1/ Who are the characters?
One is Frodo. He lives in hobbiton with his uncle, Bilbo. He (Frodo) has friends, and they're Sam, Pippin and Merry. They're hobbits. Gandalf is a Frodo's friend too. He's a wizard. Also there are other people in the fellowship of the ring, they're Aragon, he's a human, Legolas, an elf, Saurman, other human,
2/ What is the plot?
The Dark Lord Sauron forges the Ruling Ring of Power in Mordor binding much of his earthly power into it. In battle it is cut off by Isildur, who claims it, but he is later killed by Orcs, and the Ring falls into the Great River. Gollum murderously obtains the Ring while fishing and keeps it for over four hundred years before losing it, when it is found by Bilbo Baggins. Unaware of its origins, Frodo Baggins inherits the ring from Bilbo. Gollum, while meandering to look for the Ring, is captured and interrogated by Sauron's minions. Eventually, Gollum escapes but is caught and imprisoned by the elves in Mirkwood and Sauron sends Ringwraiths to find the Ring.
Gandalf learns some of this history and advises Frodo to take the Ring away. Frodo takes his loyal gardener, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, and two cousins, Merry and Pippin, to help him. On their dangerous journey, they run into many difficulties and are pursued by the Ringwraiths. Various characters give aid along the way, including Tom Bombadil and a disguised Aragorn, Isildur's heir and rightful king of Gondor. At Weathertop, Frodo is wounded by the Ringwraiths, but eventually the company defeat them at the Ford of Bruinen, aided by Elrond, master of Rivendell.
Frodo recovers under the care of Elrond. The Council of Elrond reveals much significant history and current news about Sauron and the Ring, including the escape of Gollum from Mirkwood and the corruption of the wizard Saruman. The council decides that the threat of Sauron is too great and the only course of action is to destroy the Ring in Mordor. Frodo volunteers to take the Ring, and a "Fellowship of the Ring" is chosen to accompany him.
The company is forced to travel through the Mines of Moria, where they are attacked by Orcs. Gandalf fights a Balrog and falls into a deep chasm. The others escape and take refuge in Lothlórien. With boats and gifts from the Lady Galadriel, the company then travel down the great River Anduin to the Amon Hen. There, Boromir, heir to the current rulers of Gondor, attempts to take the ring from Frodo, who then breaks from the Fellowship and continues the trek to Mordor accompanied only by Sam.
Boromir is killed and Merry and Pippin are kidnapped by Saruman's Orcs. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas pursue the Orcs and meet Gandalf, who is now "Gandalf the White". Merry and Pippin escape when the Orcs are slain by the Rohirrim and find themselves in Fangorn where they befriend the tree-like Ents. Gandalf travels with the others to rouse Théoden King of the Rohirrim to take a stand against Saruman's armies at Helm's Deep. At the subsequent Battle of Hornburg, Saruman's armies are defeated.
Merry and Pippin motivate the Ents to destroy Saruman's remaining forces at Isengard. Gandalf, Théoden and the others head to Isengard. Saruman refuses to see his error and Gandalf strips Saruman of his rank and most of his power. Pippin looks into a seeing-stone Sauron used to communicate with Saruman — alerting him to the presence of the hobbit. Gandalf takes Pippin to Gondor.
Frodo and Sam capture Gollum and convince him to guide them to Mordor. They travel a long and hard road, briefly aided by Boromir's brother Faramir. Gollum betrays Frodo by leading him to the great spider Shelob in the caves above Minas Morgul. Frodo is left unconscious by Shelob's bite, but Sam fights her off using Sting and the vial of Ëarendil's star — one of Galadriel's gifts. Sam, believing Frodo to be dead, takes the Ring and Frodo is carried to Cirith Ungol by Orcs.
Sauron begins his military assault upon Gondor, with the Witch-king of Angmar, greatest of the Ringwraiths, leading a huge army into battle against Gondor.
Gandalf arrives at Minas Tirith in Gondor with Pippin to alert the city of the impending attack. Pippin becomes one of the Guards of the Citadel of Minas Tirith, while Merry becomes esquire to the King of the Rohirrim. Aragorn takes Gimli and Legolas through the Paths of the Dead and raises an undead army. Gandalf assists in the battles against the armies of Sauron, including the Siege of Minas Tirith. Denethor, Ruling Steward of Gondor, believing both his sons are dead loses hope and commits suicide. With the timely aid of Rohan's cavalry and Aragorn's legion of undead a significant portion of Sauron's army is defeated. Théoden is slain, and the Witch-king of Angmar is slain by Théoden's niece Éowyn and Merry.
Sauron retains innumerable forces in Mordor, and the main characters head to a climactic battle at the Black Gate, where the alliance of Gondor and Rohan fight desperately against Sauron's armies hoping to gain time for Frodo to destroy the Ring.
Sam rescues Frodo from captivity. They make their way through Mordor and reach Mount Doom. At the edge of the Cracks of Doom, the Ring proves too great for Frodo; and he claims it for himself. Gollum struggles with Frodo for the Ring, biting off Frodo's finger and falls into the fire. The Ring is destroyed. Sauron is banished from the world, his armies lose all morale, the Ringwraiths disintegrate, the war ends.
Aragorn is crowned king of Gondor and marries Arwen, the daughter of Elrond. Saruman escapes his captivity in Orthanc and enslaves the Shire. The returning Hobbits overthrow him in The Battle of Bywater. Sam helps to restore order and beautify the land, using his gifts from Galadriel and gets married. Frodo remains wounded in body and spirit and, accompanied by Bilbo and Gandalf, sails west over the Sea to the Undying Lands, where he can find peace. The three other Hobbits return home.
3/ What's location for the film?
It's in New Zeland
4/ Who was the producer?
He's Kevin Wallace
5/ What special effects were there?
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy used many groundbreaking practical and digital visual effects. The first film has around 540 effects shots, the second 799, and the third 1488 (2730 in total).
[1] The total moves up to 3420 with the Extended cuts. 260 visual effects artists worked on the trilogy, and the number would double by The Two Towers.
[3] The crew, led by Jim Rygiel and Randy Cook, would work long and hard hours overnight to produce special effects within a short space of time, especially with Jackson's overactive imagination. For example, they produced several major shots of Helm's Deep within the last six weeks of post-production of The Two Towers, and the same amount of shots for The Two Towers within the last six weeks on The Return of the King.Despite WETA being the major stylistic force behind the films, a single scene where Arwen confronts the Black Riders in The Fellowship of the Ring was done by Digital Domain.
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