LOTR: 5 Of The Best Sets And How They Were Made
When the Lord of the Rings films were first made back in th early 2000s, there wasn’t the same incredible CGI technology that exists nowadays. This meant that all the impressive sets in the films, the ones that truly transported audiences to Middle Earth, had to be made by hand. This is one of the reasons that the trilogy received as many Oscars as it did, and one of the reasons that it still holds up and is so well-loved even now.
Every single thing about the films were made with care and love and detail, to the point where crew members could walk around sets and feel like they had been transported back to Medieval England, or into the deepest darkest depths of an ancient forest. It’s this amazing dedication that makes the films feels so authentic, and has its sets renowned as some of the most remarkable in film-making history.
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New Zealand doesn’t have the same of architectural past as England, and as such, doesn’t have the same sort of castles or strongholds that date back the several invasions across British history. Therefore, the building of Helm’s Deep was a monumental challenge to bring that archaic, thick stone walled perception into the movies.
The first step was to find a location big enough to house such a huge structure, so the filming team decided to hire a local quarry. This had the advantage of already having some real, natural stonework contained within, which could be used as a base for the set to be built upon. The crew then built Helms Deep in five parts, including the main causeway ramp to the entrance, the stairs carved into the rock itself, the deeping wall (which is blown up by the orc invader) and the horn that Gimli blows to
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