It was an incredibly inspiring day, and the inspiration carried me though all 3 shows. I was determined NOT to be the weak link in the chain. I had to live up to all that excellent work.
In many ways, that day set the tone for how I would approach my sound process. You know how costumes & props usually look fake & plastic to the naked eye? These things looked amazing even in person.
He showed us all the armor and props and went into great detail how they had come up with them and all the work that went into them. Next, came the tour of WETA Workshop, led by none other than Richard Taylor. I was blown away by what WETA was doing, and again, could tell this was going to be BIG. From there, we went to WETA, and saw a lot of the preliminary work being done in CGI–many of the lighting tests, Gollum skin textures, and animation tests. Peter was going about his day, and we were getting the grand tour too. It’s just a gorgeous shot, and it drove home in one instant what I was getting myself into. It’s still probably my favorite shot of the trilogy. The first time I met Peter and Barry Osborne, we were visiting his theatre where he was reviewing dailies, and the first thing I see on screen is the ring in the snow from Fellowship. We sincerely liked his stage the best, and thought it was where we could deliver the best work. To some, it might have appeared we were just kissing up to Peter, but that was just a fringe benefit. It was clear to all three of us that Peter’s was where we wanted to do it. We toured several, and then continued on to NZ to check out Peter’s facility. New Line was apprehensive about doing the sound job in NZ, so they wanted us to look at some alternate mix stages in Sydney. We also took a little detour through Sydney. When someone flies you halfway around the world, you feel like there’s a lot on the line. Both of those guys had met Peter in person before, and Phil had done an entire show with him, so I was a bit nervous. I tried to ask for the stuff you can’t find detailed in other interviews or the BTS of the DVDs, so… Hope you enjoy it!ĭesigning Sound: When did you start on the films and how what were initial conversations with Peter Jackson and company like?ĭavid Farmer: My first trip over was with Chris Boyes (who recommended me for the project – thanks Chris!), and Phil Benson (Supervisor on PJ’s “The Frighteners”). Here is the final article of the great David Farmer Special, an interview we had with him, talking about his work on LOTR.
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