The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy - The Exhibition
This groundbreaking exhibition has been developed over two years in conjunction with New Line Cinema, the producers of the film trilogy. It premiered at
Te Papa - New Zealand's National Museum - in Wellington, where it broke all previous attendance records for a museum exhibition in New Zealand - more than 220,000 visitors. The exhibition is currently touring internationally and was on display at London's famous Science Museum until 11 January 2004. It received more pre-sale tickets than any exhibition in the museum's history. The exhibition will also be visiting the Science Museum in Boston, the Science Museum in Singapore and the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.
The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy - The Exhibition features film footage, props, costumes and artefacts from the movies, including armoury, animatronics and miniatures, as well as computer and mechanical interactives. Also featured are exclusive interviews with the cast, crew and director of the films.
Visitors will be transported into the world of Middle-Earth. They will be met by the main characters including Frodo and his hobbit companions, the wizards and other magical creatures, the Black Riders, the cultures of Middle-Earth, the monstrous creations of evil and the warriors. All dressed in the actual costumes used in the films.
The exhibition will also enable visitors to enjoy first hand some of the films special effects. For example, a section dealing with scaling explores how the film-makers made normal actors appear to be hobbit or wizard-sized using an ingenious mix of trick photography, forced perspective sets and props made at different scales. Visitors can experience this by being photographed in a set from the film and see how the technology works. Visitors can also team up in an interactive display which demonstrates how live action and carefully controlled miniature photography are combined to make many of the most impressive scenes from the films. One participant is filmed against a blue screen while another controls a camera which tracks over a miniature of the stairs of Moria. The two images are combined, placing the visitor 'in the scene'.
The exhibition culminates in an immersive encounter with the Ring itself. In the middle of a dark, atmospheric space is the central icon from the films, and visitors will hear and see faces and voices of the stories main characters urging Frodo to use or destroy the ring or return it to its master. Throughout the exhibition, visitors will also be able to touch some of the actual weaponry, armour and costumes that have been used in the film.
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