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Many of the characters depicted in the Book Cards had gone through various stages of conceptual design at Weta for the films during pre-production; in some cases such as for Radagast the Brown the character had gone so far as to have an actor cast before ultimately getting cut. Daniel Falconer, senior designer at Weta, gathered up these concepts and spearheaded the creation of more ideas for characters which were cut far earlier in the process, such as the infamous Tom Bombadil. | Many of the characters depicted in the Book Cards had gone through various stages of conceptual design at Weta for the films during pre-production; in some cases such as for Radagast the Brown the character had gone so far as to have an actor cast before ultimately getting cut. Daniel Falconer, senior designer at Weta, gathered up these concepts and spearheaded the creation of more ideas for characters which were cut far earlier in the process, such as the infamous Tom Bombadil. | ||
Weta designers then worked on reusing or reconfiguring existing props and costumes from the films to match the new concepts. For example: Elladan/Elrohir's hair reused Arwen's wig, Tom Bombadil's hat was a reworked Hobbit hat (and his coat was an old rejected Gandalf costume), and Erkenbrand's armor was Theodred's. Weta designers were then cast for each character (including John | Weta designers then worked on reusing or reconfiguring existing props and costumes from the films to match the new concepts. For example: Elladan/Elrohir's hair reused Arwen's wig, Tom Bombadil's hat was a reworked Hobbit hat (and his coat was an old rejected Gandalf costume), and Erkenbrand's armor was Theodred's. Weta designers were then cast for each character (including John Noble, the original casting for Radagast), and went through the same makeup and prosthetic processes used in the films. | ||
Decipher documented the process of the 3-week shoot in a series of articles on their website. The Internet Archive in this case was inconsistent in its archival, so most of those articles have been recreated here on the wiki: | Decipher documented the process of the 3-week shoot in a series of articles on their website. The Internet Archive in this case was inconsistent in its archival, so most of those articles have been recreated here on the wiki: |