How to Hollywood 2: Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, Editing

[@lane6866]

The most amazing thing about The Wizard of Oz tornado is that, according to some KZbin meteorologists, it's actually the most realistic looking tornado in cinema history. All of the modern CGI ones can't hold a candle to the realism. 1939 was a hell of a year for effects. The fire depot scenes in GWTW come to mind as another ridiculous accomplishment that year.

[@fewwiggle]

Yeah, the best has to be the Dorthy entering Oz scene -- I love the 'magic trick' aspect of it.

[@andylikesstuffchannel]

Lord of the Rings extras are the best of best Physical Media

[@frankmahovlich5099]

Shaun & Tom, I'm really enjoying these "How to Hollywood" episodes on your channel and would like to suggest 1982's "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", starring Steve Martin. It is a black & white satire of 1940's film noir detective movies. It uses actual film clips from the 1940's that allows Steve to interact directly (seemingly) with the stars of those films. The matching detail of sets and costumes was extremely well done.

[@rossmorton7002]

The reason they couldn't do forced perspective in The Hobbit movies is because they were filmed in 3d. Forced Perspective only works because a camera has no depth perception, as it has only one aperture, whereas a 3d camera is specifically designed to give an image depth and would pick up any sleight-of-hand tricks.

[@CinemaRules]

Very good point!

[@anima_96x7]

The Wizard of Oz definitely is a great film that featured some exceptional trickery to pull off some of its most memorable scenes (i.e. the twister and the color transition upon Dorothy’s arrival in Oz being a couple of many). It’s also a film that was rife with troubles when some of those effects would become extremely dangerous, as Margaret Hamilton and her stunt double learned when some of the effects involving the Witch of the West in certain scenes caused them to literally get burned. It goes to show that things back then were far more risky when it came to shooting with unproven techniques. As always, keep up the great work guys. I’m very happy you’re keeping this series of videos going alongside the reaction videos. If I had to recommend a film to check out for the sake of behind the scenes tidbits or facts, then it would definitely be the 1925 version of The Phantom of the Opera starring the Man of a Thousand Faces himself Lon Chaney Sr. Particularly for an examination of the film’s epic in scale sets, the Masked Ball sequence, and especially for learning about what Chaney had to endure to bring the notorious Phantom to life. 😊

[@paulinegallagher7821]

The best way to see how Lord of the Rings was made is to watch the French and Saunders remake. Forced perspective is utilized simply by switching cups.

[@traceyreid4585]

OOh or should I say euuurgh, that little clip at the start from Bunuel & Dali's, Un Chien Andalou sent me right back to art history at college... great to see all these tricks of the trade! 👏

[@petergivenbless900]

I have been waiting patiently for a reaction video to Steven Spielberg's "flop" from 1979 '1941' (which is actually brilliantly inventive and entertaining in an over-the-top cartoonish way), in which there are numerous scenes involving miniature recreations of 1940s Hollywood including a spectacular dogfight between two planes flying low over Hollywood Boulevard and a giant ferris wheel being shot off its props and rolling down a pier, into the sea!

[@mxmxpr]

The color transition in The Wizard of Oz was achieved more with lighting than with painting. The wall and door were grey as was the stand-in's costume, and then everything was lit with sepia toned light so that they could film in color but what would show up would visually match the tinted black-and-white footage that preceded.

[@mxmxpr]

It didn't seem like you described the twister effect exactly right. It was a long piece of muslin, like a wind sock at an airport, attached to a gantry above the stage, concealed by material that looked like clouds, and following a track cut into the miniature landscape set, with Fuller's earth being blowing up from below to create the dust cloud. It was pretty amazing since in 1939 there was little film of actual tornadoes so what it would look like was mostly based on eyewitness accounts. Arnold Gillespie was a visual effects genius. Here is some of the actual background "plate" footage that was then projected on the set, and in the foreground, of course, there were a lot of wind machines going. kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6nVfWBpZdGNrNU

[@sixtiesfreak4858]

And he only spoke about how they did the scene when she's flying through the air in the house. She looks down outside the window and there you see the sock spinning on a fan scene.

[@minako134]

I wish you'd mentioned the NAME of Elijah Wood's body double! Google says, "Wood was doubled by Kiran Shah, who has an impressive list of credits including Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Return Of The Jedi, Aliens and Titanic. Wood calls him 'the lord of the scale doubles'. Viggo Mortensen describes him as 'the sergeant, the ringleader, the disciplinarian.'"

[@MrRondonmon]

In the Exorcist film, if you look real close, the stunt man who jumped out the window had 1/2 inch rubber mats on each step, and he actually dove out the window and rolled down those steps. Of course is not a trick per se, just the art of old school film making.

