One of my favourite things to do is watch the making or behind the scenes of a film. I really enjoy see how they made the story came to life. Although I myself have only seen the first Lord of the Rings film and am not a huge fan, I really enjoyed watching the behind the scenes. With a never ending budget, the limits to what they could achieve seemed to be non existent.

The main thing I picked up on when watching the creation of the films was their desire to make everything look authentic. The designers were told that they were to approach this project as if the story of Lord of the Rings was real. That it is a piece of history that they are recreating. That the characters were real people in the past and their costumes had to be authentic. By approaching the film in this way, they were able to construct this fantasy world and present it in a way which seems real.

Click here to watch part of the behind the scenes – Designing Middle Earth