The Vast Majority Of The Cgi Budget

Structure Is Important In Film, But There's Often Structure To Be Found In The Most Unlikely Of Places! It's Quite Possible To Build A Structured Story And Retain Idiosyncrasy.

[while Shooting Close-ups] You Study Real Eyes, You Study How The Light Reflects In Them, You Study The Back Of The Eye, You Study The Way Irises Reflect Emotion. You Go Into Great Scientific Detail.

No Matter How Many Great Performances Or Exciting Visuals We Put Together For The Movie, We Found That It Was All Somewhat Two Dimensional Until We Added The Emotional Heart Of Howard Shore's Music. Then, And Only Then, Did The Film Come To Life.

I Think That You Can Treat A Classic Like A Museum Piece -stuffed And Mounted- Or You Can Make It A Living, Breathing Narrative That Is Unfolding Right Then And There.

To Get An Oscar Would Be An Incredible Moment In My Career, There Is No Doubt About That. But The Lord Of The Rings Films Are Not Made For Oscars, They Are Made For The Audience.