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The Real power behind LotR-RotK
Gollum is real. So is Shelob. And Middle-earth did exist - just a long, long time ago. At least that's what Weta Digital, the visual effects house behind The Lord of the Rings trilogy, wants you to believe. Its mantra for the final installment: photorealism. The Return of the King, which opens in theaters December 17, will feature almost 50 percent more f/x shots than The Two Towers and will be composed of more data than the first two movies combined. Churning out scenes like the destruction of Barad-dûr and the Battle of Pelennor Fields (with thousands of bloodthirsty CG Orcs) took 3,200 processors running at teraflop speeds through 10-gig pipes - that's one epic renderwall. What else went into making Frodo's quest look so good? By Weta's account, more than you might think.
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Numbers like this do reveal why a movie could cost $100+ millions.
Just imagine if you'd that 0.5 petabyte disk. That's practically unlimited for an end-user!!It is not enough 'I succeed'. Everyone else must fail.
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Do they include this in production costs?
This is probably under the cost for the studio not the movie
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WETA is a company that has its own resources. New Line hired WETA to do its works. WETA is not apart of the movie's production. Just like Industral Light & Magic is not part of Production costs in movies. WETA & ILM get paid a salary or wage to do a job. That payment is the production cost of the movie.
But question is, Did New Line pay for these PCs to give to WETA or did WETA already have them?
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Originally posted by Kn'thrak
But question is, Did New Line pay for these PCs to give to WETA or did WETA already have them?
There's stuff like equipment that studios already have before production begins
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