof, I meant it both ways, considering the view that the lasses were presenting to 'Light Check Frodo'. I considered saying "arse" (U.S., "ass") but I decided, no, what they really were waving was both.
There is a Fellini movie ("Who's Fellini, Mommy?") that was kind of a dud, about Casanova (starring Donald Sutherland, not a good casting decision for the role), that had a scene I'll never forget. In it, Casanova is between the legs of a rich but unattractive matron and is having difficulty getting an erection. He signals to his mistress, a playful sort who happens to be lurking for this purpose. She enters the room quietly. The sighing matron can't see her, but Casanova can. The audience's view is oblique, but she is giving him the Haremite eyefull: skirts up, bum exposed, bent over while she wags her fanny=bum, and fanny=genitalia, all at the same time. The view has a very salutary effect on Casanova, who manages to perform properly for the rich matron.