Today I would love to share with you a passion project I've worked on in pretty much all of my free time for almost two years. It concerns a fan-edit of The Hobbit, in an attempt to recreate the original two-film structure. In doing so, I've created two films: The Gathering of the Clouds & There and Back Again, both to be released on July 20th.
The motivation behind this edit is in no way a critique of the original trilogy. I do not claim that I've made a better version, or that anything was wrong with the original films. They are pieces of art, and I admire them greatly. This project was instead born out of a lingering curiosity about the original two-film script and the different structure that the films would have had because of it. This curiosity, combined with my passion for everything Tolkien and my need for continuous exercise in editing, led me to committing to this two year project.
Because my film school offers all the post-production tools I could possibly need, I was able to finish this project in a much better quality then I originally suspected. I've tried to create a completely professional end result, and owe a lot of thanks to the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound and my professors, who answered my questions when I had them. Without them, this production would be far lesser in quality.
As it stands, I'm extremely proud to present the trailer for the end result of this exercise. The films feature;
- a new shading/color correction inspired by The Lord of the Rings
- a newly mixed 5.1 surround mix
- restructured plotlines, inspired by Tolkien lore
- more than 40 minutes of extended and deleted footage reinserted
- a tone more similar to that of The Lord of the Rings
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The motivation behind this edit is in no way a critique of the original trilogy. I do not claim that I've made a better version, or that anything was wrong with the original films. They are pieces of art, and I admire them greatly. This project was instead born out of a lingering curiosity about the original two-film script and the different structure that the films would have had because of it. This curiosity, combined with my passion for everything Tolkien and my need for continuous exercise in editing, led me to committing to this two year project.
Because my film school offers all the post-production tools I could possibly need, I was able to finish this project in a much better quality then I originally suspected. I've tried to create a completely professional end result, and owe a lot of thanks to the Royal Institute for Theatre, Cinema and Sound and my professors, who answered my questions when I had them. Without them, this production would be far lesser in quality.
As it stands, I'm extremely proud to present the trailer for the end result of this exercise. The films feature;
- a new shading/color correction inspired by The Lord of the Rings
- a newly mixed 5.1 surround mix
- restructured plotlines, inspired by Tolkien lore
- more than 40 minutes of extended and deleted footage reinserted
- a tone more similar to that of The Lord of the Rings
TRAILER: