THE HOBBIT, Production Diary 4

Peter Jackson takes you behind the scenes of the making of THE HOBBIT.

[@hobbitandwife]

I find it incredibly amusing that Elijah said of the 3D quality, "You almost feel like you're in it." Uh, Elijah? You ARE in it.

[@Iamtherealvicky]

But just in 1 scene 😅

[@nikonlover1]

I thought exactly the same thing the moment he said that.

[@alyaaash2883]

8 years later I'm back binging on this production series, still amazing

[@shezarr3456]

10 years later and I still watch it frequently! It’s my go to when I eat food

[@MaraJadeSkky]

My husband and I are introducing our 12 year old to the Hobbit series before she reads it for school. It's so cool being able to show her the process thanks to Peter Jackson uploading these awesome vlogs!🥰

[@pipefittermike636]

I know Peter Jackson will never see this...but someone has got to say it..He is truly, truly one of the most brilliant film makers of our time, thank you for putting your heart and soul into all the LOTR's movies, it truly does show...your commitment to perfection in telling a story like this will be your legacy and will continue to be watched by billions thru out time, thanks Pete, love you man!!! From Pipefittermike, creator of the web series Pipe Trek

[@fullfunk]

ofc hes one of the best even in pet sematery he showed skills

[@corgi_loafness8986]

5:29 Thorin is looking all majestic and Bilbo is just standing there dumbfounded holding a half eaten banana

[@blackbird8837]

"Why are Peter Jackson movies so expensive?" :...so here we have 48 RED Epic Cameras and they're on 17 3D rigs... this one's called WALTER... which was my grandfather... this one's Ronald.. my uncle... Emily was Fran's grandmother....... " OKAY BRO

[@sabasman]

Sometimes, investing upfront in more/diverse gear, means you can shoot your production faster, and thus safe money. Human’s are the most expensive things when considering the split of costs in any company.

[@kieranb7747]

@@sabasman safe money huh, thanks peter. thanks.

[@wlpxx7]

cameras are quite literally the most important part of the film lol

[@gonzalesgirls3225]

Amazing😂

[@designsbyisaac]

Wait until you find out how much shooting on film costs, you'd take back that comment

[@HeyHowdyHey2]

This deserves SO many more views... soon it will be found...

[@theprojectill]

it only took 8 years

[@MrFTW733]

One of the most interesting diaries, i believe in the connection between engineering and cinema

[@JanetPattersonRN]

PJ, you're so sweet to give out these bits and pieces of sweet treats. I feel like it's 'Film Appreciation School with Peter Jackson and Friends'. And every time I learn something new.

[@zach_blackburn]

Dang. As a filmmaker myself, this was so inspiring to watch. Knowing that the cameras they shot this with are basically "outdated" at this point, but that's great because now you can buy them for a cheaper price and you'll still get an incredible image; if you are going for the same look as this movie.

[@colors6692]

How are they outdated? Patty Jenkins shot WW84 on film!!! "same look as this movie"...what the hell does that mean!?!?!?

[@AustinNewman]

I have no idea why this is being suggested to me in 2020, but I'm digging it! Wish more productions would do these deep BTS episodes!

[@Viriyascybin]

5:10 The human eye can only see 8GB of RAMs

[@liamkirkpatrick2114]

antidote-_ only DDR3 not DDR4 😂😂

[@tommax1626]

Only with RGB

[@John.Lemon.]

LMAO, just download more ram

[@Irendur.]

I had the opportunity to watch the first Hobbit movie on an IMAX screen in 48 fps HDR and 3D. Good lord, that was like being inside the movie. Was one of the most exciting moments I have ever experienced in a cinema.

[@yamuiemata]

Looking at the amount of work these people had put into 3D filming and the bloody thing never went mainstream

[@olpo2001]

Yeah, I agree. Seems it was way more effort for only a small payoff.

[@TheCallOfTheDutyHD]

these videos are priceless peter, thank you so much

[@SkywereProductions]

''the human eye sees 60fps'' Hmmm

[@nowatris208]

I came here just for this comment XD And it was first on the top

[@ferencszabo3504]

Maybe for the birds, but for us humans 25 fps is good enough 😁😁

[@moos5221]

@@ferencszabo3504 Nope, you can clearly see a difference between 25fps, 60fps and 85fps. On screen at least. Or you could try with a stroboskope light, flashing at these speeds. You will clearly see a difference.

[@RandomPlaceHolderName]

@@ferencszabo3504 Enough for the illusion of fluid movement yes. But the human eye can easily distinguish between 144fps and 240fps in fast paced videogames.

