The Hobbit - Making of

The first thing I've got to mention is the fact that I love the movie extras from Peter Jackson's movies. He does these videos for his blog, for his fans really, there are interviews, making of, previews etc etc. To sum up, it's a great source of information, and there is no doubt about how true the information is or anything because it comes straight from them.

So again, I listened to it looking for things that would help my dissertation. On top of that it was very interesting and beautiful to watch. 

I got a lot of pointless facts out of it like, they cooked about a 100 kilos of meat everyday, they ate around a ton of oranges in a week, stuff like that. But at least we know that the crew was well looked after haha.

But to get to the point. 

Richard Armitage

"I could've spent this entire shoot on location, we saw so many incredible places."

Ian McKellen (Gandalf) 

" This is Middle-Earth I'd always have pictured"

Martin Freeman ( Bilbo) 

"The backdrop is so beautiful people will think it's cgi. It looks so perfect"

Peter JAckson

"I'm used to seeing this on film and now we're walking into it it's almost like you've stepped inside a movie it's a really weird experience"

"Films are hard to make, but what makes it fun are the people that you work with"

Stephen Hunter

"Seeing the sets was amazing, coming to bag-end for the first time and walking through on our first day, that was amazing."

They've even done the concept art in 3D! Two concept artists did the same image, one in red and one in blue.
Considering the film was going to be in 3D they even had to consider the patterns on fabrics because it could make people feel sick because they'd look so psychedelic in 3D. I would never think that a lot of these things mattered! D:

The logistics of the whole thing sounded very complicated. I recommend watching it! I won't even begin to explain the things they had to go through.