The NZ Dominion has reported that LOTR Producer Tim Sanders has quit the production. In a statement Sanders claimed that it was his decision to leave. In another statement Barry Osborne, another producer on the project commented.
“Tim’s been involved with this project since the very early days and done a wonderful job. He’s a great guy, he’s done a great job. But I’ve been here for quite a long time. This project has been a complicated one and he’s done well to get this thing up and off the ground.”
It was stressed that monetary concerns was not the reason Sanders left.
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Unless you are on Kiwi time like me and are up at 2:55 am. You can check out Kevin Conway (Theoden) in ‘Rambling Rose’ on TMC at 2:55 Monday morning.
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The following should be taken as mere RUMOR, nothing more.
(BathTub) XXXX, hows work?
(XXXX) hard work, but interesting, finished yesturday,
(BathTub) wasn’t long, what did you build?
(XXXX) the main thing working on was a balista, one set, one fired, other than that, I helped make, desks, chests, a table, 2 of everything (furnature that is) one human size, one half that,
(BathTub) can I ask you a few more questions?
(BathTub) did you build 2 ballista?
(XXXX) yup, huge things too,
(BathTub) what did you mean one set, one fired?
(XXXX) yup, one like all set up to fire, then one fired, they are computer animating the rest,
(BathTub) oh ok
(BathTu) cool
(XXXX) yup,
(BathTub) ooooh so one was built so that it looked like it had fired?
(XXXX) exactly 🙂
(BathTub) any other interesting points of note?
(XXXX) Ammm, not really, I was just a temp really, never got to see much good stuff,
(BathTub) thanks XXXX
(XXXX) anytime,
(BathTub) oh how big would those ballista be?
(XXXX) amm, full size, like a station wagon size?
(BathTub) ok cool thanks
* BathTub wasn’t really sure how big a ballista would be
(XXXX) hehe, glad I could be of service
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Ringer Spy Bathtub sends in this, a chat he had with a supposed LOTR set builder. [More]
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From: Amyd
Weta Digital has posted this announcement:
“Weta Digital (Wellington, New Zealand) is seeking Senior Shader Writers/Senior Texture Painters…”
The announcement is posted on http://www.vfxpro.com, on the main page/right side.
The announcement in full runs like this:
“Senior Shader Writers/Senior Texture Painters Weta Digital Weta Digital, based in Wellington, New Zealand, is searching for candidates to work on Peter Jackson’s “Lord of the Rings.” We are currently searching for Senior Shader Writers and Senior Texture Painters.
Contact Information Please apply via our website: Weta Digital Wed Jan 12, 2000, 10:59 AM PST”
A Shader Writer is a person who writes shaders(small to medium programs written in a special language that plug in into a rendering engine such as Pixar’s RenderMan, and that generate various texture effects, such as skin, fur, hair, volumetric gas, etc. Texture Painter is a person who either controls the placing of the materials on the surface of the objects, or a person who actually paints this objects with texture information, with a special program (btw. WETA Dig is in process of beta testing a 3D paint solution called Deep Paint 3D from a NZ company named Right Hemisphere… perhaps they finished the deal and they are searching for ppl to use the aquired software).
For more SFX magic, visit our SFX section.
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Kotukunui chimes in with his Eagle’s-eye view of the goings-on at the Hobbiton set. Read his news in Spy Reports
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