[@Empty12345]

​@@RandomPlaceHolderName Actually you notice the delay/latency with your mouse movements without thinking it. If you only saw the screen and not touch the mouse, not sure if it is possible to see, maybe it is.

[@Annatar0]

The amount of detail put into these scenes are hardly ever noticed in the film but watching the camera just go by everything it's a whole other experience. Somtimes I just pause the movie and look at all the amazing work in the scene.

[@Xandertank2010]

God, i was thinking the same thing, its extraordinary the quality of their artwork, i'm mindblown right now... It's incredible... i have no words...

[@Krizefugl]

"it's light, it's small..." next shot showing a guy heaving it around looking like he will have back problems :D

[@MoyoGaming]

"the human eye sees 60fps" Jeezus christ peter what sorta people are you hiring?!

[@kimaboe]

People who know they are speaking to a large, non-technically savvy audience that need things to be somewhat simplified.

[@TheTuubster]

He meant, at a certain point the eye cannot differentiate between the frames, so the moving image appears fluid.

[@Tavasi975]

@@TheTuubster even so, the number he gave isnt even close to that point

[@AlexiBexi]

how many reds? yes.

[@OnePieceTheoretiker]

Du hier? haha spaß diese 'Du hier?' fragen immer xD

[@whatsupfoo4592]

Almost a Mil for all those epic Reds 😬 But I’m sure it’s chump change to them.

[@TJ-po9ol]

These people who put together the set are incredible

[@purefoldnz3070]

Thank god 3D is long dead. The image is much sharper in 2D. The best format for movies is in IMAX

[@danbh84]

it's only dead if it's done badly but yes IMAX is the best

[@dillongarner1]

James Cameron reinvented 3D on avatars 2-5

[@Hotfroglady]

Whilst i still wish this movie wouldnt have been shot in 3D, i am absolutely amazed by the pure passion and love that has been put into it.

[@CrippleX89]

May I ask what the problem is with them shooting it in 3D? I'm not very knowledgable in the area of cinema but to me it seems like you could just watch the 2D version.

[@Hotfroglady]

@@CrippleX89 Most of these movies scenes have been set to give a 3D Frame, it's hard to explain but you have so many scenes that just don't fit into 2D. Dragons flying right at you, spitting fire, falling ice chunks left and right, waves of golden coins showering the audience.... Cut of orc heads flying right at your face and so much more. Converted to 2D it just looks awkward and takes away from the Tolkien magic.

[@Sorennn94]

This series is golden for us filmmakers ! 👏👏

[@VeranoDulce]

Thank you guys you showed this terminator🎥👍🍮

[@roselinegrandbert9305]

Vous êtes un génie. Merci pour ces merveilleux moments.

[@thatguykalem]

The casting of Martin Freeman as Bilbo is a masterstroke. He looks uncannily like a young Ian Holm, and I'm sure his acting prowess will translate extremely well to The Hobbit.

[@shane8109]

Just amazing. Great work Hobbit team!

[@klarkolofsson]

Remember Jackson said in an earlier diary that they fill one of those 120 GB cards in 15 min. So, pretty big file in the end for the raw footage, around 1.2 TB :D

[@sadev101]

raw footage is much much much more larger.... multiple takes more scenes later to be cut down

[@uranglintau]

these diaries have made me promise that I'll be watching this movie in December..

[@tinderbox218]

The Pekingese dog Tricki Woo was from the stories by James Herriot that later became All Creatures Great and Small.

[@bramboereboom1190]

4:31 skull wearing sunglasses

[@TrithemiusFinnegan]

Bram Boereboom also at 1:11

[@LukasHauf]

1080p - Standard resolution of your TV at Home 4k - Is here (Standard Resolution nowadays) 5k - We have much more data to work with 6k - Me shooting a YT video in 2020

[@DiminishingAugmentation]

On the BMPCC6K?

[@The_Master_Brain]

And there some others who already did 8K Videos 2 Years ago.

[@asmrdestiny]

Hell, I've been shooting in 8K or YT since 2018 with the RED Epic-W. Crazy how the tech for cinema back then has improved so much.

[@scottbrownHere]

How did I miss this until now? great BTS

[@nowayashley1]

When they said if you had 3D glasses at 9:39 so that you can look at the picture, I quickly ran to my Spy Kids 3D movie and grabbed the glasses. The drawing looks amazing!

[@Etheriousflow]

Peter wearing the 3D glasses and his reading glasses had me crying 😂

[@C1Ansy]

Why did I stumble across these vlogs not earlier than now? These are great

[@KVG_]

0:23 damn, this looks like meme from 2019. These guys are ahead of their time :)

[@elana7301]

I am very excited for this movie. Lord of the Rings has always been my favorite trilogy and I can't wait to see The Hobbit!

