Day 3, great day today. If we can measure the amount of fun we have on each day by the number of photos we have taken that day, then day 3 will be more than 30% better than any other days.
First on the agenda for the morning was a personal guide to the actual filming location for what else but the Lord of the Rings movies. We visited Gondor, or where they film it. Gondor is a place featured mainly in the "Return of the King". Can't remember? Go watch the movie again. I have the whole collector's edition DVD with me, just bring some popcorn and soda.
Some interesting bits from the guide, who is a local at Twizel.
1.) That the population around the town is not enough for the director to complete his epic battle scene at Gondor, such that the director actually got the New Zealand army to act as Orcs in the movie
2.) That the horses of the riders of Rohan came from different background (some are pets, others are retired race horses) that it took them 3 days to figure out the personality of the horses. You can't break apart lovers or put rivals together in the scene. Plus those race horse are such a show off as they trained to gallop faster than any other horses
3.) That the filming crew strength was a few times greater than the population of Twizel
4.) That Gondor is made up of 3 different locations, Twizel, Mt Cook and Wellington (where they have the 'bigature' castle)
5.) Plus many more...
And this was just a start to a great day of adventure.
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