{"id":49120,"date":"2011-10-17T10:21:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T15:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=49120"},"modified":"2011-10-17T13:53:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T18:53:40","slug":"drone-camera-being-used-for-the-hobbit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2011\/10\/17\/49120-drone-camera-being-used-for-the-hobbit\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE – Drone Camera being used for The Hobbit"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think of The Lord of the Rings<\/em> films, you can’t help but remember the sweeping landscape shots – filmed using expert coordination of helicopters across the rugged New Zealand landscape. Well, now, thanks to some new technology, Peter Jackson is saving some fuel by dumping the helicopter and using a newly developed ‘drone’ camera setup. Called the OM-Copter, the eight-blade device allows for smooth and stable flight. Thanks to Ringer Kookie for sending us a link to Geek.com where you can learn all about this new tech! [Read More<\/a>]<\/p>\n

UPDATE\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>We’ve received word from Peter and his crew that this story is FALSE. This equipment is not being used on the production of The Hobbit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you think of The Lord of the Rings films, you can’t help but remember the sweeping landscape…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":49121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,497,115,4,333,73,495,74,496,148,149],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-production-crew-news","category-production-directors","category-hobbit-director","category-hobbit-movie","category-hobbit-locations","category-hobbit-campaign","category-miscellaneous","category-jackson","category-production","category-hobbit","category-lotr"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t