[@douglasquaid140]

Were you disappointed?

[@aregal]

No wonder why Sir Ian McKellan cried on set: 48 RED cameras that "ate" color resulting in extremely vibrant sets AND a ton of green screen...could you imagine waiting for the AC department scrambling to blackshade all of those REDs or even waiting for a basic lens change and having to wait for stereoscopic recalibration?

[@404_not_found_anything]

omg that concept artists are amazing! wish i'll draw like this someday

[@natashameyyem3196]

I love those little houses.!!! 👍👍👍👍👌

[@TheLDsFilms]

PERFECT PRODUCTIONS

[@AndrewsOpinion15]

I LOVE PETER JACKSON

[@gustavslanesens2227]

2021, first time seeing this. Almost 10 years old and still amazing

[@dehro]

3D actually tends to pull me out of the movie rather than the opposite... on account of how my brain keeps telling me that I'm seeing makebelieve stuff heading towards me, which happens less with 2D, when my brain doesn't focus much on that and I am rather pulled in.. this probably makes sense only to e

[@ariyako]

amazing 7 years footage in 1080p!.....i know some people still upload 120p in 2020...

[@palker4]

I went to see The Hobbit again today in HFR just because of this production diary. Hopefully there will be more of these for the 3rd film so that i did not subscribe for nothing :) .

[@aurazero0]

What a wonderful process, making a film

[@brysonadams8510]

I wonder if they'll go back and re-release this for VR. If they already have the stereoscopic images it would work. VR is way more realistic 3D than the glasses trick.

[@TheTuubster]

No, because the images are too separated for VR. VR only works if the images have the same distance as the eyes (fixed at around 8 cm).

[@notsorandumusername]

For some reason, KZbin starts recommending this again. Part 4, eight years later. Me: yeah I'm gonna watch that.

[@linnea4728]

I actually have one of those 3D glasses at home and holy Gandalf it looked amazing!! I wish I could draw like that :3

[@CathyDirector]

OMG i wish i have a RED to shoot in 5K :)

[@thelen4806]

it cost 70k dollars :DDDD

[@rubbersouul]

Just wait 6 years and you'll have a phone that records 8k :)))))))

[@jamesSevenAteNine]

@@rubbersouul There are already phones that shoot 8k. But a phone is nowhere near the quality of a RED or Arri camera. Bit rate is incredibly small and so is the sensor. Pixels aren't very important. 1080p on a professional film camera will look better than 4k or 8k on a phone.

[@Elsah14]

I really hope that one day I could work on a movie set like this

[@Doomsdayman]

Peter Jackson "After this movie i am gonna make my self 3D" Man, just count how many times he sad 3D.

[@lkke7604]

watching this in 2020 feels weird having him say "you'll be able to see in 2012" xd

[@stephenasmith4724]

Quarantine really got us watching this huh

[@kingStormySky]

I feel obliged to watch these from the peter jackson channel rather than others, feels kinda right :D

[@jnsbr]

2012: 5K on a RED 2020: 8K on a Smartphone

[@BlitzaceLL]

You have like 16K on RED atm i believe. Even youtubers like MKBHD uses RED cameras for a while. Reeeeally expensive

[@divil2273]

The 1080p on a red looks better then 8k on a smartphone

[@divil2273]

@@BlitzaceLL they go up to 8 k and tnay cost 80000 for ready to shoot

[@Adr805]

1080p on Alexa which is from 2010 looks way better than anything else

[@RodrigoCh]

Although in reality the 8k in smartphones is not even close to the 5k of the red cameras, sure, you can have more pixels and use more memory but the dynamic range and accuracy of colors is not even close.

[@nikinik7503]

Amazing video!! Please make the next part where you mention other gear like audio. Mics , recorders, boomploes and lighting and follow focus.

[@hschenck3394]

They had 48 CAMERAS?!?

[@MrNoopdogg]

A hobbit and favourite relative of Bilbo Baggins. On 6 January 2011, Deadline reported that Wood was in talks to reprise his role of Frodo Baggins in the two parts. He was confirmed as joining the cast on 7 January 2011 by TheOneRing. As Frodo hadn't been born during the events of The Hobbit, the inclusion of Frodo indicated that parts of the story would take place shortly before or during the events of The Lord of the Rings."

