Two reports from Kiresh
I’ve recently moved into Miramar and have a rather interesting view from my lounge and bedroom. It overlooks the a segment of Camperdown studios! If that wasn’t cool enough, last night (along with thursday last week) a very bright glow that lit up most of the area was beaming out of their backyard. On closer inspection there was also a blue screen setup and to top it off, last night there were several people I could see who were dressed in purple motioning rather strangely!? Is this more LOTR filming or something completely different?
They are doing more filming tonight. Smaller blue screen (heaps smaller than the one at wingate) however they made a semi circle around this with a strange bright purple thing!? Probably for lighting effects I guess. Theres another screen opposite the bluescreen which is white but is brightly backlit (more lighting?). The people just seem to be walking around at the moment. the main attraction however is the center pole. Im lost on this one and it could just be to rig lighting, however from here it looks like a wooden pole/tree thingy. Looking again out the window theres a second blue screen being placed above the first b/s.
They could be filming Ents at Camperdown right now, who knows!
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Our community site elfenomeno has some great new stuff up, including an Arwen interview, the teaser in Spanish, and more! Thanks to Gollum for the heads up. Miren aqui.
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Looks like Ringer JP scored himself a free FotR movie poster! His very enthusiastic note:
I just wanted to let you guys know, I went to see ‘Hannibal’ tonight and got a teaser poster for just asking for one!!! YEAH!!!! Pretty kewl eh? So this is to let you know guys, and gals…they arrived at the theaters today! So go bug you friends for one!!!! This movie is gonna rock!!!!
Can you feeeeel that enthusiasm?? Woohoo!!
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/1/01
TOLKIEN SCHOLARS AND HOBBIT FANS CONVERGE Tolkien scholars and hobbit fans will gather at two conferences at The University of St. Thomas over April 27-29, 2001. [More]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 3/1/01
TOLKIEN SCHOLARS AND HOBBIT FANS CONVERGE Tolkien scholars and hobbit fans will gather at two conferences at The University of St. Thomas over April 27-29, 2001.
CONCERNING HOBBITS AND OTHER MATTERS: Tolkien Across the Disciplines, on
Thursday, April 27, will feature a number of formal presentations by scholars from around the country, under sponsorship of the St. Thomas English Department.
[If you’d like to see a full press release, including a listing of the dozen-plus presentations, and costs of meals, etc,, let me know and I’ll forwrad that to you–or visit the Concerning Hobbits web-page at http://www.stthomas.edu/engl/English/tolkien.htm
NOTE: There is a deadlline of March 15 for the advance $20 rate on this one-day conference.
BREE MOOT 5, over the following two days (4/28-29), will celebrate the works and worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien in more reader-oriented activities, including both individual and group presentations and informal interactions. The Bree Moot theme is “The Fellowship of Tolkien,” broadly interpreted to include approaches to fantasy literature inspired or modeled by Tolkien in his fabulously popular fantasy works, including The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings (now being filmed for a major film release next December by New Line Cinema) and in his scholarly works and teaching. The local Rivendell Group of The Mythopoeic Society is devoted to the example of Tolkien’s discussion group in the 30s and 40s, The Inklings (which also included noted writer/scholar/professor C.S. Lewis), which met regularly to discuss books and the great literary tradition as well as to workshop the members’ own works-in-progress.
Margaret Howes, Bree Moot guest of honor, exemplifies this approach: She published a “fan” article in the mid-60s Tolkien Journal, at the height of the Tolkien campus craze, and went on to derive inspiration from Tolkien in writing (and later performing) her “Tales Told by the Lonely Mountain,” some of which were published in The Tolkien Scrapbook. After helping found and participating in the Rivendell discussion group for many years, she last year published her first novel, The Wrong World, and this year is publishing Autumn World, a novel jointly written by five current and former members of the Rivendell Group.
Other program features at Bree Moot will include author/critic Ruth Berman presenting slides on dragon illustration, presentations by Canadian scholar-professor William Sargent (a.k.a. fantasy author “Antony Swithen”) on “Farming in the Shire” and “Geology of Middle-earth,” local musician David Emerson on the Tolkien-Donald Swann collaboration, “The Road Goes Ever On” song cycle, and on the Children’s Theatre Company dramatizations of The Hobbit and on the forthcoming New Line Cinema films.
Other activities include panel discussions, filk-singing, and some displays of fan publications and memorabilia. This is the second time that Bree Moot has come to Minnesota. Previously, Bree Moot 3 was held at the University of Minnesota in 1997.
For more information, contact (612)292-8887, 293 Selby Ave., St. Paul, MN 55102-1811 or d-lena@umn.edu. The Rivendell Group, which is co-sponsoring the conference, along with the Tolkien fan newsletter, Beyond Bree, is a chartered discussion group of The Mythopoeic Society and has also been a recognized student organization at the University for the past two decades, studying and discussing fantasy in the Tolkien tradition each month. Cost for this two day reader-oriented conference is $20 advance at least through March, probably more at the door.
THE TOLKIEN SEMINAR
Leading up to Minicon and Bree Moot 5/Concerning Hobbits will be a series of programs held around the Twin Cities approaching our themes on a smaller scale.
The first of these will be on April 7, at the Southdale Public Library, at 1:30 p.m. This will be a panel discussion featuring experts on and writers of children’s fantasy. Confirmed panelist as of this writing is Caroline Stevermer, author of _River Rats_ and several other novels, including her latest book, _When the King Comes Home_.
Bree Moot was started by readers of Beyond Bree, a monthly newsletter for Tolkien fans.
contact d-lena@umn.edu
or visit www.tc.umn.edu/~d-lena/BreeMoot.html
David Lenander
293 Selby Ave. work: (612)626-3375
St. Paul, MN 55102-1811 home: (651)292-8887
fax: (612)626-2454
e-mail: d-lena@tc.umn.edu
Mythopoeic Society Rivendell Group web-page:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~d-lena/RIVENDELL.html
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Forget ebay, it seems that the New Line store may be selling the LOTR Teaser poster in the near future! All things are wonderful in the world.
Thanks to Robert for the tip!
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