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The Death of Saruman - The Return of the King 20th Anniversary Collab
"The filth of Saruman is washing away." - Treebeard
20 years ago today, the final chapter in the Lord of the Rings film saga led by Peter Jackson was released in cinemas worldwide. For the third year celebrating these films, a group of collaborators came together to build scenes from the movie, all tagged in the post above. We wanted to honor the hard work of Jackson and his production team's work, as well as the epic storytelling ability of J.R.R. Tolkien.
I built a scene from the extended edition of ROTK, depicting Saruman's death after being betrayed and stabbed by Wormtongue before falling from Orthanc to his death onto a piece of orc machinery in the flooded courtyard below. This was built and photographed all at once in about 4 hours, keeping true to my tendency to procrastinate. The weird gray piece in the foreground is my attempt to try a new smoke technique, but I think it needs refinement, either from piece usage or editing in PS afterwards.
Also, I drew heavy inspiration from @forlornempire 's version of this scene too, which he did an incredible job with.
I hope you enjoy, and Merry Christmas!
Maranatha
The Death of Saruman - The Return of the King 20th Anniversary Collab
"The filth of Saruman is washing away." - Treebeard
20 years ago today, the final chapter in the Lord of the Rings film saga led by Peter Jackson was released in cinemas worldwide. For the third year celebrating these films, a group of collaborators came together to build scenes from the movie, all tagged in the post above. We wanted to honor the hard work of Jackson and his production team's work, as well as the epic storytelling ability of J.R.R. Tolkien.
I built a scene from the extended edition of ROTK, depicting Saruman's death after being betrayed and stabbed by Wormtongue before falling from Orthanc to his death onto a piece of orc machinery in the flooded courtyard below. This was built and photographed all at once in about 4 hours, keeping true to my tendency to procrastinate. The weird gray piece in the foreground is my attempt to try a new smoke technique, but I think it needs refinement, either from piece usage or editing in PS afterwards.
Also, I drew heavy inspiration from @forlornempire 's version of this scene too, which he did an incredible job with.
I hope you enjoy, and Merry Christmas!
Maranatha