[@AnnaHedendahl]

3D really is amazing

[@KungligBanan]

i like how only the cameras without the rest of the rigs cost 1176000$

[@micaelarose94]

I almost lost it when I saw Gandalf wearing the 3-D glasses @ 2:32.

[@okayge_]

Since when does peter jackson have a youtube channel and why wasnt it recommended to me earlier!?

[@stefanmodigh7897]

Cant imagine the stress Peter had during the production on a such a tight schedule.

[@Admiralex91]

peter j is favorite youtube love his videos like hobbid 3d

[@ben_jamin160]

oh yeah i remember now i seen this at the cinema in 3d. the only film ive ever seen in 3d. i kept thinking i was in the film lol

[@ThompterSHunson]

that drawing was amazing. Well done to the people worked behind of it. Real talented people.

[@alexanderlinderson2655]

5k 48FPS on 128gb disks.. Not to mention it was 3D! :P I wonder how many cards got filled per day.

[@5iwot5]

+alexander linderson yea i was thinking the same thing... i bet a lot xD

[@BrendanEvan]

This is an 8 year old video and it still blows my mind

[@attivamp6435]

So much hard work !!

[@MaryEllen1985]

Yeah I grabbed my pair of 3D glasses from Friday the 13th part 3 and it looks amazing.

[@Winkmyster]

"The human eye see's 60 frames a second" All of us gamers a decade later beg to differ with our 360hz monitors lol.

[@stanleykubrick3605]

This would look amazing on Apple Vision Pro in 3D!!!

[@alsodanleyness]

There is clearly a framing device of some sort that helps us tie it back to what we have seen.

[@ipadize]

5:07 ooh well there is no frames per second in the nature

[@Jo8Nathan]

well the information output is constant, but the way your eyes perceives the data and in turn your brain decodes that information is with a refreshrate of about 24 fps. That´s why you can sometimes miss stuff, or get hallucinations if they conflict with your refresh rate.

[@ipadize]

@@Jo8Nathan then explain to me why i can see a clear difference between 60 and 144fps(hz)

[@MoonIsNinja]

4:28 That is in the next film! Yay!

4:06 this cameras costs $54,500.00 each

[@herz1nfucked]

lol yeah, but that's only for der camera itself, not lensen etc. they are more like 250k each.

@@herz1nfucked Oh my God. This is a price of apartment.

[@herz1nfucked]

@ Dude, that's kind of cheap compared to regular big budget filming equipment.

@@herz1nfucked absolutely

[@LegolasTurnerBloom]

So awesome.

[@wielderXII]

48 RED CAMERA?! WHAT THE FUCK!! wait till linus hear about this

[@Andystuff800]

He doesn't play Bilbo Baggins. He IS Bildo Baggins. He's perfect, and I can't get over that he looks like a mix between Merry and Pippin.

[@Cockneyartist]

There is something amazing about the 48 frames a second way of filming, so much depth and atmosphere

[@gettingthingsdone]

awesome!

[@leborgneguillaume4555]

Super vidéo

[@nrmnrmnrmnrm]

Drawing in 3d, wow! Am i the only one who has a pair of old style 3d glasses? if so, i can confirm that the 3d concept art looked pretty awesome!

[@sadev101]

it was a prank

[@foc2241]

light and small yess epic video:D

[@LordsSky]

Yes, he is in the start of the film.

[@elliotalderson2479]

“It’s light it’s small”

[@malypavel25]

Peter Jackson: "3D"! Everybody else: "Nobody cares..."

[@FidzoOoO]

exactly, but i really appreciate the 48fps

[@rudabras]

Is it the true youtube's channel of Peter Jackson ???

[@jackiecs1669]

TRICKY WOO!!! JAMES HERRIOT!!!! YES!

[@AngelicDarius]

Awesome!

[@sagarkaushik]

Red epics are notorious for long starting process, elaborate black shade calibration, overheating quickly, shutting down randomly and 128gb is not even that much when shooting at 5k. Wonder how they got away with all that?

[@ruijoca8176]

why do actors John Callen and Ken Stott not appear on any of these blogs?

[@dionisishotzias]

I have a question what happened to the stuff after their done the film they threw them away? Or they destroyer them or they sell them I mean the set like the forest one

[@chewbaccassecretlover12444]

Still love my Samsung 3d tv

[@ToneeRhianRose]

Really cool!

[@teddy1711]

i want a film you can watch in vr. its the next step in cinema but who knows when it'll happen

[@ClarkRahman]

Elijah Wood would be so into the 3D tech stuff.

[@ClarkRahman]

They were really ahead of their time with the tech for this. 5k/48 frames/sec weren't widely used at that point. I have even heard of concept art done in 3D!