[@thelivingjed9676]

To this day, personally think they should keep those steps padded so people can re-enact the scene.

[@nikolaiquack8548]

This might not get as many views as your reaction videos right now, but I really love this series. And if you keep going, I'm sure your audience for it will grow. Doing a great job, guys :)

[@willrobinson4976]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, is a 1958 classic and I think you guys will like it.

[@danielmuscat]

Love this new series guys!

[@XonAstor]

Love this new addition to the channel❤

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Thanks, Tom! Thanks, Shaun! 🎬 #CinemaRules #HowToHollywood #TheLordOfTheRings #TheFellowshipOfTheRing #TheWizardOfOz

[@eddietucker7005]

I love this! Please keep it up.

[@Slate-writer]

in Poltergeist, the white beast on legs that JoBeth Williams is faced with when she wants to get into the room, looks like it was a Henson-style puppet, but filmed underwater... ??

[@julianmark]

It's pretty mind-blowing how much CGI David Fincher manages to slip into his films, yet it flies under the radar completely. Here's an interesting video about it: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3TLiHx8np2Zhbs

[@Schornforce]

I don't remember what all you've seen or if you've seen these in your free time, but Who Framed Roger Rabbit and the Muppet movies have some great scenes to be analyzed. Specifically, The Ink & Paint Club scene in WFRR would be fun to analyze, but really, the whole movie is full of great effects. The Great Muppet Caper's bike riding scene is usually a head scratcher 'how'd they do that?' moment.

[@lechat8533]

I actually don`t like to watch how things are done in movies, it somehow spoils the magic for me. Nevertheless, it was interesting to learn how they created these scenes :) Thank you!

[@rmk2336]

You probably have but have you seen the movie "12 Monkeys" from 1995?

[@onlyplaywarlock434]

I love you two ❤

[@joshuacoldwater]

5:30 - It may come down to time, yes, but the technology they used on The Hobbit is the reason those movies did not do well. In LOTR every character, with the exception of the great eye, was played by a real person. There was tons of makeup, tons of props, tons of hard work put into making these movies LOOK and FEEL real. Then The Hobbit came out, now again, obviously there are somethings that can’t be played by people, BUT everything was CGI. It is hard to fear a CGI pale orc, or his CGI minions, or crazy CGI trolls. It truly took away any fear of any type of potential harm coming to any of the cast. The CG was also really, really bad.

[@1000000man1]

The cost excuse that studios constantly use to Justify doing everything in CGI and using digital over film.. It's complete and total nonsense. Studios are spending more money than they ever have and they're actually starting to lose money due to the lack of effort and care. They could easily make better, cheaper and more successful films using celluloid film and practical effects.. and if there's one film that proves that, it's Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer was not only shot on the single largest and most expensive analogue film format, but they also commissioned an unprecedented custom made black and white variation specifically for it. They also used practical effects and hired a huge cast of Oscar winners.. And not only was it a lot cheaper to make than all the other blockbuster films this year, it's also more successful, so much so that its run has been extended, twice. Studios could easily keep costs down while using real film and practical effects. They don't have to make a huge IMAX film like Oppenheimer. They could scale it down and use regular 70mm or 35mm, which are both superior to digital in quality. Yeah, the film industry is a business; but like other businesses if you put real effort into the work, the quality will be noticed and you'll thrive .. and if you cut corners to lower costs, that will also be noticed and the business will suffer for it in the long run.

[@jetziiophelia9757]

Yayy. (=

[@gailseatonhumbert]

Nonsense. Save money by removing the actors? Replace with A.I.? Like what the actors and writers in the USA are on strike about?

[@ThreadBomb]

"How to Hollywood Reacts" is a confusing title.

[@impulsivereply9360]

Lol all this info is on dvd bonus features btw 😂

[@Elnis888]

Hi there! Sorry, I'm not sure what you're getting at? You're right, of course, that this info can be found on DVD bonus features ... just as the films can be watched on the DVDs. We can watch it all by ourselves, if we prefer. Or we can, you know, watch these videos to hear what Sean and Tom think about it?

[@roneasaurus]

the LoTR trilogy were 1000% better than the horrible Hobbit movies. they were kind of embarrassing after the masterpiece LoTR was

[@wickamo]

I love your movie reactions, but this has already been done so much more thoroughly by Corridor Crew. You guys should watch their channel as they are actually special effects experts and have gone over just about every movie out there.

[@Yggdrasil42]

So? I love to watch these guys chat about a subject they like.

[@danielstartek1497]

How do you get your faces so red? And how do you colour correct video footage?

[@eddietucker7005]

I love this! Please keep it up.